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L8 CHILLIN: REST OF THE BEST

January 7, 2010 – 3:00 pm

Here are the rest of my favourite releases of 2009! Already outdated though. Sad face.

Thursday

January 7, 2010 – 12:45 pm

Um, Nike have a free download of Best Coasts When I’m With You b-side available??! Weird. Sellout. Babe. Go gets it.

Woooooah so The Knife were already a pretty scary / good band, and that Fever Ray album was all kinds of stunning, but there’s something in their forthcoming Darwin-based fucking opera entitled Tomorrow, In A Year that has me superintrigued in them now.

ENFANTS FRAICHES

January 6, 2010 – 3:30 pm

Oops, as it turns out, my internet at home went down for a few days, some hangover from Y2K or something. Anyway here’s some tracks from Auckland outfit Sidewalk Meese.

Wed 6 Jan

January 6, 2010 – 9:59 am

Want to WIN a FREE ticket to Castanets, Alps and Tiger Saw on Friday night at Happy? Go to their MySpace pages: Castanets, Alps, Tiger Saw. Winner picked Thursday by Snowfield!

STR8 CHILLIN – FAVE RELEASES OF 09

December 29, 2009 – 1:03 pm

Five albums a day keeps the climax at bay.

SONGS OF 2009 #5-1

December 13, 2009 – 9:33 pm

Hello! It’s been a strenuous weekend, but at last here’s the final five tracks in my list of faves for 09.

SONGS OF 2009 #10-6

December 12, 2009 – 2:09 pm

OOOOH we’re getting close, aren’t we?

#10: Small Black – Kings of Animals (Despicable Dogs 7″)
Pretty standout track from one of the better artists that I guess gets lumped under ‘chillwave’ this year. This one doesn’t sound much like Memory Tapes or anything though – I mean sure, there’s some drum machine action, but the guitar [...]

SONGS OF 2009 #15-11

December 11, 2009 – 3:04 pm

Since yesterday, I’ve become aware of some giant spiral time vortex loating over Norway. It’s apparently a failed nuclear missile test from Russia (the EIGHTH failed test at that too), but whatever.