Toy Love
Toy Love - Squeeze (Filmed at Vidcom, Auckland, July 21 1979)
Toy Love lasted just twenty months. They failed in the most public terms to make an impression in Australia and they left behind one album which they disowned. Not usually the stuff of legends; but live - and particularly in New Zealand - they were peerless at a time when local music was still struggling to imprint itself on the national consciousness.
They invoked the ghost of punk, the spirit of Iggy and the melody and creativity of...
SKEPTICS DOCUMENTARY + RE-ISSUES
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Photo © Stuart Page
Two SKEPTICS albums' - III and Amalgam - are to be re-issued this August through Flying Nun and Captured Tracks.
The re-issues also coincide with the release of 'Sheen of Gold', a documentary film about the SKEPTICS which will have it's world premiere at the upcoming New Zealand International Film Festival. Directed by Simon Ogston ('Rumble & Bang' + 'Gone With The Weird' ), 'Sheen of Gold' tells the story of one of New Zealand's most influential and innovative bands, that throughout the 1980s combined traditional instrumentation with electronic sounds to make some of the best music this country has produced. You can watch the trailer below.
Both SKEPTICS III and Amalgam will be re-mastered and re-issued on LP, CD and Digitally. More details here
THE BATS USA TOUR DATES
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The Bats are set to the tour the USA for the first time since 2006.
The 12-date tour starts on May 30 at the Chaos in Tejas festival in Austin, TX - for full details and tickets click here
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TOY LOVE RECEIVE LEGACY AWARD AND TO RELEASE NEW LP • 03/10/2012 Tweet |
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The Most Fun You Can Have… Playlisting • 27/04/2012 Tweet |
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Magic Gloves Magic Gloves & @theBatsNZ post the epic @Schubas gig. Honored! Best of luck Bats! @FlyingNun @doorpeep http://t.co/rz4gsmCR83 • 15/06/2013 |
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Flying Nun Records RT @SlumberlandRecs: BIG show tonight, bay area. The Bats + The Mantles (SF record release show) + Legs at @rickshawstopsf. https://t.co/cg… • 14/06/2013 |
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Team Slumber BIG show tonight, bay area. The Bats + The Mantles (SF record release show) + Legs at @rickshawstopsf. https://t.co/cgFNw38Y5S cc @FlyingNun • 14/06/2013 |
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Andrew Loughnan Remember that monster post I wrote on obscure @FlyingNun alum The Fold? Here's a grain-pickin' update: http://t.co/1XM5spQBmz • 14/06/2013 |
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Shirley Riiiiiight. RT @FlyingNun: more Underwater Pyramids discovered http://t.co/6TphimAJ9F • 14/06/2013 |
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