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)
The Changing Same - The Changing Same (album), 2014 (PT109)
The Changing Same - Make up my Mind EP, 2014 (PT134)
The Changing Same - Creative Evolution album, 2018 (PT172)

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)