Everyone disses Auckland. It's not so bad if you look around for the right places!
The indie/rock scene up here ain't too shabby either.

tclak i was in auckland for 4 months and not once did i see a decent indie rock band.
All i saw was a sprawlling suburb.

Meterman were good the one time they played. But they have since played like a thousand times here anyway.

I lived in Wellington last year. Nice city. Good music.
Only downside was the constant jazz and UB40 tributes.

Hey I'm trying to justify living here ! (it's not ALL bad, Tom)
Ah, sunny Kingsland. It's not like the rest of the place . . .

You really should come over for beers (lots of the fuckers) with me and Finchy, Andrew.
Next time you come up to this city of Shihad tributes, maybe . . .

"A huge amount of fun was had.........Auckland is a dull and awful place"......................interesting and ironic comment.

Was the "huge fun" not being had in Auckland?

Oh and the world sux....just thought I'd throw that in there.

I like auckland I really do. I just got in a bad bad bad pattern when i was there.

I am up next week as a matter of fact. I will drop you a line. :)

Yes many a hotcake. i have designed a 'cake for me personally too i will show you if you like.

Auckland is the greatest and everywhere else just sucks.

Auckland is the greatest, and everywhere else just sucks.

tclak, dude, can i ask, what is wrong with Jazz. Without jazz, rock and roll would never exist and we might still be listening to classical music, what is all good too. Jazz, at least, good jazz, is none too bad buddy...and the sooner u realise that the better.

oh and i forgot to mention, nice review robyn :)

You must of really liked that review then

It wouldn't be quite right for me to say this was the best band of the year - because its hard to compare a rock night with a drum'n'bass one, for example - but as I left, I had the feeling that the last gig I went to and left feeling so good was the Tomahawk one back in about March - similar vibe to the two I reckon.

I left the Tomahawk gig after the, uh, second encore. I think there was another one, but I was just in a weird kind of mood, it had been a weird day and I just wanted to leave. All I can remember is Mike Patton saying "Stein... lager. Stein... lager!"

I like the Tomahawk CD, though.

Oh, thanks trixie x3.

trixie wrote : All I can remember is Mike Patton saying "Stein... lager. Stein... lager!"
I like the Tomahawk CD, though.

Yeah! that's right - that was offensive too... what a prat

I liked what I heard of the CD too... and I really like the other project he was involved in this year - Lovage (with Dan The Automator aka Prince Paul (Handsome Boy Modelling School)) ...

but I digress...
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weren't S;eater kinney bloody fantastic... heh

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ooops .. i was quoting robyn NOT trixie...

i blame the new NZM interface *grins*

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haha sorry soph, the second gig was on the saturday night.

does anyone know where i can get a copy of 'One Beat' cheap?

...sisters of mine that is. In a way.

Sleater-Kinney is the name. You're in Auckland, right? Best place would be Borders music, as it happens. They have One Beat (the latest), Hot Rock (the one before the latest) and one other - check them out and if you like them its $30 .

I'd always thought it was "slater" kinney, but then I was listening to KEXP, a radio station just up the road from their home town in Seattle, which called them "sleeter"-kinney. Given that the band is named after the intersection of Sleater and Kinney streets in Seattle, I've gone with the KEXP pronunciation. Don't actually recall their name being mentioned on the night - maybe all the letters are silent and they're pronounced "great music".