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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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Rebroadcast from: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/2592335/the-spies Originally aired on Radio NZ National Music, Saturday 12 April 2014 Wellington in 1979: A fairly unlikely bunch of musicians, artists and vagabonds went almost unnoticed in the squats of Wellington’s Bosworth Terrace, playing and recording together, loosely grouped under the banner of “The Spies”. Matthew Crawley speaks with The Spies’ George…
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Reprinted from: http://www.rnr666.hu/sixline/20130814/the-wonderful-world-of-axemen Once upon a time the Axemen began life as a seething mass of algae in a cess-pool located at the back of a disused factory somewhere in North Dunedin, New Zealand.The exact location of the cess-pool has unfortunately been lost to the ravages of time, but the factory still stands – a…
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The Axemen – Sac Tap Nut Jam LP (Spacecase) Reprinted From: http://still-single.tumblr.com/post/60242240681/the-axemen-sac-tap-nut-jam-lp-spacecase RECOMMENDED After 21 years, New Zealand’s Axemen return, stronger than ever – many might argue that this new album, the puckishly charming Sac Tap Nut Jam, is their most vital and rockin’ release since the classic Three Virgins double LP. These eight…
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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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Reprinted from:http://boredout305.tumblr.com/post/55453656418/steve-mccabe-of-the-axemen-part-one Steve McCabe of The Axemen, Part One by Ryan Leach, Spacecase Records Steve McCabe is best known for his membership in The Axemen. Formed in Christchurch, New Zealand, when Steve was still a teenager (along with Stu Kawowski and Bob Brannigan) in 1981, The Axemen were one of the most stylistically adventurous groups…
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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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Day 1 recording at the Taita lockup went handsomely, boding well for the forthcoming Spacecase Records single . The group, together again for the first time in a while in Wellington learned and laid down 5 soundbed tracks as single candidates in record time, as per usual. This being Day 1 of a 3 day…
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US label Spacecase Records is proud to announce they will be releasing the next Axemen 12″ LP – just as soon as it is recorded! Axemen spokesperson Stevie McCabe, speaking from his beach retreat at Te Puru, Coromandel Peninsula, stated: “Me and the lads are over the moon about the Spacecase deal – we can’t…
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Reprinted from: http://forleejacksoninspace.bandcamp.com/ For Lee Jackson in Space by For Lee Jackson in Space Digital Album Immediate download of 94-track album in your choice of MP3 320, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire. Buy Now $30 USD or more Share / Embed 1. Abunai! – Time of the Funk-Lords (Flash…
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A look back on some of the ideas which didn’t make it
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Reprinted from http://www.facebook.com/notes/mickle-borrado/text-for-the-cc-blog/10150208252973803 13/06/2011 By Mick Elborado I thought smacking was illegal, but there I was standing between the dusty records and sheet music I’d started packing away, now handcuffed, and the hyped-up young cop, name, as always, unknown was saying ‘Just give me one ****** reason to smack you’ — the hand cuffs were…
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(re-printed courtesy of siltblog: Axemen’s ‘3 Virgins’ Double LP NOW AVAILABLE) FINALLY! After a couple of years in the RE-making, the Axemen’s legendary dbl lp ‘3 Virgins, 3 Virgins, 3 Visions’ (hereafter known simply as 3V’s) is available for order. Originally seeing the light of day on the Flying Nun label in 1985, 3V’s is…
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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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http://houselist.bowerypresents.com/2009/12/it’s-the-end-of-the-year-as-we-know-it/ As 2009 comes to a close, The House List’s writers and photographers (and editor) take a look back at the year that was. Check back tomorrow for our year-end photo gallery. My Top Five 7″ Tour Singles I’ve always loved that for the price of a drink, bands sometimes go the extra distance for their…
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Reprinted from: http://7inches.blogspot.com/2009/11/times-new-viking-axemen-tour-single.html Times New Viking / Axemen tour single Picked this up last night at the TNV show at Mercury Lounge with the Axemen…my friend Pat told me to look out for a tour only single at the merch table, and there it was. Does a band with the power of Matador behind it…
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