What Happened to the Star Wars That I Used To Know
Pretty hilarious / nerdy parody Side note : funnier ‘cos George Lucus is Kimbra!
Interview with Dave Okumu from THE INVISIBLE
The Invisible’s sophomore album Rispah is a haunting and beautiful record named after and dedicated to Dave Okumu’s mother who passed away while the band were making the album. Last week I got…
ODD FUTURE to premiere new short film online today at 4pm NZTime
Odd Future have announced that they will be premiering a brand new short film called Sam Is Dead via their website oddfuture.com today at 4pm NZ Time. Directed by Wolf Haley and featuring…
Stream the new track from LITTLE DRAGON – Sunshine + watch the behind the scenes clip
Sweden’s LITTLE DRAGON have a brand new song out called Sunshine whcih you can stream here via Soundcloud… Seemingly, the song has some sort of sponsorship deal with Absolut Vodka, if you watch…
1995 Love Your Ghost
Sure, it’s a band playing in a warehouse – but so very beautifully shot and such a cool looking warehouse. And fuck, I almost forgot how great this song is.
OPOSSOM – Fly
Check out the brand new music video from Opossom – filmed in the South Island and directed by Sam Kristofski (who also directed ‘Blue Meanies’).
THE PHARCYDE touring New Zealand in August
Spotted via twitter (thanks for the heads-up @dubdotdash) – The Pharcyde are set to be playing two NZ dates, from what I can ascertain…
Going Global Music Summit 2012 announced
Independent Music New Zealand is proud to announce that the GOING GLOBAL MUSIC SUMMIT 2012 will be happening again in Wellington and Auckland this September.
Mixtape from RUBY FROST
Ruby Frost made us a mixtape! Check it out here… Ruby Frost Mixtape by Cheeseontoast on Mixcloud Here’s the tracklist and what Ruby Frost has to say about her selections ABBA – Lay…
HEAVY METAL NINJAS announce NZ tour in August
Led by guitar virtuoso (Ibanez and DiMarzio endorsed) Richie Allan, the band are, as you would expect, all about the metal and ‘ripping people’s faces off and blowing their ears apart’. Heavy Metal…
THE COSBYS to support HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE
News hot from the virtual lips – or more correctly, fingertips, of Papa Crawdaddy himself as he instant messaged me via Facebook this afternoon – The Cosbys have been confirmed at the support…
95bFM Top Ten 27 June 2012
This week’s top ten from 95bFM see’s Sunken Seas, Sherpa and Suren Unka holding firm to numbers 1, 2 and 3 respectively… 1. Sunken Seas — Paid Your Price 2. Sherpa — Samsong…
THE DEAD C to play at Now! Here! Festival
The Audio Foundation have announced the Now! Here! Festival – a three-day celebration with New Zealand / Aotearoa’s inventive and accomplished sound artists and musicians championing the experimental and avant-garde.
NZ on AIR Making Tracks Decisions – June 2012
The latest round of Making Tracks decisions has been released by NZ on Air
Interview with Cid from HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are 8 brothers – sons of jazz legend Phil Cohren (Sun Ra Arkestra) – I spoke to Cid from the band last week… “All of us are like directly 8…
MUMFORD & SONS announce three NZ shows
Mumford & Sons are coming to New Zealand for the first time ever this November.
THE BOXCAR RATTLE – album available on Bandcamp
Check outthe debut album from Wellington 3 piece The Boxcar Rattle
Dave Sitek Remix of ALT J “Fitzpleasure”
One of my favorite songs on the ALT J Album has been remixed by Dave Sitek. Another blogger already called Alt-J “the genetic hybrid of Wild Beasts and new TV On the Radio”…
!!EXCLUSIVE!! – Make A List by COLLAPSING CITIES – stream / download mp3
In celebration of the fact that Collapsing Cities’ long awaited and much anticipated sophomore album Strangers Again is being released finally on Friday 13th July via Pastel Pistol, Cheese on Toast is very…
BLUR to debut brand new songs via Twitter
It has been confirmed that there is new BLUR material and you can be among the first in the world to hear it, if you’re keen enough to set your alarm clock to…
HOME BREW Remixed by Lawrence from CAREERWOLF
Well, I have a feeling that there’s gonna be heaps of Home Brew remixes in the next wee while, ever since Home Brew set their acapella’s free last week with an open invitation….
Interview with Caiomhe from HEART ATTACK ALLEY – watch
Heart Attack Alley recently returned from a sojourn to Europe where they recorded their album in Italy; to be released on Reverend Beat Man’s Voodoo Rhythm Records later this year. Cheese on Toast…
Interview with Rory and Alex from THE RAW NERVES – video
Late last week, Cheese on Toast met up with Rory and Alex from The Raw Nerves in the back alley behind Whammy to talk about the release of their debut album on 12″…
RUBY FROST album release party Thursday 21 June – photos by Georgia Schofield
At Pony Club, Auckland
Win a copy of “Confess” by TWIN SHADOW
Enter the draw to win one of two copies we have to give away!
What happens when you combine LEE SCRATCH PERRY and THE ORB?
THIS. IS. WHAT. HAPPENS. A new album is planned for September – The Observer In The Star House
Interview with Amber from DIRTY PROJECTORS
The brand new, and sixth, studio album from Dirty Projectors entitled Swing Lo Magellan is out 10 July and I was lucky enough to grab ten minutes of time with Amber on the…
