Flying Nun Records Music News

From their up coming record Dunedin's Spleen, we offer up a new song/video from The Verlaines! Originally penned as an obituary for Obama’s first term, The Verlaines popped in the studio and found out that the track is still relevant at the end of Obama's second term! Downes comments: “The 'W' in the title is pronounced dubbleya as in the middle initial of the Commander-in-Chief before this one. The office maketh the man or woman, not the other way around, and so the end result will be any war criminal will do.”. We'll be the first to let you know when the pre-orders for Dunedin's Spleen are avaliable....

Flying Nun are very pleased to announce the release of the Features X-Features on LP.  There is also a great video for lead track 'City Scenes' which features plenty of great old footage from around Auckland in the early 1980s. The Features, perhaps more than anybody, were the band that provided the stylistic delineation between punk and post-punk in the Auckland, New Zealand scene. The band formed in late 1979, led by Jed Town (guitar) and James Pinker (drums). Both were members of The Superettes with Paul Kean (later The Bats), and when Kean left to join Toy Love they pulled in...

Aldous Harding releases her debut album today in the USA on Flying Nun Records. She is also on tour with Deerhunter - dates below "timeless, and the voice is uniquely her own" - Jim DeRogatis / Sound Opinions 3.5/4 "Compelling, gothic-folk first from NZ newcomer." - UNCUT 4/5 stars "Soft chanting and singing saws add mystery to a beguiling debut" - MOJO 4/5 stars  "reminiscent of '60s folk in its melancholy acoustic-based instrumentation, but with a modern lyrical approach" - Stereogum "a haunting element...like Marissa Nadler or Emma Ruth Rundle" - Brooklyn Vegan "spellbinding" - Line of the Best Fit Aldous Harding's music is not for the faint of heart. Disarming in...

The brilliant new album by Shayne P Carter - called Offsider - is out today in New Zealand! The album was recorded over the past few years, most notably with longtime collaborator Gary Sullivan on the drums.  So far the album has received excellent reviews in the NZ Listener, North and South, Metro and other publications. Gary Steel at Metro gave the album five stars and wrote "Please excuse an uncharacteristic and unscheduled swerve into gobsmacked, awestruck wonder, but this is something really special." You can read the full review here. There is also a very interesting and in depth interview with Shayne P Carter here on Kim...