Archive for April, 2010

Albums

Red Steers “The Fever Fold” EP

Red Steers “The Fever Fold” EP

I’m disappointed. Very disappointed in fact. Red Steers’ new EP The Fever Fold is the first I had of heard of this act that I wish I’d discovered sooner. Daniel Johnston, not singer/songwriter and creator of artwork worn by Kurt Cobain, but the Wellington based musician, is the artist behind […]

April 29, 2010 × 3 comments

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Red Steers "The Fever Fold" EP

Red Steers "The Fever Fold" EP

I’m disappointed. Very disappointed in fact. Red Steers’ new EP The Fever Fold is the first I had of heard of this act that I wish I’d discovered sooner. Daniel Johnston, not singer/songwriter and creator of artwork worn by Kurt Cobain, but the Wellington based musician, is the artist behind […]

April 29, 2010 × 0 comments

Downloads / Streams

Listen To The Keith ‘Guru’ Elam Tribute Mix By DJ Premier

It’s a strange thing to be looking forward to DJ Premier’s tribute mixes (his last mix in memory of Malcolm McLaren was something special) while at the same time having to accept that another great has gone. The politics surrounding Guru’s death is a little too much right now so […]

April 26, 2010 × 0 comments

News / Tours

Chartfest 2010 Line-Up Announced With The Verlaines, Die! Die! Die!, Clap Clap Riot, and More

Chartfest 2010 Line-Up Announced With The Verlaines, Die! Die! Die!, Clap Clap Riot, and More

The line-up for Chartfest 2010 has been announced with performances by The Verlaines, Die! Die! Die!, The Transistors, Clap Clap Riot, Dictaphone Blues, Electric Wire Hustle Soundsystem with Benny Tones, and many more. The show takes place at the Christchurch Town Hall Complex on May 28 and tickets are $17.50+bf […]

April 26, 2010 × 0 comments

News / Tours

Chartfest 2010 Line-Up Announced With The Verlaines, Die! Die! Die!, Clap Clap Riot, and More

Chartfest 2010 Line-Up Announced With The Verlaines, Die! Die! Die!, Clap Clap Riot, and More

The line-up for Chartfest 2010 has been announced with performances by The Verlaines, Die! Die! Die!, The Transistors, Clap Clap Riot, Dictaphone Blues, Electric Wire Hustle Soundsystem with Benny Tones, and many more. The show takes place at the Christchurch Town Hall Complex on May 28 and tickets are $17.50+bf […]

April 26, 2010 × 0 comments

News / Tours

It’s Probably Worth Mentioning That I’ve Been Blacklisted By Warner Music NZ For This Whole Dane Rumble Thing

It’s Probably Worth Mentioning That I’ve Been Blacklisted By Warner Music NZ For This Whole Dane Rumble Thing

I got blacklisted yesterday by Dane Rumble’s distribution company, Warner Music NZ, in a move which speaks volumes about how things have been going down at their HQ. Damage control. For those of you who haven’t been following this entire thing, Dane Rumble got infuriated with me for something I […]

April 23, 2010 × 34 comments

News / Tours

Common and Kid Capri Announce Two Shows In Auckland

Common and Kid Capri Announce Two Shows In Auckland

Just when you think that all the good shows must have been announced and maybe you’ll actually get a little bit of downtime to enjoy the cold weather, in comes more great tour announcements. As part of their tour down under, Common and Kid Capri are including two back-to-back New […]

April 22, 2010 × 4 comments

News / Tours

R.I.P Guru

Bad day for hip-hop. Guru – real name Keith Elam – and one-half of the legendary Gangstarr has died almost two months after suffering a heart attack which saw him hospitalised and needing surgery. According to news sources, Guru died after a secret battle with cancer that lasted over a […]

April 21, 2010 × 1 comment

News / Tours

Here’s A Screenshot Of The One-Lined Email Dane Rumble Sent Me Where He Cusses Me Out and Calls Me A Snake

Here’s A Screenshot Of The One-Lined Email Dane Rumble Sent Me Where He Cusses Me Out and Calls Me A Snake

Here’s a little something that popped up in my inbox yesterday morning courtesy of Dane Rumble, a man that recently scored big when his debut album went straight to number one in New Zealand three weeks ago. Click it to enlarge and believe me when I tell you that I’m […]

April 21, 2010 × 20 comments

Features

Here's A Screenshot Of The One-Lined Email Dane Rumble Sent Me Where He Cusses Me Out and Calls Me A Snake

Here's A Screenshot Of The One-Lined Email Dane Rumble Sent Me Where He Cusses Me Out and Calls Me A Snake

Here’s a little something that popped up in my inbox yesterday morning courtesy of Dane Rumble, a man that recently scored big when his debut album went straight to number one in New Zealand three weeks ago. Click it to enlarge and believe me when I tell you that I’m […]

April 21, 2010 × 0 comments

Albums

MGMT “Congratulations”

MGMT “Congratulations”

Surely Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser were listening to the musical Hair when they wrote the sleeve notes for their new album Congratulations. They reckon Flash Delirium is “The Natives go all Dance-hall Stomp as something strange in the water forces a Flash time Strobo-cop emanation of the will. Delusion […]

April 21, 2010 × 0 comments

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MGMT "Congratulations"

MGMT "Congratulations"

Surely Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser were listening to the musical Hair when they wrote the sleeve notes for their new album Congratulations. They reckon Flash Delirium is “The Natives go all Dance-hall Stomp as something strange in the water forces a Flash time Strobo-cop emanation of the will. Delusion […]

April 21, 2010 × 0 comments

News / Tours

Last Night: So So Modern at The New Dowse Gallery

Last Night: So So Modern at The New Dowse Gallery

April 20, 2010 × 1 comment

Albums

Holly Miranda “The Magician’s Private Library”

Holly Miranda “The Magician’s Private Library”

Born in Michigan to a church-going family (“I went to church, five days a week for 14 years” she has said), Holly Miranda’s back-story doesn’t seem like the type of thing which might result in an album like The Magician’s Private Library. That title was even inspired by her schizophrenic […]

April 20, 2010 × 0 comments

Singles

The Don Kings “Whore Of The Headhunter”

The Don Kings “Whore Of The Headhunter”

Sit on that title for a second. Whore Of The Headhunter. It’s great huh, and it makes perfect sense because if you go to their MySpace page and check out their influences, all you’ll see is a couple of old school pictures of leather clad biker gangs. The Don Kings […]

April 19, 2010 × 0 comments