Jan. 17, 2026

S9E444 - Xpressway Pile=Up (A Compilation of NZ Music) with Joe Tunis

S9E444 - Xpressway Pile=Up (A Compilation of NZ Music) with Joe Tunis
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This week, returning guest - and founder of Rochester New York's Carbon Records, Joe Tunis - brings us a subject near-and-dear to his heart: the music of the New Zealand underground. This essential compilation, 'Xpressway Pile=Up', is a great snapshot of the late 80s/early 90s New Zealand underground music scene and the artists involved.

Songs discussed in this episode: Quiet In The Village - Eye; Anything Could Happen - The Clean; What Goes On - The Velvet Underground; Midnight Blue Vision - Plagal Grind; Kicks - Vacuum; Native Waiter - Victor Dimisich Band; Rain - Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos; Subtle Holy Gift - Sentridoh; Meluzina Man - The 3D's; 3 Years - Dead C; Down and Around - The Stones; Randolph's Going Home - Shayne Carter & Peter Jefferies; Water Cuts My Hands - Mecca Normal; Lindauer - 2 Foot Flame; On An Unknown Beach - Peter Jefferies; People To Talk To - The Mad Scene; Splat - Bailter Space; Emmanual - Snapper; Airships - The Cakekitchen; Yes Jazz Cactus - Plagal Grind; Walk In A Straight Line - Nocturnal Projections; Uncoffined - The Terminals; Dream Of The Sea - The Renderers; Stancing - Bilders

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Joe runs Carbon Records and plays in various bands including Pengo, Crush the Junta, Tumul, and Tuurd, as well as his solo project Joe+N. He also hosts a podcast called MyTeethNeedAttention.