LPs
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Reprinted from: https://www.aquariusrecords.org/cat/newzealand.html ABOVE GROUND Gone Aiwa (Siltbreeze) lp 15.98 Another awesome legendary archival release out of the NZ underground from Siltbreeze, this one the super obscure Above Ground, who existed for all of a single year back in 1983, and made this one record, originally released as a super limited cassette, only sold at…
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reprinted from: http://www.othermusic.com/products/shoes-this-high-straight-to-hell Some of you have been slow to re-board the New Zealand Reissue Train for reasons perfectly understandable: can’t get into the psychedelic pop sounds, sounds like rain, same people play in all the bands, this all happened years ago/half a world away/what’s it got to do with me?, etc. For that last…
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Reprinted from: http://www.midheaven.com/item/straight-to-hell-by-shoes-this-high-lp While Shoes This High’s existence was a mere glint in the eye of Father Time (a year or more, tops), they made every second count, stalking the New Zealand post-punk landscape—both North and South islands—with ravenous abandon. For most fans, their legend and reputation rest solely on the strength of one highly…
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Steve McCabe of The Axemen, Part Two Reprinted from: http://boredout305.tumblr.com/post/56105133631/steve-mccabe-of-the-axemen-part-two Part two of Ryan Leach’s Steve McCabe interview. Photos courtesy of Stu Kawowski. Ryan: The Axemen’s membership was always fluctuating. Steve: We had a good range of Christchurch and Dunedin musicians in the band. If you’ve seen our Wikipedia page, you can see all the…
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Reprinted from: http://www.spacecaserecords.com/axemen-sac-tap-nut-jam THE AXEMEN | Sac Tap Nut Jam LP Spacecase Records US$14.00* Spacecase Records is pleased to release Sac Tap Nut Jam—the first new Axemen full length in twenty-one years. GO BUY SAC TAP NUT JAM NOW (direct from Spacecase)! Originally from Christchurch, New Zealand, The Axemen formed in 1983. Shortly afterwards the band solidified…
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Hot on the soles of their forthcoming new 12″ release ‘Sac Tap Nut Jam’, the Axemen are chaffing at the bit for punters to step up into the stirrups climb into the saddle and hitch their wagons to the new guiding star, the star that comes from the South, the star that IS the Axemen.…
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http://dig.abclocal.go.com/wpvi/video/2011/09/27/092711wpvivinylrecords.mp4
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Like a phoenix, it’s flaming wings rendering liquefacted silt into weirdly shaped shiny psychedelic ceramic sculptures as it rises from the quake-decimated ruins of Christchurch’s State Trinity Centre, the penultimate Axemen tome “Three Virgins, Three Versions, Three Visions” (commonly referred to in hushed tones as simply “Three Virgins“), well, more accurately, the four fragile lacquers of…
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Reprinted from Kel E. Burnette’s pronouncement at: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=191255993910 Note: CD material is available from http://sleekbott.com Artist: Axemen Title: Scary! Part III Label: Siltbreeze Long known underground stars from New Zealand, The Axemen are now gaining some well-deserved notoriety here in the States thanks to one of our finest labels, Siltbreeze. Tom Lax has again exhibited…
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aka SCARY PT. IV an album of unreleased Sleek Bott recordings from the 1983-1985 cache JACKSON CREEK from the THREE VIRGINS sessions, Christchurch, April 1985 OM – STORY OF UNIVERSAL LOVE from the Feast of Flesh rehearsal, Dunedin, March 1984 (not the same version that appears on A SCAR IS BORN); features keyboards by George…
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Not on the List? Looking to get some great kiwi bands to play at your FANTASTIC SOUTH ISLAND VENUE in LATE SEPTEMBER/EARLY OCTOBER? Contact Us immediately…. Your name could be here tomorrow… POSTER VARIANTS RECEIVED: Tues 4 Aug 09, Stu Kawowski
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Press Release from Silt Breeze in conjunction with Sleek Bott RE: Axemen – Scary Re-release July 2009 PR Date:May 2009 Axemen-Scary! Part III-dbl lp (SB-119/120) “…you’ll begin to see (& hear)…” “…the Axemen blazed through the 80’s…” “Unlike the hyper punk-charged pastiche of Big Cheap Motel…” The second entry in the Siltbreeze/Axemen / Sleek Bott…
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Reprinted from: http://still-single.tumblr.com/post/89271183/axemen-big-cheap-motel-lp-siltbreeze March 24, 2009 Axemen – Big Cheap Motel LP (Siltbreeze) “…a surplus of defiant attitude…” “…opening up the world…” “…this is the sort of action that more artists should fight for…” First of three reissues by this forgotten New Zealand punk trio out on Siltbreeze this year, opening up the world…
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Reprinted from: http://satanrulez.blogspot.com/2009/03/zap.html “…Built around a thick guitar line that is distorted until it becomes a fluid conveyer belt of sound… ” “…hermetic tribes… ” “… The Pornographic Milk Drink contains rotating metal spoke on a ferris wheel guitar… ” “…Pleasantly skewed junkyard Buddy Holly rhythm lines played atop walls of distorted uber-rock riffs that contain the weight and…
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Reprinted from: Alternative Music Talk The Axemen: A NZ Protest It’s understandable that Australia and New Zealand have a contentious relationship. I used to live in Cleveland, don’t anymore, but still cringe whenever I see a Stealers logo anywhere. The fact, though, that the Aussies recently claimed that New Zealanders are hermits, or some such,…
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Reprinted from: Volcanic Tongue TIP OF THE TONGUE 08 MARCH 2009 “…free jazz skronk…radical prole violence…” “…punk primitive avant garde smarts…” Axemen Big Cheap Motel Siltbreeze LP £13.99 Fantastic vinyl issue of what was originally a cassette from a group that were an anomaly even within the relatively eclectic environs of the original Flying Nun…
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