Category Archives: music

Valentine’s Atomic Mix

Tracklist for the mix CD giveaway for Saturday night is: 01. Blondie – One Way Or Another 02. The Pretenders – Message Of Love 03. David Bowie – Modern Love 04. The Undertones – Get Over You 05. Katrina & … Continue reading

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Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Theres a track by track review of the new Franz Ferdinand album due out in January up at the Quietus. Well worth a read – I’m looking forward to hearing it! B

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Ooh! Ooh! The Monkeys are coming!

Yes, the Arctic Monkeys will play Wellington Town Hall on January 13th! Details at Stuff See you there! Bill

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Credit crunch? Bah! Want this!

From: www.rhino.co.uk: Rhino UK are proud to present “Singles Boxâ€?: a clamshell card box containing the first ten UK-issued singles in their original picture sleeves. What makes this particularly special is the two singles which are exclusive to this box … Continue reading

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24 Hour CD tracklist for Sat 11 Oct

Well, after much deliberation and most probably to my eternal regret, I have finalised the tracklist for the CD giveaway on Saturday night. So, deep breath, more of the usual, though no Roses, Mondays, Scream this time. Some old favourites … Continue reading

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Heartbreak, desolation & the plight of the unrequited

OK here’s the tracklisting for the CD for Saturday night: 01. Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World 02. Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him? 03. Jilted John – Jilted John 04. Wire – 12XU 05. Buzzcocks … 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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Control radio

To celebrate the release of Control, the Ian Curtis biopic (it’s just out in the States now too, y’know!) Viva Radio (aided & abetted by the most excellent Dan Selzer of Acute Records) have put together a 7 part radio … Continue reading

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If you (like me) couldn’t make it to the Cure in Auckland in August…

Here’s the next best thing (kinda)! Download the entire gig (all 35 tracks) here from Kiwi Concerts, a newish blog ‘celebrating great concerts that took place in New Zealand’. There’s some other good stuff there too, such as this Wellington … Continue reading

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New Bloc Party Video, NME album download & more!

You can see the video for the new Bloc Party single Flux (due out in the UK on November 14) right here. An intriguing tale of love and robots (plus giant monsters) set to a pounding Moroder-esque Eurobeat with a … Continue reading

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