Posted in Music on Dec 21st, 2009
A new music prize, named after Dylan Taite is aimed at awarding and acknowledging creativity, originality and musicianship. The Taite Music Prize aims to pick the best album of the year regardless of sales, genre or artist recognition and the prize is $10,000. The first winner will be announced on March 31 next year and [...]
Posted in Reviews on Dec 21st, 2009
Billie Joe Armstrong should get some sort of award – dude still looks exactly the same as he did a decade ago but sometime between then and now (I’m guessing it might have been around the time American Idiot came out) he’s turned into a monster of a frontman. Bono seriously needs to take note. [...]
Posted in Music on Dec 21st, 2009
The list of YouTube’s most watched videos in New Zealand has been released, with a few nice surprises in amongst the results. The biggest? Smashproof, who scored the number one most watched music video in New Zealand. They beat out The Lonely Island, Miley Cyrus and Keri Hilson with their Chris Graham directed video, which [...]
Posted in Reviews on Dec 21st, 2009
Katy Perry – MTV Unplugged I have a lot of time for Katy Perry, and not just because she’s smokin’. Her transition from the nice Christian girl to the good girl gone bad thing she had going on with I Kissed A Girl and that is somehow now at the stage which requires her to [...]
Posted in Footnotes on Dec 18th, 2009
1. The 50 Best Catch Phrases of the Decade [BroBible] 2. Iron Man 2 trailer [Complex] 3. Rihanna x Young Jeezy – Hard (Behind The Scenes) [2dopeboyz] 4. Best Rap 2009, from someone that would know [Cocaine Blunts] 5. Kid Cudi No Longer Touring With Lady Gaga [Idolator] //
Posted in Music on Dec 18th, 2009
If only wars were actually like this – the visuals for Rihanna and Young Jeezy’s soon to be everywhere new single is finally out. It’s enough to give Lady Gaga a little competition in the costume department and comes complete with apocalyptic themed Mickey Mouse military garb, a pink tank (to match her lipstick, of [...]
Posted in Reviews on Dec 18th, 2009
Taylor Swift – Fearless: Platinum Edition I think by this stage it’s safe to say that everybody knows who Taylor Swift is. Fearless has already gone five-times platinum in the US, which in this day and age is not an easy feat. So what’s the big appeal then? I guess on most levels, Swift’s biggest [...]
Posted in Music on Dec 18th, 2009
A few weeks ago when one of our reviewers went to the one-off Gin concert in Auckland, he sat down with the Cardinals and was told that bassist Chris Feinstein was home in New York resting a bad back. For that night and the series of shows in Australia, Feinstein was replaced by Jeff Hill [...]
Posted in Music on Dec 18th, 2009
I don’t often bother posting links to something you can actually buy unless it’s by a local artist but goddamn, don’t even consider not buying this. Seriously. View it as an early Christmas present to yourself. [iTunes] //
Posted in Music on Dec 18th, 2009
If this keeps up, Rebirth is officially going down as one of the most troubled albums in history. First the album gets pushed back, then it gets pushed back again, and now it’s almost a year since it was due out and – take a guess – it’s been pushed back again. Now comes the [...]
>> 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
>> FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER
- XIU XIU (USA) with support from James Duncan at Whammy Bar, Newton, Auckland Region
- Glass Owls, Debutantes and Deer Park at Juice Bar at Windsor Castle, Parnell, Auckland Region
- Native Sons EP release Tour with support from Yebiisu at Forge Bar & Nightclub, Papakura, Auckland Region
- DJ Dubhead & the 95BFM Collaborations at Shadows, CBD, Auckland Region
- Tahuna Breaks at San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington Region
- The Datsuns at Bodega, Wellington Region
- Good To Go with Kev Fresh at Good Luck, Wellington Region
- Truth Puppets Album Release Party at Sandwiches, Wellington Region
- Deth Becomes Shane album release with Murder Chord & Freddy Fudd Pucker at Happy, Wellington Region
- The Pickups, No Aloha & Green Eyed Owl at The Watusi, Wellington Region
- K-Lab 10pm at Matterhorn, Wellington Region
- The Bats NZ September Spring Tour at Captain Cook Tavern, Otago
- The Black Seeds at Queenstown Memorial Hall, Otago
- While I'm Awake I'm At War Album Release Tour at Dux de Lux, Canterbury
- Tommy Ill Album Release Tour at No.8 Wired, Canterbury
- Ed Muzik at El Santo Porteno, Canterbury
>> SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER
- Regrooved NZ feat Qdup Fndtn (USA) & Rephrase (AUS) at Toto Bacco Room, CBD, Auckland Region
- The PSYCHS, Eastern Flowers, Chums of Moorhaven at Masonic Tavern, Devonport, Auckland Region
- Dubclash feat Dead Fools Fiesta, Eddie Numbers and Sandy Bay Social Club at Galatos, Newton, Auckland Region
- Nocturne Magazine Presents: Biomechanoid, Issue 4 Release Party at Kings Arms, Newton, Auckland Region
- Matthew Crawley, Luckless and Silke Hartung at Wine Cellar, Newton, Auckland Region
- Modern Love at Cassette Number Nine, CBD, Auckland Region
- Ghost Wave, Deer Park. Grass Cannons at Whammy Bar, Newton, Auckland Region
- Common Ground at 4:20, Newton, Auckland Region
- Party Animals feat Team Dynamite at Rakinos, CBD, Auckland Region
- Skanarchy Fest at Bodega, Wellington Region
- Xiu Xiu at San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington Region
- while I'm Awake I'm At War Album Release Tour at Chicks Hotel, Otago
- Flip Grater -While Im Awake Im at War Tour at Chicks Hotel, Otago
- The Truth Albulm Release 2 Zone Party feat Borderline at South Bar, Otago
- Tommy Ill Album Release Tour at Goodbye Blue Monday, Canterbury
- Into The Void, extreme experimental, wall of sound at Dux de Lux, Canterbury
- The Black Seeds at The Bedford, Canterbury
- RDU Presents RoundUp 2010, Heats 1 at Dux de Lux, Canterbury
- The Datsuns at Basement Bar, Taranaki
- Tommy and The Fallen Horses at Matinee, Taranaki