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The Brunettes: Paper Dolls (Lil' Chief)
...cute and coy pop of the Brunettes has always been much enjoyed here at Elsewhere...
Tagged with: phoenix foundation | the brunettes | the tokey tones |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2651/the-brunettes-paper-dolls-lil-chief/
THE BARGAIN BUY: The Brunettes; Structure and Cosmetics
...the short-lived Tokey Tones it fell to the Brunettes to carry the banner, but with a little more... ...alongside the sugar. One of the Brunettes' excellent albums -- some might say it was... ...by Josh Rouse which we saw right beside the Brunettes and that was just...
The Bargain Buy: bargainbuy/7584/the-bargain-buy-the-brunettes-structure-and-cosmetics/
The Brunettes: Structure and Cosmetics (Lil' Chief/Rhythmethod)
...quirky and sometimes playful pop of Auckland's Brunettes gets a real workout here: whether it be... ...which opens with the handclap pop-rock of Brunettes Against Bubblegum Youth ("b-a-b-y, I love...
Tagged with: camera obscura | lil chief | phoenix foundation | side kick nick | the brunettes | the clientele | tokey tones |
Music at Elsewhere: music/1306/the-brunettes-structure-and-cosmetics-lil-chief-rhythmethod/
Panther and the Zoo: Think About It Not Exploding (PZ)
...vein of New Zealand music which includes the Brunettes, the Ruby Suns, Phoenix Foundation, Samuel...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/2283/panther-and-the-zoo-think-about-it-not-exploding-pz/
Japanese Breakfast: For Melancholy Brunettes (And Sad Women): (digital outlets)
...Dude” Bridges), For Melancholy Brunettes is some distance from the morose indie rock of...
Music at Elsewhere: music/11456/japanese-breakfast-for-melancholy-brunettes-and-sad-women-digital-outlets/
Nightchoir: 24 Hours of Night (1157 Records)
...Mike Hall being involved in the Brunettes at the pop end of the spectrum and Balance at...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/3137/nightchoir-24-hours-of-night-1157-records/
Princess Chelsea: Lil' Golden Book (Lil' Chief)
...Nikkel (with Jonathan Bree formerly of the Brunettes co-producing) walks a narrow line between twee...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/4111/princess-chelsea-lil-golden-book-lil-chief/
Family Cactus: Come Howling (Sony)
...with excellent New Zealand bands such as the Brunettes, the Nudie Suits, Grand Prix, Good Laika and...
Music at Elsewhere: music/2555/family-cactus-come-howling-sony/
The Gladeyes: Psychosis of Love (Lil' Chief)
...of course "irony") and the recent Brunettes album Paper Dolls highlighted the problem of...
Tagged with: the brunettes | the gladeyes | the tokey tones |
Music at Elsewhere: music/2697/the-gladeyes-psychosis-of-love-lil-chief/
Jonathan Bree: The Primrose Path (Lil' Chief)
...by Jonathan Bree (formerly one half of the Brunettes with Heather Mansfield) certainly qualitfies.... ...Lament), simple synth-pop and the customary Brunettes musical tropes of glockenspiel, distant... ...and he . . . Towards the closing overs of the Brunettes -- as on Paper Dolls of 2009 -- their twee...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/5807/jonathan-bree-the-primrose-path-lil-chief/
Dictaphone Blues: On the Down and In (Blah-Lah-Lah)
...in the pop-friendly Ruby Suns and the Brunettes. Elsewhere has previously banged on about the...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/2359/dictaphone-blues-on-the-down-and-in-blah-lah-lah/
The Bird and the Bee: Ray Guns Are Just Not the Future (Blue Note)
...cheek doesn't have great depth (unlike say the Brunettes who can walk not dissimilar territory). They...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/2322/the-bird-and-the-bee-ray-guns-are-just-not-the-future-blue-note/
Beach House: Devotion (Arch Hill)
...of Polynesia. Bands like the Tokey Tones, the Brunettes, the Ruby Suns, The Darlings, Phoenix...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/1607/beach-house-devotion-arch-hill/
Sheep, Dog & Wolf: Egospect (Lil' Chief)
...us the charming Tokey Tones a decade ago, the Brunettes, the barbed-pop of Princess Chelsea and more...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/5863/sheep-dog-and-wolf-egospect-lil-chief/
Haunted Love: Spirit Revival (Round Trip Mars)
...a bit cutesy in the manner of the latter-day Brunettes but it seems a minor misstep (if it is, I'm...
Tagged with: haunted love | jefferson belt | princess chelsea | sideways |
Music at Elsewhere: music/4481/haunted-love-spirit-revival-round-trip-mars/
One Man Bannister: Moth (Powertool)
...albums (Golden Horse, Phoenix Foundation, Brunettes) a run for their money in that department....
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Music at Elsewhere: music/1382/one-man-bannister-moth-powertool/
The Icypoles: My World Was Made For You (Lil' Chief)
...to New Zealand's Lil' Chief label (home to the Brunettes, Princess Chelsea and other excellent bands...
Music at Elsewhere: music/6370/the-icypoles-my-world-was-made-for-you-lil-chief/
JONATHAN BREE, AT AUDIOCULTURE (2023): The man in the irony mask
...on album covers and in videos for his band the Brunettes in the first decade of the 2000s, appeared... ...collaborator with Heather Mansfield in the Brunettes, Chelsea Nikkel aka Princess Chelsea and...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10778/jonathan-bree-at-audioculture-2023-the-man-in-the-irony-mask/
LIL' CHIEF RECORDS: TWO DECADES OF MUSIC AND ALBUM ART (2022): Cigarettes and cybernetics
...20 years ago with the debut album by the Brunettes, Holding Hands Feeding Ducks and the paired... ...their friends and bands they liked. And so the Brunettes (Bree, Heather Mansfield and friends), Tokey... ...and acts like Princess Chelsea, Ruby Suns, the Brunettes (the latter two were signed to Sub Pop), Sheep... ...for Lil' Chief releases, right from the Brunettes and the very wonderful if short-lived Tokey...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10470/lil-chief-records-two-decades-of-music-and-album-art-2022-cigarettes-and-cybernetics/
The Tokey Tones: Butterfly, Caterpillar (2007)
...-- from Split Enz through The Verlaines to the Brunettes at the time of this writing -- has always been... ...between Mannion and Heather Mansfield (of the Brunettes) on Love Done Me No Good; the memorably simple...
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Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/425/the-tokey-tones-butterfly-caterpillar-2007/
The Ruby Suns: Sea Lion (Lil'Chief/Rhythmethod)
...and Butterfly of 2000*; the albums by the Brunettes, the Ruby Suns . . . All of these artists are...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/1463/the-ruby-suns-sea-lion-lilchief-rhythmethod/
RECOMMENDED RECORD: Jonathan Bree: Pre-Code Hollywood (digital outlets)
...concealing cloth, passion thwarted. After the Brunettes, Princess Chelsea's The Cigarette Duet clip...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/10708/recommended-record-jonathan-bree-pre-code-hollywood-digital-outlets/
Jonathan Bree: After the Curtains Close (Lil Chief/digital outlets)
...had reached peak-Bree because he was in the Brunettes, has contributed to Princess Chelsea albums...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/9509/jonathan-bree-after-the-curtains-close-lil-chief-digital-outlets/
Jonathan Bree: Sleepwalking (Lil' Chief)
...very knowing pop in the past (notably with the Brunettes, here too with the approachable Valentine) but...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/8451/jonathan-bree-sleepwalking-lil-chief/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Ed Castelow of Dictaphone Blues
...Palace. Formerly in the Ruby Suns and the Brunettes. he has taken a prolonged and rewarding trip...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/4939/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-ed-castelow-of-dictaphone-blues/
SHORT CUTS: A round-up of recent New Zealand releases
...Night Music (Lil' Chief): Formerly of the Brunettes, who in the latter days pushed a little too...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/7262/short-cuts-a-round-up-of-recent-new-zealand-releases/
Mike Hall: Nothing Stands Still (digital outlets)
...he played with the more preciously melodic Brunettes, appearing on their tastefully twee debut...
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Music at Elsewhere: music/11246/mike-hall-nothing-stands-still-digital-outlets/
SCOTT MANNION INTERVIEWED (2019): El grand jefe of Lil' Chief
...which has released albums by the Tokey Tones, Brunettes, Lawrence Arabia, Princess Chelsea, Jonathan...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8963/scott-mannion-interviewed-2019-el-grand-jefe-of-lil-chief/
PRINCESS CHELSEA INTERVIEWED (2015): She are very happy-ish
...quite damaging. “With Jonathan and the Brunettes, they toured and worked a lot and got signed... ...his main instrument is guitar because in the Brunettes he was the frontman guitarist. But he's been...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6954/princess-chelsea-interviewed-2015-she-are-very-happy-ish/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Scott Mannion
...companion records, then albums by the Brunettes, solo outings by Brunette Jonathan Bree, the...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/8321/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-scott-mannion/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Dominic Blaazer
...Rocks, Polaar, Garageland, Fang, Dimmer, The Brunettes, Jan Hellriegel, Goldenhorse, David Kilgour...
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/8318/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-dominic-blaazer/
THE 1:12 LABEL, PROFILED (2023): And why not?
...have played in reputable bands (Ruby Suns, Brunettes, Sneaks) but their off-piste rock'n'roll is...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/10962/the-112-label-profiled-2023-and-why-not/
GUEST WRITER GARETH SHUTE suggests five acts to check out at Womad 2025
...overseas as a member of The Ruby Suns and The Brunettes. He is currently a member of Thee Golden...
World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/11412/guest-writer-gareth-shute-suggests-five-acts-to-check-out-at-womad-2025/
GUEST WRITER GARETH SHUTE picks five must-see acts at the Taranaki Womad
...overseas as a member of The Ruby Suns and The Brunettes. He is currently a member of The Conjurors and...
Other Voices, Other Rooms: othervoicesotherrooms/10616/guest-writer-gareth-shute-picks-five-must-see-acts-at-the-taranaki-womad/
AUCKLAND CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL 2018 CONSIDERED: Pull up to the hard rock, baby
...Lil Chief label (and therefore Tokey Tones, Brunettes, Nudie Suits, Princess Chelsea et al) has...
Live reviews + concert photos: livereviews/8336/auckland-city-limits-festival-2018-considered-pull-up-to-the-hard-rock-baby/
LAWRENCE ARABIA INTERVIEWED (2014): Going back, going forward, taking stock
...his band the Reduction Agents, being in the Brunettes, making various guest appearances, living and...
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6279/lawrence-arabia-interviewed-2014-going-back-going-forward-taking-stock/
THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2024: THE EDITOR'S PICKS
...Still Modest bassist Hall (Balance, Pluto, Brunettes, Dimmer) offers an unhurried debut album full...
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/11358/the-best-of-elsewhere-2024-the-editors-picks/
Recipes from Elsewhere
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Essential Elsewhere
A selection of cornerstone albums to help you build an interesting collection of diverse Elsewhere music. These essays will introduce albums which can lead you into whole threads of music, areas you m
My Back Pages
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From every room in which Graham stays he takes a photograph out the window. Here are images of sometimes beautiful, but mostly mundane, views. And some odd interiors also. Further evidence that travel
Travel Books by Elsewhere's Graham Reid
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Graham Reid
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Windows on Elsewhere
From every room in which Graham stays he takes a photograph out the window. Here are images of sometimes beautiful, but mostly mundane, views. And some odd interiors also. Further evidence that travel
Windows on Elsewhere: windows/1002/windows-on-elsewhere/
EPs by Yasmin Brown
With so many CDs commanding and demanding attention Elsewhere will run this occasional column by the informed and opinionated Yasmin Brown.
EPs by Shani.O
With so many CDs commanding and demanding attention Elsewhere will run this occasional column by the informed and opinionated Shani.O.
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Favourite Five Recent Releases
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Paul McCartney: Twenty Flight Rock (1974)
In the large and detailed book which came with the recent reissue/remixes of John Lennon's Mind Games, there is an interview with Lennon and Yoko Ono at the time. In it Lennon says what he misses in h
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/11224/paul-mccartney-twenty-flight-rock-1974/
Paul Weller: Sonik Kicks (Island)
Aside from the excellent set list, when Paul Weller played the Powerstation in late 2010 what was so impressive and exciting was his impassioned delivery. You were left with the clear impression he wa
Music at Elsewhere: music/4936/paul-weller-sonik-kicks-island/
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER: Home and away
I've been lucky when I've travelled: I've never lost luggage, only once missed a flight (but salvaged a funny story out of it), have been held up at Customs frequently but again, funny stories. I've n
Personal Elsewhere: personal/10990/clear-and-present-danger-home-and-away/
Simon and Garfunkel: Live 1969 (Sony)
They certainly don't look like this these days (but who does look like their 40 year old photos?) but it isn't impossible that in concert they will sound sufficiently similar, maybe just pitched down
Music at Elsewhere: music/2463/simon-and-garfunkel-live-1969-sony/
EPs by Yasmin Brown
With so many CDs commanding and demanding attention Elsewhere will run this occasional column by the informed and opinionated Yasmin Brown. She will scoop up some of those many EP releases, in much th
EPs by Yasmin Brown: yasminbrown/8121/eps-by-yasmin-brown/
Sera Cahoone: Deer Creek Canyon (Sub Pop)
Seattle-based Cahoone keeps good company. Early on she drummed in Band of Horses, has toured with Grand Archives, and co-produced this with Thom Monahan who does those duties for Devendra Banhart and
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Music at Elsewhere: music/5256/sera-cahoone-deer-creek-canyon-sub-pop/
CAT MOTHER AND THE ALL NIGHT NEWSBOYS. THE STREET GIVETH … AND THE STREET TAKETH AWAY, CONSIDERED (1969): The musicians not the music?
For the moment let's not worry about the music on this old album pulled from the shelves at random for consideration in this on-going series. The music will make itself known to us as we go. Let's ins
The Album Considered: albumconsidered/11026/cat-mother-and-the-all-night-newsboys-the-street-giveth-…-and-the-street-taketh-away-considered-1969-the-musicians-not-the-music/
Jon Hassell: Dream Theory in Malaya (1981)
When I imported this album in 1981 it was on the basis of faith: faith that the Melody Maker writer who had hailed it was on the money, that Brian Eno who appeared as a collaborator and on whose EG Mu
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Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2497/jon-hassell-dream-theory-in-malaya-1981/
Matthew Bourne: Isotach (Leaf/Southbound)
It's certainly not important that you have heard the previous album by this British keyboard player: It was Moogmemory of last year and as the title suggests it was him on quirky and welterweight Moog
Music at Elsewhere: music/8158/matthew-bourne-isotach-leaf-southbound/
Beth Orton: Sugaring Season (Warners)
Beth Orton has been one of the most interesting women singers this side of Kate Bush whose albums have always been rewarding and pushed the boundaries of the expected without being alienating. She sti
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Music at Elsewhere: music/5285/beth-orton-sugaring-season-warners/
Laetitia Sadier: Rooting for Love (digital outlets)
Mostly known for her central role in Britain's wide-reaching, alternative band Stereolab, French-born singer and multi-instrumentalist Sadier has enjoyed a diverse solo career and interesting collabor
Music at Elsewhere: music/11059/laetitia-sadier-rooting-for-love-digital-outlets/
Richmond Fontaine: "We Used to Think the Freeway Sounded Like A River" (Southbound)
This exceptional, and exceptionally consistent, group out of Portland with songwriter and novelist Willy Vlautin at its core has appeared at Elsewhere previously. Way back in 2005 with the penetrating
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Music at Elsewhere: music/2526/richmond-fontaine-we-used-to-think-the-freeway-sounded-like-a-river-southbound/
Sina: Sina (Huh!/Universal)
They say good things come to those who wait . . . but it's unlikely Sina (as in “sweet Sina's in the front” in OMC's How Bizarre) thought she'd have to wait two decades for her solo album
Music at Elsewhere: music/8191/sina-sina-huh-universal/
WOMAD NEW ZEALAND 2013: When the world comes to town
Time for all good citizens of the global village to get their passports stamped at yet another Womad New Zealand, once more in the beautiful site at Taranaki, New Zealand. Over three days in March 201
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World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/5320/womad-new-zealand-2013-when-the-world-comes-to-town/
DEAR COLIN, DEAR RON edited by PETER SIMPSON
Peter Simpson's meticulous research into the life and work of Colin McCahon has already given us the highly readable and insightful surveys There is Only One Direction and Is This The Promised Land? T
Writing at Elsewhere: writingelsewhere/11093/dear-colin-dear-ron-edited-by-peter-simpson/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Francesca Mountfort (aka Nervous Doll Dancing)
As Nervous Doll Dancing, Francesca Mountfort is cutting a unique path for herself. Formerly of Wellington but now Melbourne-based, the cellist and composer graduated from Victoria University a decade
The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/5224/the-famous-elsewhere-questionnaire-francesca-mountfort-aka-nervous-doll-dancing/
Bapi Das Baul: Sufi Baul; Madness and Happiness (Arc)
Perhaps the only Sufi musician many are familiar with is the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, but his uplifting, sky-scaling vocals and the joyous spiritual elevation of his music might recommend this one.
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World Music from Elsewhere: world-music/2559/bapi-das-baul-sufi-baul-madness-and-happiness-arc/
Push Push: Do Ya Love Me? (1991)
Much loved for their confident rock-star swagger, astonishing vocals by frontman Mikey Havoc, guitarist Silver's good looks and their Kiwi classic single Trippin', Auckland band Push Push were the piv
From the Vaults: fromthevaults/5353/push-push-do-ya-love-me-1991/
THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE JAZZ QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Alex Pipes
The recent debut album Square One by Auckland jazz guitarist Alex Pipes shone a spotlight on a real talent and former student in the jazz courses at Auckland University. That connection allowed him to
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The Famous Elsewhere Questionnaire: thefamouselsewherequestionnaire/11126/the-famous-elsewhere-jazz-questionnaire-alex-pipes/
Anouar Brahem: The Astounding Eyes of Rita (ECM/Ode)
The previous album posted at Elsewhere by this oud player, Le Voyage de Sahar, was one of the best in his long career and -- as with Le pas du chat noir of 2002 -- confirmed that he was craeting his o
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Jazz at Elsewhere: jazz/2589/anouar-brahem-the-astounding-eyes-of-rita-ecm-ode/
TONY ORLANDO INTERVIEWED (2007): First career over at 18, second still going . . .
About 45 fascinating minutes into what could have been just a 10 minute knock-off interview with Tony Orlando -- best known for the early Seventies hits Knock Three Times and Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/8251/tony-orlando-interviewed-2007-first-career-over-at-18-second-still-going/
FRANK ZAPPA RE-COLLECTED (2016): Dinner with the Don of Freakdom
Aside from being a composer and performer who crossed, or more correctly ignored, boundaries between musical genres – his catalogue includes everything from doo-wop to classical albums – F
Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/7641/frank-zappa-re-collected-2016-dinner-with-the-don-of-freakdom/
RECOMMENDED RECORD: Paul Weller: 66 (digital outlets)
From time to time Elsewhere will single out a recent release we recommend on vinyl, like this which comes in a gatefold sleeve (art by Sir Peter Blake) with an insert of lyrics and a large fold-out po
Music at Elsewhere: music/11159/recommended-record-paul-weller-66-digital-outlets/
EVAN DANDO OF THE LEMONHEADS INTERVIEWED (2004): Learning to crawl
You know how the arc of fame moves in the States: you have a minor career in rock, hip-hop or the movies so you take to drink, drugs or become addicted to pain-killers. (Who knew there was that much l
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Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2626/evan-dando-of-the-lemonheads-interviewed-2004-learning-to-crawl/
ERIC CLAPTON: A LIFE IN 12 BARS, a doco by LILI FINI ZANUCK
When rock stars admit to having booze problems to the point of alcoholism we on the outside never quite understand what that means. Just hitting the bottle? Having access before and after gigs then st
Film at Elsewhere: film/8282/eric-clapton-a-life-in-12-bars-a-doco-by-lili-fini-zanuck/
RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Faith No More; We Care a Lot, Deluxe Edition (Universal)
Now available on double vinyl and CD with extra tracks, demos, live versions and remixes, this impressive '85 debut – before Mike Patton took over vocal duties from soon-to-depart Chuck Mosley &
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Peggy Gou: I Hear You (digital outlets)
We should know Peggy Gou better: her humid dancefloor hit (It Goes Like) Nanana has had more than 466 million Spotify streams and she lounges in fashion magazines. Born in South Korea, currently Berli
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YOKO ONO: BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY, CONSIDERED (2009): And Yoko got the band to play
When Yoko Ono released her artistically packaged Onobox in 1992 -- a six CD retrospective of a solo career which had ceased in the mid Eighties -- that would seemed to have been it from the most famou
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GRACE JONES, BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI, a doco by SOPHIE FIENNES
It sometimes seems that anyone who ever encountered the extraordinary Grace Jones, or had even just been in an airport when she has walked through, has a story to tell: Of her sunbathing naked on a be
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Dover, England: Just passing through
For generations of tourists and travelers, Dover – half of the year within sight of France just 35 kilometers away across the Channel – was the town that never was. Hardly more than a name
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THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2017: THE YEAR IN REISSUES
The past is another country, but sometimes it still sounds interesting. Half a century after the Beatles' Sgt Peppers, debut albums by Jimi Hendrix, the Doors and others . . . and a decade more back t
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Sneaky Feelings: Progress Junction (Flying Nun)
One of the most musically ambitious and interesting band in the first decade of Flying Nun who sets their sights on pop-rock, Sneaky Feelings often seemed ignored in the haste at the time to acclaim t
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WAR ON DRUGS, REVIEWED (2023): Thunder but no hurricane
If there's a recession, then no one told Auckland's “squeezed middle” out looking for entertainment this weekend. On Friday there was the Hansel and Gretel ballet at the Aotea Centre (musi
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WANDERLUST by REID MITENBULER
This exceptional biography of the Danish explorer, author and actor (and much more), Peter Freuchen opens with him as a young man buried under snow in the Arctic wilderness with little air and even le
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Various Artists: So Frenchy So Chic 2009 (Border)
Billed as "the unofficial soundtrack to the French Film festival 2009" (and actually an Australian compilation so may bear absolutely no relation whatsoever to the French Film Festival we mi
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GUEST ARTISTS ROSS MURRAY and GREG STRAIGHT explore the golden summer mood
Elsewhere writes: Late last year artist Ross Murray contacted Elsewhere . . . something to do with the Rolling Stones' Blue and Lonesome album perhaps? But in passing he mentioned a comic strip he had
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The Funkees: Dancing Time (Soundway Records)
The band name might be slightly misleading -- there is more Afrogroove than funk here -- but we will take the subtitle (The Best of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77) at its word because t
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Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom, The Early Songs of Bob Dylan (digital outlets/vinyl/CD)
During lockdown tireless old Bob Dylan released his exceptional double album Rough and Rowdy Ways (yep he was old, 79 at the time) and also -- in a typical sleight of visuals – presented a 50 mi
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THE BAND'S VISIT by ERIN KOLIRIN (Madman DVD)
This beautifully composed, delightfully understated Israeli film is at Elsewhere not because it is about music -- an Egyptian police band adrift in an unattractive town in Israel -- but because it is
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Omit: Negative Pulse Logic (End of Alphabet Records)
Omit out of Blenheim – aka Clinton Williams – was once around the avant-garde/experimental music scene but seemed to disappear for a very long time. For more than a decade by our count (yo
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GILES MARTIN INTERVIEWED (2012): Producing in the material world
Given his famous father George was the Beatles' longtime producer, there seems almost an inevitability that Giles Martin – coincidentally born on the same date as John Lennon, October 9 –
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1964: EYES OF THE STORM by PAUL McCARTNEY
When the Beatles flew to balmy Miami from wintry Washington DC in February 1964 they were taking a week-long and well-deserved break. If 1963 had been a year of incremental fame in Britain, 1964 had &
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BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2009 Leonard Cohen: Live in London (DVD, Sony)
Those who saw Cohen's New Zealand concerts earlier this year -- and even those whose wallets couldn't stand the cruel gouging -- will find much to enjoy in this, almost exactly the same show, here fil
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THE BARGAIN BUY: Leonard Cohen; Old Ideas
Although the late Leonard Cohen had numerous fans in this country who flocked to his concerts (and were rightly rewarded) some of his albums in the past decade went past most people. Hardcore Cohenite
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Staff Benda Bilili: Bouger le Monde (Crammed Discs/Southbound)
Recently while looking out music for a DJ night of African music I played dozens of tracks at home back-to-back searching for the best sounds . . . and one thing became very clear. Most of this stuff
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JOHN ZORN, THE UPDATE (2023): Zorn again
John Zorn albums are like buses, if you miss one another will be a long soon. Or three will arrive at the same time. New York's John Zorn – now just days away from turning 70 – went from a
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Various: Simply the Best; New Wave (Rhino/Warners)
Billed also as "34 punk pop classics" this double disc illustrates just how bewildering but rewarding that period in the late Seventies was when the punk ethos (energy, short sharp songs) wa
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CHUCK D OF PUBLIC ENEMY INTERVIEWED (2004): Business as usual
The man whose angry voice once sent shockwaves around the world answers his cellphone with a barely audible, “Hello”. Somewhere in the background a woman’s voice on a high-energy mar
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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Jarii Von Gohl of DYSE
The noisy German duo DYSE -- drummer/singer Jarii Van Gohl and guitarist/singer Andrej Dietrich -- make what one new fan on Facebook described as "maths rock". And that sums it up: disciplin
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YET MORE PROVOCATIONS OF RATTLES (2023): From art music to thanks-but-no-thanks
As we have noted in previous Provocation/Provocations of Rattles columns, the Auckland label releases albums at such a rate it is often impossible to keep up. And so here, as in the past, we simply of
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JAZZ: A FILM by KEN BURNS (DVD): The never-ending story
The cartoon shows two old guys in the television room of a resthome. One says, "There's nothing left to live for." The other replies, "Yeah, there is. I'm watching the Ken Burns’
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THE BARGAIN BUY: Roy Orbison; The Very Best of
It goes without saying, surely, that everyone should own some cornestone Roy Orbison songs, if not the excellent Monument Years box set. Orbison was a genius when it came to conveying pain, hurt and e
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Dudley Benson:Live Series Volume One (Golden Retriever/Border)
Dudley Benson's EPs and albums always have a sense of occasion about them. They arrive as specially thought out, beautifully packaged little gifts with delightful or dramatic artwork (the Peter Stichb
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Lake/Landaeus/Osgood: Spirit (digital outlets)
The great American saxophonist Oliver Lake might be in his early 80s and have won a Guggenheim Fellowship 30 years ago, but somehow he hasn't been accorded that senior statesman role, the likes of Pha
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BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH INTERVIEWED (2000): The people's poet laureate
Britain's most popular serious performance poet for more than two decades, Benjamin Zephaniah, laughs as he recalls hating poetry as a kid. If you said you liked it, it was as if you were filled with
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FELT REISSUED (2018): Sometimes bathing in a golden glow
It is embarrassing when you have an album in your collection which is a famous cult item by a famous cult band and you famously have never bothered to listen to it. Elsewhere revealed that oversight r
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Jeff Beck: Blow by Blow (1975)
Even the guitarist's biggest fans concede Jeff Beck rarely makes a truly satisfying album, but this -- the seventh under his own name -- was the exception. In 1968 after his stint in the Yardbirds cam
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MERMAIDENS, AT AUDIOCULTURE (2023): The journey into their new now
When Mermaidens opened for The Beths at the Auckland Town Hall in November 2020, the guy next to me – who knew about such things – said, “it reminds me of Fillmore West”. He wa
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Attack in Black; Years (by one thousand fingertips): (Dine Alone/Shock)
Maybe it helps not to know that this Canadian band's debut Marriage was some kind of rootsy punk/rock/alternative album (I'm quoting from the bio, never heard it myself). Or that their vinyl-only foll
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THE NEW ARCHITECTURE OF OSLO, PART THREE (2017): Operaen; The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet
In the first two parts of this brief series about the architecture of Oslo, we looked at the new developments in the Barcode area and around the Renzo Piano-designed Astrup-Fearnley Museum of Modern A
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Martha Reeves and the Vandellas: Third Finger Left Hand (1967)
Beyonce's thrilling Bollywood-influenced dancefloor hit Single Ladies; Put a Ring On It reminded of the long tradition of songs about wedding rings, or the lack of them, or how tarnished a memory can
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THE BEATLES . SGT PEPPER RECONSIDERED (2017): One more time with . . . remixing?
With the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and its inevitable reissue, the headlines are writing themselves: “We hope you have enjoyed the show&rd
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