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nzlemming

Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:06:13 +1300

Of interest? Culture is not about aesthetics – punk rock is now enforced by law

Sacha

Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:32:36 +1300

On a radio or even a home stereo you get some of that but on the big Vector system the vocal was laid over a crafted rumble

headphone generation?

Sacha

Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:31:43 +1300

thanks for posting #kiaora

Chip Matthews

Mon, 21 Oct 2013 08:49:38 +1300

Late to this thread, but may I offer my most heartfelt congrats to Godfrey who was an amazing MD. I'm biased, cause I love that guy like brother, but it was my fav Silver Scrolls I've ever been a part of (I only get to go to these types of…

andin

Mon, 21 Oct 2013 08:14:59 +1300

He speaks of his Saviour as someone you wouldn’t mind meeting.
If talking was all that was required, we'd all be converted by now haha!
But alas, some of us just hear those voices for what they are, and dont tack a name to it.
I don't doubt a person…

Hugh Sundae

Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:03:49 +1300

VNZMA technical awards next week

will be streaming those too.

Robyn Gallagher

Sun, 20 Oct 2013 14:06:16 +1300

VNZMA technical awards next week…big awards a month after that…I think I need a new suit.

Speaking of awards, Pure Heroine was released in America on 30 September – which was also the eligibility deadline for the 2014 Grammys...

Russell Brown

Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:16:26 +1300

Hey, this is a brilliant, surprising feast of soul, hip hop reggae and other stuff. Just love it:

The RocknRolla Sound System mix CD, as a high-quality WAV download. Free!

Scott A

Sun, 20 Oct 2013 02:24:51 +1300

Ok, I just cried a river (and danced a bit too) to that clip of "In The Neighbourhood."

Sounds like home. Wherever I am. And for the first time in so many years.

nzlemming

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:48:22 +1300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7gUfyhBYoI

Simon Grigg

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:26:39 +1300

This won’t be the last we hear of Joel Little either. If you haven’t already caught up with it, here’s the first public track from a new project Joel has been producing.

What really hit me on the APRA/Apra night was – hearing Royals for the very first time on…

Samuel Scott

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:41:24 +1300

Wasn't it about 2am? I think you can forgiven for heading homewards at such an hour. I am always so much more inclined to party when in Auckland.

..VNZMA technical awards next week...big awards a month after that...I think I need a new suit.

Simon Grigg

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:37:05 +1300

. It’s English after all, and names for things, so if you want to style yourself as MARTIN, pronounced “Martin”, fine by me. :-)

Quite. I guess the rule for me is what do they call themselves and I’m wary of letting grammar rules override that. In the case of…

Robyn Gallagher

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:52:50 +1300

This struck me today when I visited my 72 year old nana, who out of the blue proclaimed how much she likes Lorde's songs.

My mum – who is also 72 – told me the other day that she'd listened to "Royals" and rather liked it. In fact, she listened…

JacksonP

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 11:41:35 +1300

Hi Russ.

Was thinking while reading the post 'wouldn't it be cool if we could aggregate the tracks and listen to them all as a playlist.'

Turns out, for the most part, you can. Discovered this thing called MiniLogs.

Here's the playlist from the post, which took a couple of…

Peter Darlington

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 10:58:55 +1300

If you're a fan of @Peace & El Truento, New York hiphop DJ Oddisee's "Beauty in All/Tangible Dream" double album is gorgeous and great value over at Bandcamp

(Hat tip to Martyn Pepperell for that one)

bmk

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 09:43:56 +1300

WINZ seems to be an exception. My memory may be wrong but I always see that spelled in all caps yet pronounced as one word. In most other situations the rule seems to apply. Maybe that's just an exception that makes the rule :)

TracyMac

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 01:09:46 +1300

No, because you don't pronounce those as "us" and "uke". You speak the individual letters, therefore "UK" and "US" are still appropriate. And even that's comparatively recent usage. Remember when it was U.S.A.?

All caps these days pretty much implies each letter is pronounced separately. And yes, of course there…

Hilary Cameron

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:33:24 +1300

I was quietly quite stoked to see "Royals" win, I thought it was really deserved on its own merit.

The thing that really strikes me more than anything is how incredibly broad Lorde's appeal is. You only have to whack "Lorde" into search on twitter to see tweets from 13…

Mark

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 00:17:06 +1300

Hi first time poster. I was born in '72 and DD is honestly the soundtrack to my life so far. Starting school was Be Mine Tonight, standard two was The Devil You Know, intermediate was always Magic What She Do, starting high school was Slice of Heaven, School "C" was…

Russell Brown

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:49:58 +1300

That Broods song was played on BBC Radio 1 today, which is, y’know, pretty major.

You are so first with the news.

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:55:31 +1300

If you haven't already caught up with it, here's the first public track from a new project Joel has been producing. It's very, very good

That Broods song was played on BBC Radio 1 today, which is, y'know, pretty major.

Martin Brown

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:53:59 +1300

So it’s Us. And Uk. Cool.

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:49:26 +1300

It can take a while for that status to be established: note the transition from AIDS to Aids, the ACT party to Act.

Yet ACT itself still use all-caps for their name. The best advice for this situation – pick a style and stick with it.

Russell Brown

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:48:36 +1300

Did you know Dave Dobbyn is the headliner at the upcoming Parachute? It oddly appeals to me!

I like that artists who have established a reputation in the real world (Elemenop, Great North) play Parachute. Kids get to hear better music that way.

And I gather they're a useful presence…

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:42:35 +1300

Oh yeah, who remembers TV2's Friday night music video show "CV", which screened in 1989? It was about two hours long and had rather eclectic choices in music videos. (I loved it and it help shape my adult tastes in music.)

Anyway, I found that the Film Archive had listed…

Russell Brown

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:42:19 +1300

Side issue here, but what’s the deal, APRA or Apra? APRA and I are the former and you and Russell Baillie the latter.

The Listener stylebook (and very probably the Herald's) says that if the acronym is commonly pronounced as a word, it has the initial capital only, It can…

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 20:33:37 +1300

He's funny, generous and he makes Jesus sound like a great guy.

Did you know Dave Dobbyn is the headliner at the upcoming Parachute? It oddly appeals to me!

I was really touched by Don McGlashan's comments about the positive impact that "Royals" had on him – that he helped…

Martin Brown

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:58:34 +1300

Australasian Performing Rights Association. Yep, APRA. Outstanding show. Loved it.

Simon Grigg

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:42:53 +1300

It's either way I think Hugh. I use APRA as does AudioCulture because a) they stand for words and b) their site does http://www.apra-amcos.co.nz/about/about-apraamcos.aspx

Hugh Sundae

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 19:10:27 +1300

Side issue here, but what's the deal, APRA or Apra? APRA and I are the former and you and Russell Baillie the latter.

Sacha

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 18:59:16 +1300

Though that may have been his standard greeting at the time. #cheers

Russell Brown

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 18:50:12 +1300

although Russell and I were getting misty eyed about the one at the Powerstation circa 1990/91 where they decided not to feed us until AFTER the ceremony. At least two winners had to be helped to the podium.

I'm not sure if "misty-eyed" is quite the right phrase. More "crying…

Russell Brown

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 18:47:14 +1300

No that would be his sense of humour

Not just that. He speaks of his Saviour as someone you wouldn't mind meeting. I often think that if all Christians were like Dave, it would be a different, and better, world.

And as you seem to know he upbringing its hardly…

Simon Grigg

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 18:43:53 +1300

Agree Samuel. Great to talk with you too.

I've been to god knows how many of these sorts of things and it really was the best I think – although Russell and I were getting misty eyed about the one at the Powerstation circa 1990/91 where they decided not to…

Russell Brown

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 18:43:50 +1300

Definitely the best awards evening I have been to. So many genuinely moving moments.

Yes. Your song totally deserved to be part of it, too.

Sorry I cut out on our conversation at the after-party. I had become justfiably anxious about the work I needed to do the next day.…

Samuel Scott

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 18:18:22 +1300

Definitely the best awards evening I have been to. So many genuinely moving moments.

Sacha

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:16:28 +1300

I got kinda teary there at "In the Neighbourhood" myself

Same. What an awesome moment.

Andre Alessi

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:14:09 +1300

Jean Grae, the South African/American MC has written a lovely tribute to her late mother, South African musician, Sathima Bea Benjamin (including a nice link to one of Sathima's songs at the end of the post.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjYoWcr7ACk&feature=youtu.be

Grae has also put up a new track of her own, titled FUCKERY…

andin

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:08:54 +1300

... he makes Jesus sound like a great guy.
No that would be his sense of humour And as you seem to know he upbringing its hardly a stretch to figure out why he became a born again.
His brother is a priest/ missionary. Upbringing affects a lot.

Danielle

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:07:42 +1300

Aw. AW. I got kinda teary there at "In the Neighbourhood" myself. How lovely.

And since you mentioned the staging for Beyonce – I attended her show on Wednesday and HOLY CRAP. That was the absolute maddest bloody thing I've ever seen in my life. She changed costume about 748…

Jason Kemp

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:30:24 +1300

For anyone who wants to check actual rap lyric trends you can use the RapGeniuus site mentioned by Russell to do that

check out lawyers, guns, money on rap genuis or any other set of words for your amusement or serious research

Peter Darlington

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:15:08 +1300

To get your party started early... For those people nostalgic for those hardcore and garage days of the early 90s filled with badbwoys and gunshots;

https://soundcloud.com/sinden/badboy-sinden-gunshot-rub

nzlemming

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:46:35 +1300

From the gluten-free aisle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsz_IRd80OM

Russell Brown

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:22:28 +1300

I've just added Nick Bollinger's Audioculture article on Dave Dobbyn to the main post. Those first two paragraphs are just great.

bob daktari

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:11:43 +1300

I'm not the target market for hip hop nor pop, but Royals deserved its win so so very much and In the Neighbourhood is one of the great NZ songs FACT

on top of that outburst I'm loving I Spy – if anyone has the opportunity to see Estere and…

Dave Patrick

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:00:40 +1300

I am SO not the target market for hip hop, but I always have loved "In the Neighbourhood" – it could only have been made in South Auckland.

Public Address

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:00:40 +1300

Discussion from blog post.