The Autumn Splendour was a great New Zealander punk band. Jeff

from their last EP in 2013. The band split because the bassist moved to Melbourne just after they had finished recording of the EP. The clip is made by the graphic designer and photographer Natasha Cantwell, who was the frontwoman.

Captain Sergio Oliva of the A.P.E. Novo Police crash lands on a primitive M Class planet

on concept EP of the New Zealander Drab Doo-Riffs: Aquatic Ape Theory. Exceptionally there are two videos: Introduction + Tesla Girl. The style is surf noir.

The New Zealander The Drab Doo-Riffs: space surf & spockabilly with the Klingons

The first full-lenght album, „Home Surgery” is a best of collection from their previous EPs. CD or digital

There are two members, Karl Steven and Caoimhe Macfehin who are in the amazing blues trio, Heart Attack Alley. Unfortunately the band went on indefinite hiatus in late 2012. Their latest album was released by Voodoo Rhythm Records. Otherwise Karl Steven is among the highest educated rock musicians. He completed a Ph.D. in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy at Cambridge University.

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Nina Simone (1933-2003) was a fantastic Afro-American singer and musician. She sang and played jazz, blues, soul, gospel, funk classical and pop songs. The experimental electronic rock band, Xiu Xiu has covered her eleven songs in a peculiar free jazz-like way

Nina LP by Graveface Records

Tracklist: 1. Don’t Smoke in Bed (< listen to the original!) 2. Don’t Explain Baby 3. Wild is the Wind 4. Where Can I Go Without You 5. See-Line Woman 6. Just Say I Love Him (< listen to the original!) 7. Four Women (This tells the story of four different African-American women. Each of the four characters represents an African-American stereotype in society. Read about it and listen to it!) 8. Pirate Jenny 9. You’d Be So Nice 10. The Other Woman 11. Flo Me La

Nina Simone’s ashes were scattered in several African countries.

NOV 18

The Mint Chicks were one of the most successful bands in New Zealand. They won many musical awards in lot of categories in 2007. They disbanded in 2010. The guitarist-songwriter Ruban Nielson has moved to Beervana, aka Portland in US. He peddled his pictures and played music in his bedroom alone. He recorded some songs and put one to the internet in 2010… UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA at A38

NOV 20

JAZZAJ PARTY > ARCTICA (USA) + ÁVÉD JÁNOS at Mika

NOV 21

LÉTRÁK is very good music, like this: NASTY SICKNESS, but ANA VENUS isn’t good then again short. At Filter

NOV 22

DEAD CAT NIGH VI. > REZUREX (USA) and neo-rockabilly bands at Kék Yuk

NOV 23

EVENT OF THE WEEK

RNR666 BRAZILIAN NIGHT

BLUES TRASH & GARAGE ROCK’N’ROLL WITH 3 PHENOMENAL ACTS

BLOODY MARY una chica band

THE FABULOUS GO-GO BOY FROM ALABAMA

HUMAN TRASH

THE MOST HIGH RATED ROCK’N’ROLL BANDS OF SOUTH AMERICA’S ZOOS 
IN ONE CRAZY SATURDAY NIGHT! 

AT TRAFIK KLUB 21:00. TICKET: 1000

ALL INFO

NOV 24

JAZZAJ EXTRA > DUNKELTHERAPIE (experimental free-impro-punk-hardcore-jazz, Slovakia) + BARTHA MÁRK at Müszi

The Gories were an influential garage rock trio between 1986 and 92 in Detroit. In the beginning the members hadn’t any musical experience except Mick Collins, and they had to teach themselves how to play a very primitive rhythm & blues and 60s proto-punk influenced garage rock. Later Collins (guitar) has founded The Dirtbombs, Dan Kroha (guitar) founded the Demolition Doll Rods. And now here is a song, recorded at a house party in 1988

The Shaw Tapes: Live in Detroit 5/27/88 – LP by Third Man Records. There are some covers: John Lee Hooker, the Stooges etc.

The Gories are reunited since 2009, so they’re an influential garage rock band again.

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„We had our first band practice on a Saturday in 2009 and then played our first show on a Thursday near after. We’re a grunge band, must be.” OK, I don’t argue about it. They are from New Zealand

T54 – In Brush Park LP by Flying Nun

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– Brisbane quartet Blank Realm return with their Grassed Inn album with soaring psych melodies, dark love-stained lyrics and one of the sharpest pop records to emerge from the current Australian underground renaissance. Out in January 2014 on Fire Records. A song

– Brooklyn indie-rock trio Hospitality earned buzz-band status with their peppy 2012 debut, but they navigate darker, more turbulent waters on their follow-up album, Trouble out on Fire 27th January 2014. A new song

– Dunedin (New Zealand) 3 piece Males release their double EP RunRunRun/MalesMalesMales on Fishrider Records. It will be a perfect soundtrack for summer.

– Known for his guitar work in Fresh & Onlys, Wymond Miles has released a new 7″ on Sacred Bones Records. With Shayde Sartin (also of Fresh & Onlys) on bass and Kelly Stoltz on drums, the B-side is a cover of Batwing by the legendary Flying Nun band, The Terminals

– Motörhead rescheduled his Euro tour!

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At first there was an unlucky name: Pangea. It has changed to a stupid one: together Pangea. Bay area garage hard rock’n’roll.

7” by Harvest Records

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The Bilders are groups of various musicians and friends. The New Zealander writer and musician, Bill Direen stands in the centre of the groups. The new album has released under the name of Bill Direen & the Hat. The performers are: Hamish Kilgoure (The Clean, NZ), David Watson (musician & experimental music scene organizer, NZ), Miggy Littleton (Blood On The Wall, US). The tracks range from garage pop to acoustic-electric assault. You can find among those 1-1 poems by W.B. Yeats and Ezra Pound.

from The Flavour Of The Meat LP by Grapefruit

Once upon a time „the Axemen began life as a seething mass of algae in a cess-pool located at the back of a disused factory somewhere in North Dunedin, New Zealand.The exact location of the cess-pool has unfortunately been lost to the ravages of time, but the factory still stands – a disused, vacant shell with little hope of being restored to its former majesty. Following a sudden meteor storm in 1983, the Axemen rapidly evolved, developed fully functional hands and ears (where before there had only been useless stumps) and metamorphosed rapidly into one of the most radical, chaotic and inspired rock bands of all time.” & so on.

They were one of the World most killingly funny bands but no one knew about it before the internet age. Beside many own released cassettes they has released three albums by the legendary Flying Nun Records. Prices of these items are extremely high nowadays. (For example the Peter Wang Pud used CD is 25-80 Euros, the vinyl are between 35-100 Euros.)

Suitable phrases for their music: radically independent do-it-yourself lo-fi garage art punk. But „I hung out with the Hare Krishnas in Christchurch for a little bit. They used to have free vegetarian dinners on Sunday nights. The music was pretty cool. There was sort of a Beatles connection with Hare Krishna. Stu was really into John Lennon. We were all Beatles fans.” Moreover their last cassette was a tribute album to Elton John in 1992. It’s so frightening, is not it? When I first met with them in 2011 I cried out „Oh my God! What is it?”

The first video is a rare and baffling TV performance in a Saturday morning kid show in 1991. The song (Hey Alice!) turns into a promo for their just released CD. I’m sure, many New Zealander children cried for Axemen CD after the show.

And the destiny has reached him too. They have become discovered. Their albums were re-released in the US by Siltbreeze. And now here is the new, yes the new Axemen album! Sac Tap Nut Jam. It’s less chaotic like the usual. A song from it.

New dark wave pop & hard italo-disco from the Canadian artist Sally Dige Jorgensen

7″ by Night-School

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They write about their music: agressive noise punk. Punk. Ok, if you say. Noise. Yes, there are some moments. Agressive. If this is reckoned agressive, then New-Zealand is a very peaceful place in the Universe. Fine post early Therapy? music by Hollywoodfun Downstairs

from their debut LP: The Mancunian Swing by Muzai. Release: Aug 23

Under the influence of Flying Nun (legendary New Zealand new wave, punk, indie rock label) the members of The Mantles refer to The Verlaines, The DoubleHappys, The Clean or The Bats.

Long Enough To Leave LP by Slumberland

The Gary Wrong Group is the solo outlet of the Wizzard Sleeve mastermind, Captain Beyonce. Among the members is a real genius: Quintron.  Interest: self-sabotage. Genre: not garage rock:

Knights of Misery LP by Total Punk

New full length album from Merzbow

The Takahē is a flightless bird indigenous to New Zealand and belonging to the rail family. Its overall length averages 63 cm (24.8 in) and its average weight is about 2.7 kg.

The second track: Tendenko. The word means to „go uphill independently at the time of tsunami caring only for your own safety, not thinking of anyone else, even your family.”

Limited to 500 copies in a DVDigipak. 

 More fragments from the Merzbow – Gustafsson – Pándi show.