Speaking of Kiwi Indie bands, here are two great ones:
The Clean - Point That Thing Somewhere Else
The 3ds - Hey Seuss
Good choices. I heard an hour long retrospective of The Clean's tracks on our version of PBS about a year back. It was good radio. Their early 7" singles bring big bucks over on discogs.
They were from Dunedin and on flying Nun records, along with The Chills.
The sonics are still very good for a live recording. I was thinking the same thing about the live street performance of "Voodoo" by Vundabar I posted on the previous page. Some guy probably took it from a cell phone but it's not bad at all. And the stuff you see "live" is worth its weight in gold. I especially like the parts when the drummer (one of my favorite drummers) seems to jokingly "menace" the singer and drive him back. So live cuts are definitely cool if the sound is fairly decent. This video of Thee Oh Sees looks like it was done professionally.The Oh Sees have a new album out called Orc which reminded me of their Mutilator... album. Which is a great album all the way through. The LP (vinyl) is 45rpm and sounds great. Here's a live take of Withered Hand. The album version has better sonics but the energy of a live Oh Sees concert is something to see.