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November 2024
Living Clipboards + Minisnap
Leather Jacket Records presents Living Clipboards & Minisnap! Living Clipboards is a Dunedin/Wellington trio made up of Mark Williams (MarineVille, Cookie Brooklyn and the Crumbs) with Denise Roughan (3Ds, Ghost Club) and Jim Abbott (Ghost Club). Their debut album All Over Tawa features nine songs that veer between “low-slung menace, petulant snarl and languid pop”. All Over Tawa was recorded on equipment rented from the Wellington public library, then mixed and mastered by Tex Houston. Originally released on Record Store…
Find out more »Pocket Money – Summer Single Release Tour
To celebrate the release of their latest singles, Pocket Money have announced a 5-date tour throughout Aotearoa. Combining a dancefloor-friendly racket with sincere motifs, Chris Marshall (Miss June, The Miltones), Kat Tomacruz, and Chris Townsend blend their unique brand of power-pop to create Pocket Money. The trio have abandoned their music-school roots; living somewhere between Radiohead and The Mint Chicks, the Tāmaki Makaurau legends bring an exciting atmosphere to the topics of mental health and climate change. The will be…
Find out more »Napoleon Baby
Napoleon Baby hit the road to celebrate a release of a run of singles ahead of their debut album Napoleon Baby write with an angular perspective on life. The trio, borne two thirds from England, a third from New Zealand, have been working hard at brewing a heady concoction of anthems, that speak to the injustices, irritations and painful daily observations of life. Authenticity, that current buzzword being thrown about with liberal abandon, actually lands with Napoleon Baby, whose current…
Find out more »December 2024
Rendezvous w/ Gogorama
A new band with a sound here from our present future! GOGORAMA will be playing the Heavy Psych and mind melting synth space ambience inspired by Hawkwind. MOIDER MOTHER and LES FUZZ MINOU are there to support GOGORAMA in their combined effort for total cerebral catastrophe.
Find out more »Khaki Department + Pining Radiata Tour w/ Model Home + Carb On Carb
Leaders of the Manawatū Renaissance Khaki Department have been steadily instilling their searing shoegaze anthems across Te Ika-a-Maui throughout 2024, crafting a widely regarded and memorable live performance. With a signature sound defined by waterlogged pedal boards, ripping guitar melodies and cavernous synthscapes all tightly bound together by sludgey basslines and playfully heavy drumming, the band are excited to play tracks off their forthcoming full length album set for release in October. Dynamic alt-rock quartet Pining Radiata are making themselves…
Find out more »Tali ‘Flip The Script’ 20 Year Anniversary Show – Christchurch
Space Academy and RDU present 'Flip The Script' A live and Intimate show, featuring songs from Tali's back catalogue, encompassing an illustrious 25 year career, - and 20 years since Tali released her first ever record. Accompanied by the musical talents of Cam Sangster on Drums, and Harry Charles on Guitar, (also incorporating Abelton Live and a diverse pedal board), this show infuses elements of Jazz, Soul and Low Fi beats. While Tali is usually known for her prowess as…
Find out more »Bad Llamas, Gibson XCVIII and Daytrip
Live Music from local Christchurch Bands playing at Space Academy. Get some Christmas jollies before the holiday period starts. Come down for a boogey and a good time. Performances from Bad Llamas, Daytrip & Gibson XCVIII. Ticket on Door $15. Doors open at 8pm.
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