New Zealand Music News

Fuzzy has a new home. Or, more accurately, two new homes. As I alluded to in my previous post, Flying Nun has been on the move. Up in Auckland (New Zealand) Hariet Ellis (Label Manager and A&R) will be overseeing operations for the Flying Nun out of The Label offices located in High St - in the central city. The Label is New Zealand’s leading music Publicity and Promotions agency, working with many international labels (4AD, Beggars, Matador and more) as well as local artists like Reb Fountain, Tiny Ruins and numerous others. Meanwhile, the Flying Nun distribution and online retail have moved south, into some new premises. These are...

NZ on Screen is now streaming the excellent film Sheen of Gold, by Simon Ogston. Watch it below or on their website. Experimental noise band the Skeptics are best known for their 1987 single 'AFFCO' (named after a meat processing company) and its controversial video. For devoted fans, the band's mix of what Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd calls "chopped up bits of sound" with vocalist David D'Ath's enigmatic lyrics makes the Skeptics one of New Zealand's most fascinating bands. Simon Ogston's feature-length documentary explores the band's Palmerston North origins, and interviews band members and collaborators. The presence of D'Ath...

Fans can hear the album live and in its entirety for the first time at selected spots throughout the country next autumn

He's back! James Buttery tells us about his five favourite Flying Nun 7' Singles.  James has some interesting stuff to say about records. That's why he made a youtube channel.