January 5, 2012 | New Music | 
by Princess Chelsea |
The Cigarette Duet is from an album I released earlier this year called Lil’ Golden Book. I recorded Lil’ Golden Book in various bedrooms I occupied from 2008-2011. I wrote The Cigarette Duet in about half an hour on a busted up Roland E-20 keyboard, sitting cross-legged on the floor of probably the most grim house I lived in during that time: an old villa next to a carpark occupied by homeless drug addicts who would often knock on the front door asking for water. Jonathan Bree of The Brunettes sing and plays guitar on it, and he made the music video which was recorded on a budget of $0 at my parents house. Things are looking up a bit now: Lil’ Golden Book has just been released on gold vinyl.
December 29, 2011 | New Music | by Princess Chelsea |
Golden Axe were one of the first live bands I saw in Auckland, New Zealand where I live. They are a duo who play distorted ‘Nintendo’ style pop via old casio synthesizers, and homemade gadgets and effects pedals. Read more
December 17, 2011 | New Music | by Princess Chelsea |
Shaft are the project of Bob Cardy (from Flying Nun band The Axemen). Bob Cardy has an encyclopaedic knowledge of pop, rock and soul and is a truly exceptional songwriter with a very unique singing voice. Shaft is his straight up rock n roll project and Downhill Racer sounds as timeless as any Rolling Stones hit to me. The two Shaft albums are available on Lil’ Chief Records.
December 17, 2011 | New Music | 
by Princess Chelsea |
Vassafor is the project of Phil Kusabs (also a touring member of Blasphemy and oddly enough one time member of Flying Nun band, The Chills) who writes, produces and engineers their work. Emotive, dark, ritualistic and intelligent metal that I’ve been enamoured with since seeing them open for Mayhem earlier this year. Beautiful scary, and quite otherworldly.
December 17, 2011 | New Music | by Princess Chelsea |
The Tokey Tones are the recording project of Scott Mannion and Li Ming Hu. The two mini albums, Caterpillar and Butterfly, were released simultaneously in 2003 and were a big influence on me in my teenage years. Mannion tinkered with old pump organs, celestes, glockenspiels, and analog synthesizers for a few years before completing these two fragile masterpieces. There is something intrinsically Pacific or New Zealand to this sound, and it’s not just because the albums sample native birds and bugs.
December 17, 2011 | New Music | by Princess Chelsea |
The Eversons are a new band from Wellington, New Zealand, who released a free EP on Lil’ Chief Records earlier this year. They give nods to smart, 60s-inspired pop like the Modern Lovers (heavy use of call and response back up vox), but are also clearly inspired by 90s ‘indie guitar’ bands like Pavement and Weezer. Their lyrics are clever and often dripping with self-deprecating wit. This is best displayed on their single, I’m a Conservative.
December 17, 2011 | New Music | by Princess Chelsea |
From outside of Wellington comes a very young bedroom producer who makes his own magical brand of sexy Italo disco while also creating his own album art and animating his own music videos. He will often sing female-style backup vocals in falsetto and shred hair metal guitar solos over his beats. The majority of New Zealanders were still unaware when he took off to Paris while still a teenager and began making waves in Europe.
74-year-old great grandfather Brian Vannlooks of Evesham, Worcestershire, has turned his electric mobility scooter into a homemade Batmobile, proving that you can be young at heart at any age.
If you’re looking for conclusive evidence that we were once visited by furry little creatures from a place far away, stop looking for clues in Steven Spielberg movies and instead check out these remarkable photos of Yugoslavian monuments from the 1960s and 70s that were commissioned by former president Josip Broz Tito to commemorate World War Two battle sites. Read more
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
Sometimes tests are just too hard. Sometimes they’re just dumb. Funny Exam Answers collects all the funniest and most ridiculous results of students who may not have book smarts, but are quite clever and creative in other ways.
After getting lost in the quagmire that is the internet, M83’s Digital Shades, first released digitally in 2007, has just been given a space on the shelf in your nearest music shop. Before shooting to acclaim with Saturday=Youth, Anthony Gonzalez looked closer to Krautrock and Eno and produced this ambient sometimes beautiful record. There’s much less of a disco feel than both Saturdays and his first album, Before the Dawn Heals Us. Some might say it’s a bit self-indulgent, not easily accessible, and more of a soundscape than a pop attempt. Yet, like Eno, Gonzalez is slowly becoming a master of the perfect chord sequence, and the result is an interesting, often heart-wrenching, set of compositions. Read about M83′s favourite songs right now.
Ninety percent of the time, you can pick a Scandinavian brand from a metric mile away, which is not necessarily a bad thing considering that the Scands have such a refined, clean approach to thinking about clothes. Read more
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Inspired by the unique digital clock apps created by the designer, Sean Zoega, the i-toc watch is a colorful physical manifestation of digital ideas featuring bespoke two-disc Japan quartz movement. The outer gradient displays the minutes while the inner gradient shows the hours. The rings interact, creating an ever-changing pattern of design and colour. We have them for sale in our online store. Read more
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