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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

Phil Elverum Tour of New Zealand 2023

Phil Elverum of The Microphones and Mount Eerie is currently touring New Zealand; with his first show kicking off in Dunedin tonight.

Here’s a link I previously posted to the ‘Cabin Porn’ website, detailling the most amazing, decrepit cabin that he lived in for a year near his home town of Anacortes, Washington.

#mounteerie #themicrophones #cabinporn

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

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.

Live: Peter Gutteridge

Live review of the late-great Peter Gutteridge at Dark Room on March 29th, 2012 and published by the Christchurch Press on April 5th.

The photos I took of Peter were picked up by International Press when he sadly passed away 2 years later.

Live: Stinkfest 13! Day 2

Flashback to December 16th, 2011 at the Darkroom with a fabulous showcase of the legendary Stink Magnetic record label.

Performances from I Drink Your Blood, Ritchie Venus, Planet of the Tapes and Golden Axe.

#nzmusic #livemusic #darkroom #stinkmagnetic

Maryrose and Brian Crook (April 2004)

The Renderers played Christchurch on Friday April 23rd, 2004 at Creation along with the Terminals and an acoustic performance from Hamish Kilgour (The Clean / Magick Heads etc). I conducted this interview with Brian and Maryrose Crook in the lead-up to the show.