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.
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Talking Heads live in Rome 1980
In more Atomic anticipation, some kind soul has uploaded the following live footage of Talking Heads to Youtube: Talking Heads w/ Adrian Belew December 1980 “Live in Rome” Pro-shot live performance of Talking Heads. Another great show from the Adrian … Continue reading
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Hey, this ain’t my normal band … but what’s normal about a band anyway!
Um, in the spirit of the upcoming Atomic, I offer you this: more Debbie Harry with added muppets. Now you may think that I have a thing about muppets, but I assure you not. Honest! B
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Smiths still split! New DVD out though!
In other news, former bassist with The Smiths Andy Rourke has quashed hopes for a future Smiths reunion, insisting Morrissey is impossible to even contact, let alone coax into reforming, so says the NME here anyway. Best quote of the … Continue reading
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Hookless!
In breaking news, seems like Peter Hook has left New Order. This from the NME (full story here): New Order without bassist Peter Hook after band members Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris issued a statement today (July 20) saying they … Continue reading
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Synth Pop/Electronic History Lesson for download!
There is an excellent early electronica/new wave/synth mix available for download here: http://acuterecords.com/blog/?p=12 This is a fantastic sampler of late 70’s/early 80’s electronic, minimal synth, synth-pop music. Includes The Associates, OMD, Paul Haig, Thomas Leer, Cabaret Voltaire, Severed Heads, John … Continue reading
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Reaching for the sublime in music design
Nice site hardformat.org set up to celebrate our love of brilliant music-related design. Hard Format isn’t intended to become a dusty museum devoted exclusively to past glories, though there’ll certainly be some of that, we also want to highlight the … Continue reading
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Record Stores: outlook not so bleak?
Nice article in the Guardian about how specialised record stores are carving out a niche & staying alive here. Big shout out to the fine folks at Wellington’s only independent record store that matters: Slow Boat! Bill
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Killer Clowns! Ultraviolence! Kids on swings!
Yes, it’s the new Arctic Monkeys video for Flourescent Adolescent, the next single due out in the UK on 9 July. Details: CD & 10″ Tracklisting 1. Fluorescent Adolescent 2. The Bakery 3. Plastic Tramp 4. Too Much To Ask … Continue reading
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You can’t be in my gang if you don’t smoke…
In more Joy Division related news, here’s a trailer for the forthcoming Ian Curtis biopic Control, directed by Anton Corbijn (with French subtitles).
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Here are the young men…
Indeed! Joy Division star on this month’s poster: And in other synergistic news, you can catch the video of LCD Soundsystem performing Joy Division’s No Love Lost on Later With Jools Holland here, but be quick, I think it’s only … Continue reading
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