The Garbage & the Flowers

Using the most abrasive elements of the Velvet Underground as a jumping-off point, the Garbage & the Flowers would spend more than 30 years developing their own insular and perpetually raw adaptation of psychedelic rock. The band's ability to be more caustic than punk in the same song where they displayed unabashed vulnerability or gentle sentiments made them stand apart even from their peers in New Zealand's underground circles, and their never fully formed lineup resulted in a slow, unsteady trickle of new output with years between releases. Their discography was already pie...