Coming up…
All shows at San Fran, 171 Cuba Street, Wellington
Future Dates 2025
ATOMIC
San Fran
15 February, 8 pm
$15, door sales only
24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE
San Fran
15 March, 8 pm
$15, door sales only
Please note: Dates may be subject to change.
Category Archives: music news
New Bloc Party Single – Mercury
Due out August 11 – listen to it here: http://blocparty.com/, or check the video out: And, yes, in case you’re wondering, it does sound a little like Britney’s Toxic! Bill
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Finally, the Joy Division DVD!
From the NME: Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook deejayed and participated in a revealing Q&A session in Los Angeles last night (June 17) to mark the US release of the ‘Joy Division’ documentary DVD. The film, directed … Continue reading
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International Record Store Day
Yes folks, Saturday April 19th is International Record Store Day so come & celebrate at Wellington City’s true independent record store – Slow Boat Records. For Record Store Day (http://www.recordstoreday.com/), Slow Boat is proud to announce that we will be … Continue reading
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From Monkey to Puppet
Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner’s new side-project is a band called The Last Shadow Puppets. The group is Turner and Miles Kane, frontman of The Rascals. Firm friends ever since Arctic Monkeys toured with Kane’s previous group, The Little Flames, … Continue reading
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Why Are People So Grudgeful? The Green Eyed Loco Man!
You couldn’t make it up! ‘Veteran rocker’ [sic] Mark E Smith faces RSPCA probe for chopping up rare red squirrels with hedge-clippers. More from the Daily Mail
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Blondie to tour Parallel Lines
If you happen to be in the USA this June, you probably shouldn’t miss this. Blondie have announced a string of dates in June to coincide with the 30th anniversary of their classic album ‘Parallel Lines’. 30 years? Bloody hell! … Continue reading
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How to lose 3 million fans in one easy step
Nice article in the Guardian from St Etienne‘s Bob Stanley. With just one album, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark more or less destroyed their career. And they weren’t the only ones: the early 1980s were littered with commercial suicides. Bob … Continue reading
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New Velvet Underground track! No, really!
From Dead Flowers: I’m not into VU bootlegs really, but apparently this is a big deal. It’s the ONLY available live stuff from 1967 and has only become available in literally the last two days. Recorded just after the release … Continue reading
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Mani, Hook, Rourke, … Briggs??
From the NME Freebass, the group consisting of The Smiths’ Andy Rourke, New Order’s Peter Hook and The Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist Mani, have revealed their new singer. Gary Briggs, formerly of Cornish-by-Manchester band Haven, will join the … Continue reading
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My list is BIGGER than your list!
You know how magazines & newspapers always seem to be printing lists of the best <genre> albums ever, or 100 albums you must hear before you do <activity X>? Well, the Guardian’s obviously trying to be the Daddy of ’em … Continue reading
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