Hamilton Underground Press
Hamilton Underground Press (HUP) was launched in March 2015 with the primary aim of promoting and enabling musical and artistic happenings in Hamilton. The webpage and Facebook page provide news on events, podcasts, interviews and reviews.
Since their formation they have organised a number of shows, featuring Hamilton bands, those from elsewhere in New Zealand, and several from overseas (Former Friends of Young Americans (USA); Ted Danson With Wolves (Australia)). In January 2016 they released the first issue of their own zine, HUPzine, which has continued to four issues to date.
On 20 August 2016, they ran an event called Bandfandango, where four new bands were created by pulling the names of volunteer musicians out of the hat.
HUP is run by Rob Shirlow.
