| Mar 24 |
Archive for March, 2011Video: tUnE-yArDs new video for BiznessMy new favourite song! Gonna carry me through our southern hemisphere winter.. Now ya see – if they had Zumba classes like this with this kinda music – I’d totally be there! tUnE-yArDs – Who Kill – out April 18th on 4AD / Rhythmethod |
| Mar 23 |
Archive for March, 2011NEWS: RADIOHEAD “KING OF LIMBS” OUT ON CD/LP ON MONDAY
“Another work of musical artistry”
Herald On Sunday 4/5 stars
“It’s intensely beautiful, often chilling while being ridiculously clever”
NZ Herald 4/5 stars
“In a quiet sidestep sort of way, Radiohead proved with The King of Limbs that they’re world beaters once again” Dominion Post 5/5 stars
“How about hail to the King” Groove Guide 4/5 stars
“For its confidence, sense of adventure and abundant musicality, “The King of Limbs” reinforces the idea that Radiohead is the band that makes the most interesting and satisfying rock recordings since the Beatles.”
Wall Street Journal
“Highly strung and instinctively contrary, but also deeply harmonically musical, Radiohead somehow finds a space between the sinister and the beautiful, the tense and the meditative. They remain masters of musical dichotomy.” The Telegraph
“With ‘The King of Limbs’, the band displays such confidence and grace in its digital-age fussiness, it’s hard to take your earbuds out after one listen.” Washington Post
Radiohead – The King Of Limbs Released in New Zealand on CD and LP on 28 March 2011 by XL Recordings / Rhythmethod |
| Mar 22 |
Archive for March, 2011News, mp3 stream: Friendly Fires announce new single and album Mercury Prize nominated trio, the UK’s Friendly Fires are delighted to announce the Named after the island in Aldous Huxley’s 1962 novel ‘Island’, ‘Pala’has been produced by a mixture of Friendly Fires themselves and Paul Epworth (award winning producer with credits including Bloc Party, Cee-Lo Green, Florence and the Machine, remixes for Santigold and P. Diddy). The album was recorded over the past twelve months in various locations including London, St. Albans, Rye in Sussex, Yvetot in France, and New York It’s set to build on the success of Friendly Fires’ eponymous debut album that was released in September 2008 and went on to sell over 200,000 copies in the UK, picking up a Mercury Prize nomination and two Brit Awards nominations along the way. The artwork for ‘Pala’ features a beautiful photograph of a parrot from a personal project of famed fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø (Dazed and Confused, Yves Saint Laurent, Coldplay, Alexander McQueen) while the album also sees musical collaborations with America’s premier gospel choir -the world famous Harlem Gospel Choir (on ‘Hurting’) and Holy Ghost’s Alex Frankel (who plays Clavinet on ‘True Love’) The first single from the album is ‘Live Those Days Tonight’. Friendly Fires will debut the single with a TV performance on the popular American late night show -the Jimmy Fallon show, which is set to air on Wednesday 23rd March. Have a listen to the new single ‘Live Those Days Tonight‘ HERE
P A L A
track list:
1. Live Those Days Tonight
2. Blue Cassette
3. Running Away
4. Hawaiian Air
5. Hurting
6. Pala
7. Show Me Lights
8. True Love
9. Pull Me back to Earth
10. Chimes
11. Helpless
Friendly Fires’ ‘Pala’ out May 16th on XL Recordings/Rhythmethod |
| Mar 13 |
Archive for March, 2011News: Congratulations to Miriam Clancy!Huge congrats to the fantastic Miriam Clancy for landing an APRA NZ 2011 Professional Development Award!
Pop Contemporary: Miriam Clancy (www.miriamclancy.com) “…Miriam works within a hard-to-define genre of music and is an accomplished songwriter. She is ‘magic’ and has the potential to be a true international talent…” Hailing from Foxton, indie songstress Miriam Clancy has been quietly winning fans after unanimous critical acclaim for her debut release Lucky One. But it’s her second album Magnetic that lit a fire beneath her underground following, gaining highly coveted 4 & 5 star reviews and elbowing its way into a number of ‘Best Music Of The Year’ lists by industry critics. Currently working towards her 3rd record and having been recently hand-picked to work with renowned international composer Mario Grigorov (‘Precious’) on a NZ film soundtrack, Miriam Clancy has plans afoot and is indeed one to watch. The PDA win will allow Miriam to travel to the USA. This will include collaborating with Chicago-based John Sirratt from Grammy award winning band Wilco, and his own project The Autumn Defense. Miriam has also been offered the opportunity to work with a Chicago organisation called Art Work Projects, who work in conjunction with established humanitarian and human-rights advocacy organisations. The project will involve creating new works for the organisation, co-writing with Mario Grigorov. WWW.MIRIAMCLANCY.COM Miriam Clancy – Magnetic is out now on Desert Road Records / Rhythmethod Check Out Her Latest Video HERE: |
| Mar 13 |
Archive for March, 2011News: Little Bushman Album + Tour Announce
Aotearoa’s magnanimous psych-rock-blues quartet, Little Bushman, announce the release of their new album Te Oranga along with bevy of tour dates.
On the 4th of April 2011, Little Bushman will release Te Oranga their long anticipated follow up to 2007’s Pendulum. This 3rd studio album was written and recorded over the last 2 years at Warren Maxwell’s own recording facilities, STONEFEATHER studios. Venturing at times into the shadows, then veering off up into the cosmos, it is sure to satisfy all who ingest. From a delta-esque hoedown recitation of the cycle of life, to an alternative cosmic take on Creation – Te Oranga is their tour de force. The sheer diversity between the songs themselves allows for a meandering dynamic, which promises to make for great listening. “Te Oranga is mostly a celebration of the warmer side of humanity” says band front man Warren Maxwell. To celebrate the release of Te Oranga, Little Bushman are keyed up to take to the road for 4 stellar shows, which will be their first solo performances in well over a year. Little Bushman is proud to perform them first, right here in Aotearoa. Soon after, they’re heading to Australia for a handful of shows – including the revered Byron Bay Bluesfest. Warren Maxwell says “We’re really looking forward to getting on the road and sharing our new album with fans & whanau. We’re taking our show to the next level to bring a quality psychedelic, sonic & visual experience – our audience deserve quality and we hope to oblige!” With Nudge their special guests for all shows, a Wellington trio who recently supported The Black Seeds & Fly My Pretties nationally with their stomping drums, soaring guitar and savage organ mania, this will be a true kaleidoscopic experience!
Tickets on sale for all shows – Monday 28th Feb
Fri 1st April – CHRISTCHURCH Show on hold as of 22/2. Updates as more information comes to light. Sat 2nd April – DUNEDIN Sammy’s Tickets $25+bf from Cosmic Corner – www.cosmicticketing.co.nz Fri 8th April – WELLINGTON The Garden Club Tickets $30+bf from Ticketmaster & Real Groovy – www.ticketmaster.co.nz Sat 9th April – AUCKLAND Powerstation Tickets $35+bf from Ticketmaster & Real Groovy – www.ticketmaster.co.nz |
| Mar 13 |
Archive for March, 2011News: Thurston Moore Album Announcement
Our friends at Matador just gave us this merry news…. On Tuesday May 24 (May 23 in New Zealand)*, Matador will be releasing ‘Demolished Thoughts’, the 4th solo album from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore (5th if you count 1998?s ‘Root’) and the first to be produced by Beck Hansen. Recorded in Los Angeles and Northampton, MA this past autumn & winter, with a title culled from The Faith’s “It’s Time”, ‘Demolished Thoughts’ is an equally beautiful and brooding work ; while there’s more than a few tonal similarities to some of your favorite Moore compositions from years past, the execution this time around is nothing short of staggering. No disrespect to 1995?s ‘Psychic Hearts’ or 2007?s ‘Trees Outside The Academy’ is intended on our part when we promise ‘Demolished Thoughts’ burnishes Thurston’s rep as a classic songwriter in ways we never anticipated when this album was first being talked about last year.
(photo by Shawn Brackbill) In addition to Moore’s guitars and vocals, other players include violinist Samara Lubelski (she of prior Moore recordings and touring, her own solo works, Metal Mountains, Hall Of Fame, Tower Recordings, Metabolismus, etc.), harpist Mary Lattimore (also heard on Kurt Vile’s latest), bassist Bram Inscore, drummer Joey Waronker and Beck. Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts out on Matador / Rhythmethod May 23rd! |
| Mar 13 |
Archive for March, 2011Stream: Jamie xx NEW BBC MIX |
| Mar 13 |
Archive for March, 2011VIDEO: THE NATIONAL – CONVERSATION 16 |
| Mar 13 |
Archive for March, 2011Who’s heading to SXSW this year??Holla NZ Media – anyone going over? Beggars Bands Performing at SXSW (By Label) It shall be god blimmin’ times! |
| Mar 09 |
Archive for March, 2011VIDEO: GIL SCOTT-HERON & JAMIE XX “I’LL TAKE CARE OF U” Listen up! The video for I’ll Take Care Of U, the new single from the collaboration between Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx has just surfaced. The brilliant video tells the story of a young female boxer and single mum living in New York and utililises I’ll Take Care of U as theperfect soundtrack.  We’re New Here is out now through XL/RHYTHMETHOD
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