Archive for September, 2010

News / Tours

MTV New Zealand Closing Down

MTV New Zealand Closing Down

At about 3:30pm yesterday afternoon, the staff at MTV New Zealand were told that the company would be closing it’s doors in December and the New Zealand network which launched in 2006 also announced that they were making 23 staff redundant, not including well-know presenters Amber Peebles and Jay Reeve. […]

September 29, 2010 × 0 comments

Downloads / Streams

Download Kittentank’s EP For Free

Download Kittentank’s EP For Free

Kittentank, the noisy self-proclaimed “trash-diva garage pop outfit” from Wellington are heading to Auckland this weekend for a few shows including an all-ages one and a live-to-air at the Red Bull Studios. The band started off as Frank Eggleton’s solo project in 2006 but has since expanded into a six-person […]

September 29, 2010 × 0 comments

Features

Metro Magazine’s Gary Steel On RIANZ, Dane Rumble and This Years New Zealand Music Awards

Metro Magazine’s Gary Steel On RIANZ, Dane Rumble and This Years New Zealand Music Awards

There’s something oddly special about about Auckland’s favourite elitist magazine, Metro, calling bullshit on this years music awards. Gary Steel’s column titled ‘The Blah Awards’ in the October issue of the magazine, cleverly takes shots at Dane Rumble (“…Rumble came on like 90’s rapper Vanilla Ice on milk biscuits. The […]

September 28, 2010 × 47 comments

Features

Metro Magazine's Gary Steel On RIANZ, Dane Rumble and This Years New Zealand Music Awards

Metro Magazine's Gary Steel On RIANZ, Dane Rumble and This Years New Zealand Music Awards

There’s something oddly special about about Auckland’s favourite elitist magazine, Metro, calling bullshit on this years music awards. Gary Steel’s column titled ‘The Blah Awards’ in the October issue of the magazine, cleverly takes shots at Dane Rumble (“…Rumble came on like 90’s rapper Vanilla Ice on milk biscuits. The […]

September 28, 2010 × 0 comments

News / Tours

Big Day Out 2011 First Announcement

Big Day Out 2011 First Announcement

So the Big Day Out 2011 rumour mill (including us), which had this thing looking like 1992 with grunge acts Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots and Hole lined up as the headliners, did not happen. The official announcement went down this morning at 8am but because of the Australian announcement happening […]

September 28, 2010 × 1 comment

News / Tours

Public Enemy To Perform “Fear of a Black Planet” At Auckland Town Hall

Public Enemy To Perform “Fear of a Black Planet” At Auckland Town Hall

PRESS RELEASE: Public Enemy are coming to New Zealand in January to perform their seminal Fear of a Black Planet album on its 20th anniversary.

September 28, 2010 × 0 comments

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Public Enemy To Perform "Fear of a Black Planet" At Auckland Town Hall

Public Enemy To Perform "Fear of a Black Planet" At Auckland Town Hall

PRESS RELEASE: Public Enemy are coming to New Zealand in January to perform their seminal Fear of a Black Planet album on its 20th anniversary.

September 28, 2010 × 0 comments

Downloads / Streams

Download The New Kitsunegari EP For Free

Download The New Kitsunegari EP For Free

We had our hearts broken when young up-starts Bandicoot broke-up back in June, but we were quickly relieved to see the Muzai Records roster fill up with even better bands that have been emerging from the same scene. The Postures, Full Moon Fiasco, God Bows To Math and now Kitsunegari […]

September 27, 2010 × 0 comments

News / Tours

New Zealand At CMJ 2010

New Zealand At CMJ 2010

There are a couple less local artists heading over to the CMJ Music Marathon this year, and the six that have been chosen (possibly five if Street Chant don’t make it over) will play a showcase at Le Poisson Rouge on Tuesday October 19. Alongside Street Chant, there will be […]

September 27, 2010 × 1 comment

Albums

Knives At Noon “Glitter Guts”

Knives At Noon “Glitter Guts”

I’ll just come clean and tell you that I was not looking forward to reviewing Knives at Noon’s latest offering, Glitter Guts EP, in fact I only agreed to do it out of desperation. Everything I’d heard about the Dunedin foursome suggested that they were not for me, that they […]

September 24, 2010 × 1 comment

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Knives At Noon "Glitter Guts"

Knives At Noon "Glitter Guts"

I’ll just come clean and tell you that I was not looking forward to reviewing Knives at Noon’s latest offering, Glitter Guts EP, in fact I only agreed to do it out of desperation. Everything I’d heard about the Dunedin foursome suggested that they were not for me, that they […]

September 24, 2010 × 1 comment

News / Tours

Smashing Pumpkins Return To New Zealand

Smashing Pumpkins Return To New Zealand

PRESS RELEASE: The Frontier Touring Company are thrilled to announce the return of The Smashing Pumpkins to NZ this October for one show only at the Town Hall in Auckland on Tuesday 19th October.

September 24, 2010 × 0 comments

Features

Live: Street Chant at “The Circus Downtown”

Live: Street Chant at “The Circus Downtown”

We’re still a little beside ourselves after seeing Street Chant play in the corner of the tiny Hitch Bar on Fort Lane last night, but that’s just the sort of evening it was. ARC’s second Community Projects show ‘The Circus Downtown’ showed Auckland how they do with performances from Street […]

September 23, 2010 × 0 comments

News / Tours

The National Announce One NZ Show

The National Announce One NZ Show

UPDATE: First show sold out and a second additional show for January 13 has been added. Pre-sale tickets available now.

September 23, 2010 × 0 comments

News / Tours

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Announce NZ Tour

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Announce NZ Tour

PRESS RELEASE: After winning the hearts of New Zealand audiences in 2008 with their incendiary performances at WOMAD in New Plymouth, soul-funk sensations Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are returning in December to play two dynamite shows in Auckland and Wellington.

September 21, 2010 × 0 comments