Powertool Records

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Although not a Hamilton Label, Powertool Records is an Auckland label that has been extremely supportive of Hamilton music. The label has released albums and/or EPs by Daisy Chain Halo, Gina Rocco and The Shrugs, and they act as a distributer for Nimbus and Dead Pan Rangers releases. They run the Kaleidoscope World concerts, two of which have taken place in Hamilton, and release the associated compilations that have included a number of Hamilton bands. They also publish Drill Magazine, and their associated sampler CDs, which have included articles on, and songs by, The Shrugs and Dead Pan Rangers.

Hamilton Releases on Powertool Records

Daisy Chain Halo - Daisy Chain Halo EP (PT012)
Gina Rocco (with Robert Scott) - Moonlight Potato EP, 2006 (PT044)
Gina Rocco - Sea Tulip album, 2005 (PT025)
The Shrugs - A Slight Hitch album, 2004 (PT010)
The Shrugs - The Doggler Effect (reissue) album, 2005 (PT026)
The Shrugs - An Awkward Silence album, 2005 (PT042)

Hamilton Releases Distributed by Powertool Records

Dead Pan Rangers - Dead Pan Rangers album, 1999 (CR002)
Dead Pan Rangers - We've done so much good for so many people album, 2004 (CR003)
Dead Pan Rangers - Not much less further than last time EP, 2005 (CR004)
Gina Rocco - Minnow EP, 2004 (GINA1)
Nimbus - Nimbus album, 2004 (SDR001CD)

Powertool Records Compilations Featuring Hamilton Bands

Kaleidoscope World Series 3: Daisy Chain Halo
Kaleidoscope World Series 4: Dead Pan Rangers
Kaleidoscope World Series 5: Jamie Stone, The Shrugs, Nimbus
Kaleidoscope World Series 6: Daisy Chain Halo, Dead Pan Rangers, Chuganaut
Kaleidoscope World Series 7: Daisy Chain Halo
Kaleidoscope World Series 11: Gina Rocco
Kaleidoscope World Series 14: Gina Rocco
Kaleidoscope World Series 15: The Shrugs
Kaleidoscope World Series 19: The Shrugs
Kaleidoscope World Series 20: Fideleo
Kaleidoscope World Series 24: Dynamo Go, Sora Shima, The Shrugs, Dick Dynamite and the Doppelgängers, The Braxton Hicks, Runtun
Bulletholes 2: Let me take you hostage: Gina Rocco, The Shrugs

Drill Compilations Featuring Hamilton Bands

Drill Issue 10 Sampler - Vol 1: The Shrugs, Dead Pan Rangers
Drill Issue 12 Sampler - Vol 3: The Shrugs
Drill Issue 14 Sampler - Vol 5: Dead Pan Rangers
Drill Issue 16 Sampler - Vol 7: The Shrugs
Drill Issue 17 Sampler - Vol 8: The Shrugs

Kaleidoscope World Concerts in Hamilton

Kaleidoscope World Series 24: Friday 6th July 2007, Ward Lane
Kaleidoscope World Series 6: Saturday 8th May 2004, Diggers

External Links

Powertool Records External Site