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Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks
The Brunettes
$10.00 USD
ListenACCLAIMED DEBUT RECONSTRUCTS SOUNDS OF THE 60’s
Released in the heady spring on 2002, this is The Brunettes' debut album, which earned them great (if somewhat confused) reviews and a strong live following. It contains the college radio... read more
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Caterpillar
The Tokey Tones
$10.00 USD
ListenWARMTH, MELODY, CHARMING, DISARMING
One of two concept albums, written, recorded, and performed by Scott Mannion and Li-Ming Hu (better known in New Zealand for her role in a certain early evening medical drama). Caterpillar is a more... read more
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Butterfly
The Tokey Tones
$10.00 USD
ListenBUBBLING SYNTHS, GUITARS, GLOCKS, AND POP HOOKS
The second of two concept albums, written, recorded, and performed by Scott Mannion and Li-Ming Hu, Butterfly is generally the more upbeat, poppy, and polished of the two, and features ... read more
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Songbook
The Nudie Suits
$10.00 USD
ListenOFF-KILTER COUNTRY WITH A PURE POP HEART
Imagine the ol' time country sounds of Jimmy Rogers and Buck Owens, mixed with the slacker pop of Pavement at their finest. Now add killer pop hooks, a violin and a Hawaiian steel guitar. What y... read more
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Downtown Puff
Edmund Cake
$10.00 USD
ListenINEFFABLE POP OPUS FROM TROUBLED MIND
Downtown Puff is the product of the twisted but genius mind of Ed Cake (a.k.a. Ed McWilliams), and was one of those great 'lost' albums that you hear about. Prior to it's official release it was kn... read more
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Mars Loves Venus
The Brunettes
$10.00 USD
ListenBRILLIANT SOPHOMORE ALBUM FURTHER DEFINES SOUND
The Brunettes return with their sophomore album and not a slump to be seen (or heard). Once again produced by The Brunettes leading man Jonathan Bree, who returned to the studio with grea... read more
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Open Sesame
Shaft
$10.00 USD
ListenLCR 008
LONG ANTICIPATED DEBUT FROM LOCAL LEGENDS
Despite having been a staple on the live scene for more than a decade,
it took Shaft more than eight years to record and release their much
anticipated debut album. M... read moreSOLD OUT
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The Indifferent Velvet Void
Alec Bathgate
$10.00 USD
ListenINDIE VETERAN GOES GLAM
Alec Bathgate, of The Enemy and Toy Love fame, and one half of Flying Nun's Tall Dwarfs (the other half being Chris Knox) released his fantastic second solo album on Lil' Chief Records in 2004. This is Glam Fuzz... read more
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Sweetacres
The Nudie Suits
$10.00 USD
ListenNASHVILLE! HAWAII! WATERVIEW!
The latest offering from the worlds greatest indie/ alt country/ Hawaiian/ folk/pop band! Mark Lyons, Jonathan Brunette's elder cousin, is a genius of lyric and melody, and his partner Dionne Taylor's Hawai... read more
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The Dance Reduction Agents
The Reduction Agents
$10.00 USD
ListenDYLAN, THE KINKS, THE BYRDS, THE BEACH BOYS AND THE REDUCTION AGENTS? AUCKLAND BAND EARNS ITS PLACE IN THE POP PANTHEON
The Reductions Agents are fronted by the multi-talented James Milne (AKA "Lawrence Arabia"), and also includes fell... read more
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Lawrence Arabia
Lawrence Arabia
$10.00 USD
ListenUnfortunately we don't have any more copies of this brilliant record, however we do have a few remaining copies of James' other project - The Reduction Agents - check it out!
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Hello, Are You There?
Voom
$10.00 USD
ListenA HEARTBREAKING WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS
Buzz Moller is one of the most prolific songwriters you'll ever meet. As a young man he left his career as a stockbroker during the share-market crash of the late 1980's. Since then he has host... read more
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L.S.T.
Shugo Tokumaru
$10.00 USD
ListenLUSH PSYCHEDELIC POP FROM JAPAN
Lil' Chief's first non-New Zealand signing! Shugo Tokumaru's 'bedroom music' has been lavished with praise from media outlets such as London's WIRE magazine and the influential American music website, Pi... read more
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Down At Your Life
Shaft
$10.00 USD
ListenSECOND ALBUM FROM LEGENDARY AUCKLAND ROCK'N'ROLL INSTITUTION
It took Shaft the best part of 12 years to release their first full length album, 2004's Open Sesame, so the two years gestation of Down At Your Life is nothing short of mira... read more
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Structure & Cosmetics
The Brunettes
$10.00 USD
ListenStructure & Cosmetics, The Brunettes' third album, is an album that eschews much of the bright, candy coating that characterised their previous efforts in favour of a more subtle, sophisticated palate of colours. As a result, it’s a darker, mor... read more
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Sea Lion
The Ruby Suns
$10.00 USD
ListenA PERFECT POP COCKTAIL OF PSYCHEDELIA, TROPICALIA, PACIFIC AND AFRICAN SOUNDS
Sea Lion is the second full-length Ruby Suns album, and the first Lil’ Chief Records release for 2008. With its title inspired by the sea lion colony visible... read more
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Shadows Explode
The Gladeyes
$10.00 USD
ListenThe follow up to Psychosis of Love, the duo's acclaimed 2009 album, the new album was recorded over six months as spring gave way to summer toward the end of 2010. By contrast to its predecessor, which was the product of a decade's worth of wri... read more
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Lil' Golden Book
Princess Chelsea
$10.00 USD
ListenPrincess Chelsea's debut "Lil' Golden Book" will be a treat for all lovers of melody, musicality and originality. Deeply entrenched in the fantastical yet grounded with a somewhat sardonic lyrical wit, her musical fairy tale draws as much infl... read more
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Glory Glory
Wet Wings
$10.00 USD
ListenLCR 032 - released 4th July 2011.
Wet Wings are Lucy and Darian. Darian was previously in Black Market Art, who released a taut, angular sounding mini-album, Kids, before promptly breaking up. He decided he wanted to put his pop melodie... read more
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