Garageland

An awesome little band from New Zealand which had a stellar first album (Last Exit To Garageland), featuring the radio-friendly Fingerpops and Beelines to Heaven back in the mid 90s, did some heavy touring, released a couple more albums (the last of which seems to have gone by largely without notice) before vanishing completely. Some have labelled them as New Zealand's answer to the Pixies if you buy into that sort of thing; that's a big call, but I just say they produced some damn fine music, and its sad they're gone now.