28 February – BTU zine launch

Join us to launch Beneath the Underdog (BTU), an old-school DIY, fanzine focusing on local music, arts and ideas from the fringes. With BTU we hope to shine a wee spotlight on people doing interesting and creative things and comment on things we think deserve attention.

Be the first to get your hands on Issue 1 (bound to become a rare collector’s item!), and get down to live sets from our friends and fellow contributors, Ken Double, Zac Winterwood and FFSE (Featherston Free Sound Ensemble).

And if that wasn’t awesome enough already, you will also be among the first ever visitors to Murtle Chickpea’s Tiny Travelling Art Gallery, full of tiny little pieces of art (for sale!), which Murtle will be bringing along for the night.

PLUS, merch and RAFFLE to boot!!

Entry $10 (includes a copy of the zine!)

4 Wakefield St, Featherston, New Zealand

Live 2025

A late EP coda to the year –

Tracks 1-4 recorded live at the Bakehouse, 29-11-25 – opening act for Featherston Free Sound Ensemble /

Tracks 5-6 recorded 08 February 2025 at the Carterton Club.

includes two pieces from Poems & Lyrics in the Scotch Dialect (1856)

and the first live performance of Assembling Disconsonant

Tracklist

1.	さくらさくら / Paetumokai (Pua pua i te Kōanga) 03:00
2.	I Met Four Chiels (by John Collie, 1856) 03:22
3.	Death (by John Collie, 1856) 04:24
4.	fiffdimension + Self Help Sound System – Assembling Disconsonant 03:19
5.	Inverno 02:32
6.	Chairs to Tie the Revolution Down 05:25

Further listening: live albums

Live at the Bakehouse 29/11/25

Smalltown free improv – live at @bakehousecollectivenz

“I was wide awake at 2.30am so listened to us on headphones in the dark in bed. I’m probably biased, but I think we sound bloody awesome” – Guy Walker

Paetumokai / Featherston,
Aotearoa / New Zealand,

29 November 2025