Thursday, May 13th
Wanda Jackson at SFBH June 21
Daaamn loving Strange Life Records at the moment
Tuesday, May 11th
Ratatat bird and green screen – guess it encourages communityvideopost-productionethoslet’sallgetalongwhy
can’twealljustlearntogetalong?
Mighty June 4: Bang Bang Eche, Bandicoot, Crackhouse 5 and Mammal Airlines
New video for Urbantramper’s Ode to the Public Servant
History yo! NZ Film Archive is screening Catching the Beat, “a compilation of short films, music videos and early sound recordings” of music made in NZ between 1930 – 2002, Thursday 20 and Friday 21 May
Sunday, May 9th
Goodbye Galesburg fundraiser starts at 3pm today feat. Thought Creature, Signer, Seth Frightening and others, just $10! THANK YOU JIM AND GORDON
Gordon Campbell on how the NZ government will kill the NZ music scene for internationals
@opdiner ‘When punk rockers Suburban Reptiles insulted patrons at the Awapuni hotel, they didn’t bank on Manawatu muscle.’ more
Friday, May 7th
Golden Axe are releasing their new album on ‘Compact Disc’, June 19 at Mighty Mighty! Support from 47 Diamantes and Leno Lovecraft
Thursday, May 6th
Bill Orcutt confirmed to play at Happy, May 20
Everyone’s a-talkin’ about the Daytrotter session for The Vivian Girls
Urbantramper is at TheNewDowse tonight, 7pm
New High Places track On Giving Up
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Wednesday, May 5th
Wow – who got funding for what NZ on Air funding search
Recent visitor John Wiese has been archived on UbuWeb
ALL AGES GIG feat. 1995, Force Fields, Cat Venom and Newtown Rocksteady, Aro Valley Community Centre, May 21 – just 5 bucks!
Free EP Inducing Panic from Mr Dibbs of 1200 Hobos fame
Sombre new video for Daedelus’ Stampede Me
Tuesday, May 4th
Obviously no longer terrified of US retribution, it’s Shihad The Movie yikes
Friday, April 30th
“Distorted, primitive, glam zombie fuzz”, new Hairdos track Hot Brains
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Thursday, April 29th
New Best Coast track
Wednesday, April 28th
Must-have tween riot gear
May 9 deadline to win a day free recording at York St Studios, “for talented unsigned bands”
Grayson Gilmour album release is May 8 at Bodega w/ Seth Frightening and Vaults, $10 or $25 with album
NZ’s Music Videos is 1 year old today
Tuesday, April 27th
Arch Hill 10th anniversary sampler for download from their Facebook page
New Street Chant track Yr Philosophy on their Myspace
Fundraiser for Galesburg Sunday 9th May at SFBH, feat. Seth Frightening, Thought Creature, Signer, City Oh Sigh and more! Just 10 bucks (and if you can’t make it, why not buy a ticket anyway to say thanks for all the amazing shows Galesburg has put on over the years)!
Monday, April 26th
Happy 70th Giorgio Moroder
New Red Steers Ep, The Fever Fold, available here
47 Diamantes / Tommy Ill collab Armageddon Ready (For The End Of The World) for free download
47 Diamantes / Tommy Ill Armageddon Ready (For The End Of The World)
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The UrbanTramper Company is hiring…
Sunday, April 25th
Surf City and The Clean on 00’s glitch-pop label Morr Music, and The Clean gettin’ cosy with Pavement in the UK
Fuuuuck, this song rules. Mi Ami carry this pounding rhythm for over 6 minutes here, without losing any of it’s original steam. 
So if you have read this column at all regularly, you’ll notice I’ve got a bit of a semi for British 3-piece Male Bonding. Their simplistic pummel has been pretty joyous to my ears over the last year or so. 
T54 are a band from Christchurch. They used to be called Joe Sampson and the T54. They played at Glastombury, which was effectively a microcosm of the messiest parts of CALH, over New Years 2009 vs 2010. 
So it’s not as intense as, say Frenchys, but Holy Fuck still churn out a bit of tension here in their new single, Latin America. 
Okay I think I first heard this at the Mount Pleasant / With Moths / Rhinoceros extravaganza at Watusi approximately a month ago (that was a p. cool show by the way, too many Phil Elverum vibes to count), and it’s almost disturbing in it’s fidelity to the original… 
Ummmmm so looks like Foals did a total Primary Colours on this one, their new track Spanish Sahara proving that they can move beyond mathy hi-hat ravaging annoyance pretty expertly. 
I think I’m still in shock from just how incredible this set was. Dripping with bizarre electronic tidal waves and monster machine sounds, I was soooo doubtful as to whether they could emulate their records live. Seriously. They didn’t just emulate the record, they reproduced and obliterated it. 
Pretty much the equivalent of an ancient cave drawing of The Internet circa 2007 AD. 
Tweencore: We drink the fountain of youth and glorify musics that are all abouts its!!! BFF styles! 
Most dangerous and feared of all sports – synchronised swimming – meets Japanther… 
From beyond the (g)rave, it’s the 100 best things on my dead hard-drive. 
Real nice new vid for recent visitor Daedelus’ upcoming EP! 
“Once this process of ‘gentrification’ starts in a district it goes on rapidly until all or most of the original occupiers are displaced and the whole social character of the district is changed.” 
Ruling! Heh, spam in the genre of indie/experimental (with ‘troll’ sub-genre), received in TKS comments today. Hey Mr., I totally wasn’t insinuating anything! 
A bastion of your parent’s/grandparent’s record collections are in Wellington tonight, making for a strangely family-friendly event. I’ve not seen as many black shirts since the Destiny Church march in 2004. 
40 minutes of ass shaking lazer booty that causes snakes to crash planes and wizards to learn kung fu!