Sep 3rd, 2010 by Hussein Moses
The Home Brew Crew tour kicked off yesterday and continues throughout the month and ends with a one-off gig on Great Barrier Island in October. We’ll be posting our interview with them next week but in the meantime check out our interview with Chris Graham to find out the latest on his collaboration with the group including a Home Brew TV show, and when we’ll finally see the video for Underneath The Shade. Grab the Crew’s EP’s over here and check out the IV below.
Sep 3rd, 2010 by Hussein Moses
Kimbra, the Melbourne-based New Zealander is a singer in a getting-longer list of a new breed of female pop singers ready to take over our airwaves. Add Zowie and Ruby Frost and suddenly Gin, Brooke Fraser and Anika Moa have some competition. The 20-year-old’s latest single Settle Down is from her forthcoming album Vows and she’s been keeping busy lately with the attention from the Australian music media and even Perez Hilton. Catch up New Zealand. Interesting fact: “Did you know the percussion in ‘Settle Down’ included a vigorously shaken tampon packet?”
Sep 3rd, 2010 by The Corner
PRESS RELEASE: From the hell they came 30 years ago in a small town in New Jersey called Lodi. It was there, at the dawn of the punk movement in April 1977, that the Misfits were born.
The nominees for the most important industry event in New Zealand music were announced yesterday evening at the Langham hotel in Auckland. The Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards take place on October 7 and this year it’s Gin Wigmore and Dane Rumble that lead the nominations with six each, followed by The Phoenix Foundation with five and J. Williams and Anika Moa with three. Naturally, there’s some discrepancies with the most obvious being that Stan Walker who had the number one single in the country for nine weeks is merely nominated for a People’s Choice Award. But even if Walker has been relegated to the back of the room he should easily pick up the award for Highest Selling NZ Single (the same award Ben Lummis won back in 2004 for what it’s worth) and Airplay Record of the Year; two awards where there weren’t any nominees announced.
Sep 2nd, 2010 by Hussein Moses
Interpol’s fourth album is also their last album with longtime bassist Carols D, who left the band shortly after the album was wrapped up. So in a way, it’s a new start for the group; this time around it’s a self-titled album and we’ve got our fingers crossed that the band will be touring down here sometime next year. The album gets released next week and until then you can stream it in it’s entirety over at MySpace.
Sep 1st, 2010 by Hussein Moses
The first Big Day Out announcement for January 2011 is about a month away. It’s the country’s biggest music festival and already the rumours for next years line-up are rife. We decided to weigh up each artist separately to judge just how likely it would be if they played. Rankings are out of five (one being not likely, five being highly likely). Let’s do this.
Sep 1st, 2010 by Hussein Moses
Arcade Fire have teamed up with director Chris Milk and Google for The Wilderness Downtown project, which is an interactive music video experience for We Used To Wait from their latest album The Suburbs. The kicker here is that the interactive video aims to be a personalised experience; enter the address where you grew up and see what happens. Keep in mind that the project works best with Google Chrome and enter here.
Sep 1st, 2010 by The Corner
PRESS RELEASE: After taking on the United States Gin Wigmore is heading back to New Zealand with The Grave Train national tour this October.
Aug 31st, 2010 by Hussein Moses
Dunedin band Knives At Noon have been garnering an audience lately with their much talked about show at Homegrown as well as their opening gig for Vampire Weekend earlier in the year. The band are about to release their brand new EP Glitter Guts and we hit up keyboardist Oli Wilson to ask him a few questions about their songwriting process, Creative Commons and when we can get expect to see them play.
Aug 31st, 2010 by Hussein Moses
The Corner interviewed Home Brew Crew a few days back but before we put up the IV — where they talk about their upcoming EP, their ode to Anika Moa and how they’re taking notes from U2 for their live show — we’ll be putting up a series of posts on the band. The first of course has to be on their upcoming tour, where they’re hitting spots such as Gore, Ohakune and Great Barrier Island. Check out their latest video for the tour where they visit the Goldmine above and peep the dates for their tour which starts on Thursday below.
>> FRIDAY 3 SEPTEMBER
- Rumble in the Jungle AK Regional at Zen, CBD, Auckland Region
- The Gunslingers Ball at Whammy Bar & Wine Cellar, Newton, Auckland Region
- Nathan Haines & The Dream Band at Masonic Tavern, Devonport, Auckland Region
- Surf Friends single release with Ghost Wave and Black Silence & Galvatron at Kings Arms, Newton, Auckland Region
- Arc Of Ascent, Cashcult, Mothra, El Bajo at Rising Sun, Newton, Auckland Region
- Freak Of The Week W The Psychs, Glass Owls, Space Creeps And Welfare Mothers at Galatos, Newton, Auckland Region
- Good To Go with Kev Fresh at Good Luck, Wellington Region
- Pikachunes, Rackets, Old Grey Wolf at Mighty Mighty, Wellington Region
- Kikiilimikilii (France) feat local support Oh My Golly! at The Watusi, Wellington Region
- Nightchoir '24 Hours Of Night ' National NZ Tour at Chicks Hotel, Otago
- The Official Mad Decent Launch Party at Wanaka HQ, Otago
- Scary Kids Scaring Kids at The Bedford, Canterbury
- Shotgun alley, Whether you call it hard rock, cock rock, melodic rock, pop-metal, glam or sleaze, Shotgun Alley at Dux de Lux, Canterbury
- Faster Pussycat Kill Kill at Goodbye Blue Monday, Canterbury
- Salmonella DJ Soundsystem at Crash Palace, Bay of Plenty
>> SATURDAY 4 SEPTEMBER
- Scary Kids Scaring Kids at Zeal, Henderson, Auckland Region
- Nick Johnson, Jarrod Phillips, DJ Lucas at Flight Lounge, CBD, Auckland Region
- Boosh.FM Presents: TREi, Luke Purcell & Echo Company at Fu Bar & Zen, CBD, Auckland Region
- Jimmy and The Goodbrew Album Release at Juice Bar at Windsor Castle, Parnell, Auckland Region
- Battle Of The Bands Regional Final The Rotti, The Slacks, The Fritts, Ream Fist, My asylum, Nailed Shut & Groove Addict at Kings Arms, Newton, Auckland Region
- Teacups | Jacob Perkins & The Nobody | Gundry Blues at Wine Cellar, Newton, Auckland Region
- Reggae Affair at Rakinos, CBD, Auckland Region
- the PSYCHS, Space Creeps, Nevernudes at Dogs Bollix, Newton, Auckland Region
- 1885 Britomart - Opening Night - Featuring Hollie Smith at 1885 Britomart, CBD, Auckland Region
- Ambos for Africa Fundraiser at Shadows, CBD, Auckland Region
- Rumble in the Jungle at Sandwiches, Wellington Region
- Salmonella DJ Soundsystem at The Garden Club, Wellington Region
- 24 Hour Party People at San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington Region
- Wasted Youth feat So What So What at The Watusi, Wellington Region
- The Postures god bows to math tour at Chicks Hotel, Otago
- Tahuna Breaks at The Bedford, Canterbury
- Nightchoir '24 Hours Of Night ' National NZ Tour at Goodbye Blue Monday, Canterbury
- Pine, Chch’s god’s & goddess of Alternative / Pop / Indie, back at The Dux! at Dux de Lux, Canterbury
>> SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER
- Mount Gay Rum presents Rakinos new Sunday Jam Session All The Way Live at Rakinos, CBD, Auckland Region
- City Of Fire (fear Factory) With Just One Fix at Kings Arms, Newton, Auckland Region
- Conch Sunday Grill at Ponsonby Social Club, Ponsonby, Auckland Region
- The Poppin' Jays at Happy, Wellington Region
>> TUESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER
- The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra at Windsor Castle, Parnell, Auckland Region
>> WEDNESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER
- Wax'd at Fu Bar, CBD, Auckland Region
- Canadian Club presents Base on High with Dylan C and guests at Rakinos, CBD, Auckland Region
- The Circling Sun + DJ Truent at Ponsonby Social Club, Ponsonby, Auckland Region
- Cuba Libre Karaoke with Bomber at Shadows, CBD, Auckland Region
- Tommy Ill Album Release Tour at Dux De Lux, Otago
- Boom-Draw, DJ sessions of Reggae, Dubstep, Hip-Hop, and Dancehall at Dux de Lux, Canterbury
>> THURSDAY 9 SEPTEMBER
- Attack Attack! (US), Pierce The Veil (US) at Ellen Melville Hall, CBD, Auckland Region
- Thursday Rollout: A Dubstep Weekly at Fu Bar, CBD, Auckland Region
- Becks present Platform Biz hosted by DJ Lokey and guests at Rakinos, CBD, Auckland Region
- Occupational Therapy feat Bobby Brazuka & Friends at Ponsonby Social Club, Ponsonby, Auckland Region
- Annie Crummer LIVE at Sale St, Freemans Bay, Auckland Region
- The Unfaithful Ways (ChCh) Wildwood Lights and Luckless! at Wine Cellar, Newton, Auckland Region
- Wild Things at San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington Region
- Miho Wada & The Shit Fight at The Garden Club, Wellington Region
- Everything Revs and Gold Medal Famous at Mighty Mighty, Wellington Region
- JR Album Release at Happy, Wellington Region
- Good Luck Presents - Selective Hearing w/ Buff Marvin & guests at Good Luck, Wellington Region
- So What So What presents Strangehouse w/ Jetsam Isles at The Watusi, Wellington Region
- The Havana Club Series Nights of Swiss Mixto - Family Cactus at Matterhorn, Wellington Region
- Tommy Ill Album Release Tour at ReFuel, Otago
- The Black Seeds at Sammy's, Otago
- Funkin Thursdays, 90s Hip Hop Classics, The Biggest New Tunes & The Freshest Funk Around Drink Specials, Yummy Food & DJ Mike T From 10pm Til Late at Ishimoto, Canterbury
- Lupus Lunar, alt/quirk pop and roll at Dux de Lux, Canterbury