Two of my favourite songs from this part of the world, both possessing a dreamy moodiness and exemplary rhythm sections that underpin the intangible magic that both of them have. They evoke similar feelings when I hear them and interestingly they were recorded less than six months apart in 1982. Martin Phillips wrote ‘Pink Frost’ in Dunedin, Grant McLennan wrote ‘Cattle & Cane’ in Nick … Continue reading The Antipodean Aesthetic of The Chills and The Go-Betweens