Archive for December, 2008
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
The Debutantes
The Debutantes- The Debutantes EP 6/10 Listening to the opening track ‘Tapes Tapes’ on The Debutantes EP, you’d easily think they have some sort rock and roll revival thing going on. With its simple structure and repetitive Sesame Street-style sing along vocals, it sounds novice at best. However The Debutantes are much better than that [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
El Guincho
El Guincho – Alegranza 8/10 Bursting to life with a live version of the much-loved Palmitos Park, notably and greatly covered by The Ruby Suns, El Guincho, aka Pablo Díaz-Reixa has had a fair amount of internet hype to live up to. With Alegranza he largely delivers on his promise of Spanish flair, with the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Album,Reviews by Sarah Gooding
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
End Of Year List
Top 20 Albums of 2008 Once again this year we decided not to just tell you what we think are the best twenty albums of 2008, we decided to let the musicians of New Zealand decide. After a month of gathering lists from bands all over the country, we have come up with the final [...]
19 Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by Nick Fulton
Monday, December 1st, 2008
So So Modern live photos
So So Modern, The Naked and Famous, Mean Street, Moron Says What?! and Boyfriend Saturday, November 29, 2008 Ellen Melville Hall, Auckland This was quite possibly the best gig of the year. Savvy Promotions always put on great shows, and I’ve been going to Savina’s gigs since I was about 14, but this was surely [...]
8 Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by Sarah Gooding
Monday, December 1st, 2008
Over The Atlantic live photos
Over The Atlantic Saturday, November 29, 2008 The Kings Arms, Auckland After sticking it out for five hours at the So So Modern gig downtown, we jumped in the car with Mike, Will and Al from Boyfriend and headed to The Kings Arms to see Over The Atlantic play. Once again it was worth the [...]
