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HANS PUCKET SIGN TO CARPARK RECORDS AND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM + SHARE FIRST SINGLE
We awake this morning to the exciting news that capital-based band, Hans Pucket, have signed to iconic label Carpark Records (The Beths, Chelsea Jade...and once upon a time Beach House and Palm). Not only that! The dance-punk quartet have also announced a new LP, No Drama, and treated us to the...
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Phoebe Rings - Aseurai (CD)
The rise of Auckland indie dream-pop band Phoebe Rings has been monumental. Within the space of three years they have gone from having not existed, to opening for the likes of The Beths, releasing their own self-titled debut EP on US label Carpark Records and are now very excited to...
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Phoebe Rings - Aseurai (Vinyl)
The rise of Auckland indie dream-pop band Phoebe Rings has been monumental. Within the space of three years they have gone from having not existed, to opening for the likes of The Beths, releasing their own self-titled debut EP on US label Carpark Records and are now very excited to...
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The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
The Beths’ debut album, Future Me Hates Me, occupies a warm, energetic space between joyful hooks, melodic harmonies and lyrical substance, delivering on the promise of the Warm Blood EP from 2016. Future Me Hates Me is a triumphant take on bittersweet punk-pop that’s crafted with conviction and potential, with songwriter,...
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Toro y Moi - Soul Trash
Chaz Bear (aka Toro y Moi) has been immersed in music from a young age, shaped by a household rich with sounds ranging from Michael Jackson and Elvis Costello to The Specials. Growing up biracial in South Carolina, these diverse influences contributed to the unique blend of styles Chaz weaves into...
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Dean Wareham - That’s The Price of Loving Me
That’s the Price of Loving Me marks Dean Wareham’s (Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean & Britta,) evocative return, rekindling his partnership with producer Kramer for the first time since Galaxie 500's This Is Our Music in 1990. Recorded in six days in Los Angeles, the album is steeped in lush, haunting soundscapes,...
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Hans Pucket - No Drama
Abyss Blue Vinyl Wellington, New Zealand four-piece Hans Pucket writes nervy but effortlessly danceable rock songs about feeling bad. Their second full-length album, No Drama, which is out November 4th via Carpark Records, gleefully captures the all-too-common twenty-something anxieties of talking too much and then being unable to find the right words...
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@ - Mind Palace Music
It’s fitting that Philadelphia guitarist Victoria Rose and Baltimore producer/musician Stone Filipczak named their band @ (pronounced “At”) — a symbol that calls to mind the detachment of an email exchange or a Twitter mention. The folk-pop duo created their debut album Mind Palace Music almost entirely remotely from, sending...
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The Beths - Jump Rope Gazers
Jump Rope Gazers is the follow-up to Future Me Hates Me, “one of the most impressive indie-rock debuts of the year” (Pitchfork). The album received glowing praise and appeared on many year-end lists including Rolling Stone, NPR, Stereogum, and more. The album saw The Beths awarded Best Alternative Act and Best Group at the 2019...
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Fat Tony & Taydex - I Will Make a Baby in this Damn Economy
With I Will Make a Baby in this Damn Economy, Fat Tony embodies the kind of quixotic figure he would rap about; a singular entity who’s motivated, confident, and hungry; a perpetual-motion-machine locked in a staring contest with his country. It’s the latest album in his catalog produced entirely by...
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The Beths - Warm Blood
New Pink Colour Edition The Beths’ Warm Blood is a strong contender for the catchiest record you’ve never heard. Formed when four jazz students at the University of Auckland bonded over their shared love of the pop-punk sounds of their youth, The Beths bring new energy to the genre. This 5-song debut EP, a...
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Beach House - Devotion
Beach House is the musical duo of instrumentalist Alex Scally and vocalist/keyboardist Victoria Legrand. And as their namesake suggests, their music resonates with the kind of languid radiance of a spiritual retreat from the modern world. Building their signature sound from a few spare elements, lo-fi organs, harpsichords, and vintage...
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HERBS MOBILE RECORD STORE IS TURNING ONE AND THEY'RE CELEBRATING WITH THEIR 'FIRST BIG BASH'!
Herb's Mobile Record Store (one of the products of legendary capital music destinations, past and present - Evil Genius, Death Ray and Moon) has been zooming its vinyl crates around Te Whanganui-A-Tara/Wellington for almost an entire year now, bringing interesting rekkids to the people, sometimes on the side of the road, sometimes on a...
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Popstrangers - In Spirit
The forthcoming long-awaited third album ‘In Spirit’ from the New Zealand-born/London-based trio Popstrangers. The first single 'Are Pigeons Doves?' received a first play on 3RRR, and press support from Under the Radar, Doubtful Sounds and more. The studio recording was completed between London and Auckland by Thomas Healy (Tiny Ruins) with Paul Cousins. This is Popstrangers first...
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Chelsea Jade - Personal Best
The debut album from Chelsea Jade now re-pressed on vinyl. Features ‘Life of the Party’, ‘Laugh It Off’, ‘Ride of Cry’, ‘High Beam’ and more. Chelsea Jade is an artist from Auckland, New Zealand. Starting as a local jingle writer in Auckland before moving to Los Angeles, Jade released her...
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THE BETHS DROP TITLE TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM 'EXPERT IN A DYING FIELD'
Aotearoa rockers, The Beths, have dropped the title track from their upcoming album, Expert In A Dying Field, due to be released on 16th September via Carpark Records. Elisabeth Stokes' flexible, yet cheeky vocals are on full display, interwoven with guitar lines and, of course, the catchy hooks that The Beths always seem to deliver without fail....
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THE BETHS SHARE NEW SONG AND VIDEO
The Beths. Photo by Geoff Ong The Beths have released a new song! Check out the video for A Real Thing here: “This song is a kind of anxiety dream. It's a bit muddled, a bit frantic, a bit sinister” says lead singer Liz Stokes. Stokes wrote this song in late...
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HANS PUCKET SHARE TITLE TRACK FROM THEIR UPCOMING ALBUM 'NO DRAMA' + VIDEO
Hans Pucket. Photo credit: Samuel Austin Despite the title, the song has absolutely no shortage of spectacles with string and horn sections, a multitude of dynamics, operatic backing vocals and ripping guitar shreds. Singing about the dense, overwhelming nature of unhappiness in the online sphere must not be easy whilst still keeping a...
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THE BETHS TAKE A LEAP WITH THEIR NEW VIDEO SINGLE 'KNEES DEEP'
Photo: The Beths Today, The Beths reveal the third and final single from their upcoming album, Expert In A Dying Field. 'Knees Deep' is an anthem of bravery; a bouncy ode to taking leaps, paired with a music video that puts that puts those leaps to the test as the band tackles the Auckland...
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THE BETHS ANNOUNCE LIVE ALBUM + FILM
The Beths. Photo by Amanda Cheng 2020 was a wild year. Restricting as it was, here in Aotearoa we were privileged to still enjoy some normalcy in the form of live music. The Beths have captured on vinyl and film what was a significant show from that year - their performance...
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WOMB SHARE A NEW VIDEO FOR DUST TO DUST
Womb have a new video out for their 2020 single, Dust To Dust. Check it out below: Speaking about the video, Womb commented that "This video for Dust to Dust has been a long time in the making, with lots of ups and downs in between its initial dreaming and...
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CHELSEA JADE SHARES NEW VIDEO FEATURING ROSE MATAFEO
LA-based New Zealand musician Chelsea Jade has shared her latest tune 'Best Behaviour,' the final single from her new album, Soft Spot, out next Friday, April 29th, via Carpark Records. The accompanying music video co-starring and co-directed by the artist and New Zealand comic Rose Matafeo. The "choir vocals" section of the song also includes...
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The Taite Music Prize 2023 Finalists Revealed: Aldous Harding, Erny Belle & Fazerdaze Included!
Named after one of Aotearoa's most respected journalists, the late Dylan Taite, the prestigious Taite Music Prize (made possible with the support of Founding Partner Recorded Music NZ) and its sister award The Independent Debut are responsible for bringing together and rounding up a lot of the previous years' best music, irregardless of genre, sales count or...
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HANS PUCKET ANNOUNCE ALBUM RELEASE SHOWS
Hans Pucket // Photo: Oscar Keys Hans Pucket are releasing their brand new album, No Drama, on November 4th via Carpark Records, and based on the little glimpses into the record we've had so far (two singles, 'My Brain Is A Vacant Space' and 'No Drama'), we are very excited to...
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ALBUM REVIEW: BEACH HOUSE IN NEW ZEALAND AND ONCE TWICE MELODY
Listening to Beach House’s Once Twice Melody, I am transported back to their debut self titled album. It has a similarly intimate and dense lo-fi vibe. Although, clearly, different sized recording budgets. That first 2006 Beach House album might not be their best. But it’s the one I like the most....
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HANS PUCKET DROP A NEW VIDEO SINGLE 'BANKRUPT'
Hans Pucket / Photo: Samuel Austin Hans Pucket are mere weeks away from the release of their sophomore album No Drama. Despite what the album name suggests, they are continuing to dish out the dramatics, this time in the form of a heart-thumping, spooky music video for their brand new single...
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TAITE MUSIC PRIZE 2021 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
News just in on the Taite Music Prize and Best Independent Debut finalists! Congratulations to all, including those closer to the family - Reb Fountain, Wax Chattels, Dick Move and Na Noise. —————————————————— The Taite Music Prize highlights outstanding New Zealand albums released in the past year. The award is open to all genres of music and judged on artistic...
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BEAUTIFUL THINGS SELECTIONS: AIR, PRINCESS CHELSEA, WILLIE HUTCH, GROUPER AND MORE!
Photographed: Air BEAUTIFUL THINGS PLAYLIST WEEK 1st - 5th AUGUST KAREN DALTON - 'SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND' Karen Dalton's second and final album, In My Own Time, opens with 'Something On Your Mind'; an achingly beautiful soul-ballad about facing shadowed feelings that sometimes need to be faced in order to move...
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FOLLOWING YOUR NOSE | A CONVERSATION WITH CHELSEA JADE
Photo: Carpark Records Chelsea Jade is a New York based Aotearoa pop artist. She has just recently released her second album, Soft Spot, a collection of notes from the past few years. This follows her first album, Personal Best, which earned a Silver Scroll nomination for the single "Laugh it Off". I highly...
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HANS PUCKET: THE BAND WE NEED | IN CONVERSATION
Callum Passels & Callum Devlin from Hans Pucket / All photos by Violet Hirst Hans Pucket is the joining of brothers Oli and Callum Devlin (Oli is also prolific in theatre music composition, and Callum runs Sports Team, Trash Recital, and the 95bfm Top 10 with their partner Annabel Kean). They...
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Phoebe Rings - Phoebe Rings
Phoebe Rings is a dream-pop band offering a unique blend of introspective yearning with celestial danceable grooves. Their self-titled debut EP, a hopeful collection of musings, out October 18, 2024 on Carpark Records, is a testament to the distinctive musical style of Auckland jazz-school-trained pianist and songwriter Crystal Choi. Across...
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Hans Pucket - 7" Elf Green (Limited Edition)
Individually hand-cut by Johnny Electric in Ōtautahi on the JE-99D monophonic lathe cutting record machine, and mastered in glorious mono! Extremely limited edition, including a risograph printed cover with a handwritten lyric sheet on the inside.A. I don't know what to get you for Christmas (do I really love you?)B....
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Toro Y Moi – Outer Peace
The lives we lead can feel like a simulation as the line between our reality and augmented futures continues to blur. Following the ever-emotive 'Boo Boo', Toro Y Moi's new album 'Outer Peace' is a time capsule that captures our relationship to contemporary culture into one comprehensive, sonic package.Shortly after...
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Chelsea Jade - Soft Spot
Chelsea Jade's second album Soft Spot finds the Los Angeles-based New Zealand artist dwelling somewhere between feeling and expression, certainty and doubt. It ventures beyond the exploration of delusions of grandeur that formed the focus of the critically acclaimed Personal Best (2018), and simultaneously promotes and undermines romance, specifically, in a more solemn way.The...
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Toro Y Moi - Anything In Return (10th Anniversary Edition)
Since his first offerings began making the Internet rounds in 2009, Toro y Moi has proven himself to be not just a prolific musician, but a diverse one as well, letting each successive release broaden the scope of his oeuvre. Amassing nearly 150,000 copies sold, Toro y Moi’s third full-length album,...
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Cloud Nothings – Here And Nowhere Else
Twenty minutes of pedal-to-the-floor, tension-igniting rock ‘n’ roll can just be too much in most hands, but Here and Nowhere Else condenses these moments into more reasonable servings that are successful across the board. Here And Nowhere Else is Cloud Nothings' best effort yet--and that's saying something. Vinyl, LP, RepressTracklist:A1...
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Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom - Peace Of Us
In a season where we all seek comfort, tradition, and a return to a home of sorts, a trio composed of indie music’s foundational members have gifted us A Peace of Us - an album of diverse holiday tunes filtered through their musical imaginations. Dean & Britta, well-known from their...
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The Bug Club - Very Human Features
The Bug Club are back, again, for their annual appointment at the garage rock makers’ market, where they’re flogging yet another pedigree record. LP number four, Very Human Features, arrives hot on the heels of the band’s first Sub Pop release, 2024’s On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System....