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Death And The Maiden’s “Uneven Ground” has its official NZ retail store release today. If you didn’t get to one of their shows and get a copy head on down to your local record store this weekend and get it there please! (or from us online).

The updated, expanded edition of Facing The Other Way: The Story of 4AD went on sale yesterday.. and in the larger paperback format it was always destined for. Bittersweet to see Vaughan's artwork and he's not here to see it @WmCollinsBooks, @4AD_Official

Not sure if anyone on here is interested in new music. Not sure if anyone on here is real anymore. I recommend new Gregory Uhlmann album ‘Extra Stars’ on International Anthem label if you are. Experimental (whatever that means) but also beautiful & fun. intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/extra-st…

I mark the reissue of The Shakespeare Monkey on vinyl by writing about each of the 35 books visible in Hayley Theyers' cover image. Learn what warped the mind that made the songs. open.substack.com/pub/georgedhen…

Thanks to Ian and @FishriderNZ for orchestrating the re-issue of The Shakespeare Monkey (abridged edition) on vinyl. Available now at all serious stores including @worldofechoshop @FlyingNun @FlyingOutMusic @JBHiFi

Recommended on re-issue by Elsewhere The Shakespeare Monkey by The Puddle - out on LP this Friday! elsewhere.co.nz/absoluteelsewh…

Another wonderful piece of music writing, falling and laughing down the rabbit hole of Television Personalities…

To celebrate Fishrider records reissue of The Puddle's much-loved 2008 album The Shakespeare Monkey as an abridged vinyl LP, here's Hayley Theyers' magical interpretation of track 1, 'As It Was', made using @grok animation. youtu.be/feDfeVNlZZM?si…

Happy New Year from The New Existentialists, Songs From Insane Times and all who sail in them. In 2026 you can look forward to more of all that plus upcoming goodies from The Puddle and Burner Phone. Here's a song for the new year, free to download, from the Burner Phone lineup of Chris Heazlewood and Yours Truly. It'll be on all the international streaming services at midnight (your time) under the +64 Burner Phone moniker too but this is for you. Happy New Year! thenewexistentialists.bandcamp.com/track/sexy-70s…

UNDERRATED 90s ALBUMS: ‘Shotgun Blossom’ by Snapper One of two albums the Dunedin psychedelia and noise pop melders released in their lifetime, this one’s probably the most elusive record in our feature. normanrecords.com/features/under…

New Melody’s Echo Chamber album Unclouded is a treat. Wonderful songs and the Sven Wunder sonic landscape and crisp Funky Drummer & bass are a glorious thing to experience. melodysechochamber.bandcamp.com/album/unclouded

Farewell to a favourite drummer of favourite noisy bands, and Brent also recorded some favourite records, including Snapper (Shotgun Blossom) and The Bats (Law of Things).

Comin at yah! The story of The Clean. A visual treat with many previously unpublished photos. Pre-orders are open. A great project to work on. aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/the-clean/

T. G. Shand: Levitating The Knife destroyexist.com/2025/11/t-g-sh… #destroyexist #dreampop

Bad Astrology is really taking off overseas - the fans can't get enough of it. Just calm down, listen a minute, and order your vinyl wherever you can. thenewexistentialists.bandcamp.com/album/bad-astr…

@DuglasTStewart A great song as well as a great single. Always loved this Aussie band’s cover where the songs works as a kind of minimalist acoustic folk song. youtu.be/ISKQDCLpDSY?si…

Someone asked me my favourite 80s singles. I’ll start with this one. youtu.be/tkOr12AQpnU?si…

@MusicalChairs14 Good to know that despite (or because of?) the suffering of NZ under economic harm of Govt engineered austerity recession overseas owned banks can still make obscene profits from our situation.

Here's the total interest that banks have stacked onto mortgages. That $22bn in the year to September is 13% of total NZ wages ffs. [2/n]

Regular reminder that RBNZ publish real data on mortgage costs. National and the bank folks like to quote the costs of *new* mortgages only. What matters for the cost of living is what people *actually* pay. Here's the real data (🧵1/n)

160 km/hr gust in Dunedin central city at 1:30 pm 172 km/hr at Taiaroa Head) and can’t recall a 962 hP low pressure measurement here or such a rapid increase in air pressure as when the storm front (pressure wave) hit.

@jamesmckz Oddly my newest CD purchase had playback glitches but just caused by gloops of gunk, easily cleaned off. Only issues with old CDs have been scratches, specks of dust, dirt & gunk etc. Some CD players are better than others too and they/ the lasers wear out after decades of use.

Remember the myth that all CDs had a built in expiration date and would inevitably succumb to CD rot. Yeah well 31 years and counting bitch. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994)

@MusicalChairs14 We have been bombarded with shaming “you must save more!” messages for years but now saving/ paying down debt quicker rather than spending is hurting Nats re-election chances after they crashed the economy with ideological austerity it’s ‘revenge saving’? Desperate.

Ffs. Economy is in the toilet thanks to 'latest financial trend'. Seriously, stop.

“Michelangelo Dying” is of course distinctively, uniquely Cate LeBon but somehow the first thing it reminded me of sonically was the florid post-punk psychedelic soundscape of The Associates “Sulk” as slow-motion heartbreak. catelebon.bandcamp.com/album/michelan…