New Zealand Music News — The Verlaines

Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the founding of Flying Nun Records in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Hellzapoppin’! brings together original artwork and design, film, record covers, posters and photography from some of New Zealand’s favourite bands.

This week, James Buttery attempts to choose five Flying Nun classics. In five minutes. He had to make some difficult decisions. As James says, limiting it to five (actually six) means some tough calls had to be made. How do you choose five classic albums? What do you leave out?