I met a lovely young artist named Jayme Numan Everest at the Crocodiles gig at Goodbye Blue Monday (GBM) last Thursday! This is NOT Christchurch art. This is what is it is. This is… I just like it 🙂 Totz reminds me of paperrad.org!
Tag: christchurch
Bang! Bang! Eche! – SONIC DEATH CUNTTTT EP
So do we need a background on this Christchurch, NZ and worldwide famous band?
They started around 2007 if memory serves – they’re young, and have done a hell of a lot in a really really REALLY short amount of time. If you’ve heard their music, you’ll understand why.
So the question has always been what does Bang! Bang! Eche! mean, and how did they start. I wasn’t even gonna go there in this review, except I found this comment on a random American blogsite so I had to share:
“We get the Bang! Bang! part, but what does Eche at the end of it mean? BBE’s guitarist/synth player, Charlie explains. “ECHE is native Maori for “awesome partytimes”!!!
LMAO
They released a self titled EP last year, and have released a follow up titled SONIC DEATH CUNTTTT.
SONIC DEATH CUNTTTT is brash, in your face, dance punk. It’s in the realm of Test Icicles, Rapture, Liars and Gang of Four – mixing punk and rave on another level. Everything works: the bass, the electronics, the guitar, the vocals, the speed, the screaming, the distortion. Only young people can do this well. I don’t wanna hear this stuff made by 35 year olds.
The four tracks, totalling 12 minutes of happiness, tell me to forget about my problems and come party. My favourite track on the EP is Dirt In The Water for it’s blinding guitar riffs and pace. And if you go see them live, you’re going to be happy. Everyone can play every instrument, and you can tell they enjoy it. Another bonus is that Zach vocalises in a NZ accent. YUSSSS.
I’ve always thought this group were great and they’ve surpassed that annoying generic word. They’re tight, exuberant, and the recordings are top notch. I need a new word in another language to describe this band, so because I’m in Japan I’ll do as the Japanese do. Bang! Bang! Eche = SUUUUUUGGGGOOOOIIIIII!!!!!
:: Darlene Brown (reporting from Japan)
MP3: Bang! Bang! Eche! – fist full of dollars
2 months and krunking!
So StarlifterRadio.com has been loudly krunking away for 2 months now and it’s been heaps of fun. We’ve been having DJs mix live every week, Auto DJ HAL++ has been playing the latest indie singles and pre-recorded mixes from NZ and abroad, and we’ve even had a sound artist perform an experimental sound installation titled “Loops Around the World”. So plenty happening but also plenty of room for more party peeps to get involved. If you’ve got a song or DJ mix that you think would sound RAD on Starlifter Radio get in touch! Songs can be uploaded to my dropbox here: http://soundcloud.com/drhitchcock/dropbox and if you’re already on Soundcloud.com you can share mixes and what-not with there as well.
If you wanna know when live shows are happening follow us on twitter @starliftertv. And if you want to know anything else about Starlifter.TV or StarlifterRadio.com you can email me on “drh (at) starlifter.tv”
Peace,
Dr H
x
Mixtape Connection 2009 – it is happening, again!
Hey yo!
Woah! I can’t believes it but we’re throwing another Mixtape Connection party! For those who don’t know, the Mixtape Connection was a monthly Indie-Rock, Electro, whatever, Club night that was held at Capitol Bar on Hereford Street throughout 2005 and 2006. The line-up at the first party was Missy G from RDU’s Girlschool, Richard from Guitar Media (you can now find him online at Rose Quartz) and myself from the Mixtape Sessions, known then as Mr Hitchcock (I had not yet gained my PhD in Scientology). Indie Slut joined the crew at gig 2 and  became a resident after Richard moved to Australia in Dec 05. Back in the day it was a fully functional indie death star, complete with cassette mixtapes, zines, CDs, t-shirts, badges, atari games on flatscreen, music videos and stamps. For some old photos from the December 05 party visit here. It was pretty cool while it lasted and I know that all who were involved miss it heaps. So anyways, I bumped into Missy G at Goodbye Blue Monday (GBM) sometime last month and she suggested that we throw another party and do it there! What a grand idea! All of us hang out and DJ there all the time these days so why not!
Here are the deets:
Girlschool and StarlifterRadio.com present:
Mixtape Connection 2009
Saturday 28th November
10pm @ Goodbye Blue Monday
Feat. DJs Missy G, Indie Slut, Dr Hitchcock and Apex Beat.
50 CDs – mixed and mashed by Dr H – for the first 50 party peeps who give him the secret codeword “paper rad”.
Free entry.
R18
So that’s the buzz. I really hope that you can make it to the party and come hang with us. Our tunes may have changed a bit since ’05 but the buzz will be just as solid.
Peace,
Dr H
xxx
P.S. Currently playing on StarlifterRadio.com this week is: the Time Machine mix set from Zombie Nation, the SOS Promo mix from Wellington based DJ Jetpilot and my latest mix set, Interstella Beats Intergalatic – Vol 1. If you have any tunes or mixes that you think would sound good on Starlifter Radio send me a message via Twitter @starliftertv or email drh (at) starlifter.tv – choice!