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Ian Dalziel

Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:10:42 +1200

...Vintage BFM 91.8 t shirt circa 1987
I've got one of those somewhere – not mint,
but probably sorta smelly...

Jonathan Ganley

Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:06:32 +1200

The Spelling Mistakes (and some helpers) performing ‘Feels So Good’ on Saturday:
Hate me, hate me ...

Jonathan Ganley

Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:42:19 +1200

Seen at Real Groovy on record store day: a mint vintage BFM 91.8 t shirt circa 1987 – the 'greeblie' design by Chris Knox.

Simon Grigg

Tue, 22 Apr 2014 14:42:41 +1200

The Spelling Mistakes (and some helpers) performing ‘Feels So Good’

Trivia: We never could work out what it was called. The front cover of the original release was 'Feel So Good' (as was the APRA registration) but the labels and back cover are 'Feels So Good' (as here).…

Russell Brown

Tue, 22 Apr 2014 14:15:09 +1200

Lorde has postponed her Australian tour dates on account of illness and will return to NZ to rest and get well.

Whatever the issue, I think it's pretty clear she's due a rest.

Russell Brown

Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:01:08 +1200

The Spelling Mistakes (and some helpers) performing 'Feels So Good' on Saturday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP6OSxvo55o

Geoff Lealand

Tue, 22 Apr 2014 08:42:14 +1200

Bought that recently at Vinyl Countdown in New Plymouth. Isn't that ironic!

JacksonP

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:39:51 +1200

1) The 9am record scrum. Honestly, I’ve never been in a ‘entusiastic’ crowd of vinyl lubbers.
2) Phoenix Foundation, Rubber Band Gun Zombie Attack.
3) Spelling Mistakes. What a lot of fun they had, mostly standing up.

Real Groovy, where they were very pleased with their day.

I’d say they…

Russell Brown

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 09:47:08 +1200

The Spelling Mistakes were presumably quite a bit louder than Dave, but crowds too at Real Groovy, where they were very pleased with their day.

Russell Brown

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 09:08:24 +1200

I couldn’t even get anything up that I could read, seemed to be all kinds of needlessly clever interactive things going on, that are probably too whizzy for my old computer…

That too. What a pointless;y annoying format.

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:32:52 +1200

...mixed feelings about that article
I couldn't even get anything up that I could read, seemed to be all kinds of needlessly clever interactive things going on, that are probably too whizzy for my old computer...

@Deep Red
...a quite literally full house
and a 'crowded house', even...
:- )

Kumara Republic

Sun, 20 Apr 2014 20:53:33 +1200

Dave Dobbyn played to a quite literally full house @Slow Boat Records on Saturday.

Russell Brown

Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:35:21 +1200

Meanwhile, Pitchfork lay down a long and comprehensive read on the implications of streaming for music. It’s huge.

I have mixed feelings about that article. On the one hand, it contains some notable insights, most from third parties. On the other, it reads like someone's pretentious cultural theory essay. I…

George Darroch

Sun, 20 Apr 2014 10:46:13 +1200

I’m happy for Naked & Famous and all but God help me they’re representative of a dull strand of indie pop. You expect NZ to succeed with something a little off-kilter, like… er… Lorde, but those kids are nothing more than a testament to professionalism.
Rather bland, eh? I'd like a…

Robyn Gallagher

Sat, 19 Apr 2014 21:51:14 +1200

Free to view online this long weekend – Sound It Out, a documentary about a record store of the same name, the only remaining indie record store in the Teesside area in the north of England.

The doco looks at the store's staff and regular customers – mostly male, mostly…

Ken Double

Fri, 18 Apr 2014 11:58:04 +1200

Stepping up to the plate seems to be Lorde's speciality. Listening to her video link I swear her accent's already trending mid-Pacific. She's scary.

I'm happy for Naked & Famous and all but God help me they're representative of a dull strand of indie pop. You expect NZ to succeed with…

Russell Brown

Fri, 18 Apr 2014 10:26:53 +1200

I must implore that The Phoenix Foundation are certainly not playing an acoustic set at Real Groovy tomorrow. We will be playing the 7” stuff straight up.

Ooh. I will fix that now.

Russell Brown

Fri, 18 Apr 2014 10:19:25 +1200

My personal pick was Jonathan Bree’s The Primrose Path.

Great record. As Havoc observed in your interview on Wednesday, there was no one in that lineup you wouldn’t want to win.

once Lorde was nominated it was the obvious and appropriate choice and the way she accepted it was exceptionally…

Samuel Scott

Fri, 18 Apr 2014 09:38:36 +1200

I love that these big fests stream everything now. It's a great fomo reducer.

"my heart would have given it to the Phoenix Foundation." Thanks Russell, we appreciate that. Certainly we were not expecting to win. I think once Lorde was nominated it was the obvious and appropriate choice and…

Sacha

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:13:16 +1200

Doprah
Friday 2nd May, Matterhorn, Wellington

Locals, please go.

Yamis

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:00:32 +1200

One of the other acts at Coachella was Outkast, reuniting after a decade. It should have been epic, but everyone seems to have been left feeling rather underwhelmed. There are a few theories flying around, but this one is most intriguing. EDM.com speculates that the Coachella audience wasn’t impressed with…

JacksonP

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 18:54:32 +1200

Grayson Gilmour

I really enjoyed that, cheers. And one of the hardest working vocalists at the moment, Claire Duncan, was a perfect foil on the track Minus Times Infinity. That was great live.

Might see if there’s still some vinyl around on Saturday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8NQ5AaCO0I

Russell Brown

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 18:29:58 +1200

Within Sony TV there is a channel called Moshcam.

And we have Samsungs, so we can’t get it, but we can get stuff you can’t. The proprietorial approach to content by the set manufacturers is not helping the digital transition one bit.

There’s a concerts channel on Apple TV, but…

Russell Brown

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 18:26:20 +1200

Bryan Staff missed his moment on stage (cue jokes about being late to one's own funeral), but I found him and fetched him so Hugh could interview him.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503078&gal_cid=1503078&gallery_id=142467

I like this bit:

"The point about AK79 is not what I did in putting the record out, it's what I…

Russell Brown

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:29:37 +1200

A typically good-natured interview with the Phoenix Foundation by Mikey Havoc on Hauraki.

James Littlewood*

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:13:04 +1200

a channel specialising in live events. We could do with one of those

If you've got a Sony TV or BluRay, you'll get ... Sony TV! Patch the telly into a modem. Within Sony TV there is a channel called Moshcam. Moshcam itself is a non-linear channel of most of…

Alan Perrott

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:01:22 +1200

yeah, but the big stuff is always the limited releases, they have the resale value. I'd be happier having them drip fed as usual, there's something unseemly in having a scrum form.

Russell Brown

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:48:53 +1200

Cian is a good mate of Jason so that’s probably why the Smiley stash is at Conch. Certainly eclectic.

I don't have much cash at the moment, but I think I'm going to have to get over there on Saturday morning.

Russell Brown

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:48:07 +1200

while the day is fun and all I’m getting a bit leary on the whole RSD thing. if you haven’t read the letter posted on the Kudos site, I recommend it…

Interesting. It does bear noting that RG is acting in the spirit of the day by limiting the specials…

Grant McDougall

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:43:23 +1200

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Mark Cubey

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:24:52 +1200

Cian is a good mate of Jason so that's probably why the Smiley stash is at Conch. Certainly eclectic.

bob daktari

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 14:03:38 +1200

I assume so yes – was told last night that his collection was at conch. I would hazard a guess (I don't know either way) that Conch either bought them or gave whomever representing Clinton the best terms of trade.

I also echo yours and kudos sentiment re RSD -…

Alan Perrott

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:44:18 +1200

while the day is fun and all I'm getting a bit leary on the whole RSD thing. if you haven't read the letter posted on the Kudos site, I recommend it...

http://www.kudosdistribution.co.uk/record-store-day-2014-frustration/

I track Kudos daily and the overload they refer to has meant they haven't stocked new vinyl in…

Russell Brown

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:05:47 +1200

After my little spin at Real Groovy on saturday, I will be heading along to see Hypnic Jerk play at this gig.

Robyn Gallagher

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:28:39 +1200

Peter McLennan explained the bizarre lighting to me – it was set up for the EDM acts, who stood behind a DJ booth at the back of the stage pretending to play something. They were numerous and almost all shit.

One of the other acts at Coachella was Outkast, reuniting…

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:26:40 +1200

Chchch Record Shop day events:
http://galaxyrecords.co.nz/Galaxy Records has X-Ray Charles live in-store on Saturday 19th.

Whereas Penny Lane Records is celebrating it on Anzac Day April 25
at their Sydenham, Riccarton and Eastgate stores…

Kebabette

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:25:36 +1200

Dubdotdash's listing of Record Store events
Being in Otautahi, Galaxy Records has X-Ray Charles live instore and rare & collectable vinyl from the vaults.

Pennylane Records have pushed their Record Day stuff out to the afternoon of Friday 25 April.

Russell Brown

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:04:00 +1200

And this just in ...

The Music Month 2014 shows have been announced:

Lawrence Arabia
Thursday 1st May, Takutai Square/Britomart, Auckland (free lunch time show)

She’s So Rad, Delete Delete and Paquin
Thursday 1st May, Tyler St Garage, Auckland (free evening show)

Doprah
Friday 2nd May, Matterhorn, Wellington

Janine & The…

bob daktari

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:57:41 +1200

...and todays youth from my experience have a similar feeling about downloading – foreign stuff fair game but locally produced pay for it. A rather odd side effect that lingers on

From my experience of music wholesale/distribution CD burners really really hurt sales – remember a certain ad agency getting…

Robyn Gallagher

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:43:21 +1200

At some point she’ll want a bigger show. Or not – who am I to offer advice?

I would bloody love it if Lorde had a full-on stadium show with an expanded band, dancers and power lighting and super staging.

I've just written a thing [[http://robyngallagher.com/2014/04/16/brn-baby-brn/|looking back at the BRN>BRNT anti-piracy…

Public Address

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:43:20 +1200

Discussion from blog post.