WATCH: Melodie Nelson | Orpheus, She’s Gone
Melodie Nelson has released a stunning video for her second single to be taken from the debut album Meditations on the Sun. Check our INTERVIEW with here and our ALBUM REVIEW of Meditations on the Sun. Continue reading WATCH: Melodie Nelson | Orpheus, She’s Gone
NEWS: Popstrangers sign to Flying Nun and release new single…
Popstrangers are the latest addition to the revamped and revitalised Flying Nun Records label. The Auckland trio have previously issued a couple of EPs and a split 7″ . Check them out on BANDCAMP and now they have released their debut single for FN – What Else Could They Do. Continue reading NEWS: Popstrangers sign to Flying Nun and release new single…
ARTWORK: Jane’s Addiction reveal cover of The Great Escape Artist…
NEWS: The Rolling Stones release deluxe version of Some Girls…
November 21, 2011 will see the release of the re-mastered, expanded, Super-Deluxe, Deluxe and Digital editions of The Rolling Stones’ Some Girls. Full details coming soon but it will include a previously unseen Helmut Newton photo session from 1978, an essay by esteemed author and journalist Anthony DeCurtis putting the album in its cultural context, and a 7” single of Beast Of Burden/When The Whip … Continue reading NEWS: The Rolling Stones release deluxe version of Some Girls…
WATCH: The trailer for The Rolling Stones | Some Girls Live in Texas 1978
Released November 21st on DVD/Blu Ray, Some Girls Live in Texas will be the third concert film that has come out in the last year following Stones in Exile and Ladies and Gentlemen. Filmed at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Forth Worth, Texas in 1978 this shows the band on top of their form as Some Girls hit the top of the USA album charts. Originally … Continue reading WATCH: The trailer for The Rolling Stones | Some Girls Live in Texas 1978
WATCH: cool old footage of Big Star set to Thirteen…
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NEWS: Flying Nun announce 30th anniversary celebrations…
New Zealand’s iconic independent (for most of its time) label is turning 30 and they’ve got themselves organised with a bunch of shows to celebrate the occasion. The Clean Nov 23 – Dunedin, Sammys Nov 24 – Auckland, Kings Arms Nov 25 – Wellington, SFBH Nov 26 – Christchurch, The new Dux De Lux HDU Nov 11 – Wellington, SFBH Nov 12 – Auckland, Kings Arms Nov 18 – … Continue reading NEWS: Flying Nun announce 30th anniversary celebrations…
WATCH: Girls | Honey Bunny (Live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
This album just gets better and better with each listen and live the band is sound vastly improved over when I saw them on tour here in Australia… Continue reading WATCH: Girls | Honey Bunny (Live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)
NEWS: Dates and venues announced for Laneway 2012…
BRISBANE – SATURDAY 28th JANUARY 2012 Alexandria Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 AUCKLAND – MONDAY 30th JANUARY 2012 Silo Park, Beaumont Street. Auckland MELBOURNE – SATURDAY 4th FEBRUARY 2012 Footscray Community Arts Centre – 45 Moreland Street, Footscray VIC 3011 SYDNEY – SUNDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2012 Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) – Balmain Road, Rozelle NSW 2039 ADELAIDE – FRIDAY … Continue reading NEWS: Dates and venues announced for Laneway 2012…
WATCH: Track by track mini-doc about Neil & Sharon Finn’s Pajama Club project…
NEWS: Avalanche City’s ‘Love, Love, Love’ wins the NZ APRA Silver Scroll Award…
Avalanche City have taken out the 2011 Silver Scroll Award for songwriting with their hit Love, Love, Love. Voted for by the members of New Zealand’s APRA the song was up against The Adults (Nothing To Lose – should have won!), Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Ffunny Ffriends), Bachelorette (Blanket), Delaney Davidson (Little Heart). Pub Rockers Hello Sailor were honoured with a place in the NZ Music … Continue reading NEWS: Avalanche City’s ‘Love, Love, Love’ wins the NZ APRA Silver Scroll Award…
NEWS: Australian Independent Music Awards – and the nominees are…
The nominees for the 2011 Jagermeister Independent Music Awards have been announced with a date for the awards still to be advised. Last year Cloud Control took out the Independent Album award – who will it be this year? Our money is on Seekae but hey that’s just our fave. Check out the other previous category winners HERE. BEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST Abbe May Adalita Art … Continue reading NEWS: Australian Independent Music Awards – and the nominees are…
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