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[news] Press release- Sam Hunt and David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights

Friday June 26th PRESS RELEASE: 22 June 2009 Sam Hunt performing with David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights For Immediate Release On Thursday the 16th of July Sam Hunt and David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights’s will be performing at historic Dunedin venue Sammy’s, promoting their newly released LP Falling Debris. This is a rare chance to witness two of New Zealand’s...

[news] El Schlong -new video -The Baddies Are Coming

Wednesday June 24th El Schlong have just released a video clip for our song The Baddies Are Coming. It was animated by Mike Gray and is rather a visual extravaganza. Here is a link, hope you like it. Please pass it on to anybody you think may be into it. http://www.vimeo.com/5268767 ENDS...

[news] PRESS RELEASE - TV3 The Big Night In Telethon

Wednesday June 24th PRESS RELEASE - TV3 The Big Night In Telethon "Calling Dunedin musicans looking for fame ..... get it by logging on to www.morefm.co.nz" Host: MORE FM Type: AUDITION Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009 Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm Location: Dunedin North Intermediate Street: 34 North Road City/Town: Dunedin, New Zealand The MORE FM BIG Audition is searching for the best singers in NZ to perform live on The Big...

[reviews] Low Speed Bus Chase -12 Below 13 June

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[reviews] Mountaineater and Emergency+Phone June 12 at Refuel

Tuesday June 23rd It was a fairly inauspicious start to that of Mountaineater’s national tour. At most the crowd was about 60 people. Emergency + Phone were there in support of the main act. They could be called “art pop” to describe them. Made up of Anthonie Tonnon (guitar, vocals), Chris Miller (bass, vocals), Chris Bull (guitar, vocals) and Reuben Stoddard (drums), they...

[news] Press Release: Die!Die!Die! Announce New Zealand July Tour

Monday June 22nd Having just returned from their White Horse single release tour in the UK, Die!Die!Die! are set to hit the road again, this time back home in New Zealand.<img src="http://www.dunedinmusic.com/uploads/dmc_news_imgs/die!.bmp" style="float:right;padding-left:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-top:10px;"> Playing five dates throughout the country, Die!Die!Die! will be heading to Christchurch, Methven, Dunedin, Wellington and Hamilton before heading back into the studio for record a new album due to be...

[news] The Puddle Touring NZ in July

Friday June 12th PRESS RELEASE Former Flying Nun Records outsider psych-pop legends The Puddle are undertaking their first NZ tour since the early 1990s in July. The Puddle celebrate 25 years of continual existence this year. Formed in Dunedin by George D. Henderson in 1984, The Puddle released an EP (Pop Lib), a live album (Live at the Teddy Bear Club), a studio album (Into...

[features] The Chills Pink Frost 25th Anniversary

Wednesday June 10th The Chills Pink Frost was released 25 years ago and we take a look at the song, its genesis and what else was happening in Dunedin at the time.

[news] Smokefreerockquest -Otago region results

Sunday June 7th Three Dunedin teenagers are in with their chance at kiwi music success after winning this year’s Otago regional Smokefreerockquest title on Saturday night at the Student Union Hall in Dunedin. First place in the regional final of the nationwide youth music competition went to a band called Sewage, from Logan Park High School, who describe their sound as noise driven jumpy...

[reviews] Yule, Dear Times Waste, Onanon and Anna Mac - ReFuel, 15/5/09

Sunday June 7th David Bell checks out an eclectic mix of original music at ReFuel on the University Campus.

[news] SHORT TERM EVENT WORK - Positions now filled

Friday June 5th The 2009 Dunedin Midwinter Carnival is looking for 2 people to fill production assistant and stage manager positions for the Carnival. They need to be available all day and evening on 20 June. The stage manager position is needed for one day/evening only on 20 June. The Production Assistant also needs to be able to work part time (hours flexible)...

[news] Smokefree Rockquest -Otago Regional Finals line up

Tuesday June 2nd Media Release Smokefreerockquest 09 Otago regional final, Saturday 6 June The Student Union Hall in Dunedin will be pumping on Saturday night when 14 school bands from Otago play off in the Smokefreerockquest 2009 regional final. Smokefreerockquest director Pete Rainey says this event gives school bands a realistic taste of live performance in a formula that will be replicated in 25 other regional...

[news] Press release: Knives at Noon and Charlie Ash -NZ Tour

Sunday May 31st Knives at Noon / Charlie Ash -NZ Tour Tour dates announced.... Thursday 30th July: Dux de Lux, Queenstown Friday 31st July: Dux de Lux, Christchurch Saturday 1st August: Refuel, Dunedin Friday 21st August: Cassette Number Nine, Auckland Saturday 22nd August: Bodega, Wellington KNIVES AT NOON Knives At Noon is a four-piece Dunedin-based band, formed in August 2007. They are about to embark on their third nationwide tour in...

[news] OUSA Battle of the bands -Heat Two results

Friday May 29th ENTRANTS FROM LAST NIGHT WERE: L.T.T.U HONEYBONE FIELDTRIP THE EXCLAMATIONS BYPAST THE DU CATS KIT Through to the finals are: The Exclamations The Du Cats Kit But in an upset the Du Cats Kit are unable to make the finals so Bypast will be going through instead. + WILD CARD ENTRY to be announced after final heat Heat three starts at 9pm Wed 3 June at Refuel Heat 4...

[news] Press Release -Mountaineater-On Tour

Thursday May 28th Press Release: Introducing…Mountaineater “If you thought HDU were capable of wreaking sonic destruction, this trio will leave you gasping” " Real Groove, April 2009 When a new Dunedin three piece made their live debut near the end of 2008, one thing was obvious " for Tristan Dingemans, front man of the formidable band HDU, lightening had struck twice. This was no former glory...