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 - 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)
  

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
  
• Bulletholes 3: The Best is Yet to Come: Dead Pan Rangers, The Shrugs, Gina Rocco, The Weather

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