Saw them at Ward Lane on Sat night. Picked up an album and though I haven't spent a lot of time with it yet I thought maybe their live stuff was a lil bit better? Regardless... I fucking enjoyed them eh. That cat can play him some guitar. Cool shit.
Great news and a good start! Top work Dust, NoizyBoy and all else involved!
I'm guessing a few of you are signing up to Virb these days?
Anyone?
Any, if you don't know about it, it shits all over MySpace in just about every conceivable way, the audio player is light years ahead and actually works, pages are fully customisable with real HTML and real CSS... etc etc.
I know MySpace has the user base, for now. But I reckon fuck those dicks, give Virb a shot.
If you have a profile already I made a NZ Music group.
http://www.virb.com/groups/20157045
yes yes...
Apologies if there's a camp a low hum topic on here somewhere... I had a look but couldn't find one.
Anyway if you went and took photos the boy Zmatt started a flickr group.
Righto.
[ external link ]
I live in the Tron now so miss bFM but a lot of my auckland mates have complained that "all they play is fucken boring garage rock now". They seem to think it's become about getting your mate's band on the air, or being seen to be digging the fresh new shit hitting the shitty little rock clubs in town. (Not that it's all bad, but there seems to have been a LOT of bandwagoning going on these last couple of years)...
I remember listening to the b every morning on the way to work. Hilariously it would take me only about 20 seconds to figure out if Havoc was sick or away: if a song played that long without being interrupted by talking, yelling or a phone call then Havoc was not there.
Basically Havo was/is a pathological egotist. I remember getting fucked off because he was playing Welcome to the Jungle or some shit. So I called him and said "Dude, name your 5 favourite Kiwi artists" which he did. So then I said "With all that awesome groundbreaking shit out there why the FUCK are you playing Guns and Roses? Seriously? Is there not a better use of this airtime right now?" He prattled on some bullshit about reliving the past and then fielded calls from 25 munts in a row jacking his ego back up for him "Don't listen to that guy Havo you're AWESOME man!"
Fuck that.
Hey b, lets get progressive again eh?
I have 93 mins of HDU at 160kbps, it's 105MB. It was recorded through headphones, but some compression and EQing works wonders on bootlegs.
check the punkas.com forums, htown.co.nz forums (also some aucks and welly shows on there)... bFM gig guide (95bfm.com)
Blink, check into the old Kiwi Ranch location in rotovegas. I have no idea who owns it now. Could be teh awesomo. I'm not sure how much of the awsome old stuff like flying fox, roller coaster etc got shut down by the evil OSH though...
And Yokel Ono supporting!
When was the last HDU show, like 2 years ago. I drove 7 hours to see them.
In the same way "NZ Music" is not a genre, neither is "Christian Music".
10 Years ago Christian hiphop was thrashing the SHIT out of most other hiphop around - but it was so underground most people would never have heard it...
And there's a lot of underground 'christian music' that is just as inventive and creative as anything else around...
Unfortunately most music identified as christian is either "God is choice", or "I love my wife". There's not much christian music that questions death or beliefs or whatever and then gets played on LifeFM, for example.
That South Park episode completely sums up the commercial Christian music industry.
Bro, if you're just demo'ing singer/songwriter stuff at home for your own sake and don't wanna fork out for gear do the following.
DL Audacity or the demo (free) version of nTrack.
Get to Dick Smith and pick up this wee bugger (link below).
Recording through your PC's on-board sound will get a 'bit' noisy and you'll have some room noise too, but you should be able to get usable sounds.
I know a guy who recorded half his album through one of these mics! They do the job with mini-disc recording too.
[ external link ]
How popular was "Jesus I was Evil"? Recorded on a 4 track.
Home recording is great for a LOT of stuff. You're not going to release an "industry standard" album with it. However you can record great demos, use it for assisting in song writing, write non-singer/songwriter genre stuff (drum & bass, hiphop, oonst etc).
Daniel Beddingfields first album = bedroom. The Streets first one = bedroom... etc etc
It's not false economics if you know what you're going to use it for and you're happy with that.
Hey man, if you google "home recording" there's a couple of great and very extensive sites to help you with all aspects of home recording.
Most 'modern' home PC's have plenty of grunt for home recording if you're just mucking around. Your real brain teaser will be what type of sound card / audio card to get (ie: bucks vs performance vs your intentions)
I think Audacity is a free multitrack audio software you can DL. If you want a GREAT audio program for small bucks, I highly recommend n-Track (http://www.ntrack.com/)
Good luck...
//*tries not to imagine the living hell of having to listen to commercial radio for an hour let alone all day*
Actually the music is fantastic compared to the inane babble of commerical radio DJ's. My god it makes me feel like jumping off a cliff. If these people talked the way they do on the radio in a normal social setting they'd a) have NO friends and b) likely get punched the fuck out after about 40 seconds.
Anyway, this is all besdie the point...
Last night at open mic night the frogletter boys played to the tune of "stir it up" only changed the lyrics to "bregiz loves the cock". Gold stuff.
Click the link below to see heaps'o'photos from the last Circle Jerk. It was fucking PACKED and a great great show to boot...
We got noise control called to a party a couple weeks ago. The guy was actually really cool and we had a conversation with him.
I asked what the maximum db level was on the complainants property and he said their is none, it's simply up to his judgement.
I know that when Parachute was in Matamata it had to be below 65db's at the boundry line, but that was a resource consent thing I think.
Check here:
[ external link ]
**Pillow fights anyone?
a review on Endeavours by Amy Racecar submitted by nads.
While not well-known, Amy Racecar are one of the best bands that have come out of the NZ music scene in the past few years. Endeavours is their third cd and definitely their best. The sound is eclectic, mixing hard drum beats with soulful tunes.
The opening track ‘Richard killed himself’ is a mix between Coldplay and Metallica on the best acid trip of their lives. The kick drums also get the greatest pounding of their lives, while the verses all have intros that are heavily bass pumped. The chorus is the perfect music for that slumber party with 50 year old men having pillow fights. Get what I’m saying? Nah... Don’t worry, neither do I.
The standout track of the EP is definitely ‘12 Seasons’ which is a mournful number that just pulls at my heartstrings. The weeping keyboard and beat show what is happening as it figuratively unfolds before your eyes. As one of my friends said, it is the perfect tune for a hippy’s funeral. Sad but upbeat, happy but mournful, rejoicing but makes you want to go through twenty boxes of tissues.
The other two tracks of the EP are Hazing and Blindfold Satanists, (the second being a name that I give big kudos for) and while are still great songs, are not amazingly standoutish as the others.
There is no possible way to label Amy Racecar without leaving something else out. They are unique and that is a big deal in a music industry where everyone is striving to be the next big thing. In a few years, I can imagine Amy Racecar as one of the many diverse faces of New Zealand music.
And to conclude: two thumbs up, great holiday fun!
[ external link ]
At the last SoundSplash (Trinity Root's (2nd to) last gig. We were right at the very front and this short fat chick behind me taps on my shoulder and says "is it ok if I get up there for a few seconds to take a couple of photos". Now everyone is in a very feel-good mood, and loving their fellow man, and I'm a pretty nice chap, so I said yeah, no problem. So she gets my spot, takes two photos and then just plants herself there for good! Fat bitch! I was looking at my mates like 'what the fuck?'. Then to top it all off she looks around at the strangers on either side of her and says (I swear to god) "has anyone got any food?"
Your stuff's ok bro. Too much midi instruments, but. You'd be better off sampling some shit. Those midi strings sound blech.
Best producer in NZ? Hahahaha.
The Body Corporate's Glasshouses vs Meth and Busta's What's Happenin'
http://themythicalbeast.redinsect.com/audio/glasshouses.mp3
Or stream it here for a listen:
http://themythicalbeast.redinsect.com/?p=611