Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: A Secret Less Well-Kept: The L.e.d.s At The Dux, Plus An Interview https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Simon Grigg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24456#post24456 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24456#post24456 Shocking Pinks sign to DFA? I didn't know that, that's a hell of a coup. Half a dozen of my favourite albums this decade are on DFA

Probably the most important artist to sign to Flying Nun since their glory days, IMO.

In 2007 I'd rather be aligned with James…

]]> Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:33:44 +1200 Ed Muzik https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24432#post24432 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24432#post24432 Oh. If I had known the big man was going to link to this on his blog then I might have made more of an effort! Oh well, I'll just tack on an amendment here.

Get Set Play is the solo project of Mark Holland, lead singer dude from the Tiger…

]]> Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:36:15 +1200 Ed Muzik https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24421#post24421 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24421#post24421 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:42:12 +1200 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24395#post24395 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24395#post24395 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:41:45 +1200 Ed Muzik https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24375#post24375 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24375#post24375 No no, offense certainly wasn't taken. Also, my post wasn't meant to detract from what the L.e.d.s do. They are a really good band, and really nice people too. They just don't play enough, for reasons outlined above.

Now. There isn't really a one stop shop for Chch music. If…

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:17:41 +1200 Creon Upton https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24371#post24371 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24371#post24371 Certainly no offense was meant. Regrets if any was taken.

I'm delighted that my rather cheap generalisations (made in the spirit of light humour) are inconsistent with reality.

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:09:14 +1200 Simon Grigg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24365#post24365 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24365#post24365

The Christchurch indie / electro scene is a really vibrant, exciting place to be at the moment, but it couldn't succeed if we didn't have the enthusiastic, supportive crowds that we do have.

I think it sounds incredible, and to be honest, I've been waiting for something like this to…

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:34:01 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24347#post24347 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24347#post24347

The Christchurch indie / electro scene is a really vibrant, exciting place to be at the moment, but it couldn't succeed if we didn't have the enthusiastic, supportive crowds that we do have. To describe Christchurch crowds in such broad strokes is unfortunate.

I'm sure no offence was meant. But…

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:10:28 +1200 J. Macbeth Dann https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24337#post24337 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24337#post24337 If you're familiar with the Dux, and with the essential Reuben-Thorne-icity of all things Christchurch, you'll know that the mandatory stance at this venue is old-school leather-jacket posing — statue-like, preferably against the bar, holding grimly to that protective pairing for the critically uncertain: a beer and a look of… ]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:21:01 +1200 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24321#post24321 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24321#post24321

Apparently it's since been re-issued on cd again with better sound quality.

Twice. Some info here and here.

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:01:14 +1200 Grant McDougall https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24320#post24320 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24320#post24320

ahemmmm.....nobody is supposed to mention that album....

Why?

Basically, it's due to what is known as "The Fall fiasco".
Mark E Smith gave Flying Nun permission to record and release it on the proviso that it only be released in NZ.
However, a small amount were sent to indie shops…

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:54:43 +1200 Tom Beard https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24318#post24318 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24318#post24318

But The L.E.D.s...damn it was hard to find in Ak. Real Groovy / Marbecks / Rhythm...nobody had heard of it

Same here in Wellington, but I eventually found a copy in a T-shirt shop in Newtown, of all places: "Duncan & Prudence".

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:42:04 +1200 Jeremy Andrew https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24316#post24316 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24316#post24316 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:37:09 +1200 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24315#post24315 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24315#post24315

ahemmmm.....nobody is supposed to mention that album....

Why?

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:32:09 +1200 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24313#post24313 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24313#post24313 Very nice article, Dr Creon. Loved the phrase "the essential Reuben-Thorne-icity of all things Christchurch". You should trademark that.

Any word on when the L.e.d.s forthcoming album will actually be available?


Of course, I already have a copy of the album courtesy of the L.e.d.s scheme to give a…

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:24:40 +1200 Simon Grigg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24307#post24307 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24307#post24307 No only that, but SmokeCDs really does deserve support, as does Amplifier. Both really go the extra mile in sourcing stuff, local obscurities.

SmokeCDs had no stock, I told them I was leaving the country. They rushed a copy from Christchurch and couriered it to me, keeping me in touch…

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:55:03 +1200 Simon Grigg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24305#post24305 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24305#post24305

legendary Fall In A Hole live album on Flying Nun, recorded in Auckland during their landmark 1982 tour here.

ahemmmm.....nobody is supposed to mention that album....
worth big money now, no?

But The L.E.D.s...damn it was hard to find in Ak. Real Groovy / Marbecks / Rhythm...nobody had heard of…

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:51:05 +1200 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24299#post24299 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24299#post24299

are you sure they weren't taking the piss?

Sometimes, when the urge to robot dance hits, you can't fight it. Our robot overlords take over our groove circuits and you just gotta go with it.

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:09:05 +1200 InternationalObserver https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24297#post24297 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24297#post24297 the kids at the Dux were robot-dancingare you sure they weren't taking the piss? ]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:04:07 +1200 Grant McDougall https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24265#post24265 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24265#post24265

Blair Parkes's contradictory greeting: "Hi, we're The Fall."

That was a bit of an in-joke. Blair, Marcus and I are all huge fans of The Fall (esp. the Marc Riley era) and before they went on-stage the previous evening at the Lyttelton Festival Of Light I told Blair I'd buy…

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:09:37 +1200 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24264#post24264 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24264#post24264

We're bringin' the L.E.D.s to the people. Great Blend events, Thursday August 30 in Wellington and Saturday Sept 1 Auckland.

I downloaded the mp3 last night. I love it so much. So I'm super extra excited to hear they've playing at the next Great Blend (and, of course, that there's…

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:05:00 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24261#post24261 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24261#post24261 And meanwhile, Simon Grigg has procured — with some difficulty — a copy of We Are the L.E.D.s on his trip back to NZ last week, and says

I’m in love. I love this album more than I can possibly say, or at least, put into words. This is legacy…

]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:18:55 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24260#post24260 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-a-secret-less-well-kept-the-leds/?p=24260#post24260 Discussion from blog post.

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