check out Great Lakes at their own site at the link below.... bit slower and more true to their sound
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Saw these guys play with Minisnap the other day Kraftwerk crossed with beta band should be good to see them on the tour with PF
Check out the article on Thomas:Parkes too... the latest act on South Recordings. If you're in the South island they'll be doing support for The Phoenix Foundation on 3 dates. Download the new single here and look out for the video next week
http://www.bands.co.nz/feature.php?fid=43
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yeah but does nz music month push the bands like that anyway ... or is it another savage gig, p - money, misfits of science.... all the stuff that sounds so american you'd have a hard time trying to work out if it was from nz
maybe instead of a generic NZ music month we change the tactics slightly and make it purely about unsigned nz bands.... how about that?.... imagine a month where you here loads of new stuff that even the bnets wont play. At least you'll discover some new music. or broaden the scope to cover classical, jazz and stuff..... it seems the pop/rock/indie side gets the thrashing but how many nz classical musicians do you know.... i personally couldn't name any
Blink...that's a good way to look at it. I asked my brother in Law yesterday where he thought goldenhorse were from and he thought they were british. There are still the uneducated.... but the point is why do we have to put a badge on and say "NZMusic"...it actually doesn't matter where they're from does it?. If it's good it's good. He still liked goldenhorse even though he didn't know it was NZ and it didn't matter one bit where they were from. I just see it in the end as getting detrimental to the actual music itself. If there was an NZ made car with an NZ made badge on it.... do you buy it cause of that??.. nah... it's whether it gets you from a - b...same with music??
precisely....we dont need to make another event of it.... unfortunately all this hype will just create the backlash to it all... not nz music itself but the brand it's created...well it's allready started i guess with RDU's somenzmusicisshit campaihn
Does anyone else get the feeling that we dont need another new Zealand music month? with the advent of Kiwi.... it's kind of NZ Music month every month and it just seems the more we keep hyping up this idea "nz music" as a brandname, an identity it is cheapining the good new zealand music out there. Just let music be music.... if it's written in NZ by and NZer it's all good but dont let it fall under the brand "nz music" .... enough is enough.
grimee.... are you a complete moron?? How can a radio spend all nz on air money on a campaign that consists of a 1 page website...( probably took and in house designer 2-3 hours).
The bads have a brand new website up at the bads.com... videos and audio for you to download
you sure you didn't go to bodega instead??... i'm sure someone saw you there wolfing down steak and cheese pies! nah.... Thanks for the technical stuff, cables everywhere in the right place... love it
well cheers for those of you that did come....! A great night - happy is the wunderbar of Wellington - we like it! maybe there needs to be a gig van that does a tour on busy nights around all the venues - you pay one fee... see 2 songs, free beer then off to the next venue... everyones happy!!
They've been shaving... hannah has a beard no more! See what you reckon with the new single - theres a bit more full drum sit down action going on if rumour is true..... the snare could be dead
steriogram just made a vid for $500,000 and the now get a grant for $5k......whacked!!!!!
How bout the guy with the huge trouser inflation in that video by a lake..... i cant put my finger on his exact name though?? he sure can woogle
but is it true - big day out was at the same time and he sure dos move funny when he's playing the guitar
I heard rumour that the guy from the flaming lips is a fan of Fang and appeared as the ape in the video, does anyone know if that's true?
yeah - that minisnap video was a cracker. I know they made it last year but no-one's played it on TV yet, until now!!
The new vid for menace - apparantly the drummer dude used to be in Ray Colombos's band back in 1963 and they found him lurking at the rock shop in Christchurch and got him in the vid!
Pine's new video from New York doing the rounds on most wanted and they're up for 2 b-net award nominations tmr night. Pine are the third band on tonight at the KA
by the looks of the shorts alone - this looks like a complete pile of bile. Pio hosting - what would he know about music? It's an insipid attempt at trying to please everyone by having old/new/variety acts which will probably rate well but will be absolutely shit to watch. aaarrrgggghh
summerstage gig in central park yesterday, blazing heat 35 degrees and a wicked afternoon. Off to the showcase at pianos bar tonight - a great venue on the lower east side with kapisi and wai. back home tmrw - contacts galore....the hot dogs are overated, the apple store is fantastic
yah I agree... the slower ones are a bit more soothing. Album out In July the rumour is