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Simon Grigg

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 13:56:48 +1200

This probably is the right thread to mark the passing of Peter Dawkins, perhaps our greatest record producer, and a man who, with a handful of very talented other young men in the 60s and 70s, wrote the book on record production in New Zealand (and Australia later in the…

Russell Brown

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 07:04:32 +1200

I actually thought it was quite widely acknowledged (it came up after she played here), but this guy seems to have demonstrated it:

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

Here's the footage from Glastonbury 2014. The left-hand-side audio is from Perth, Australia on February 27th. The signal in the middle is from Manchester on June…

Samuel Scott

Sun, 06 Jul 2014 22:37:13 +1200

That James Blake set is so wonderfully vague.

I gotta say, that Dolly video didn't strike me as mimed at all. She is doing some kooky phrasing, it would be tricky to fake that. Where did these claims come from?

Jen Ferguson

Sun, 06 Jul 2014 05:49:09 +1200

Cheers for the link, Mr B. With more than 100 stages, big and small, Glastonbury festival-goers really are spoiled for choice – every year I'd say about 50% of our highlights turn out to be things that hadn't even been on our radar when attempting to plan some semblance of…

Jonathan Ganley

Sat, 05 Jul 2014 22:36:46 +1200

Alan captured the memories of the band’s irrepressible guitarist, Michael O’Neill, before the severe stroke that Michael suffered recently. I hope the recovery is going as well as it can do for Michael and his family.

I hope so too. That is sad news.

Here's one of the Meemees photos…

Russell Brown

Sat, 05 Jul 2014 10:48:05 +1200

Part One of Jen Ferguson's Glastonbury blog review — it's amazing how so many of her highlights were away from the big stages: brass bands, a New York-style gay disco. It sounds wonderful, actually.

Tim Michie

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:28:11 +1200

Why should they miss out?

They used to stage recitals there previous years.

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:18:14 +1200

But think of the poor glow-worms ....

Tim Michie

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:01:21 +1200

Do they still stage concerts in the Waitomo Caves? Because poor puns be damned that would be a once in a lifetime gig.

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:29:35 +1200

Seems like an appropriate place for this: I was too slow to book for Nick Cave in Auckland in December. All tickets, all gone. So, jf someone finds them with a spare ticket they want to on-sell, I would be ever so grateful. Unless, of course, they add another concert…

Ken Double

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 13:34:27 +1200

I like Courtney Barnett. Her font of lyrical wisdom does have a bottom but she has a great schtick and her voice is deceptively strong for one who wishes to sound so diffident. And her record is called "A Sea of Split Peas" which is awesome. I hope she makes…

Tim Michie

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:06:59 +1200

There's been some Beatles in the ear, so for your Friday chilling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW7evu7SJBA via boingboing

George Darroch

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:52:34 +1200

Not digging that Reckoner remix, though I usually like the Leftside Wobble. Phil Selway's drums are Radiohead to me, and they're buried here.

James Blake looks like a lot of fun though. I'm often apprehensive about this style of music in the open air – unlike stadium rock/EDM it doesn't…

Russell Brown

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:11:22 +1200

This just in: the Herald has the video of 'Think You're So Free' from the forthcoming album FVEY, recorded at York Street. It's bloody crunchy.

Public Address

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:11:22 +1200

Discussion from blog post.