here's a bit of Mint Chicks crossed with The Clean. F In Math (Michael Logie Mint Chicks) doing an electronica inspired Getting Older. Mighty Mighty was an awesome indie band venue in the day. F In Math...Getting Older www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpdY...

And the softer side of Straitjacket Fits, Andrew Brough, live. A wonderful musician who died tragically young Save My Life...Bike www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9sn...

And while I'm on loud bands, this band holds the record for the loudest NZ band I have ever been to DIE! DIE! DIE! - 'WE BUILT OUR OWN OPPRESSORS' www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hpN...

To people who saw Mestar live, you'll know what I'm saying when I say they were a very loud live band...and they don't really sound that way with John Whites voice on here. Konked Out...Mestar www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nOM...

An interview with Chris Howard of The Sproutts in 2009. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

The Sproutts in the mid 2000s were what I'd have called the darlings of the Wellington indie pop scene. Guitar, electric violin, keyboard, drums, theremin and quirkiness. Flying Out Of The Washing Machine was my fave album of 2005. Here's the only YT song I can find www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uEy...

When many people think of The Members, it's probably The Sound Of The Suburbs, and maybe rightly so. At The Chelsea Nightclub was a damn good LP, and this song sums up what was happening all over the radio at the time Phone In Show www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozh1...

I first heard Disasteradio through A Low Hum, he was kind of a main project. A Low Hum introduced me to a bubbling under indie scene from all over. I still have all the CDs and booklets!!!....Oh yeah, and there was also a few Camp A Low Hums. Drop The Bomb www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw1P...

David Mulcahy was in one of the coolest NZ bands, Superette. He resurfaced in Eskimo and the album Loverbatim was one of my faves in 2004. They had a name change to Kimo Evergreen...Eskimo www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5i4...

With The Clean book out (Chris Knox book then The Clean book, woohoo), thought I'd better play some Oh, you're getting older You're getting older And you don't know why And you don't know what to do www.youtube.com/watch?v=72-F...

Some live Verlaines. It just seems this song title is just business as usual these days Crisis After Crisis...The Verlaines www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvqF...

I remember getting a lot of Scandinavian indie music via Labrador Records. Here's one that might apply to many people, maybe it applies to me??? The Radio Dept. - Worst Taste In Music www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7wX...

Sums up a lot of our feelings Lou Reed...Sick Of You www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX-P...

Scandinavia had a super indie-pop scene in the 2000s and Hello Saferide was just a cool fave of mine. The tunes were poppy I guess, and the lyrics were clever, a little wry and at times self deprecating. Hello Saferide....2008 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXrA...

I can't remember if I put this up before...The Chunn brothers (Split Enz), Brett Eccles(Space Waltz), Greg Clark Rust In My Car....Citizen Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rL0...

I have always thought Scotland has one of the most vibrant alt/indie music scenes, like Dunedin maybe the climate has something to do with it!!!! Lazy line Painter Jane...Belle and Sebastian www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btn2...

I saw a post about best 2001 albums and Isolation Drills popped into my head. I was, and still am a believer that GBV were one of the best bands ever. Dayton Ohio produced a few good bands. Glad Girls...GBV www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfcK...

Some California indie. I hear a little Flying Nun jangle here, is it some Verlaines with a pinch of The Chills at times? St Valentine...The Black Watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Eo...

I loved this EP when it came out. Still do. Saskatchewan...Pan Am www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPhQ...

A really cool Nelson punk band was Clowndog. The Cantankerous Mainstream is a short, but superb album. Clowndog were Spanky (guitar, Sherbert, and Pants. I think Spanky is a minister now! I could only find this track on YT, not from the album sadly I'm Good At Stuff www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5Rh...

some more Graeme Jeffries, this time with The Cakekitchen. I should play some 2 Foot Flame and This Kind Of Punishment as well, oh well one day soon! Tomorrow Came Yoday www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUg6...

I've been revisiting the songs of my youth and via Robert Quine ended up at the Voidoids...but Richard Hell was in a couple of very cool bands before that!! Television...Blank Generation www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqsD...

Seeing Robert Quine with Lou Reed had me thinking of Richard Hell and the Voidoids. I think Hell gave punk the "look", and for me they were one of the best bands of my youth. Blank Generation LP was superb Love Comes In Spurts (live at CBGBs) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofhm...

Jim Carroll and Lou Reed, two excellent NYC poets and musicians. You can hear Jim Carroll ordering drinks and inquiring about drugs between songs on the VU Live at Max's album as he was holding the microphone for Brigid Polk. People Who Died www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oxJ...

I always thought Garageland fell somewhere between Pavement and the Pixies. There was a pop sensibility, but they could be raucous as well. A few EPs, three solid albums Here's Not Empty live www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5PN...

Here's a random song I like. I seem to like a few bands from Dayton Ohio (GBV anyone?) Swearing at Motorists...Flying Pizza www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-In...

The Drongos were maybe the perfect NZ busking band, a bit of a NYC streets institution in the very early 80s Substance Abuser www.youtube.com/watch?v=O22t...

Chris Knox could write perfect love songs My Only Friend www.youtube.com/watch?v=quuR...

A band that at times had Dave Mitchell (3Ds), Norma O Malley (LBGP), Gary Sullivan (JPSE, Solid Gold Hell), Stephen Kilroy (King Loser), Alan Haig (Snapper, David Kilgour and the heavy eights)...the list goes on...almost a NZ supergroup!! Silver... Chug www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mp7...

OK, so the price of oil has tumbled, it's well less than $100 a barrel now. What are the odds that the fuel companies will drop the price as quickly as they raised it?

A lot of people could empathise with the message here. Lindon Puffin started out in a band called The Puffins, they disappeared and a few years later Lindon recorded the album Stuff Like That as Lindon Puffin and the Bleeding Hearts I Hate Xmas(but I Love Xmas) www.youtube.com/watch?v=imgQ...

Artemis II is at the moon, so here's some NZ moon songs for you www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F2R... Rolling Moon...The Chills

When a couple of my favourites get together. Lou Reed and Luna, Ride Into The Sun I believe this came about when Lou listened to Luna do this at a sound check while they were supporting Lou. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVkE...

National won't be able to blame the oil crisis for the increased cost of living inflation seeing they could not accept external factors had any influence on inflation during the Covid pandemic when Labour were in power. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

and while I'm thinking of Space Waltz, the Chunn brothers and Brett Eccles were in another really cool band, so I'll let them introduce themselves Good Morning Citizen...Citizen Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-WJ...

I remember as a kid watching this live on TV (Studio 1?) and thinking yeah, NZ has an answer to Bowie, and at the same time seeing Dad go a bit crazy over it, which probably made me like it more. They should have won the competition. Space Waltz...Out On The Street www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-gO...

This would be laughable, if it weren't for the fact these are the people in charge. Likening this response to Covid misses one big factor, a slip up won't kill thousands needlessly. The school section particularly irks me as there is NO need this time to isolate. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

A punk we know with a yen for boys He's got himself a kind of band They're not very good; they're not very bad Cause we understand that they're kind of bland And he loves Rocky Horror religiously Cause he's more of a sucker than you or me www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV7Y...

Maybe there needs to be an independent inquiry into the state of Fire and Emergency NZ. I regularly see trucks as old as 1990/01 as first responders in my city and am wondering if FENZ have lost sight of their core business. Here's a petition calling for an inquiry www.together.org.nz/direemergency

"We do not want to see children outside of the classroom, as occurred during Covid. We do not want to see children forced to learn from home," Willis said. Does she not understand that for Covid this action was important to not transmit disease through communities? This is apples and oranges stuff.

and some classic Bats www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRHb...

I read an article on The Minutemen and the death of D Boon on here and it instantly got me thinking of tribute songs. The Hold Steady do a superb version of History Lesson part 2, but it's this Centro-matic song D Boon Free I want to post for his April 1 birthday www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Lk...

I wonder if this fuel crisis might be enough to motivate NZ Governments to start funding rail adequately. We have large amounts of electrification in the North Island they want to abandon, we have huge road repair bills due to heavy fuel inefficient trucks. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

The margins are somewhere because we had about 50 odd days of fuel paid for at pre-war prices, and the retail price instantly increased. Don't tell me no one is making a killing somewhere in the system. Prices come down fucking slowly. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

This Aching Deal...The Shocking Pinks www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlnD...

I think I posted the Shocking Pink's (Nick Harte) Emily here a while ago. Came upon this little doco gem in which he gives us an glimpse not only into the origins of that song, but of his musical tastes and journey www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QH9...

Showered In Gold was one of those albums I played and played...Cakehole was damn good too...Loves Ugly Children really did rock hard... Sixpack...LUC (the Uglies) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r2L...

I saw an audioculture post about Alec Bathgate, and it just got me to thinking that he was the poppy sidekick of the more bizarre at times Knox. (maybe he was the Moulding to Knox's Partridge for all you XTC fans Here's some perfect pop www.youtube.com/watch?v=I91r...

So very Tall Dwarfs, but also very pop. I think I read somewhere that Chris said the album was basically recorded and Alec cut this super poppy gem loose, and of course it was recorded Baby Its Over..Tall Dwarfs www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bvD...

A post JPS Experience with Jim Laing. I think the whole backing band went on to play with David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights Lanky...Here Comes The Rains www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XGi...