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David Kay

Sat, 02 Nov 2013 10:29:41 +1300

I'm still trawling the internet for Lou stuff and I'm at last going to get my turntable repaired so I can dig up those formative songs.
So I havent quite got over the sad news yet.

I first saw him in 1974 in his glam/heavy metal phase at the Ak…

Russell Brown

Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:40:13 +1300

Your HTML will not work in the comments, but thanks for the pointer.

LIISA

Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:41:21 +1300

Hi, sorry, late comer, but just to clarify this:

This is pretty awesome: the whole of Chris Bourke’s Blue Smoke radio series, based on the book of the same name, available as podcasts from Radio New Zealand
– they are available to stream on demand and embed:

...but not download/podcast…

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 30 Oct 2013 09:34:05 +1300

Middle Ear...
(about Oz bands) ...they struggled to translate the live vibe onto vinyl.
that cavernous-bass-body-blow
just doesn't cross over...
full body impact aurals,
not just silly little ear anvils!

Tomorrowpeople

Wed, 30 Oct 2013 02:27:10 +1300

The Hummingbirds suffered a little on record in that kind of thin weedy production sound. I have a live cassette recording of them playing the Hillcrest in Hamilton around 1991.

Alan Perrott

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:21:04 +1300

totally agree with your point about Oz bands, and I think they shared a problem with many bands here in that they struggled to translate the live vibe onto vinyl.
back when I was playing (badly) we did a wee tour with the Deadly Hume (with original H&C pots and pans…

Russell Brown

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:26:22 +1300

Knox’s kazoo took it to a whole other level.

How could it not?

Tomorrowpeople

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:15:49 +1300

Not to worry Russell – I think all our memories are like that these days, especially if it had anything to do with Squid bar...

I had to comment here on Ed Kuepper – those two Auckland shows in the early/mid 90s were very good indeed.
The one McKessar talks…

Joe Wylie

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 22:06:49 +1300

I seem to recall a few other bands played that song too. It was a bit of a standard.
Knox's kazoo took it to a whole other level.

Russell Brown

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:57:25 +1300

A rather slow version of a song that Toy Love made their own.

I seem to recall a few other bands played that song too. It was a bit of a standard.

Simon Grigg

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 21:12:12 +1300

A rather slow version of a song that Toy Love made their own.

I’ve got that somewhere live at The Last Resort. Always a live highlight. It’s shame the recent live album had no cover versions as they were always a highlight of the show.

This might have to do:…

Joe Wylie

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:35:47 +1300

The best place to start a New Zealand wake might be with the glorious Dunedin Double EP, or the first Hello Sailor album.
A rather slow version of a song that Toy Love made their own.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kym3xgrEISA

Simon Grigg

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:41:04 +1300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp-5V3PJ90E

The best place to start a New Zealand wake might be with the glorious Dunedin Double EP, or the first Hello Sailor album.

Rob Stowell

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:33:22 +1300

Sad to hear. He's left so many great songs.

Hebe

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:55:11 +1300

Lou Reed, eh!

Got to be some great wakes for Lou.

Geoff Lealand

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 08:23:45 +1300

Lou Reed, eh!

Geoff Lealand

Sat, 26 Oct 2013 22:41:03 +1300

Tuck one in your bag for me on your next trip back? In the meantime, I acquiring a portable machine via Trademe.

Chris Waugh

Sat, 26 Oct 2013 12:40:54 +1300

I hadn't heard of Clara van Wel before, but that article seems positive. Anybody know what her music's like?

tony bellew

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 22:27:16 +1300

I saw The Lips in Osaka this week. Another fantastic show. Hard to follow the hamster ball! Wayne Coyne did seem like a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown though. Steven Drozd appeared to nurse him through the show. Made for great viewing!

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:37:37 +1300

Also you should know you have been 'banned' from The Neo-Kalishnikovs blog. Awesome.

This news has made my day. I will add this achievement to my LinkedIn profile.

Like you said, their music is ok. They just need to keep writing, keep playing live and get better and better. But…

BenWilson

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:52:33 +1300

That's an excellent start.

Russell Brown

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:17:10 +1300

News: the David Bowie channel on Sirius FM.

Russell Brown

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:52:09 +1300

We brought Ed Kuepper over to play at the Gluepot in 1993 and do some promo for Serene Machine, his album of that year.

Good grief. My memory sucks balls.

paul mckessar

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:35:03 +1300

We brought Ed Kuepper over to play at the Gluepot in 1993 and do some promo for Serene Machine, his album of that year. The Able Tasmans were the opener – with Graeme being the loudest voice we had in media in support of Ed's incredible talent it was hard…

Paul Williams

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:40:40 +1300

I got a bit emotional when he played this

So, I'm kinda a marginal player in a uke band in Sydney... and we play "Stranded" in our Punk set... 'jussay'n...

Alan Perrott

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:23:28 +1300

hey Geoff, you might want to check them online as well. a mate just flogged off an aussie only 78 jazz release on ebay and got over $3000.

I've got a HMV jobbie from 1928. lovely piece of kit.

Simon Grigg

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:12:50 +1300

You need to come to Bangkok, Geoff. These are new and they work.

Luke Williamson

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:34:10 +1300

What a fantastic find.

Luke Williamson

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:32:58 +1300

Only just found out this week that George Duke was RIP in August this year. Who?
Not everyone loves Frank Zappa but I grew up on diet of his work and George Duke was keyboard/vocalist in possibly the best incarnation of Frank's band in the mid-70s. There is no good…

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:27:02 +1300

Just to divert attention from what is going these days in music: chanced on an amazing collection of old 78s, in good condition, at a Save the Children fair last Saturday. Meticulously-labelled boxes of 1930s/40s core jazz eg Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Jose Turner, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman etc eand…

Danielle

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:18:12 +1300

I adore Brainfreeze so much. (Although the last time I saw DJ Shadow there were some pretty ropey vocalist spots that made me cringe a bit. Was that the Powerstation show? Probably.)

Paul Rowe

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:58:02 +1300

That was Ed Kuepper's first ever show in Auckland. I don't want to wait so long for the next one.

Nah. I saw him at Squid in the mid-90s, supported by Abel Tasmans. He had just released A King in the Kindness Room (I had to look that up) at…

Pete

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:43:06 +1300

Neneh with Robyn guesting? O Yeah

Russell Brown

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:29:35 +1300

Full disclosure, as his cousin, I’m extremely biased, but Daniel is a stupidly talented artist, and Egospect is an amazing album; I’m please he’s a finalist. All three sound grand actually. This sea of talent is inspiring.

Absolutely agreed. Three very purposeful artists there. I'm really looking forward to the…

Russell Brown

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:25:45 +1300

But speaking of festivals, the one I’m looking forward to is next month’s multi-city Square Wave Festival.

Wow , that's really quite a roster — and nearly all of it in Wellington. Thanks for the heads-up — I'll do something in the blog next week.

Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:25:10 +1300

(the name comes from a video game, i think)

That'd be right. It's this one; something of a theme for the young McBride who was previously in the band Bandicoot, named after another (and probably best forgotten) PlayStation original, Crash Bandicoot.

Full disclosure, as his cousin, I'm extremely biased, but…

Russell Brown

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:21:53 +1300

David Dallas’ new album “Falling Into Place” is brilliant. It reminds me of the Native Tongue stuff from the late ’80s, and also a bit of the Death Row sound from the early ’90s, but it mainly sounds like a product of Auckland and New Zealand in 2013.

Thanks for…

Russell Brown

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:20:16 +1300

Also you should know you have been ‘banned’ from The Neo-Kalishnikovs blog. Awesome.

For those not in the know ‘The Neos’ are NZs best blog-troll band. They are pissed off at everything and it is thoroughly entertaining. They have really been ramping it up of late, subtly implying death threats…

Samuel Scott

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:54:12 +1300

David Dallas continues to impress. I love him.

Also you should know you have been 'banned' from The Neo-Kalishnikovs blog. Awesome.

For those not in the know 'The Neos' are NZs best blog-troll band. They are pissed off at everything and it is thoroughly entertaining. They have really been ramping…

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:34:41 +1300

David Dallas' new album "Falling Into Place" is brilliant. It reminds me of the Native Tongue stuff from the late '80s, and also a bit of the Death Row sound from the early '90s, but it mainly sounds like a product of Auckland and New Zealand in 2013.

I'm particularly…

Max Rose

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:00:38 +1300

Neneh Cherry AND Four Tet?! Glorious!

But speaking of festivals, the one I’m looking forward to is next month’s multi-city Square Wave Festicval. Billed as an electronic music festival, I was a little sceptical at first that it only referred to a limited and indie-friendly subset of electronic music (somewhere…

Samuel Scott

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:37:51 +1300

The Lips seem to have removed that tweet. A grumpy post argument lapse by tired dudes on the road? They are a great band to follow on instagram. They still act pretty unhinged.

I like all the critics choice bands. In fact I just about like everything nominated at this…

Peter Darlington

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:37:35 +1300

- DJ Shadow is actually a native of California.

Yep San Francisco/Berkeley based I think. Originally part of Quaanum group of artists loosely including Lateef, members of Blackalicious, Dan the Automator, Qbert etc... All worth checking out.

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:33:41 +1300

out and about...
Here's a new festival you might find interesting.
...and another arrival on the Chchch event scene is the Festival of Transitional Architecture – all on this long weekend!!
(including a twilight market tonight, that I didn't get my act together to sign up for, dammit)

Russell Brown

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:19:10 +1300

Gah. Sub-optimal this morning and can't get into the CMS on my phone.

– TNAF didn't win the Critics' Choice their year – that was Street Chant, who totally rocked.
– DJ Shadow is actually a native of California.

– And as Peter has let you know, the Picassos play…

Sacha

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:02:35 +1300

I've heard that Peter Mac guy haz steel drum tunes.

peter mclennan

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:58:38 +1300

also on this weekend, Hallelujah Picassos with Loud Ghost, Bloodbags, plus DJs Stinky Jim and Peter Mac, Kings Arms on saturday, $15 on the door. Picasso core is one of a kind!

Chris Waugh

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:54:51 +1300

But, I thought you were soaking in it, over there, in Beijing...

The taste and smell of it I'm quite used to – and the taste of it's riverine version from the fish I ate in Changsha (google heavy metal Xiang River, it's quite scary), it's the sound of it…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:48:23 +1300

Aural be damned...
I'm not quite sure I like the sound of
"atmospheric death metal"
But, I thought you were soaking in it, over there, in Beijing...
;- )

Michael Chiles

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:33:45 +1300

http://www.otr-festival.co.nz/
Heres a new festival you might find interesting.

Chris Waugh

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:32:52 +1300

And more Kiwis hitting the international big time.

I'm not quite sure I like the sound of "atmospheric death metal" – although my tastes do tend towards the heavy, but I did quite like this quote:

"We're not about making money, that's why we have jobs. We really love playing this…

Richard Stewart

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:32:26 +1300

Shadow was impressive at the Powerstation back in 2011, and this live show mix with Cut Chemist featuring some pretty obscure soul tracks is one of my all-time favourites – all done from 7" vinyls . I'm hoping he might do a side show...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy7Obm6x86o

Public Address

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:32:26 +1300

Discussion from blog post.