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Lil' Chief Records
http://www.lilchiefrecords.com/about
The dawning of the new millennium was a bad time to be an indie pop musician in New Zealand. Ten years earlier, Flying Nun Records was arguably hitting its stride. However aided by its demise in the late 90s - dance music in its cheesiest forms had taken hold of what possibly could have been a live gig-going music scene. This left Jonathan Bree and Scott Mannion (both sitting on what would be the first Brunettes and Tokey Tones albums respectively) feeling a bit disenfranchised. It was agreed between Sco...
lilchiefrecords.com
Lil' Chief Records
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A group from Wellington, who produce witty, punchy guitar-based pop tunes. This is the new project of Mark Turner (Little Pictures), though now he's traded in his roland sample pad for a guitar and taken his music more into the territory of The Modern Lovers and Pavement. And re-record it as whimsical indie pop. See Ed Cake entry above]. See Lawrence Arabia entry above]. Sheep, Dog and Wolf. Hailing from Tokyo, Shugo Tokumaru was Lil Chief's first international artist. Our pressing of his album, L...
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