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Dunedin sound
Other names
Dunedin rock
Dunedin pop
Stylistic origins
Indie pop
jangle pop
punk rock
post-punk
new wave
surf rock
garage rock
psychedelic pop
lo-fi
Cultural origins
Early 1980s, Dunedin, New Zealand
Other topics
Paisley Underground
Music of New Zealand
The Dunedin sound was a musical and cultural movement in Dunedin, Otago, in the early 1980s. It helped found indie rock as a genre. The scene is associated with Flying Nun Records[1] an independent label.[2]
The Dunedin sound influenced many overseas bands, including American indie rock groups R.E.M., Yo La Tengo, and Pavement.
^"Dunedin Sound - the sound of honesty? - Article | AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
^Stafford, Andrew (27 January 2017). "Flying Nun Records: 10 of the best songs of the Dunedin sound". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
The Dunedinsound was a musical and cultural movement in Dunedin, Otago, in the early 1980s. It helped found indie rock as a genre. The scene is associated...
average of 14.2 per cent. Dunedin is also noted for its vibrant music scene, as the 1980s birthplace of the Dunedinsound (which heavily influenced grunge...
with the music such bands produced. The sound of indie rock has its origins in the New Zealand Dunedinsound of the Chills, Sneaky Feelings, Tall Dwarfs...
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notable for bringing global attention to the Dunedinsound, a cultural and musical movement in early 1980s Dunedin. The label formed in the wake of a flurry...
paralleled in other parts of the world by genres such as New Zealand's Dunedinsound, whose chief exponents (such as The Chills and Sneaky Feelings) were...
Flying Nun label, which recorded many artists associated with the "Dunedinsound", and one of the first bands to be described as "indie rock". Led by...
of Australian bands such as the Go-Betweens, as well as the lo-fi "Dunedinsound" of New Zealand's Flying Nun record label. Dolewave music has been described...
several bands who would go on to be central to the mythology of the Dunedinsound. The Verlaines are noted for their angular, "difficult" song structures...
alternative rock band from Dunedin, active from 1983 to 1987, recognised as part of the "second wave" of the Dunedinsound. Their first official show...
in other parts of the world as one of the earliest proponents of the Dunedinsound. Their top 20 singles are "Pink Frost", "Doledrums" (both 1984), "I...
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and other sound effects. Some of the best known examples are Phil Spector's Wall of Sound and Joe Meek's use of homemade electronic sound effects for...
Retrieved 2 December 2007. Bevan, Darren. "New Zealand musician and 'Dunedinsound' icon Hamish Kilgour found dead". Newshub. Retrieved 6 December 2022...
defining albums of the Dunedinsound. The supporting tour for Submarine Bells culminated in a triumphant home-coming concert in Dunedin Town Hall. The Chills...
the New Zealand music charts in 1986. The DunedinSound - a musical and cultural scene in the 1980s Dunedin that was the bedrock of modern indie rock...
to emerge out of New Zealand in the early 1980s, and the influential Dunedinsound associated with Flying Nun. They released two singles and one EP on...
blues Digital hardcore Djent Dolewave Doom metal Dream pop Drone metal Dunedinsound Dungeon synth EBM Electroclash Electropunk Electronicore Electronic...
Taiaroa Head on Otago Peninsula. The song is considered important to the Dunedinsound style and features a solid drum rhythm over which bass and a high guitar...
Alt-rock upstart Avril Lavigne came crashing into the charts in 2002 with a sound that stuck up a black nail-varnished middle finger at the hyper-polished...
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