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Street Chant at Campus A Low Hum 2011

Live: Campus A Low Hum Day 0

Flashback to February 10th, 2011 – Day 0 of Campus A Low Hum at Flock House in Bulls. Featuring Pre-Campus performances from Street Chant and Scul Hazzards.

#nzmusic #aussiemusic #streetchant #alowhum #campusalowhum #sculhazzards

Live: Die! Die! Die! – ‘Harmony’ tour

Flashback to September 28th, 20012: Die! Die! Die!’s New Zealand tour for their excellent 2012 album ‘Harmony’, with support from Dunedin group Opposite Sex and local lads Ipswich, at Dux Live.

#nzmusic #die!die!die! #oppositesex #ipswich #duxlive

Live: Familia Moja Fundraiser

Flashback to November 16th 2011 with an epic fundraising show at the Thunderdome, a temporary venue that was erected at North Hagley Park.

#nzmusic #livemusic #sleepyage #thetransistors #bang!bang!eche! #steden #coate #valdera #planetofthetapes

Live Flashback: Dux Live Double-Header

Flashback to: June 2012, with a double-header weekend at Dux Live.
Starting with the return of Goodshirt, ably supported by popular local group Sleepy Age and followed by the final of the 2012 RDU Round-Up band competition, taken out by excellent local post punk group Ipswich.

#nzmusic #duxlive #goodshirt #sleepyage #ipswich #rdu #roundup

Live: Red Panda Presents Thought Creature

Flashback to September 19th, 2008 with a Red Panda (all-ages) show at the Otautahi Social Centre, headlined by Wellington’s Thought Creature and supported by then-young Christchurch groups Warble, Shocking and Stunning Statement and Ruffians.

I’ve added some context and reflective detail to the brief original review.

#nzmusic #redpanda #thoughtcreature #warble

Bang! Bang! Eche!

Live: Darkroom’s 1st Birthday

Flashback to October 6th, 2012 – Celebrating post-Earthquake venue The Darkroom’s first birthday with a show featuring Bang! Bang! Eche, The Transistors and Brown Leaves.

#nzmusic #darkroom #bangbangeche #thetransistors $brownleaves

LIVE: Witchuals and Kutomo

Flashback to January 28th, 2011. Local electronic noise + percussion duo Witchuals supported Brisbane-based Finnish performer Kutomo at the High Street Project and I was in a very-sparse audience.

#nsmusic #undergroundmusic #witchuals #highstreetproject #kutomo

Live: Tiger Tones Album Release Party

Flashback to May 9th, 2008!

I attended an afterwork album release gig in a basement next to NG Gallery (on Madras Street – now part of the Te Kaha Stadium site) with Pinacolada Records presenting the Tiger Tones self-titled album.

#nzmusic #tigertones #pinacoladarecords #nggallery

Live: Opossom and T54

Flashback to Opossom playing the Darkroom Bar on June 30th, 2012 with support from local legends T54.

#nzmusic #opossom #t54 $mintchicks #bicrunga

Live: Flying Nun Records 30th Birthday

Flashback to the Flying Nun Records 30th Birthday show, November 26th, 2011 at the CPIT Students Association with The Clean, The Subliminals and T54.

#nzmusic #flyingnun #t54 #thesubliminals #theclean

Live: Flying Nun Records 30th Birthday

Flashback to the Flying Nun Records 30th Birthday show, November 19th, 2011 at the CPIT Students Association with High Dependency Unit and Delaney Davidson

#nzmusic #flyingnun #hdu #delaneydavidson #highdependencyunit

Live: Flying Nun Records 30th Birthday

Flashback to the Flying Nun Records 30th Birthday show, November 18th, 2011 at the CPIT Students Association with Ghost Club, Shayne P Carter and Popstrangers.

#nzmusic #flyingnun #ghostclub #shaynepcarter #popstrangers

Live: Borderline Ballroom, October 9th 2008

FLASHBACK TO 9 October 2008 with Birchville Cat Motel, Peter Wright and Antony Milton at the Media Club. This Borderline Ballroom show marked Campbell Kneale’s final performance under the Birchville Cat Motel name in Christchurch.

Merzbow

Live: Merzbow

Flashback to Japanese experimental noise legend Merzbow playing Dux Live in Noverember 2013, alongside Rotorua’s Acclimate and Christchurch’s own Stanier-Black Five.