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The Flight of the Conchords is a folk/pop/comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie (of The Black Seeds and Figwit fame) and Jemaine Clement of (also a member of the comedy duo Humourbeast with Taika Cohen). Billing themselves as "New Zealand's fourth most popular folk-parody duo", the group depends upon a combination of witty banter and acoustic guitars to work the audience.
The band released Folk The World - Live Album in 2002.
In 2002 they performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the first time. Returning in 2003 with a new show, they were nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award. They also performed there in 2004.
In 2005, BBC Radio 2 broadcast their first radio series. Largely improvised, it features fellow kiwi comedian Rhys Darby as their bumbling manager Brian Nesbit and British comedy actors Rob Brydon as their narrator and Jimmy Carr as a devoted fan called Kipper. NZ's most successful Singer/Songwriter Neil Finn also makes a cameo each episode as himself. Also in 2005, HBO gave the group a special on their Friday night half-hour stand-up comedy series One Night Stand. The BBC series was released as a 3-CD set in 2006, under the title The Complete BBC Radio Show
Jemaine Clement has appeared in 2006 television commercials for Outback Steakhouse in the U.S. This advertising campaign was launched during Super Bowl XL. The pair were also featured in a 2005 campaign for British mobile phone retailer Phones 4U immediately prior to the current 'Jack' campaign.
The duo is currently working on a 12-part series for HBO, titled Flight of the Conchords; it will revolve around the guys trying to achieve success in New York City as a band and will star fellow comedians Rob Brydon, Arj Barker and Rhys Darby. The first episode can currently be viewed here. It premiered on HBO at 10:30 pm, June 17, 2007. They have also signed a record deal with legendary U.S. record label SubPop. Their first album for the label is due later this year.
Jemaine starred in Taika Waititi's feature film 'Eagle Vs. Shark
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Did that include the artists? There must've been quite a few of them?
haha, don't you like, haha, have a, haha camp to, haha haha, organise, haha. !?!?
//Is the contents of the NZ version different from the Carpark one, btw?
Yeah, I think there are a three songs missing from the Carpark version. 'Jess', 'Never Listening' and 'Life of a Seed' I think? 'Never Listening' is a great song too!
Did they end up playing though? I remember a blackboard which had cancellations added as they came to hand - just about everyone I wanted to see pulled out and I was sure ubu were one of them. The Melvins played though, and they were great. From memory, UB40 were bad, but not nearly as bad as I was expecting. Anyway, i digress....
I agree, this was the weakest BDO line-up in years, if not ever - yet it sold out.... go figure.
You could be right iluvtheclean. At a glance, I count 6 appearances by Shayne, and 5 by the others (Kilgour, Scott and Mitchell). Might've missed some though.
So, here's a game for the trainspotters.
Which FN artist appears the most on this boxset?
Any relation to the wellington Penfold from a few years back? the band that became Rhombus?
I was really impressed with JB Hi-fi in Sydney, much better than Melbourne. They look as cheesy as hell, with their bright yellow decor, but they had stuff i'd never SEEN in real life on CD and then as i left i noticed it was all there on vinyl too! Music on the whole seems to be much cheaper in Aus. Sound & Fury was another great Sydney store, the best i've ever seen in fact. Great selection of CD, Vinyl and DVDs, nice layout and wicked instores on the weekends, which they later released as limited edition CDRs. Sadly closed a couple of months back - operating more as a label now i believe.
Fark - how good was that show?!? Black Boned Angel were absolutely mindblowing!
I'm with Lughead - the "Human" line up rules - esp. Sean Reinert. I remember when that shit first came out - i'd never heard drumming that technical or FAST. It amazes me how thin Scott Burns produced albums sound today, have you noticed? They sounded HUGE 15 years ago!!
ahahaha!
and yes, i agree lucy. John Diver is one of the unsung heroes of the music industry of the 90s.
Jakob is a New Zealand post-rock band, based in the Hawkes Bay city of Napier. The band consists of Guitarist Jeff Boyle; Bassist (and occasional Vocalist) Maurice Beckett; and Drummer Jason Johnston. They have been compared to such bands as Mogwai, Sonic Youth, and HDU, though they largely eschew any vocals or samples in their songs.
History
The band formed in July 1998, and began by opening for New Zealand bands Salmonella Dub and Pitch Black at the local pub O'Flaherty's. They toured extensively throughout 1999, releasing that same year a self-titled EP recorded with David Holmes at Napier's Venn Production Studios. The year 2000 brought a gig at The Event New Years party in Napier, and the 7" single Erfo, a limited release on the Crawlspace Records label.
Jakob returned to Venn Studios in March 2001 to record their debut album with engineer David Holmes. Subsets of Sets was released April 2002 through New Zealand's Midium Records to good reviews and a nomination at the bNet independent music awards. Jakob continued touring with artists such as HDU and fellow Midium artists Avotor and Meterman, as well as playing at the 2002 Big Day Out.
A period of inactivity followed, lasting between six and eight months. The band didn't play together during that time, and for two months didn't even see each other. They regrouped in January 2003 with ideas for new songs, and spent a week at The Church studio with David Holmes. This session was ultimately scrapped, but after more rehearsal final versions of the songs were recorded over two days in March. Drew, their second full-length album, was released in August 2003 and garnered Jakob another bNet nomination.
International touring followed in 2004, to Chicago (where they played at studio radio station WXRT), Denmark, and the United Kingdom. They were well-received at every venue, and released a 7" single, Semaphore, in Europe. Also that year, they released the one-track mini-album Dominion, and played a 25 minute set at Radio New Zealand's Helen Young Studios (consisting of the songs Laburnum, Semaphore, Nice Day for an Earthquake, and Jimmy Hoffa).
2005 saw more international touring by Jakob, with the band playing at South by Southwest in March, and Australia in September (in support of the release of Drew there) and again in late October (with Australian band Cog). It also saw the release of their Diffusion 7" and Coalescence, a 12" compilation from Midium Records, featuring a track by Jakob.
Jakob played concerts all through New Zealand in August 2006 as part of the A Low Hum tour, and released their third album Solace in September.