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Influenced by The Smashing Pumpkins, Modest Mouse, Stella Donnelly and an inability to sing without a Kiwi accent, this dog has been a stalwart of the \u014ctautahi underground scene since forming in January 2021.<\/p>\n

Writing grunge\/midwestern emo rock in a shed next to their local sewage plant is as glamourous as it gets for the five longtime friends.<\/p>\n

With their last single Bug Eyed<\/em> charting at #20 on the official 'Hot 20 NZ Singles' charts; their upcoming single Likewise<\/em> is sure to get them to at least a crisp #19.<\/p>\n","band_members":"F\u0113lix Hogers (lead guitar)\r\nNick Klaver (bass)\r\nJack Hurley (rhythm guitar)\r\nLily Kazakos (drums)\r\nRobbie Redvers (vocals)\r\n","featured_image":{"width":150,"height":150,"file":"artists\/photo-347-scaled.jpg","filesize":1582062,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"photo-347-206x300.jpg","width":206,"height":300,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":39496,"url":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/artists\/photo-347-206x300.jpg"},"large":{"file":"photo-347-703x1024.jpg","width":703,"height":1024,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":245032,"url":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/artists\/photo-347-703x1024.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"photo-347-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":25736,"url":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/artists\/photo-347-150x150.jpg"},"medium_large":{"file":"photo-347-768x1118.jpg","width":768,"height":1118,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":285662,"url":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/artists\/photo-347-768x1118.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"file":"photo-347-1055x1536.jpg","width":1055,"height":1536,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":534288,"url":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/artists\/photo-347-1055x1536.jpg"},"2048x2048":{"file":"photo-347-1406x2048.jpg","width":1406,"height":2048,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":979723,"url":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/artists\/photo-347-1406x2048.jpg"},"crp_thumbnail":{"file":"photo-347-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":25736,"url":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/artists\/photo-347-150x150.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14 Pro","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1754896319","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.86","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"original_image":"photo-347.jpg","ID":"270410","name":"photo-347-scaled.jpg","path":"\/home\/muzicnz\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/artists\/photo-347-scaled.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/artists\/photo-347-150x150.jpg","full_url":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/artists\/photo-347-scaled.jpg","title":"photo","caption":"","description":"","alt":"Photo","srcset":false},"genre":[{"term_id":20,"name":"Alternative Rock","slug":"alternative-rock","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":20,"taxonomy":"genre","description":"Alternative rock blends diverse styles with a raw, rebellious edge. It broke into the mainstream in the '80s and '90s, shaping music with its unique sound.","parent":0,"count":1012,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"}],"location":{"term_id":42,"name":"Christchurch \/ \u014ctautahi","slug":"christchurch","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"location","description":"","parent":0,"count":456,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0"},"linked_artists":[],"social_links":{"facebook":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thisdognz","youtube":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thisdognz","bandcamp":"https:\/\/thisdog.bandcamp.com\/","instagram":"https:\/\/instagram.com\/thisdognz","soundcloud":"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-360981951\/sets\/clean-living","spotify":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/4ahZnZdG8K3rGVM6bWpVZ9","apple_music":"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/this-dog\/1602111249"},"contact":[{"contact_name":"Robbie Karsten","contact_email":"thisdogband@gmail.com"}],"notes":"","artists-to-releases_to":["270412"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/270409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/270409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270411,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/270409\/revisions\/270411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=270409"},{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muzic.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=270409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}