Archive for the 'Music' Category
September 03 2010
Gig Guide 3 — 9 September 2010
posted by Steven Shaw at 12:45 pm
Nathan Haines & the Dream Band
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September 02 2010
Devil’s Elbow — Sand on Chrome
posted by Steven Shaw at 2:42 pm
Devil’s Elbow Sand on Chrome
The debut album from Hawke’s Bay duo Devil’s Elbow is an absolute delight. Frontman and guitarist Alec Withers sings gritty, swaggering vocals, backed up by solid drumming and fine harmonies from former Garageland stickman Andrew Gladstone. The result is some very catchy desert rock with occasional cow-punk and even folk leanings…
August 27 2010
Gig Guide 27 August — 2 September 2010
posted by Steven Shaw at 4:49 pm
Western Line Trio, Sunday at La Zeppa
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August 27 2010
Warren Storm from Lil’ Band O’ Gold
posted by Steven Shaw at 8:08 am
When it comes to phoned interviews, You can’t get any more real than talking to a Louisiana-born legend of swamp-pop. Warren Storm is 73 and has been playing drums and singing soulful vocals since the 1950s.
Back in 1958, his version of the old country tune “Prisoner’s Song” and its flip-side “Mama Mama Mama (Look What Your Little Boy’s Done)” met with chart success, selling a quarter of a million copies…
[Keep reading for the chance to win tickets to Lil' Band O' Gold....]
August 26 2010
Tour News: The Fall Return to New Zealand
posted by Steven Shaw at 9:29 am
The Fall, playing the Powerstation in December
Seminal English post-punk band The Fall are returning to NZ to play one show only, at the Powerstation in Auckland on December 13….