Archive for February, 2012
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Bon Iver live photos
Bon Iver Monday, February 27, 2012 Wellington Town Hall Photos by Rachel Brandon Click to view more photos of Bon Iver playing live at the Wellington Town Hall
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Regina Spektor: new single
Soft Machine Gun I’ve never been much of a fan of Regina Spektor’s operatic bubblegum pop, but her latest offering has a lot more grit, opening and closing with blasting snare drums and running with a dark, emotive piano riff. ‘All The Rowboats’ is the first single off her new album What We Saw From […]
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Sunday, February 26th, 2012
Xiu Xiu Interview
Coming Up For Air Experimental punk purveyors Xiu Xiu release their eighth album on March 6. Sole constant band member Jamie Stewart opens up about what drives his impressive productivity, why the band is in such fine form and some of the creative partnerships that have fed into it throughout its 10 years. Hi! How […]
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Camp A Low Hum 2012 live photos
Camp A Low Hum February 10-12, 2012 Homedale, Wellington Photos by Rachel Brandon click here to view the full Camp A Low Hum 2012 photo set
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
Music Alliance Pact February 2012
Parallel Androgyny NEW ZEALAND: Einstein Music Journal Grass Cannons – Wendy’s If hissing noise and warm melodies are your buzz then Auckland four-piece Grass Cannons should be on your radar. They’ve just released their debut EP Vet Dream, containing five darting guitar songs that each take a different path but ultimately lead to the same […]
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Monday, February 6th, 2012
Laneway Festival live photos
Laneway Festival Monday, January 30, 2012 Silo Park, Auckland Photos by Rachel Brandon View the full Laneway photo set, with photos of more artists and the crowd at Silo Park
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Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Night Manager- new 7″
It’s curtains for you Shadowy shoegaze dream-punk/pop band Night Manager released a perfectly-formed 7″ via Japanese label Big Love two months back, and yesterday it became available worldwide via Rough Trade. The three-song release captures the essence of the Brooklyn-via-Paris-and-San-Francisco band’s succinct pop with echoey melodies and doo wop-style vocals aching with an on-off nonchalance. […]
No Comments » - Posted in Brooklyn,New York,U.S.A by Sarah Gooding
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Chad VanGaalen/Xiu Xiu Split 12″
Pirates of the Weird and Wonderful The excitement of 9 new Chad VanGaalen tracks landing in my inbox is a little bit overwhelming, especially when it’s delivered with news of a split 12″ with the ever evolving and extremely weird Xiu Xiu. The 12″ is the second release in a series of amazing collaborations being […]
