Wellington
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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: https://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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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: https://theflyingsorcerers.bandcamp.com/album/the-self-fulfilling-prophecies-of-the-flying-sorcerers William Daymond: “This has been a long time in the making but The Flying Sorcerers debut release is now available. We have set it as “name your price” on bandcamp but it will only be like this for a few days so those curious should get in quick.” William Daymond – Guitars,…
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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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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://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/8066478/Arrest-made-in-Wellington-punk-death-case olice have arrested a man with the suspected murder of Wellington punk rocker Steve Andrews in London. Steve Andrews, 46, the flamboyant singer in 1980s and 90s bands Vas Deferens and Flesh D-Vice, was a warm, friendly man who wouldn’t hurt a fly, friends say. He was celebrating his girlfriend’s birthday in…
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Reprinted from: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/8063235/Wellington-punk-rocker-dies-in-London London police have launched a murder investigation following the death of a Wellington punk proponent after an early morning assault. Steve Andrews, 46, was a key figure in Wellington’s early punk scene but had been living in London for about a decade. It is understood he had been out celebrating his girlfriend’s…
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In the wake of the departure of Bob Brannigan and Mick Elborado’s increasingly angry instability the remaining Axemen would like to introduce the new beacon of rock’n’roll ardour, the hope of Axemen Generation Y, the bass-bone connected to the backbone, the rhythm king, a girls best friend… William Daymond. Born in 1984, Daymond injects the…
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