So, did anyone go to any of these?
Any comments?
I scored freebies to the Wednesday noght one - Goldenhorse were lovely and Pluto were excellent (although they were WAYYYYYY better the following nite @ Galatos)
I took some pics at Wed night - if anyone wants to have a look go to ....
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I saw Fur Patrol! I haven't seen Fur ...
I saw Fur Patrol! I haven't seen Fur Patrol for three & a half years! Joy! Rapture! Bliss! They were greeeeeeeaaaat!!!!!
Carly Binding was pretty good, but I think she's trying a bit too hard to be Bic Runga. The guys in the audience seemed to know all the lyrics. King Kapisi sounded great from where I was sitting, but that was outside at the bar, so I can't be 100% sure, really... Stellar played all their old hits and they got a good reception. Great lighting. Che Fu, also, sounded great from the bar. Didn't stick around for Dave Dobbyn.
Wednesday was fantastic, although my companions made some disparaging remarks about the mixing. I didn't notice. I thought Pluto were comparitively restrained (although they still Rawked, of course), which I assume is because they need (and deserve) a lot more time and space than they were allocated. Would've loved to see them at Galatos. PanAm and Betchadupa were really tight and great fun. I've never seen Evermore before, and I have to admit I was surprised at how good they were. Totally up there with the other two.
I did notice the problems they had with the sound on Thursday, which is probably to do with the fact that there was a quite a bit of instrument juggling going on (the night was described by Ben from Fang as 'art-school dropout night'). However, the Brunettes were by far the best act I saw out of the gigs I went to (excluding, of course, Fur Patrol who can do no wrong). Still slutted that I missed Pine, however. I thought Damien Binder was playing first. (Not that I think Damien Binder is bad or anything, but if I had a choice...).
Having seen the bands play, and now knowing exactly how much a band can achieve in half an hour, I reckon the whole exercise was really worthwhile, and I really hope that a lot of the bands benefit from it.
The pink-tutued good fairy has spoken.
wednesday nite : i really enjoyed it. ...
wednesday nite : i really enjoyed it. EVERMORE were great!! and i thought THE HAVE were cool!! and as always PLUTO were good. i liked GOLDENHORSE too!! and ofcourse PAN AM and BETCHADUPA were great!! ohh really i should just say it was a great nite with great nz music!
Damn it, am soo jealous! Wish I was so ...
Damn it, am soo jealous! Wish I was so there!
I would've really loved to have ...
I would've really loved to have checked out friday night - but age restriction was a bummer :(
But it sounds like it was a great event and from what i've read, it sounds like our local talent more than impressed the big overseas music reps.
Well done to all the bands/artists that performed over the Worl Series.
im sure the music company reps had a ...
im sure the music company reps had a wonderful holiday
yea......i bet there was alot of ...
yea......i bet there was alot of "we'll be in touch...wow free wine, thanks!....suckers"
Ha! Wine. How quaint (bring on the ...
Ha! Wine. How quaint (bring on the cocaine)
Actually I heard they left the country with very favourable impressions of NZ music (at the very least they now know where NZ is, and that it is not the 45th state of USA somewhere down by Texas, or one of those Eastern Block breakaways).
We'll just have to wait and see . . .
im sure they will grab a few to throw ...
im sure they will grab a few to throw on the wall...
but you only have to look at music biz history to know that choosing which bands to sign has nothing to do with anything. its almost random....
you know it
i know it
zorak know it.
of course we all heard that the had fav impressions, just like when they do the same crap ANYWHERE they go. they are nothing to do with 'special'