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Colourblind - The Auckland Dance Scene in 1993

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2008-06-23 18:17:00 by Andrew Schmidt in Mysterex
 
...Auckland street fashion. Guys with their caps on backwards, I think he said, half mocking, half curious, in that arid way of his. He'd originally assigned it to Carol Du Chateau, as a tease no doubt, but had sensibly changed his mind I was not enthused. This wasnt my patch. I knew, like, nothing about street wear or even the music that gave...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Dark Ages - early Auckland 1960s R&B

2008-02-20 16:10:00 by Andrew Schmidt in Mysterex
 
...Auckland. I remember seeing it as a teenager and wondering who The Dark Ages were. The name had a distant menace, and somehow I knew they must have been a 1960s band, though in those days information about that musical era in New Zealand was near non-existent Turns out The Dark Ages were a tough R & B band from south Auckland who stacked up...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Smoke and the fading days of the big beat in Auckland

2008-03-03 11:57:00 by Andrew Schmidt in Mysterex
 
Aucklands Smoke left behind two of the best singles to appear in New Zealand in the mid to late sixties. The feedback laced strummer No More Now, with its flipside, a classic girl-did-me-wrong R & B ballad, Never Trust Another Woman, and follow-up, the early Hendrix influenced rave up Control Your Love. Great songs, all originals, marked by...
 
 
 
 
 
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Proud Scum Auckland punks second wave

2008-03-31 13:24:00 by Andrew Schmidt in Mysterex
 
...Aucklands punk scene got its second wind in early 1979 one group shone. Proud Scum - Jonathan Jamrag (Griffiths) (vocals), Alastair Rabbit (Duguid) (bass), John Atrocity (Jenkins) (guitar), and Bruce Diode (Hoffman) (drums) formed from punk bands Rooter and The Atrocities. Both would play the notorious Zwines club in Durham Lane, and the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Straight Outta Auckland: Your New Neighbors, The Mint Chicks (Videos!)

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2008-06-03 00:37:08 by CASEY JARMAN in local Cut
...Auckland (thats New Zealand!) noise/punk/electro/experimental/new-wave/etc./pop imports the Mint Chicks aint cut from the out-for-glory cloth that occasionally irks us about new Portland bands. In fact, these dudes really didnt need to leave their native New Zealand in the first place, as they were cleaning up over there. At the 07 New...
 
 
 
 
 
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Quicktake: Billy Apple at Auckland Art Gallery

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2008-03-25 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
...Auckland Art Gallery yesterday afternoon, filling the usually tranquil Albert Park area with roars and smoke from the "The Billy Apple Historic Racing Collection" - a series of classic British grand prix bikes like the 1962 Norton Manx 500cc, once raced by innovative cycle designer John Britten . Reconfiguring the traditional gallery circuit...
 
 
 
 
 
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Bill Direen in Auckland - 29 June - 2 July 2007

2008-02-10 17:32:00 by Andrew Schmidt in Mysterex
 
...Auckland - three nights of Bill Direen - starting with a solo show at The Wine Cellar on Friday 29 June 2007. Bill's sent up his set list SET LIST WINE CELLAR SET ONE 1. Heroin Damage Done 2. Romeo 3. Carrickfergus 4. Le Temps des Cerises 5. Lonesome Day 6. Epitaph on a Tyrant 7. Fashion 8. Ringsend 9. Trees Zoo Trees 10. Alien SET TWO 1....
 
 
 
 
 
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Landings - Roger McQuinn - Auckland - 7 April 1998

2008-02-11 13:36:00 by Andrew Schmidt in Mysterex
 
...Auckland, New Zealand. Roger McQuinn, ubiquitous Byrds guitarist, songwriter and vocalist is in town peddling a show spanning his career and a back catalogue of songs etched into the canon of the 1960s and beyond Early on in the fascinating autobiographical monologue with which he linked his songs, McQuinn compared the show to the coffee...
 
 
 
 
 
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Review: Auckland Chamber Orchestra at Town Hall Concert Chamber - New Zealand Herald

2008-09-29 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
Review: Auckland Chamber Orchestra at Town Hall Concert Chamber New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 31 minutes ago After interval, an orchestrated Abhisheka made a stronger Ligeti connection than the string quartet original. Subtle interplay between soloists and the