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Monthly Archives: July 2009

DateMonthYear – Tightrope

Hailing from the mighty Waikato, DateMonthYear have been around since 2003 and describes themselves as “not a band, but a way of making music”.
Tightrope is from DateMonthYear’s fourth CD, called Pot/Kettle/Black which has just been released and is available now through itunes and CDbaby
Music from DMYs previous CDs has been placed on TV and ads all around the world, DMY’s live experience ranges from traditional rock gigs, to live theatre, to festival-style gigs with a full orchestra.
Tightrope was recorded and filmed live with no overdubs, in November 2008.

http://www.myspace.com/datemonthyear
http://www.datemonthyear.co.nz/

The video is Directed by Darren Manden, for Rindiman Productions

Tightrope

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Don McGlashan & The Seven Sisters – Bad Blood

With five entries in APRA New Zealand’s Top 100 Songs Of All Time. His career spans from the seminal post-pop-punk band Blam Blam Blam, to art experimentalists The Front Lawn, to platinum selling and internationally recognised popular band The Mutton Birds.
Don McGlashan and The Seven Sisters (Chris O’Connor, Maree Thom, John Segovia and Dominic Blaazer) have been on a real musical roll for the last couple of years, playing numerous shows to thousands at the Auckland Domain, WOMAD and various theatres, clubs and pubs up and down the country.

http://www.donmcglashan.com/
http://www.myspace.com/donmcglashan
http://www.archhill.co.nz/

Directed by Sally Tran

Bad Blood

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James Duncan – A Obvious

After various bands James went on to creating demented soundscapes and wild plasti-pop crossover tunes with a simple home PC and an electric guitar. Nowadays when he is not playing effected guitar for SJD, he can generally be found hiding out in his home studio where he is currently producing his first album, which is shaping up to be a strangely cohesive collection of the melancholic to the triumphant.
Album ‘Hello-Fi’ on Round Trip Mars out 03.08.09

http://www.myspace.com/jamesduncanmusic
http://www.roundtripmars.com/

Produced, directed, sliced & diced by Joseph Jowitt for Headspread Media.

A Obvious

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Over The Atlantic – Loveless Devotion

Over The Atlantic is Nik Brinkman and Bevan Smith (Signer, Aspen, Skallander), who came together through shared involvement in a A LOW HUM compilation.
In 2006 Over The Atlantic were signed to the prestigious USA Carpark/PawTracks family of labels before they’d even played a single show, demonstrating the strength of their first album, Junica.
From nomination for Best Unreleased Song at the Bnet Awards when he was just 16, to now, Nik Brinkman is emerging as one of the most important and innovative modern songwriters in New Zealand.
Loveless Devotions is from the latest album ‘Dimensions’

http://www.myspace.com/overtheatlanticband

Directed by Nathan Hickey

Loveless Devotion

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David Dallas – Big Time

Since the last Frontline record David Dallas has been working on his debut solo album Something Awesome. Dallas says ‘I just wanna make music that feels good – no more, no less.”

http://www.daviddallas.co.nz

Directed by Joel Kefali for Special Problems

Big Time

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The Dukes – Vampires

Hailing from the musical south of Christchurch. Dukes sound like rock’n'rhythm’n'soul. It’s the good times mixed interminably with nostalgia and melancholy. According to peers the Dukes are undoubtedly the South Island’s latest and greatest musical act and with invitations to play Nashville, Tennessee, they’ll be riding that old freight train one way or another.

http://www.myspace.com/dukestheband

Directed by James Solomon

Vampires

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The Lookie Loo’s – Shaky Laughter

The Lookie Loos began their life at the start of 2005. The two founding members of Tim Steers (Guitar+vox) and Alex Mustard (Bass) met whilst studying at the same institution within Hamilton.
Steers moved from the U.K to study music within New Zealand and Mustard made the long journey from Waihi to study sport at the Waikato Institute of Technology.
After some trials and tribulations along the way they are stronger than ever and about to release the debut album Invicta.

www.thelookieloos.com
http://www.myspace.com/thelookieloos

Shaky Laughter

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The Making of Turtle Pizza Cadillacs

Director Aleks Sakowski has compiled a look into the making of Turtle Pizza Cadillacs by Coco Solid a stop motion music video that took 5 months to make. Check out the finished piece at the bottom of the post.

More photography and documentation at http://www.nzcgi.com/

Heres Aleks’ youtube page http://www.youtube.com/user/Alkom

The Making of Turtle Pizza Cadillacs

Coco Solid is an underground electrorapper seducing and shaking live crowds while churning out bangers from Auckland City. Combining Miami and Detroit booty-bass with her own trademark minimal electro, she’s rhyming about everything; sex, science and the daily grind…
Coco Solid showcases a new disco-rap anthem Turtle Pizza Cadillacs on her international tour. The track was co-written, played and produced by Copenhagen based producer Robin Hannibal.

http://www.myspace.com/cocosolid

http://cocosolid.com/

Directed by Aleks Sakowski http://www.myspace.com/aleks_sakowski
Turtle Pizza Cadillacs

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Von Klap – Water and Wine

Christchurch’s scummiest, tuneful and most offensive country band… banjos! accordions! screaming!
Water and Wine, from Von Klap’s soon to be released album.

www.myspace.com/theklapmyspace

Director: Damien Shatford
Producer:Rachael Choy
DP: Mark Coory
Editor: Elizabeth Koroi

Water and Wine

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SJD – Baby You’re Oh So

Dayglo Spectres, the fifth SJD long-player, jubilantly shouts ‘set the controls for the heart of the dancefloor‘. No strobe is left unturned as “Dayglo Spectres” effortlessly combines the bombastic beats of ground-breaking early albums with the heart–breaking melodies that characterise more recent SJD releases.
So come on and join the party; the venues have been booked, the band is waiting and the road beckons. SJD’s Spring 2008 Dayglo Spectres Tour will soon be at a dancefloor near you. Like the man says, best get moving or move aside!

http://www.roundtripmars.com/
http://www.sjd.co.nz/

By Dominic & Simon Taylor

Baby You’re Oh So

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