http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1892&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rssNew Zealanders Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate started Tall Dwarfs in 1979, unwittingly blazing a trail in the aesthetics of Lo-Fi when they released their 1981 experimental debut <I>Three Songs</I>. Despite the primitive, DIY quality of the recordings, Tall Dwarfs scored a minor hit with the song, "Nothing's Going To Happen." The Lo-Fi zeitgeist made its presence felt as bands, following the lead ofTall Dwarfs, started to play original compositions with the same unpretentious earnestness. Bathgate moved from Dunedin to Christchurch in 1982, which relegated the band to side-project status, as Chris Knox kept busy with a solo career and countless production credits. But the two would meet once a year or so to record, releasing a string of inventive, noisy, pop-influenced EPs (and subsequent albums) throughout the 1980s and '90s, influencing even more bands in their wake. - Linda RyanNew Zealand Popen720Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:06:37 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1892&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealanders Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate started Tall Dwarfs in 1979, unwittingly blazing a trail in the aesthetics of Lo-Fi when they released their 1981 experimental debut <I>Three Songs</I>. Despite the primitive, DIY quality of the recordings, Tall Dwarfs scored a minor hit with the song, "Nothing's Going To Happen." The Lo-Fi zeitgeist made its presence felt as bands, following the lead ofTall Dwarfs, started to play original compositions with the same unpretentious earnestness. Bathgate moved from Dunedin to Christchurch in 1982, which relegated the band to side-project status, as Chris Knox kept busy with a solo career and countless production credits. But the two would meet once a year or so to record, releasing a string of inventive, noisy, pop-influenced EPs (and subsequent albums) throughout the 1980s and '90s, influencing even more bands in their wake. - Linda Ryan http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2908311&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Tall Dwarfs on Rhapsody Online 2908311 tra.2908311 Tall Dwarfs art.1892 0.99 Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan alb.255752 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/7/0/7/537070_170x170.jpg 1998-09-15 00:00:00.0 1998-09-15 00:00:00.0 true Ride A White Swan tra.2908311 185000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2908311&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2908311&variant=data&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070822&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Tall 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Wax tra.23070801 159000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070801&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070801&variant=data&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070821&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Tall Dwarfs on Rhapsody Online 23070821 tra.23070821 Tall Dwarfs art.1892 0.99 Sky Above the Mud Below alb.23066706 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/5/5/3/1463553_170x170.jpg 2003-01-27 00:00:00.0 2003-02-11 00:00:00.0 true OK Forever tra.23070821 185000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070821&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070821&variant=data&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070809&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Tall Dwarfs on 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070814&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Tall Dwarfs on Rhapsody Online 23070814 tra.23070814 Tall Dwarfs art.1892 0.99 Sky Above the Mud Below alb.23066706 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/5/5/3/1463553_170x170.jpg 2003-01-27 00:00:00.0 2003-02-11 00:00:00.0 true We Are the Chosen Few tra.23070814 180000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070814&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070814&variant=data&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070804&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Tall Dwarfs on Rhapsody Online 23070804 tra.23070804 Tall Dwarfs art.1892 0.99 Sky Above the Mud Below alb.23066706 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/5/5/3/1463553_170x170.jpg 2003-01-27 00:00:00.0 2003-02-11 00:00:00.0 true Over the Waves tra.23070804 161000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070804&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070804&variant=data&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070808&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Tall Dwarfs on Rhapsody Online 23070808 tra.23070808 Tall Dwarfs art.1892 0.99 Sky Above the Mud Below alb.23066706 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/5/5/3/1463553_170x170.jpg 2003-01-27 00:00:00.0 2003-02-11 00:00:00.0 true Deodorant tra.23070808 200000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070808&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070808&variant=data&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070805&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070807&variant=data&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070816&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Tall Dwarfs on Rhapsody Online 23070816 tra.23070816 Tall Dwarfs art.1892 0.99 Sky Above the Mud Below alb.23066706 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/5/5/3/1463553_170x170.jpg 2003-01-27 00:00:00.0 2003-02-11 00:00:00.0 true Cascade tra.23070816 168000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070816&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070816&variant=data&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.23070820&variant=play&rws=%2Ftall-dwarfs%2Ftop-tracks.rss New Zealand Pop Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Tall Dwarfs on Rhapsody Online 23070820 tra.23070820 Tall Dwarfs art.1892 0.99 Sky Above the Mud Below alb.23066706 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