Posted in Footnotes on Dec 24th, 2009
1. Christmas songs for rap nerds. [Flavorwire] 2. Who own’s it: The Kardashian’s vs. Bey Bey Beyonce. [Bossip] 3. Who is the hipster of the decade? [Gawker] 4. What coulda been oughta been (The Decade Reconsidered) [SFJ] 5. The worst song of the decade [SOTC] 6. Seven things you didn’t know about the extremely modest [...]
Posted in Music on Dec 24th, 2009
This is the closest you’re going to get to me mentioning a Best of 2009 list, but I recommend you take a closer look anyway. No one expected the iTunes New Zealand Best of 2009 list to be perfect but it probably couldn’t get any worse. Firstly, they ignore the fact that we’ve had the [...]
Posted in Music on Dec 24th, 2009
That grainy cellphone picture on the left is Auckland’s London Bar’s last call. The venue well-known to many drinkers and – more to the point – jazz musicians, closed it’s doors for the final time last month after it was announced that the building was soon to be occupied by the Bangkok Restaurant & Bar. [...]
Posted in Music on Dec 24th, 2009
XXL has confirmed that T.I. is indeed out of jail and the rapper is now reported to be finishing the last three months of his sentence in a halfway house in Atlanta. XXL spoke to T.I’s legal defense attorney Steve Sadow who said “You live within this house that is broken into areas for living, [...]
Posted in Music on Dec 24th, 2009
Here goes the new single from the most debated albums of the year. But let’s admit it, it’s still been Jay-Z’s year, right? – I mean, as long as 50 Cent keeps on putting more effort into writing books than he does writing songs and Kanye doesn’t drop a new album in the first half [...]
Posted in Reviews on Dec 23rd, 2009
Timbaland – Shock Value II Let’s go right ahead and skip to track 11, a song called Ease Off The Liquor, and admit that it should never have happened. Never ever. Even though the production is nice and all, the song works as an interlude on an album that lasts almost 75 minutes all up and the world just [...]
Posted in Music on Dec 23rd, 2009
We’re all pretty aware of the fuckery surrounding Flying Nun Records since the whole Festival/Mushroom/Warner Music thing (if you don’t, it maybe worth picking up a copy of Gareth Shute’s NZ Rock 1987-2007) but it was announced today that the label is officially back in the hands of founder Roger Shepherd. Radioscope mentioned that this [...]
Posted in Music on Dec 23rd, 2009
With the d the e the f the i the a the n the c the e, Rage Against The Machine have beat out Joe McElderry for the number one spot on the UK charts. Their classic track Killing In The Name was part of a Facebook campaign to get RATM to the top of [...]
Posted in Reviews on Dec 22nd, 2009
The Flaming Lips – Embryonic The sharp guitar note that cuts into the first song of The Flaming Lips’ latest album could just as easily be the siren of machines warming up. It resonates with the band’s signature noises, of distorted thudding drumbeats with Wayne Coyne’s soft voice, but Embryonic leads down a darker path [...]
Posted in Music on Dec 22nd, 2009
Since I’m responsible for writing the Chart Attack for Real Groove every week (the next one will be out tomorrow), paying attention to the charts and what gets played on the T.V and radio plays a pretty big part in what I do day to day. But airplay is a funny thing – sometimes it [...]
>> 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