Here we go again.
A LOW HUM Tour #3 "The Fanatics and Disasteradio"
Its Tour number 3! Every month with the help of Jack Daniels, A LOW HUM is taking the finest New Zealand independent artists on the road to celebrate the release of each new issue and in June we are bringing a double header.
The Fanatics are an electro rock two-piece who exploded onto the Auckland music scene less then a year ago and have spent more time then almost any other NZ artist at the top of the b-net charts since. Their two singles "Girl" and "Models" have been absolutely thrashed on student radio and gaining a huge reputation for their energetic live show, they are absolutely unmissable. They're making their first trip down south on this tour.
Joining The Fanatics is Disasteradio from Wellington. Disasteradio has been described as a "one-man Kraftwerk". His collection of gear and odds and ends that he plays live is eclectic to say the least. Having self-released three cd-r albums and a tape through "Stink Magnetic", Disasteradio is about to have his fourth album pressed properly through Etcetera records and this tour signals his first shows outside of Wellington. Come and see what the fuss is all about and why Disasteradio has become an underground cult phenomenon in Wellington.
Turning this tour into a Electro Rock supernova, Christchurch based "The Locking Cycle" will be joining the two for the South Island dates, while the insane Golden Axe from Auckland will be joining in on the fun in the North Island.
A LOW HUM Tour #3 DATES
Nelson June 16th:
The Fanatics and Disasteradio - Phat Club
Christchurch June 17th:
The Fanatics and Disasteradio with The Locking Cycle - The Wunderbar
Dunedin June 18th:
The Fanatics and Disasteradio with The Locking Cycle - Arc
Queenstown June 19th:
The Fanatics and Disasteradio with The Locking Cycle - The Dux
Palmerston North June 22nd:
The Fanatics and Disasteradio with Golden Axe and The Scourge of Tussin - Guv’nors
Wellington June 23rd:
The Fanatics and Disasteradio with Golden Axe and Guests - Happy
New Plymouth June 24th:
The Fanatics and Disasteradio with Golden Axe - Basement Bar
Auckland June 25th:
The Fanatics and Disasteradio with Golden Axe and The Shocking Pinks - Edens Bar
Monthly tours made possible with the help of the good folk at Jack Daniels.
Entry to all these shows will be either:
$5 (just entry) or $10 (includes entry and a copy of the magazine and 8-track CD)
Issue 10. The new CD/Magazine features songs by:
The Accelerants, Pumice, This Night Creeps, Goldenaxe, Degrees K, Urban Tramper, Stylus77 and Southkill.
If you miss the release shows, the magazine/CD will be selling at good record stores throughout the country. Find your nearest store on www.alowhum.com
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Got any more details about the insane ...
Got any more details about the insane Goldenaxe from Auckland?
just that they are crazy... :) Their ...
just that they are crazy... :)
Their record Golden Shakehands is in good record stores. their ace track "no food" is on this ALH compilation (No.10)..there are photos of the boys on cheeseontoast.co.nz
But is it a trio with a dwarf, a guy in ...
But is it a trio with a dwarf, a guy in blue undies and a girl in a silver bikini?
or terrorists ?...
or terrorists ?
// But is it a trio with a dwarf, a guy ...
// But is it a trio with a dwarf, a guy in blue undies and a girl in a silver bikini?
or terrorists ?
yes..sometimes :)
That game kicks so much arse. I like ...
That game kicks so much arse. I like this band already.
PS guys, Locking Cycle are really good, ...
PS guys, Locking Cycle are really good, well worth checking out on the Chch shows.. this is gonna be a GREAT tour..Here's a write-up i did of a previous locking cycle gig (along with Danny Bare's 'Electric Slipper')
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CAn't wait to get down and check it ...
CAn't wait to get down and check it out.....anyone know how it all went...the shows in the North Island? Let us in we are starved in these out areas.
doesn't start until next week!...
doesn't start until next week!
cheers for everyone who came to the sth ...
cheers for everyone who came to the sth island shows, fucken great times. I'm loving the hospitality down here. alrighty....now to jump in the car for the 11 hour trip to the ferry.
This weekend was fucking ...
This weekend was fucking fantastical.
Can't wait to see you guys all play again, the songs are swell.
iluvtheclean, thankyou for your hospitality, it was great to meet you.
MUST SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP NOW.
i'm glad you made it through and out ...
i'm glad you made it through and out of Central Otago! wondered if the 'west coast mountain pass' ideas might've gone out the window cos of the big snow dump ...
good to meet you and the Fanatics and Mr D Radio. it was a great show. i've still got 'Paperboy' in my head, and was finally convinced that a backing-tape performance can actually take place and actually sound bloody fantastic (course it helps if it's coupled with absolutely fantastic cataclysmically brilliant shredding ascerbic guitar!)
:D was good, eh !...
:D was good, eh !
Thanks for the jam AKA, it managed to ...
Thanks for the jam AKA, it managed to get through the whole trip without getting broken and considering we were all messy drunk 24/7, it should've been broken many times over.
//and was finally convinced that a backing-tape performance can actually take place and actually sound bloody fantastic
Yeah, karaoke bands are pretty cool. I really wanna learn how to play the mini disc instrument oneday, it looks like quite a skillful thing to pick up... haha
Reading this thread, I so wish I'd ...
Reading this thread, I so wish I'd done what I had planned to do, and actually gone to the gig. It sounds like I would have enjoyed it. Instead, I stayed home playing all sorts of random records.
I still can not work out how ...
I still can not work out how disasteradio does it.
I have most of his recording and i think yeah this is interesting, and yeah not bad, some is more than pretty good and makes me smile................
but bloody hell live and YES I MEAN LIVE he is a fucking wizard, he casts some sort of uber-geek spell.
so so wainting to see him again soon.
oh and re the jam.......... thank god ...
oh and re the jam.......... thank god the way it got tossed in the back, i had visions of the unpack at the vundabar and jammy manderine stickiness causeing the gig to be cancelled.
pst what was it like anyway? I'm working on a line of adult jams.. the next batch is getting Cointreau added just before i jar it.
//pst what was it like anyway? I'm ...
//pst what was it like anyway? I'm working on a line of adult jams.. the next batch is getting Cointreau added just before i jar it.
Ummm, actually I'm not eating bread at the moment, so I don't know what I'd put it on !! I'm also far too ill to eat at the moment, but it was SO fucking worth it.
When I do try it, I'll let you know what I think aka, thanks.
Photos from the Chch A Low Hum gig will be on my website tonight...
[ http://melsphotos.tripod.com ]
//I'm working on a line of adult ...
//I'm working on a line of adult jams
That sounds incredibly saucy.
mine went up on friday mel ;) (along ...
mine went up on friday mel ;) (along with a review)
disasteradio kicked my ass, awesome show
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//mine went up on friday mel ;) (along ...
//mine went up on friday mel ;) (along with a review)
Yeah I saw that Chris, great review as always and the photos look wicked.
My photos are up now -
The Fanatics - http://www.homepages.paradise.net.nz/melsphotos/The%20Fanatics/index.htm...
Disasteradio - http://www.homepages.paradise.net.nz/melsphotos/Disasteradio/index.html
[ http://melsphotos.tripod.com ]
//pst what was it like anyway? I'm ...
//pst what was it like anyway? I'm working on a line of adult jams.. the next batch is getting Cointreau added just before i jar it.
I tryed your jam AKA and it was really really really yummy !! It tasted soooooooooo sweet and totally cured my craving for lollies. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
//tryed Ooops, I meant "tried" , ...
//tryed
Ooops, I meant "tried" , so sorry, hope the spelling police won't get me.
i'm fairly certain they no longer make ...
i'm fairly certain they no longer make house calls
//i'm fairly certain they no longer ...
//i'm fairly certain they no longer make house calls
I'll just check chris...
Heather, do you make housecalls?
You know I'm just joking right Hedge?...
You know I'm just joking right Hedge?
Cant wait for the auckland show! ...
Cant wait for the auckland show! Disasteradio! i am going to try and miss the fanatics.
Hopefully they are on before Disasteradio.
on the SI tour they played 2nd...
on the SI tour they played 2nd
//Auckland June 25th: The Fanatics and ...
//Auckland June 25th:
The Fanatics and Disasteradio with Golden Axe and The Shocking Pinks - Edens Bar
looking forward to this one tonight.... it will be my warm up dancing before sonic youth tomorrow
wee!
Disasteradio were so OMG amazing! come ...
Disasteradio were so OMG amazing! come back to auckland soon!!!
would have liked to have gone- ...
would have liked to have gone- interested in checking out disateradio- not so much in the shocking pinks- as have already seen new order & the gang of 4 live a few times
//not so much in the shocking pinks- as ...
//not so much in the shocking pinks- as have already seen new order & the gang of 4 live a few times
I heard that the s. pinks didnt' even play !!
nah- apparently they played- it was ...
nah- apparently they played- it was total boilpus
I heard that was the case at the Kiss ...
I heard that was the case at the Kiss and Makeup gig,.... but I did hear that they didn't play at all for the A Low Hum gig.... hmmm, maybe somebody got their wires crossed.
I don't think they played the low hum ...
I don't think they played the low hum gig, as I left before they were due to perform, and when i came back, 10 minutes later, half the crowd had left and everyone was standing outside.
the pinks didn't play at the low hum ...
the pinks didn't play at the low hum show. sorry to anybody who came along to see them. I think their guitarist was lost or something...but i suspect they broke up again :)
haha blink! :-) there are some ...
haha blink! :-)
there are some photos of ALH online (cheers to Stephen) at the cheese
[ http://www.cheeseontoast.co.nz ]
lost down the road in andrews flat... ...
lost down the road in andrews flat... its a big place you know
matt's going to concerntrate on his own band now anyway,
Saw the Pinks at the Kiss and Make Up ...
Saw the Pinks at the Kiss and Make Up party...and it was so so so so bad. oh my god. i really like the album so it was huge disapointment. unengaged, out of tune dribble. Nick Harte writes cool music...a bit of focus might make them an important band.
having a line up that lasts more than a ...
having a line up that lasts more than a month might make them worth seeing live.
he appears to be fully focused on self ...
he appears to be fully focused on self promotion of his home made rapidfire take of gang of four.
if you liked the first bunch of recordings, his second is even worse in the lo-fi write an unconsidered shallow piece of boring from the top of his valium filled head
is that about the shocking pinks or A ...
is that about the shocking pinks or A Low Hum?
could apply to both
FUCKING ORDER MAN!
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REPLY!
// could apply to both I hope you ...
// could apply to both
I hope you are being funny.
nikolai hartofskii, the russian film ...
nikolai hartofskii, the russian film maker and unsuccessful moscow rock musician, formerly of the k.g.b. sent to infiltrate the nz music scene and pharmaceutical companies after failed attempts to make it big in the motherland. its much easier to make it in nz, isnt that just obvious. besides whos ever heard of a russian rock band of notoriety.