Archive for April, 2008
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Din Glorious
“Sounds like Nervous Gender ass rapping the Dead Kennedys”
Via email, EMJ managed to have a brief chat with Daniel from New York band Din Glorious. We got the inside scoop on the bands future plans and a special track off their debut album.
Thanks to myspace and good old friends of friends sifting, I stumbled across […]
No Comments » - Posted in New York by Nick Fulton
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Tiger Tones
Let‘s Get MINCED!
One of the country’s most exciting, innovative, danceable bands is finally coming to Auckland, playing their album release party at Whammy Bar! Expect to stay up all night under the Parisian lights with Christchurch’s Tiger Tones, supported by Frase+Bri, Golden Axe and Mean Street. I had the pleasure of interviewing guitarist James Grant […]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by Sarah Gooding
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Holiday With Friends
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HWF
We Can Never Thank You Enough
It’s with deep regret that we announce Holiday With Friends have taken an indefinite hiatus. In an email to EMJ earlier this evening, vocalist and keyboard player Gemma Syme said , “I really enjoy HWF (obviously), but I think we need at least a break from each other […]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by Nick Fulton
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Snowfield
Roll back Neo-Fascism
it’s not what we voted for
*****
About a month ago I meet Snowfield in a Wellington cafe. Over a cool bottle of Foxton Fizz and a warm vegetarian samosa we chatted about music, politics and his latest zine.
Snowfield is Alex Mitcalfe Wilson, a shy, well mannered and extremely down to earth young man […]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by Nick Fulton
Monday, April 21st, 2008
My Disco
¡Achtung!
Is German For Attention
Cheerleaders for good music unite: An exciting, jarring and arresting listen from the get-go, Melbourne’s My Disco have come up trumps with their sophomore album.
An amazing prog-punk/experimental/drone/minimalist rock band with elements of jazz and Die! Die! Die!-esque loops, My Disco are approximately five years old and hail from […]
No Comments » - Posted in Australia by Nick Fulton
Monday, April 21st, 2008
The Hungry Caterpillar
West Coast Hip Hop
Meets
The Little Drummer Boy
Graphic artist, spherical engineer, contemporary soul singer, blues guitarist, hip-hop masher-upper and one of the best drummers on earth…Ben Thompson, this is your life!
If you haven’t heard The Hungry Caterpillar yet, you better get right clicking. Since early 2007 I’ve been obsessed! No one makes spacey, midi […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Australia, New Zealand by Nick Fulton
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
HEALTH
Saturday’s Coffee
No amount of nature’s nectar
can wake one as much as good HEALTH
Some people take their HEALTH too seriosly. The “extremely pleasant noise” band (as Vice put it) is not ‘going disco’; their forthcoming sophomore album just so happens to be named HEALTH/DISCO.
In keeping//with that forward///slash/trend,//HEALTH//have been previously//described as/encompassing////ethereal chanting/screeching noise/gauzy atmosphere/, and is […]
3 Comments » - Posted in U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
B52’s
Do All 16 Dances
After sixteen years, one of most influential new-wave bands of all time is back. The B-52’s have re-emerged to prove they still have the goods to make everyone dance. Funplex, the bands new, exciting album, has been described by many critics as the band’s best album since their ground breaking debut way […]
No Comments » - Posted in U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Kimya Dawson
Remember That I Love You
KIMYA DAWSON NZ DATES finally ANNOUNCED!!!
The inimitable, wordy and undeniably adorable twee Queen Kimya “both my thumbs are opposable” Dawson has finally announced her tour dates in New Zealand! The wonderful Galesburg is bringing the indie idol and anti-folk hero, who has been brought to mainstream attention of late with […]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by Sarah Gooding
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Morons Say CSS SUXXXXX
From Sao Paulo to New Zealand
‘You know you wanna dance’
CSS was recently in New Zealand for two shows with Glass Candy; we were there, and so was Moron Says What?!?!. It was one of CSS’s last shows before the release of their highly anticipated second album, which we can reveal is going to be […]
