Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: The music I listened to https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=245087#post245087 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=245087#post245087 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:58:45 +1300 Bull Shite https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=245019#post245019 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=245019#post245019 ...ban me if you must, but here's some albums i liked from this year.

http://pollywannacracka.blogspot.com/2011/12/choice-albums-from-2011.html

]]> Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:27:02 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=244636#post244636 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=244636#post244636 I also rediscovered my metal roots via Kyuss Lives! back in May. Playing the Power Station on Fri 13th. Clearly it was fate.

I’d also be remiss here if I didn’t mention that the support act – Doug Jerebine and Billy TK Snr. Who were awesome. Photos here.

And Black…

]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:23:45 +1300 Bull Shite https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=244583#post244583 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=244583#post244583 Kuedo
Pinch and Shackleton

Indeed. Lullaby instrumentals to nod off to in the dark after a long days doing whatever it is you do during the long days that you need winding down from before sleep takes you to wherever it is sleep takes you in the dark. In that…

]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:50:27 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=244531#post244531 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=244531#post244531 Oh, man.

We wrapped the last Media7 for the year last night, went to dinner, then some of us went on to Keegan Fepuleai's party at Rakino's and saw @peace play there. Wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else in the world. Those guys have something very special going on.

]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:58:21 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=244320#post244320 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=244320#post244320 I just didn’t remember that I was in it, albeit briefly!
…accidental immortality!

At about 2:17 if anyone wants to ID the youthful ID.

]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:29:23 +1300 Simon Grigg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=244305#post244305 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=244305#post244305 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi1_GYahCSs

I love this guy. Only 17 when he made the above record. And 16 when he put this down:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR46jrwnhXY

I've liked too many records this year to count or remember then all, but I blogged a few that matter to me here.

]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:30:04 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=244258#post244258 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=244258#post244258 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgigQpLXM6M&list=UUucAwCY2njGc1QyrYGfxvuQ&index=1&feature=plcp
I remember listening to this…
I remember Chris filming it at our place
(well his and Barbara’s, I just flatted there)
I think those may even be my sheets on the
lounge walls (no expense spared at Studio Hakanoa!)
I remember all those young folk, Tex and Ged, too……

]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:59:13 +1300 william blake https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243978#post243978 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243978#post243978 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzBM34cEyUU ]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:44:25 +1300 william blake https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243975#post243975 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243975#post243975 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU_QR_FTt3E ]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:42:07 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243969#post243969 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243969#post243969 And was there any good music made by women?

Well, I've been rocking the Annabel Fay album pretty hard. Really under-rated, in my opinion.
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!

Oh, I crack myself up.....

]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:07:32 +1300 Grant McDougall https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243846#post243846 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243846#post243846 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTbSFuL6jTY

The Clean doing a great version of 'Getting Older' a couple of weeks ago.

]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:17:12 +1300 hamishm https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243828#post243828 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243828#post243828 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:49:38 +1300 Bull Shite https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243810#post243810 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243810#post243810 And was there any good music made by women?

This album is fiyah !

Goapele – Break of Dawn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRn2DAggPEE

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:13:30 +1300 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243773#post243773 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243773#post243773 And was there any good music made by women?

I’m utterly intrigued by Lana Del Rey.
+1

Also, I quite like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kScLsa0Vrhs

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:05:30 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243760#post243760 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243760#post243760 And was there any good music made by women?

I’m utterly intrigued by Lana Del Rey.

The whole thing is a confection, of course (two years ago she was aspirant singer-singwriter Lizzie Grant) but that’s where I think the Nancy Sinatra thing actually hits home. ‘Video Games’ and the new…

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:37:22 +1300 George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243757#post243757 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243757#post243757 How could I forget these strokes of brilliance?

Local boy done good David Dallas:

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

Kwaito-infused Afro-futuristic township tech:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKfwSFI8LhQ

(So much more than this single, of course).

Drake, singing drunken emotion like I've never heard. The rest of his album touches the same places.

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

Did everyone else consume…

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:58:12 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243696#post243696 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243696#post243696 I saw two TV shows in a row the other night
(one Aust and one American) that had her songs in them

Recently stumbled on a long scene from Chuck of all things that featured a certain familiar tune (10 million views). Struck with the power of layering our worldview…

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:32:04 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243683#post243683 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243683#post243683 Well, Adrian Sherwood was great last night. He played everything from roots classics ('Chase the Devil'!) to out-and-out dubstep. I was glad to have my earplugs and my body aches a bit today, but it was very cool.

Also: lots of mums 'n' dads having an E. Bless.

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:30:03 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243682#post243682 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243682#post243682 ..and I meant to say Gin Wigmore has done well!
I saw two TV shows in a row the other night
(one Aust and one American) that had her songs in them...
Good on her!

It's the new reality if you're a composer. Sync deals are a more reliable source…

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:25:53 +1300 Caleb D'Anvers https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243678#post243678 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243678#post243678 For me, Mogwai 'Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will' and the 'Earth Division' EP were great (as were Mogwai live).
Agreed , though I haven't (yet) managed to catch Mogwai in concert. (And following Stuart Braithwaite on Twitter isn't quite the same.) I love this song and video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jv64uhCIrU…

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:17:29 +1300 Blake Monkley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243669#post243669 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243669#post243669 Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves is my Album of the year. Everything bad about 80's music mashed into a gem of a sound..

A new release from Bradford Cox‘s solo project, Atlas Sound, is on high rotation in our house at the moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rY5Uf4E0e4&ob=av2e

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:53:08 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243665#post243665 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243665#post243665 ..and I meant to say Gin Wigmore has done well!
I saw two TV shows in a row the other night
(one Aust and one American) that had her songs in them...
Good on her!

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:45:19 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243661#post243661 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243661#post243661 Tanking? Yeah right!
Keeping it Chchch crunchy – T54 took off this year
even got signed to some almost middle-aged
local shoe-gazer record label!
:- )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72qqmKw2b8w

and ex-pat Cantab export, Trillion (aka Jody Lloyd),
gets his instrumental groove on with the new release
Sky is falling – part 3…

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:34:48 +1300 Simon Chamberlain https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243653#post243653 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243653#post243653 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:09:06 +1300 Scott A https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243635#post243635 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243635#post243635 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:57:19 +1300 Scott A https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243634#post243634 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243634#post243634 On the metal front, is Mastodon’s “The Hunter” as good as people say?

Well, I think so: Crack The Skye may've fallen into the 'prog-metal' category due to song length and concept, but The Hunter does so by more competently – and excitingly – using complex time signatures and confident…

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:53:40 +1300 Caleb D'Anvers https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243620#post243620 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243620#post243620 I thought Wire's Red Barked Tree was quite unfeasibly good. It hasn't ended up on too many end-of-year best ofs, though, which is a shame. Here's the tunefully nihilist first track, "Please Take":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XCsRPkne-M&feature=related
and the gothy "Down to This," which reminds just how much early Headless Chickens were influenced by…

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:37:27 +1300 Pete Sime https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243617#post243617 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243617#post243617 I've been enjoying Peter Gabriel's rendition of My Body is a Cage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ve4i4iy-ag

In other other year-in-reviewy goodness, Google put out their Zeitgeist video today

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

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:14:35 +1300 Pete https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243606#post243606 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243606#post243606 If anyone gets a chance to see Cairo Knife Fight live, do it – Heap Big Mighty Good

Also Ms Welch has been reliable for years

On the metal front, is Mastodon's "The Hunter" as good as people say?

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:56:27 +1300 Dave Patrick https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243581#post243581 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243581#post243581 does anyone else think that Pitchfork has got it's head stuck up it's own arse?
Pick me – I really don't get some of the stuff they rave about – twee "indie by numbers" nonsense most of it seems like.

I can't remember too much that I've bought this year,…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:31:13 +1300 Russell Clarke https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243580#post243580 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243580#post243580 Far Skies Deep Time ]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:26:53 +1300 Simon Bennett https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243569#post243569 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243569#post243569 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:39:08 +1300 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243560#post243560 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243560#post243560 I’m getting increasingly excited about Laneways as I familiarise myself with the artists. M83 mentioned above, and also…
Feist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnj8_aDBJT8
Austra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LJtMrhb558&ob=av2n
and many others besides.

I’ve also just discovered She’s So Rad, and their Georgie’s Song is just about perfect, and this ain’t bad either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Y-gSlsdwE

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:34:29 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243552#post243552 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243552#post243552 What, no mention of Tom Waits yet?

Kind of like English folkie June Tabor's + The Oyster Band version of "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

Wooden Shipjes and The Felice Brothers too.

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:01:58 +1300 Pete https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243551#post243551 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243551#post243551 And the worst album?

http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/middle/2011/12/01/198509-lulu.jpg

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:01:16 +1300 George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243548#post243548 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243548#post243548 This is the year in which I discovered less music than any other. Not enough radio, not enough trawling through the internet's virtual crates of MP3s.

That said, I rather liked Radiohead's King of Limbs; subtle, rich, dense. Plenty declared their disdain, but Radiohead are simply getting more interesting. Feist's…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:31:43 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243544#post243544 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243544#post243544 Slave Ambient (War on Drugs)

I kept feeling like I should be really into that but it didn't quite gel for me. Ah well ...

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:09:05 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243542#post243542 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243542#post243542 sadly (being a dance music lover) not one DJ floated my boat this year... oh well Greg Wilson in March to look forward to

No shit!? I will look forward to that too.

I still harbour dreams of getting Leftside Wobble over for a Great Blend.

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:06:51 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243538#post243538 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243538#post243538 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:52:40 +1300 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243523#post243523 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243523#post243523 Why aren't you out sandbagging the town?

Seriously, how's it going down there?

Emergency Ops Centre will go into its 5th day on Sunday. Biggest event I've ever seen down this way.

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:23:53 +1300 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243520#post243520 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243520#post243520 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:21:56 +1300 dyan campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243516#post243516 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243516#post243516 This past year I missed more gigs I wanted to see than I ever have – but at leaset I saw the Clean – they are always amazing.

I really enjoyed Canadian songwriter Robbie Robertson’s song with the Crazy Horse Singers providing the backing music to Leonard Peltier’s message from…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:05:32 +1300 Simon Bennett https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243515#post243515 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243515#post243515 I reckon it's been an excellent year for music.

Locally, I've listened to @Peace a lot this year. Also finding the Pajama Club a lot of fun – most interesting thing Neil has done in a long time IMHO. Was Phoenix Foundation's Buffalo this year? Never tire of that.

Internationally,…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:03:29 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243514#post243514 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243514#post243514 Why aren't you out sandbagging the town?

Seriously, how's it going down there?

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:02:47 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243507#post243507 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243507#post243507 the minority who can see the absurdity of the genre while still obviously being devotees.

Oh, I think most fans can see how bloody stupid it all is. Unless you're Norwegian and spend your spare time burning down churches and murdering your fellow fans...

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:41:24 +1300 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243505#post243505 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243505#post243505 (If someone can tell me how to embed I'll embed it here instead of linking. Can't work out how right now!)

Just paste the YouTube link in full with no embed tags and it should automatically embed. Like this, hopefully...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRuYYC3p5EE

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:33:20 +1300 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243504#post243504 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243504#post243504 I always used to think Dio was a bit of a twerp, until I saw him in the 'headbanger's journey' doco.

Yep,that's what I was referring to. Him, Alice Cooper, Lemmy and, to a lesser extent, Ozzy are in the minority who can see the absurdity of the genre while…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:29:56 +1300 Tom Ackroyd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243502#post243502 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243502#post243502 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:27:01 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243499#post243499 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243499#post243499 Well, I reckon Ozzy's pretty underrated in the funnies dept. Decades of substance abuse have taken their toll (obvs), but he used to come out with some pretty smart stuff.

I always used to think Dio was a bit of a twerp, until I saw him in the 'headbanger's journey'…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:23:04 +1300 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243493#post243493 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243493#post243493 Dio!? Die, unbeliever!

Dio's a hell of a lot funnier than Ozzy, if nothing else...

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:05:53 +1300 Eddie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243489#post243489 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243489#post243489 I listened to Polly Harvey's latest a lot this year... 10 months after it's release I still think it might be my favourite released this year. Also been thrashing the excellent reissue of Archers of Loaf's Vee Vee.

And finally, one of the nice things about moving to the other…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:52:28 +1300 bob daktari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243483#post243483 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243483#post243483 thanks to them covering Snapper's Buddy I got into Wooden Shjips big time this year... love their album West, this song a standout – missed their show last year(?) but will be front and centre early next year when they return, well at the back being dignified and drunk

honourably…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:30:14 +1300 Martin Lindberg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243468#post243468 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243468#post243468 Dio!? Die, unbeliever!

Oh, I don't know. The Heaven and Hell album was pretty good...

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:27:44 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243467#post243467 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243467#post243467 saw them with Dio

Dio!? Die, unbeliever!

More seriously, I was going to note his death this year, but wiki tells me it was last year. Getting old quickly….

Ozzy Osbourne was the first gig I ever went to, as a callow 16 year old at the legendary London Marquee.…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:20:56 +1300 Pete https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243462#post243462 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243462#post243462 Currently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX3k_QDnzHE
Also
Nero-Promises (not the Skrillex remix)
This one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTx3G6h2xyA
got the video of the year treatment in this – IMHO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxPbgnO81sQ
just skip the 30 sec intro

Sabbath reuniting is indeed great news, saw them with Dio in AK way back and the sound was excellent (most polite…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:00:20 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243460#post243460 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243460#post243460 I imagine Cobra Khan’s Adversities is possibly a little on the chunky side for Russell’s delicate, generally heavy-avoidant sensibilities. But it is a great album no less. Fierce and rich with texture.

Delicate? Moi?

I've seen Cobra Khan play live and liked them. And I certainly get Beastwars, love Shihad,…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:54:14 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243458#post243458 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243458#post243458 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:49:09 +1300 Andrew G https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243456#post243456 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243456#post243456 I can't recommend this local album highly enough http://bannerman.bandcamp.com/album/dearly-departed

If I was in Auckland I'd be going to see them at the Leigh Saw mill tonight with Tiny Ruins and Artisan Guns. But alas i'm not.

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:45:55 +1300 hot_grits https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243455#post243455 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243455#post243455 I imagine Cobra Khan's Adversities is possibly a little on the chunky side for Russell's delicate, generally heavy-avoidant sensibilities. But it is a great album no less. Fierce and rich with texture.

http://cobra-khan.bandcamp.com/album/adversities

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:43:55 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243454#post243454 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243454#post243454 Gigs, you say?

Same as everyone, I loved The Clean — although I'd go for the set they played at the Arch Hill Sunday party at the King's Arms ('Point That Thing' with David on keyboards!) and Shayne's show. The Bats were delightful recently too.

Going way back to the…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:40:06 +1300 Grant McDougall https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243450#post243450 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243450#post243450 As with Phillip, Shayne Carter and The Clean were highlights for me too.

I saw The Clean the evening after election night. I was expecting them to be pretty good, as they have been the many times I've seen them. But they really were on fire right from the first…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:31:16 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243446#post243446 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243446#post243446 I developed a mild obsession with Florence + The Machine – 'Ceremonials' for a while.

Listening to the album six or seven times a day for three weeks solid is still only 'mild', right...? On a scale of 'one' to 'restraining order' it's still only about a four..?

I also…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:24:46 +1300 Richard Aston https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243443#post243443 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243443#post243443 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:21:07 +1300 flash https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243436#post243436 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243436#post243436 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:34:29 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243426#post243426 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243426#post243426 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:14:37 +1300 flash https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243423#post243423 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243423#post243423 It is not so much an Adele remix, but you may be interested in:

http://soundcloud.com/daft-beatles/adele-vs-the-rolling-stones-gimme-shelter-in-the-deep

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:09:11 +1300 philipmatthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243420#post243420 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243420#post243420 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:02:26 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243416#post243416 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243416#post243416 blissed out...
...the LATE at the Museum gig I ran, congratuling...
that last word need to be at-ified...
xx
crowd services

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:55:13 +1300 andrew r https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243414#post243414 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243414#post243414 Lots of pretty good music this year but maybe none really great .
Top 2 Pretty great albums –

Kurt Vile – Smoke ring for my halo
David Kilgour – Left By Soft

Top 3 jigs

The Clean – KA December
Kurt Vile – KA December
The National (surprisingly great)…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:46:21 +1300 Megan Wegan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243406#post243406 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243406#post243406 You, my friend, are a prince among men.

I’m only allowed to listen to the big gay remixes of Someone Like You now, because I have banned myself from the sad music.

Being able to dance around to it makes everything much better.

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:37:28 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243404#post243404 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243404#post243404 Just for Megan, there's a download of 'Damn Your Eyes'. It's just a128k rip from the original Soundcloud stream, but that's all there is out there.

And also for Megan, I think we need another big gay remix of 'Someone Like You'. Because one wasn't really enough.

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:33:45 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243403#post243403 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-music-i-listened-to/?p=243403#post243403 Discussion from blog post.

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