Underadio's Debut

A series of mouse dilemmas, 4.30am alarms, hey it's the sun. These are a few things which I wish would excuse me from being a little more active on the posting front. Underdead has, however, found itself a new segment and a new medium on which to bring you great new music - a timeslot on bfm somewhere in the midst of the graveyard shift on monday mornings.

The debut, like this week's show, was themed around Video Games. Despite a few learning curves (nervous slurs of words, Kermath's inability to sign out of skype while playing songs and a song order slip) it turned out rather listenable: download the 21-and-a-half minute long mp3 file here.

Songs featured are as follows:

Disasteradio - Computer Whiz

Grooms - Wicked Game

Shipwreck - You're Overreacting

Dignan Porch - On A Ride

The Broken West - Perfect Games

You can tune in to the show from 1-4am on a sunday night/monday morning by tuning your Auckland radio to 95fm or streaming live anywhere in the world on 95bfm.com!

I think it's pretty cool, let me know what you think.

Because I For One Love The Lineup

Each new ambitious youthful summer plan leads to more intensive counting down of the days, and today's announcement for the Laneway lineup confirmed what I had hoped: it's going to be good enough to redeem my poor effort from last year (in the ambulance by Cut Off Your Hands' set). This time I will see all of the bands. Coming shortly will be a detailed guide/opinion to how you should spend your summer, complete with money-saving tips.

Foals - Tron

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P.S. Bring on Tron 2 yo.

Click on the title of this post if you've not yet heard the Laneway lineup.

"Someone hype us up on a blog"

Hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype hype.

But fortunately for us, the hype is deserved.

Nearly a year since their well-acclaimed first EP (still free here if you haven't downloaded it yet), Nevernudes are now counting down the days until their long player is officially ready to fly into your hands. The four charming Auckland boys are a staple to the underground scene, playing many a show in St. Barnabas Scout Hall as well as bars and house parties both local and nationwide, and this dedication to their music has earned them a lot of fans and a great reputation which is in no way undeserved. As each new song has been trialled and added to setlists, my opinion of them has grown from a band you like because the general opinion is pretty good, to a band you genuinely expect to do great things. Anthony Sheehan-Drent's lovable songwriting combines influences from favourite bands such as Fugazi, Queens of the Stone Age, East Brunswick All Girls Choir and local Flying Nun/Mole Music/Muzai bands, while the all-around great musicianship and brotherhood of Tom Nicholls (drums), Sam Harper (guitar) and Chris Smart (bass) give Nevernudes the reputation of a kick-ass, musically tight group of bros who promise much fun to be had if they're not being kicked out of the venue for bringing in their own Scrumpy. Hopefully this continues to reflect in the new tracks, the first of which will be released as a single sometime next week.

Nevernudes - White Teethed Teens (Rough Mix)

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If you're in Auckland, make sure to check out the album release party October 30th at Galatos, full Halloween attire expected. More information on the facebook event page.