Indie

6th November 2009 - By David Haywood c/o publicaddress.net
One of the great pleasures of writing on Public Address is the lovely people you end up corresponding with. In my case, none more so than musician and composer, Blair Parkes. I've followed Blair's music for years: from his work with 'Range', '103', and 'Thomas-Parkes' -- to his current band the l.e.d.s...

12th May 2009
Us Against The City, it’s the name of one of my favourite songs off Shocking Pinks album “Dance the Dance Electric” and it’s what I’m calling my new music mix series. Volume 1 features Miss Kitten & The Hacker, Tiga, Peaches, Boards of Canada, Efdemin and Air...

1st May 2009
Spirit House is the second album from Christchurch band Happy Palace. The four piece was formed in 2003 and released their first, self titled album ‘Happy Palace’ late in 2006. The group describe their sound as falling somewhere between the ‘Pixies’ and ‘The Flaming Lips’...

27th April 2009 c/o www.muzic.net.nz
What a joy to behold is our Dictaphone Blues... If you were to define bNet darling it would be the way these catchy melodramatic popular songs have cemented themselves into the alternative radio playlists over the past couple of years...

17th April 2009
CHARTDISC VOLUME 1 2009 - Compilations featuring Christchurch bands are a rare thing, but with the support of several local music institutions such as The Dux, Real Groovy, RDU98.5FM, Creative Communities and many others, CHART www.christchurchmusic.org.nz has produced a promo sampler packaged in an eco-friendly CD wallet with indie classics from Christchurch’s best bands...