Artists include David Kilgour, The Clean, The Bats, Don McGlashan, Bachelorette, The Boxcar Guitars, Luke Buda, Dappled Cities, Fang, Ghostplane, Grand Prix, The Haints of Dean Hall, Jay Clarkson, Surf City, Lanky, Mestar, David Mulcahy (formerly of the Jean-Paul Sartre Experience), Pine, White Swan Black Swan and Punches.
This resulted in the first Arch Hill release by David Mulcahy in 1999, followed the next year by Lanky and Fang.
The first band to join the label from outside this circle of friends was Christchurch band Pine, followed by Wellington's Ghostplane...from there things really got going and in the last five years we have released albums by icons such as David Kilgour, Don McGlashan, The Clean and Luke Buda as well as up and coming artists like Surf City, The Haints of Dean Hall, Grand Prix, Punches, Bachelorette and White Swan Black Swan.
Arch Hill has also taken on offshore artists such as Dappled Cities Fly, Batrider, Beach House and Panda Bear.
In 2006 Arch Hill also started working with international bands through the touring company Mystery Girl Presents, bringing out artists such as Sonic Youth, Calexico, Fleet Foxes, Stereolab, Spiritualized, Jolie Holland, Joanna Newsom, Iron & Wine, Catpower, Kelley Stoltz, Andrew Bird, Interpol, Jose Gonzalez, Tilly and the Wall, Ween, The Handsome Family, Trans Am, The Lemonheads, M.Ward and more.