Archive for December, 2010

Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

Around The Wireless: live review

Around The Wireless Festival December 17-18, 2010 Poukawa, Hawkes Bay Review by Michael McClelland Photo by Frances Carter This year’s festival, from what I heard over the three days I spent mostly drenched at a muddy Hawke’s Bay farm, was a marked improvement from the year before. In terms of attendance, at least. I wasn’t […]

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Friday, December 24th, 2010

Pikachunes feat. Princess Chelsea

Chelsea In The Sky With Diamonds Here’s a Christmas gift from Lil’ Chief Records; a collaboration between Pikachunes and Princess Chelsea. The label has been relatively quiet in recent years, but the release of Pikachunes’ debut album in November and Princess Chelsea’s debut due early in the new year has seen the label’s mid-decade buzz […]

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Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

Live Photos 2010

Die! Die! Die! shot by Ema Richards The Transistors shot by Michael Harvey Kitsunegari shot by Frances Carter Sam Hamilton shot by Ian Jorgensen Grayson Gilmour shot by Rachel Brandon Thought Creature shot by Rachel Brandon Bandicoot shot by Frances Carter Fatangryman shot by Frances Carter Mammal Airlines shot by Rachel Brandon Sets shot by […]

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Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Wonder Bear

Audrey Hepburn growing in a test tube There’s this band from New York called Wonder Bear. It’s this guy and girl (boyfriend/girlfriend) and they’re both sixteen. They’re pretty prolific considering they’re sixteen and that most sixteen-year-olds aren’t very prolific, and they’ve got three EPs up on their bandcamp as well as a pretty sweet Kanye […]

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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Deerhoof exclusive song premiere

World Premiere of Deerhoof’s ‘Almost Everyone, Almost Always’ We’re beyond excited to have the exclusive world premiere stream of Deerhoof‘s song ‘Almost Everyone, Almost Always’, the last track from their upcoming album. We’re also proud to be the bearers of some great news, with the official announcement that Flying Nun Records will be releasing Deerhoof’s […]

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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone interview

Final Graduation After thirteen years of crafting beautiful little ballads for the heartbroken, Owen Ashworth is putting the Casiotone For The Painfully Alone name to bed. Hazel Gibson talked to him on the eve of one of his final shows. How are you? Doing pretty good! Just got back from my European tour middle of […]

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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

End Of Year List 2010

EMJ Top 20 Releases of 2010 For the past three years Einstein Music Journal has put together a End Of Year Top 20 list based entirely on the votes of New Zealand musicians. This year we’ve done the same, with a couple of EMJ contributors also adding their top 5 lists to the pile. Throughout […]

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