Style: Alternative Rock : New Zealand Rock
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The contemporary pop music of New Zealand -- a.k.a. "kiwi rock" -- is literate and melodic, often distinguished by jangly guitars and quirky lyrics; key bands of the movement include Split Enz, the Clean, the Bats and the Chills.
similar styles
1980's Alternative Rock;  Jangle Pop;  Psychedelic Rock; 



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  greatest album
- Beat Chris Knox
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08/22/2000

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- Getaway The Clean
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08/21/2001

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- Bird Dog The Verlaines
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01/01/1987

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- True Colours Split Enz
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01/01/1980

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- Kaleidoscope World The Chills
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01/01/1986

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- Weeville Tall Dwarfs
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01/01/1990

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- Tusk The Dead C
Tusk
07/29/1997

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- Sealight Mad Scene
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05/08/1995

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- The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Cakekitchen
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10/01/1996

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 greatest tracks
Song Artist Album
Moonlight Drive [Sunset Sound Version] (2:40) The Doors The Doors Box Set
The Doors  
Strictly the Real (3:39) Vietnom Strictly the Real (EP)
Vietnom  
Vietnom  
Model Shop (Rehearsal Theme 2) (1:11) Spirit Eventide
Sweet Stella Baby (2:56) Spirit Eventide
Red Light Roll On (5:41) Spirit Eventide
Rougher Road (3:15) Spirit Eventide
Corral (2:02) Spirit Eventide

 greatest artists
The Bats;  The Verlaines;  The Chills;  Bailter Space;  The Clean;  Chris Knox;  Tall Dwarfs;  Straitjacket Fits;  Chug;  The Dead C;  Pin Group;  Headless Chickens;  Cakekitchen;  Superette;  Mad Scene;  King Loser;  Bike;  Solid Gold Hell;  Bird Nest Roys;  Graeme Downes;  Look Blue Go Purple;  Snapper;  Garageland;  Magick Heads; 
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