Archive for January, 2011
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
Ben Butler & Mousepad
The Unicorn Lives Having a penchant for silly things like unicorns is more common than you might think. If memory serves, I think that’s how I discovered insane band Gay Against You long ago, whose song ‘Gay Unicorn’ brought me endless joy (and still does). Nowadays Joe Howe has moved away from the high-pitched exuberant […]
No Comments » - Posted in Berlin,Edinburgh,Germany,Scotland,UK by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
Sic Alps
Spookers In A Petting Zoo Released today via Drag City, Sic Alps return with their first LP since 2008. Titled Napa Asylum, the double LP comes after a long stint touring, during which the band took time to reflect on previous endeavours and decide on a new direction. But after all that reflection not a […]
No Comments » - Posted in California,San Francisco,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
So So Modern (Olugbenga Remix)
Upgrade Your Chassis Olugbenga Adelekan, bass player in UK band Metronomy and part-time DJ/producer recently sent us this remix he pieced together of So So Modern’s ‘Give Everything’ and ‘Berlin’. The song was originally arranged for a remix compilation that So So Modern had planned to release in conjunction with the NZ/Aus release of their […]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand,UK,Wellington by Nick Fulton
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Laneway Ticket Giveaway
Einstein Music Journal has a couple of Laneway passes to give away – one double pass to the Auckland Laneway Festival on January 31 and one double pass to the Wellington Laneway event on February 1. Here’s how you can enter the draw: We’d like to find out what you like most about EMJ, so […]
No Comments » - Posted in Auckland,New Zealand,Wellington by Nick Fulton
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Autumn Splendour video premiere
I thought we had something special Auckland garage punk trio Autumn Splendour blends a special kind of nervous energy and angst with swirling distortion not unlike that of the Coolies or Die! Die! Die!’s latest output. Singer/guitarist Natasha Cantwell (known for her photography in such magazines as Frankie and NO), drummer Cait Roberts and bassist […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Auckland,New Zealand by Sarah Gooding
Saturday, January 15th, 2011
Music Alliance Pact January 2011
Technicolour magnifier This is the first of what will be a regular new thing at EMJ, our contribution to the Music Alliance Pact (MAP). Coordinated by Jason at The Pop Cop, MAP is a monthly worldwide meeting of bloggers via short write-ups and a song from a band from each blogger’s country that’s currently exciting […]
No Comments » - Posted in Music Alliance Pact by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Gary War
Future Arithmetic While we’re on a buzz of Ariel Pink and his awesome album Before Today, here’s something of a similar ilk. Gary War toured with Ariel Pink six years ago, when he lived in Los Angeles; these days he resides in New York and is associated with Sacred Bones Records, who recently released his […]
No Comments » - Posted in New York,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Monday, January 10th, 2011
The Babies
Like Whales Swimming In Wine Cassie Ramone (Vivian Girls) and Kevin Morby (Woods) join forces with Nathanael Stark and Justin Sullivan in The Babies, a new garage-pop duo based in Brooklyn, New York. The band released a couple of 7″ singles last year and are about to drop their debut album. ‘Wild I’ is the […]
No Comments » - Posted in Brooklyn,New York,U.S.A by Nick Fulton
Friday, January 7th, 2011
The Ocean Floor: NZ Tour
International Date Time Having been courted by Polka Dot Dot Dot‘s album Love Letter To New Zealand, Lane Barrington and Shannon Steele have announced they’re bringing The Ocean Floor to New Zealand this February. The duo has a twelve date tour booked, taking them from Auckland to Dunedin, with a few odd stops on the […]
