FLASHBACK TO 18 November 2006 with Die! Die! Die!, Tiger Tones and Not So Experimental at the Media Club. Dunedin noise-punk trio Die! Die! Die! headlined fresh from an international touring cycle behind their Steve Albini-recorded debut, supported by two newly formed Christchurch acts who would each make their mark on the local scene in the years ahead.
RDU 98.5FM is Christchurch’s independent alternative radio station, founded on 23 February 1976 as Radio U under the University of Canterbury Students’ Association. It became the first FM station in Christchurch in 1986 as UFM, and rebranded as RDU 98.5FM in 2002. Controversially privatised in 2006 when sold to James Meharry and Karyn South for $2, the station survived the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes by broadcasting from a converted horse truck, and moved to its permanent home in the Boxed Quarter in 2015. In 2026 RDU marks its 50th anniversary as a cornerstone of Christchurch’s independent music culture.
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.
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