Pencils in the Wind / Albi the Racist Dragon

Friday 11 May 2012 - Filed under music popular vinyl

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Prototype

Thursday 29 March 2012 - Filed under music popular

Prototype is the dynamic solo debut of Video Kid, the alter ego for New Zealand’s Bret McKenzie. Bret is well known for his past work with The Black Seeds and as half of the folk comedy duo Flight of the Conchords whose self titled TV series is currently airing on HBO. It’s also worth mentioning that McKenzie has a cult following from his role as the elf Figwit in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. As for the album, Prototype is a series of warm analog sound waves mixing dub, reggae, electronica and 70′s pop sensibilities. It features guest performances by members of The Black Seeds, New Zealand’s legendary Trinity Roots, Hollie Smith, Twinset and Age Pryor. Tracklisting: Video Kid (4:25) DJz Girlfriend (4:38) Cctv (4:26) Dawnskate (5:31) Runnin (4:15) Runnin Dub (3:36) Crime Scene (4:12) Let Her Go (5:14) Slip Away (3:00).

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Paste Magazine Music Sampler # 43 June 2008

Saturday 24 March 2012 - Filed under music popular

M83 – Graveyard Girl 4:52
2 Constantines – Hard Feelings 3:26
3 Foy Vance – Be With Me 3:00
4 Elvis Costello & The Imposters – Turpentine 5:43
5 Mates Of State – My Only Offer 3:00
6 Val Emmich – Get On With It 3:32
7 Honeyhoney – Little Toy Gun 2:36
8 Flight Of The Conchords – Ladies Of The World 3:51
9 Crazy Q – Local Hero 3:23
10 She & Him – Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? 2:32
11 Ersi Arvizu – El Arbol 3:37
12 Ashleigh Flynn – Mystery 4:01
13 Robby Hecht – Late Last Night 3:43
14 Tori Sparks – Cold War 3:35
15 Landon Pigg – Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop 3:47
16 Love Psychedelico – Standing Bird 5:02
17 Mr. Gnome – Pirates 2:55
18 Ciam – Over The Edge 3:03
19 Whipsaws, The – Jessi Jane 3:10
20 Jenny Scheinman – Newspaper Angels 3:19
21 Nada Surf – See These Bones (Live Acoustic) 5:46

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The Infallible Comedienne – Uncover Kristen Wiig’s Humor and Drama in Life

Tuesday 20 March 2012 - Filed under abis ebooks

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Prototype

Wednesday 7 March 2012 - Filed under abis music

Delightful electronic-folk sound on this debut from Black Seeds and Flight of The Conchords member Bret McKenzie aka The Video Kid. It’s a sound that’s being explored a bit lately by New Zealand artists, notably Wellington-based ones like Bret, his Black Seed’s co-member Barnaby “Flash Harry” Weir, Age Prior and The Phoenix Foundation as well. Over the nine tracks on ‘Prototype’ (making it more of a mini-LP), Bret exudes a whispy, folk sound in both song writing and vocals, “Dawnskate-88″ is a prime example with the softness of parts (lyrics, singing) of it juxtaposed with some very punchy drum programming and percussion, especially over the last few minutes where thing really begin to roll. The closing track “Slip Away” does break the mould of the rest of the album though, coming off with a very Air sound, all swirling electronic washes and atmospherics. While this is a good collection of songs, no doubt there, a few more tracks and a bit more “oomph” – such as on the multi-tracking on the chorus of “Let Her Go” – would have gone a long way. A great companion piece to Age Pryor’s ‘City Chorus’, the excellent self-titled Flash Harry album, and an intriguing sidestep from both The Black Seeds and Flight of the Conchords sounds. Recommended.

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Live at the World Cafe, Volume 25: Quarter Notes

Wednesday 1 February 2012 - Filed under music popular

Sixteen exclusive live recordings from the World Cafe studios in Philadelphia: (1) John Doe – Golden State; (2) The Weakerthans – Civil Twilight; (3) Suzanne Vega – Frank & Ava; (4) Dan Wilson – Free Life; (5) Iron & Wine – Boy With a Coin; (6) Fionn Regan – Be Good or Be Gone; (7) Josh Ritter – To the Dogs; (8) The Waterboys – She Tried to Hold Me; (9) Martin Sexton – Happy; (10) Jose Gonzalez – Down the Line; (11) Sea Wolf – You’re a Wolf; (12) Okkervil River – Unless It’s Kicks; (13) Phonograph – In Your Mind; (14) Stars – On Peak Hill; (15) Thurston Moore – Fri/End; (16) Flight of the Conchords – The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room.

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Flight of the Conchords

Saturday 21 January 2012 - Filed under abis music

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Flight Of The Conchords – Flight Of The Conchords

Saturday 7 January 2012 - Filed under abis book

The complete BBC Radio 2 series from Perrier Award nominated duo Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement and featuring cameos from Rob Brydon and Neil Finn. Flight Of The Conchords are New Zealand’s fourth best Folk guitar-based Jazz, Techno, Hip Hop duo. Over six episodes we follow their attempts to crack the UK’s novelty music scene with songs such as “Frodo”, “Don’t Wear The Ring” (‘Magical Bling Bling’), “Fudafafa”, “Hiphopapotamus and Think About It” (“Think, Think About It”). The Conchords have travelled the world and become one of the best-loved double acts on the circuit. Having secured the talents of Rob Brydon, Daniel Kitson, Greg Proops, Nina Conti, Rhys Darby and Neil Finn, they can – for the first time – tell their story… BBC.

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