#flying nun records

[guessimdumb]

The Chills - Rolling Moon (1982)

The Chills debut single, perhaps my favorite Chills song. 

We dance until we start to cry

#The Chills #Rolling Moon #Kaleidoscope World #Flying Nun records #Martin Phillipps

[mack-anthology-mp3]

Aotearoa Music Month

It's almost the end of NZ Music Month, here are my personal favourite Aotearoa artists and a few song recommendations :)

(If you listen to one song from the list make it Old Peel)

Aldous Harding. Words cannot explain the sheer bonkersness of Aldous Harding. One of her earliest songs shares the name but seemingly little else with Titus Groan, the gothic-fantasy novel by Mervyn Peake, and the music video for 'Lawn' features her in a prosthetic lizard tail. Performing live, she often stares straight ahead as though she is not quite sure why you're all looking at her. Her songs, sometimes joyous (The Barrel, Fever, Lawn), and sometimes yearning (Pilot, Party) sometimes just bored (Ennui), are all unmistakably her. Her last few albums have been produced by PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish, and her band includes multi-instrumentalist H. Hawkline (Cate Le Bon collaborator). 2022's Warm Chris was my favourite album of the year, I listened to it almost everyday for two months, the standout line (from 'Fever' being 'the weather/opened up like a birthday card' which is just beautiful. Her best song, though, I think is 'Old Peel', a 2021 single in which the percussion is Harding banging on a coffee mug with a stick. And she does this live as well.

2. The Beths. The Beths are one of those wonderful indie bands whose music all sounds so cheerful but the songs are all about the crushing weight of your insecurities. They've released 3 studios albums and an EP, but I reckon their debut, Future Me Hates Me, is their best one - standout tracks are the title track, 'Happy Unhappy' and 'Uptown Girl'. Their sounds is a mix of contemporary indie pop (lots of chirpy backup vocals) and classic indie rock dirt, especially on 'Future Me Hates Me', though their new stuff is pretty heavy live. They also use a lot of the old NZ made amps and gear that was made here in the 60s and 70s when it was too expensive to import stuff( ask any adult who was in a band here when they were younger and they'll probably have one). 'I Want to Listen' from last years' 'Expert In A Dying Field' is really lovely, if you aren't in the mood for songs about not knowing if you're lovable cos they've got a fair few of those.

3. Voom. Voom are probably on the lesser known side, but their 2006 album 'Hello, Are You There' is right up there with Grandaddy and Built to Spill. It's one of those albums with like 17 songs but some of them are less than a minute long. Beautiful indie rock, full of classic stuff like 'Jimmy's Got A Boner' 'My Friend Satan' and 'I'm Leaving Forever'. The best song on the album is 'B Your Boy', which I could listen to for a very long time, and we're going to cover it in my band and I'm so excited. It's just a perfect song.

Those are my top three (at the moment) honourable mentions are -

Reb Fountain - I saw her live. It was scary. I loved it.

Marlon Williams - last year he invented a genre, Māori disco pop, wrote the most danceable song of the year (My Boy), and played bongos on 'Come To Me' (Björk cover) live.

Vera Ellen - Some nice pissed off indie rock. 'I Want 2 B Boy' is very cool.

Pickle Darling - very vibey bedroom pop, lots of delightful little tunes. Also they work at a record store in my hometown and is always really friendly when I'm in there :)

Tiny Ruins - I'm not the most familiar with their stuff but one of my friends tells me to listen to them all the time so they must be good. Indie folk.

The Clean - Dunedin sound band, not super familiar with them but they have a song called 'Point That Thing Somewhere Else' which sounds like Sonic Youth but somehow even cooler.

Dimmer - 'I Believe You Are A Star' sort of like Portishead, by ex-Straightjacket Fits musician Shanye Carter. loudest show I've ever been to.

This one song called 'Gaskrankinstation' by the Headless Chickens, it's hella dark but pretty damn cool. post-punk.

Special Mention to Flying Nun Records, the actual coolest record label.

#nz music month #aotearoa #aldous harding #marlon williams #the beths #warm chris #john parish #h. hawkline #titus groan #expert in a dying field #voom #hello are you there #reb fountain #my boy #vera ellen #pickle darling #tiny ruins #the clean #headless chickens #flying nun records #indie #old peel #dimmer #i believe you are a star

[nofatclips]

Hey Mom by Reb Fountain, live at The Mercury Theatre

#music #new zealand music #live #live music #reb fountain #earl robertson #dave khan #karin canzek #tom lynch #live video #suren unka #simon gooding #sundae pictures #the mercury theatre #flying nun records #video

[bandcampsnoop]

2/13/24.

Leather Jacket Records has been doing yeoman's work releasing both old and new New Zealand. From Playthings (old) to Sundae Painters (new) it's amazing how quickly this label has become a respected player.

Ballon D'Essai "Woot! is the Word" will only add to the label's rapidly growing legacy. File this band under "old" Leather Jacket Records. Ballon D'Essai were a high school band in Christchurch in the early-1980s. If we're looking for Kiwi influences, think Toy Love. But this also reminds me of UK post-punk - Fire Engines or Josef K come to mind (with slightly less cutting guitar sounds).

Many of these songs were released by the New Zealand label - Flying Nun Records (both FN007 and FN020 are Ballon D'Essai releases).

#Ballon D'Essai #Christchurch #New Zealand #Flying Nun Records #Leather Jacket Records #Toy Love #Fire Engines #Josef K #Playthings #Sundae Painters

[spilladabalia]

The Bats - Free All The Monsters

#the bats #robert scott #kaye woodward #paul kean #malcolm grant #jangle pop #flying nun records #free all the monsters #2011 #Youtube

[fernycreek]

Show 145 - Indie Pop/Rock & Lo-fi Goodies - Do Your Thing 3MDR 97.1FM or 3mdr.com 2/02/2023

Program Page:

https://3mdr.allclassweb.com/do-your-thing

Do Your Thing 3MDR 97.1 FM or www.3mdr.com Thurs 8pm to 9pm (AEDT)

#3mdr #community radio #radio #radio show #97.1fm #mountain district radio #music #do your thing #indie #pop #indie rock #twee #lo fi #indie pop #new zealand #kiwi #flying nun #flying nun records #sarah records #the bats #the clean #the magick heads #able tasmans #the mad scene #full ugly #the stevens #free time #shop assistants #blueboy #the cannanes

[marvinpontiac]

— [ the miscellaneous beatnik from THE CLEAN’S “BEATNIK” [1986] who i have been in love with for years upon years

#the clean #david kilgour #flying nun #flying nun records #dunedin sound #nz indie #new zealand #indie pop #twee #jangle pop

[allmusic]

AllMusic Staff Pick: Dead Famous People  Harry 

This Auckland group issued just a handful of releases, including an EP for Flying Nun, before disbanding in 1990. Inspired by the #MeToo movement and a resurgence in interest in riot grrrl punk and other feminism-fueled acts, bandleader Dons Savage returned to the studio in 2018 at the prompting of Fire Records’ James Nicholls and quickly emerged with this album. It’s an all-killer, no-filler romp through gems like “Looking at Girls,” a song about a car crash caused by distracted driving. Throughout, lyrics are strangely ageless, with the ingenuousness of teens, wit of middle age, and poignancy of long-held regret.

- Marcy Donelson

#allmusic staff picks #dead famous people #flying nun records

[wishingwell-syrup]

The Chills - Pink Frost

Childhood favourite. Absolutely haunting. Go onto YouTube and check out the comments for this; there’s some interesting stories there <3

#the chills #dunedin sound #flying nun records #Youtube #pink frost #music #april 2023

[bryan-damage]

The Clean

"Anything Could Happen"

Music video, 1981

Released on the New Zealand indie label Flying Nun Records.

#the clean #music video #flying nun records #indie pop #twee pop #jangle pop #college rock #new zealand #80s music #alternative music #alternative rock #Youtube

[kiwiintheear]

MENŐ MANÓZÓ CONTENT 10.

Chris Knox - Croaker

#chris knox #croaker #vinyl #records #tall dwarfs #flying nun records #rock #pop #indie pop #indie rock #dunedin sound #dunedin #new zealand #music #video #1990

[guessimdumb]

Look Blue Go Purple  - Circumspect Penelope (1987)

It doesn’t take more than 5 seconds to identify Look Blue Go Purple as a New Zealand group.  Second wave Flying Nun, all women line-up.

#Look Blue Go Purple #Circumspect Penelope #Still Bewitched #Flying Nun records #Dunedin

[senorboombastic]

a/s/l: Office Dog 

Remember the days of the old schoolyard? Remember when Myspace was a thing? Remember those time-wasting, laborious quizzes that everyone used to love so much? Birthday Cake For Breakfast is bringing them back!  Every couple of weeks, an unsuspecting band will be subject to the same old questions about dead bodies, Hitler, crying and crushes.   This Week: Ahead of releasing their debut album…

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#Big Air #Birthday cake for breakfast #Flying Nun Records #Gleam #If You Go Away #In the Red #Kane Strang #New West Records #Office Dog #Roundhead Studios #Spiel #The Crater

[nofatclips]

When Gods Lie by Reb Fountain (featuring Finn Andrews) from the album Reb Fountain - Directed & Edited: Lola Fountain-Best

#music #new zealand music #reb fountain #ben woolley #logan compain #david khan #simon gooding #chris chetland #finn andrews #video #music video #lola fountain best #bw #flying nun records #earl robertson #gabi maffey #kalvin fountain best #ian powell #nz on air

[bandcampsnoop]

6/9/22.

I'm definitely bummed that Merge hasn't seen fit to put any one song off the new Tall Dwarfs (New Zealand) retrospective "Unravelled". Whether as part of Toy Love, solo (both Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate) or most significantly together as Tall Dwarfs, Knox and Bathgate have made some of the most poppy/experimental music you'll run across.

There are 55 songs on this 4 LP behemoth (kind of recalls The Clean "Anthology" in size), and that doesn't even come close to representing their entire output. So, while we've posted a release with no songs. Here are some other Tall Dwarfs to enjoy:

3 EPS

The Short and Sick of It

Hello Cruel World

Merge Records is releasing "Unravelled", and I can't tell if there's a Flying Nun version of this. But be on the look out.

#Tall Dwarfs #Chris Knox #Alec Bathgate #New Zealand #Flying Nun Records #Merge Records #Toy Love #The Clean #Bandcamp

[spilladabalia]

The Clean - Dunes

#the clean #dunes #david kilgour #hamish kilgour #robert scott #jangle pop #garage pop #psychedelic pop #flying nun records #vehicle #1990 #Youtube