SONIC
by Various Artists
The archaeologists of local rock just keep digging. Last year, we had previously unreleased 1990s albums from Auckland band Crash, and Boom Boom Mancini, the UK-based band of Dianne Swann and Brett Adams from The Bads. Christchurch label Leather Jacket Records juggled reissues (Playthings, Solatudes) with new releases (Vorsen, Ringlets, Sundae Painters). It also unearthed Riot 111 and the Wellington band’s political punk rock of the Muldoon-Springbok Tour era for the compilation as well as Grim Ltd, fromrecorded at their final gig in 1966.
