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Russell Brown

Wed, 07 Sep 2016 11:09:05 +1200

The Observatory is a fantastic venue in Saigon. Make it there now and then.

Nice. Bill certainly seemed pretty excited about it.

Jim Cathcart

Mon, 05 Sep 2016 17:07:51 +1200

The Observatory is a fantastic venue in Saigon. Make it there now and then.

Jonathan Ganley

Sun, 04 Sep 2016 20:36:53 +1200

It was a great show by Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Birds – at the Tuning Fork last night.

Russell Brown

Sat, 03 Sep 2016 11:33:08 +1200

The Phoenix Foundation, who closed with a VERY noisy version of 'Buffalo'.

Russell Brown

Sat, 03 Sep 2016 11:11:35 +1200

Hex are an all-woman Black Sabbath-inspired power trio from Wellington. They’re bloody good.

Russell Brown

Sat, 03 Sep 2016 11:08:58 +1200

I feel this picture accurately captures the madness of King Loser. Definitely the wildest thing I experienced.

Russell Brown

Sat, 03 Sep 2016 11:06:49 +1200

Buzz out of Voom, who played one of the early sets and were just lovely.

Russell Brown

Sat, 03 Sep 2016 11:03:48 +1200

The Other’s Way was brilliant last night – saw a lot, missed even more, didn’t see one bad band. This is Shocking Pinks, who were were taut and rhythmic – I danced pretty hard for an old guy.

Mike O'Connell

Sat, 03 Sep 2016 08:33:22 +1200

Mark, it's at Unit 9, 48 Lismore St, behind the AMI, as in Jade(d), stadium in Waltham. A suitably industrial space. Not quite visible from the street, go through (normally open) sliding iron gates, then a dog leg to the right. It sometimes doubles as a gallery plus there's Henry's…

Rich Lock

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 20:54:26 +1200

Since this is the Friday music thread, and I don't think it's been mentioned previously, fans of dubby dadtronica might like to know that 'Pitch Black' are back in action after a nine-year pause, and have just released a new album.

They're back in NZ over your summer and are…

EE

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:58:40 +1200

I like a good ranter. That is why you have my vote as Waitemata Council member.

MarkHarris

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:03:57 +1200

Thanks for this! Will see whether we can go. Where's Log Recording? Seen a number of gigs listed there but never managed to work out where it is in town.

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 15:47:32 +1200

Oh, and punters in the garden city may want to catch Hex Waves and Sere, the latter touring the release of their eponymous LP. Followed later in the evening (or slightly overlapping with) that night – if anyone has the energy :-) – at Log Recordings, Danish industrial…

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 15:35:07 +1200

The Others Way festival takes over K Road for the second year this evening ...The lineup includes...Salad Boys, Yoko Zuna, Yumi Zouma, Ghost Wave, Kane Strang and more …

Some great S Island on show. Be sure to check out Kane Strang – here's Winded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1SdFO7FTrQ

And the Salad Boys,…

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 15:34:01 +1200

Grace Jones is playing at Potato Head Beach Club in Bali on 08/10, tempting very tempting.

On the form she's showing in that and other FYF clips, worth a go I reckon.

I'm guessing she's taken some steps with her health – there was a period where she looked overweight…

Wendy Stewart

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 15:16:58 +1200

Grace Jones is playing at Potato Head Beach Club in Bali on 08/10, tempting very tempting.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 14:39:40 +1200

of all the vinyl joints, in all the world...
hadn't realised Celia...
...she was but a 'feisty waif' selling records in Real Groovy's first Queen Street store when I first met her, IIRC... Rip It Up deliveries, early '80s...
:- )

MarkHarris

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 14:36:43 +1200

The bandcamp page says, "Nicole – Vocal".

Rob Stowell

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 14:31:36 +1200

Trillionaires who, I have found, did a similar kind of thing
Same folks, essentially – though maybe the Trillionaires were minus Celia?

MarkHarris

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 14:25:33 +1200

There's an album on bandcamp by Trillionaires who, I have found, did a similar kind of thing – cover versions of popular tunes (albeit in a garage style). They were also Chch based and featured, amongst others, John Christoffels (Terminals), Mick Elborado (Termals, Scorched Earth Policy, Axemen), Malcolm Grant (Builders,…

Rob Stowell

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 14:15:19 +1200

Celia managed Into The Void – and had sung with The After Dinner Mints ‘in pub residencies, at racehorse launches and champagne breakfasts’.
The After Dinner Mints on a good night were great fun*. Recently hunted out a grainy interlaced vhs and there was Celia, singing ‘Girl from Ipanema’ (with…

Scott G

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 13:56:41 +1200

We Built This City may be the worst song of all time (personally I'd vote for Peaceful Easy Feeling by The Eagles) but it does translate to Auckland quite well:
We built this city...
We built this city on vol-ca-noes

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 13:04:25 +1200

You’ll also note a special comeback from those rascals King Loser.

Worth checking out the KL interview from Music 101: King Loser – '16 Comeback Special. Two shows in Chch: Darkroom, Sat 10th – $20 door sales only – and a 'matinee' performance at Log Recordings on the…

Russell Brown

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 12:24:19 +1200

Whoops. Left out this quite brilliant thing:

An Oral History of “We Built This City,” the Worst Song of All Time

MarkHarris

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 11:58:21 +1200

Sorry that there are no more videos from the Word Christchurch evening: I was getting my book signed by Roger (and Bruce Russell – squeee!) at the time.

Public Address

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 11:58:21 +1200

Discussion from blog post.