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Hugh Wilson

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:50:35 +1300

A minute or two late, but tuned into KEXP last night and then switched stations to Laid Back Radio (already a preset fav) and alas identical feeds!

nzlemming

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:43:49 +1300

Just spotted this online Pomplamoose 2014 Tour Profits (or lack thereof)

bob daktari

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:30:11 +1300

The crowd seemed so muted and uninterested. Or.too.cool.to.get excited?.

the crowd was the quietest they've been for years, well since the public element was added... def not a cool thing – there is nothing cool about music awards fullstop

not a fan of the TV show aspect – the media…

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:13:18 +1300

re: lax
I need some time.in bed with a lozenge.
or, possibly, a: colonic irrigation
for when all motions
are stopped ...

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:07:10 +1300

...what Katy did?
She turns 30 and suddenly she’s Stevie Nicks?
That's hardly cricket,
she still has a septum...

;- )

Sacha

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:37:29 +1300

1010110111 dalmations

Simon Sjorn

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 21:49:54 +1300

Perhaps. I need some time.in bed with a lozenge.

Simon Sjorn

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 21:49:10 +1300

I seem.to.have a.full.stop.issue. Apologies to the punctuation watchdogs.

Simon Sjorn

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 21:48:04 +1300

Agreed about these awards – they did feel faintly embarrassing but then maybe I was not the target audience. I liked.Tiny Ruins and the opera guys were odd but that was about.it. The crowd seemed so muted and uninterested. Or.too.cool.to.get excited?. The.presenters seemed to have no real connection.with the.crowd.and.felt.flat.and.desperate. Maybe.it.was.more…

Graham Dunster

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:38:31 +1300

Retro rock observation – Mick Taylor really made my night when he came on for Midnight Rambler on Saturday. Awesome. Having never bothered to see them before, the last minute decision to expose myself to the elements in the South Stand was vindicated. And great to see Hunters and Collectors…

Ken Double

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:39:57 +1300

I don't know whether to love the AMAs for boosting Iggy Azalea over the pooh poohing of the purists or resent them for Imagine Dragons. Democracy is ever messy. Must say though, Katy Perry, "Adult Contemporary"? She turns 30 and suddenly she's Stevie Nicks?

Martin vandem

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 18:31:54 +1300

KEXP has a good in-studio performance show: http://kexp.org/live/default.aspx

Even has occasional visitors from Christchurch ! : http://kexp.org/live/liveperformance.aspx?rId=34527

Sacha

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:52:39 +1300

Here's where a real commercially-motivated American awards show heads.

Ken Double

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:23:18 +1300

I was one of the many voters and it wasn’t really possible to go past Pure Heroine – it’s just too important a record.

The Horned One has thee in his power! Admit it, you secretly prefer Ladi6 don'cha? I won't tell.

Russell Brown

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:13:30 +1300

She didn’t get awards for selling big numbers – you’ll note those went to others like Sol3 Mio.

Biggest-selling NZ album of the past two years by freakin' miles.

Judges clearly disagreed with you on creative/technical merit of this particular album.

I was one of the many voters and it…

Sacha

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:49:36 +1300

She didn't get awards for selling big numbers – you'll note those went to others like Sol3 Mio. Judges clearly disagreed with you on creative/technical merit of this particular album.

And giving awards to anyone else would as sensible as snubbing the Beatles for a Grammy cos they were too…

Ken Double

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:34:31 +1300

That wasn't the whole sentence Sacha. I think there was a very strong artistic case for giving the album of the year to Ladi6. Did we need another Lorde moment? (I do think she's great by the way, I just don't think that album makes the claim yet.)

Russell Brown

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:25:19 +1300

Repent Russell, they’re the work of bloody Satan. I will say though on the list of winners the only one that sucked was the People’s Choice which kinda fucks my populist thesis.

That's always the ropey one.

Ken Double

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:22:38 +1300

Repent Russell, they're the work of bloody Satan. I will say though on the list of winners the only one that sucked was the People's Choice which kinda fucks my populist thesis.

Sacha

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 13:01:32 +1300

The very fact that they felt obliged to give all the doorstops to Lorde this year shows how irrelevant they are

Oh, cmon.

Russell Brown

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 12:59:07 +1300

I’ve often wondered what those awards mean to the artists concerned. As a music lover I couldn’t give a flying one about them. Maybe it’s my creaky punk values but they’ve never reflected anything I’ve felt or believed

My impression, and I know many of the artists, is that they…

Ken Double

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:50:39 +1300

I've often wondered what those awards mean to the artists concerned. As a music lover I couldn't give a flying one about them. Maybe it's my creaky punk values but they've never reflected anything I've felt or believed.

Ladi6's record is great and the withheld approbation of a bunch of…

NSA

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:27:28 +1300

The Guardian have published this beaut Albini piece on the surprisingly sturdy state of the music industry. Possibly a little too earthy for those on the funding gravy train or with a bee in the bonnet about radio play quotas, prizes etc but it's a pretty decent rundown.

TracyMac

Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:13:03 +1300

Yes, I was sad too about Ladi6 not getting a nod. She's been trucking along fabulously for years, and this album is her best solo effort to date.

It's definitely been Lorde's year, but at least one gong for Ladi6 would have been nice (and well-deserved).

Grant McDougall

Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:55:27 +1300

KEXP's a great station, loads of good stuff on it.

Public Address

Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:55:27 +1300

Discussion from blog post.