Archive for October, 2011

Singles

Great Sounds Great; Bad Sounds Bad: Badd Energy ‘Third Eye’

Great Sounds Great; Bad Sounds Bad: Badd Energy ‘Third Eye’

Every week, a panel of writers for The Corner will focus on a bunch of recently released local singles and grade them. We call it Great Sounds Great; Bad Sounds Bad. Read through the panelists thoughts below and let us know what you think of the song in the comments […]

October 31, 2011 × 8 comments

Features

Whatever Happened To Political Music?

Whatever Happened To Political Music?

It’s election time and I thought I’d get into the spirit by looking at the much derided area of “political music”. These days it seems like writing songs about serious issues is about the lamest thing a musician can do, despite the fact that there’s plenty of issues to sing […]

October 31, 2011 × 14 comments

News / Tours

Latest NZ On Air Funding Decisions – October 2011

Latest NZ On Air Funding Decisions – October 2011

The latest NZ On Air funding decisions are in for October. This month saw 31 projects (out of the 99 applications) get the go-ahead for Making Tracks funding which will see 16 artists receive up to $10,000 for recording a song and making a video and the other 15 artists will […]

October 31, 2011 × 0 comments

Downloads / Streams

Listen: Yelawolf Feat. Kid Rock ‘Let’s Roll’

Listen: Yelawolf Feat. Kid Rock ‘Let’s Roll’

Yelawolf’s Radioactive may have been delayed until late November, but we now have the new Kid Rock-guesting single ‘Let’s Roll’; stream the track via Soundcloud / Nah Right.

October 31, 2011 × 0 comments

Videos

Watch: Common ‘Blue Sky’

Watch: Common ‘Blue Sky’

‘Blue Sky’ is the first single from Common’s upcoming album, The Dreamer, The Believer, due out this December. Check out the video for the No I.D. produced track below.

October 31, 2011 × 0 comments

Videos

Watch: Arctic Monkeys ‘Evil Twin’

Watch: Arctic Monkeys ‘Evil Twin’

‘Evil Twin’ is Arctic Monkeys’ latest clip and follow up to ‘Suck It And See’, directed by Focus Creeps. And like that one, it’s also slightly NSFW – watch it below.

October 31, 2011 × 0 comments

News / Tours

Weekly Wrap-Up: October 29 2011

Weekly Wrap-Up: October 29 2011

— This week both Dan Deacon and Guitar Wolf both announced upcoming New Zealand tours.

October 29, 2011 × 0 comments

Singles

Great Sounds Great; Bad Sounds Bad: Pajama Club ‘Tell Me What You Want’

Great Sounds Great; Bad Sounds Bad: Pajama Club ‘Tell Me What You Want’

Every week, a panel of writers for The Corner will focus on a bunch of recently released local singles and grade them. We call it Great Sounds Great; Bad Sounds Bad. Read through the panelists thoughts below and let us know what you think of the song in the comments […]

October 29, 2011 × 1 comment

Videos

Watch: Beyonce Feat. J. Cole ‘Party’

Watch: Beyonce Feat. J. Cole ‘Party’

For ‘Party’, the sixth video from her latest album 4, Bey teams up with J. Cole (who appears here in Andre 3000’s place). Watch below.

October 28, 2011 × 0 comments

News / Tours

Guitar Wolf Announce NZ Tour

Guitar Wolf Announce NZ Tour

Guitar Wolf have announced a five date tour of New Zealand for this December; find the dates below.

October 28, 2011 × 1 comment

Q+A's

Q+A: Explosions In The Sky

Q+A: Explosions In The Sky

Over the past ten years Explosions in the Sky have crafted their honest and evocative instrumental rock sound to a point of near perfection. The band which formed in Austin, Texas following a flyer in their local record store which read “Wanted: Sad Triumphant Rock Band” have across the course […]

October 27, 2011 × 0 comments

Videos

Watch: Diana Rozz ‘Iron Woman’

Watch: Diana Rozz ‘Iron Woman’

Diana Rozz have finally released the video for ‘Iron Woman’, the opening track off this year’s Numbskull EP; check it out below.

October 27, 2011 × 1 comment

Downloads / Streams

Listen: Gonjasufi “The Ninth Inning” EP

Listen: Gonjasufi “The Ninth Inning” EP

Gonjasufi’s latest EP The Ninth Inning is a collection of four previously unreleased songs, and earlier today he released them straight to the internet for free. The EP comes via The Fader and can be streamed or downloaded over here.

October 27, 2011 × 0 comments

Downloads / Streams

Listen: Lana Del Rey ‘Blue Jeans (Odd Future’s The Internet Remix)’

Listen: Lana Del Rey ‘Blue Jeans (Odd Future’s The Internet Remix)’

Odd Future’s new side-project The Internet (formed with Matt Martian of the Super 3) have released their remix of Lana Del Ray’s ‘Blue Jeans’; stream it below.

October 27, 2011 × 0 comments

Singles

Great Sounds Great; Bad Sounds Bad: St. Rupertsberg ‘In Albania’

Great Sounds Great; Bad Sounds Bad: St. Rupertsberg ‘In Albania’

Every week, a panel of writers for The Corner will focus on a bunch of recently released local singles and grade them. We call it Great Sounds Great; Bad Sounds Bad. Read through the panelists thoughts below and let us know what you think of the song in the comments […]

October 26, 2011 × 25 comments