It's release day for Not Given Lightly, Craig Robertson's biography of Chris Knox, and we're thrilled to share an excerpt. "Songwriting was partly a physical process, he told Russell Baillie..." We're also giving away a copy in next week's newsletter...1/2 www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/chr...

I said I'd write a few words about Craig Robertson's much-anticipated Chris Knox bio, which I love. These are personal reflections on what will likely be the definitive history of a man who changed indie/alt music globally opdiner.substack.com/p/cause-when... #aotearoa @audioculturenz.bsky.social

Bill Direen and his band release a new Bilders album, Neverlasting, in October, followed by the 5-date Empathetic Dustbin NZ tour in November. Andrew Schmidt says in Direen's AudioCulture profile: "His was a maverick voice, older, wiser and darker... www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/bil...

Only 4 days left on fundraiser to cover licensing costs for documentary about NZ musician Shayne P Carter (Straitjacket Fits, Dimmer). Worth supporting, if you can. www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...

Coming soon from Auckland University Press. October release. Written by an author who’s followed the scene for 35 years and spent ten of them researching and writing this. Go to AUP website to order @aucklanduni.bsky.social @craigrobertson.bsky.social @flyingnun.bsky.social

The doublehappys ’ ‘the others way’ 45 was a tune we never tired of while typing out issues of Garage.

NZ music month t-shirt day. This one concocted by Matthias @leatherjacketrecords and Stu Kawowski @axemen.bsky.social #fanzines#nzmusicmonth#flyingnunrecords#thechills#theclean#temaramapuoroaotearoa#dunedin#pulldowntheshades#hozacbooks

Gone, but not forgotten. Many splendid gigs and a pie at the pie cart to finish. Halcyon days.

Hamish Kilgour won a NZ music award in 1992 for this painting which was on the cover of Flying Nun comp. It’s a favourite. It March 17 - Hamish’s birthday. #theclean #nzmusic#aotearoamusic#nzpainting#flyingnun#nzculture

David Kilgour playing the mighty Ibanez at Port Noise in Lyttelton last evening. The guitar he bought off Alec Bathgate in Dunedin in late ‘70s with which he created that signature sound for The Clean. #nzmusichistory#theclean#alecbathgate

The price of my fanzine Garage has risen considerably since its cover price of $1 in 1984.

The Chills 'Spring Board' album is out tomorrow, February 28th. During the making of the film 'The Chills: The Triumph And Tragedy Of Martin Phillipps', Martin found a stash of old tapes, and some of the songs on these were revisited and recorded. #thechills www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/mar...

A Flying Nun gem originally released in 1987, All Fall Down's 'My Brand New Wallpaper Coat' is being reissued today by @thokeitapes.bsky.social alongside a ton of unreleased live recordings. I've been waiting for this one for a while. Go get it! thokeitapes.bandcamp.com/album/all-fa...

A lovely and knowing obituary for one of our finest poets. Mike White takes us into the life, and the human.

Making two hands count - Peter Jefferies at the Vogelmorn Bowling Club, Wellington. Dipping back into Nocturnals and This Kind of Punishment catalogue. Solo gems. A very good set. Playing with Simon Joyner from Grapefruit records who’s visiting from Omaha, Nebraska. #peterjefferies#nzaltrock

youtu.be/vnqwE7la2JI?... New vid for Clean song to coincide with re-release of Modern Rock. Pictures filmed by band as they recorded the album at a hall on Otago Peninsula in 1994. #theclean#modernrock#indierock#nzrock#flyingnunrecords#mergerecords

Re-released on vinyl for the first time since 1994. A great day for Clean freaks. #mergerecords#flyingnunrecords#theclean#indierock#nzaltrock

I thought my first post on BSky should be a bright one. So here’s Stuart Page’s poster for the Great Unwashed’s nutty/inspired tour of the country in 1984.