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June 21 2013

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Fat Freddys Drop - Blackbird CD (THE DROP)

Written By 1 - June 21 2013

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Blackbird is Fat Freddy's Drop third full-length release and will see the band exceed half-a-million album sales worldwide, the result of playing over 800 shows in their career to date, clocking up 412 appearances in Europe, 27 Australian Tours and over 300 shows in their homeland. 

Fat Freddy's Drop celebrate a decade of European touring by releasing Blackbird in East London. The already sold-out show at Village Underground attracted over 4,000 hopeful ticket ballot entries in just 24 hours for only 500 lucky spots.  Featuring nine tracks, Blackbird was written and recorded at Bays, the bands own studio. Situated in Wellington's beach suburb of Lyall Bay, the building was one of the last vinyl pressing plants in NZ before being converted to an Apostolic church in the 70s.  Production maestro DJ Fitchie says, "What you hear on the album is the sound of Bays; the room itself, the vibe of the place and the performance we can get out of the band in there."  "Blackbird is truer to FFD's musical philosophy than anything else we've done", adds saxophonist Chopper Reeds. "The song forms are unruly - just like our live shows - and we've really tried to craft arrangements that showcase Joe Dukie's voice. It's an unholy mix of disco, rootsy dub, blues, soul and electronic funk - but it's what we love to do."

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June 20 2013

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UPCOMING: The Stepkids - Troubadour (STONES THROW)

Written By 1 - June 20 2013

"The Lottery" 12" due out July 2013,  LP "Troubadour" out September to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

12" Track List & Soundclips: 1. The Lottery 2. The Art Of Forgettting   TROUBADOUR - Track List 01. Memoirs of Grey 02. The Lottery 03. Desert In The Dark 04. Insecure Troubadour 05. Sweet Salvation 06. Symmetry 07. Moving Pictures 08. Bitter Bug 09. Brutal Honesty 10. The Art of Forgetting   The Stepkids are a trio who came together in 2009 after a decade of working in bands with some of the industry's biggest names, creating a unique brand of modern psychedelic soul. The Bridgeport CT based band-- Jeff Gitelman (guitar, vocal), Dan Edinberg (bass, keys, voc) and Tim Walsh (drums, voc)-- gleefully blend classic jazz, R&B, funk, 70s pop/rock and countless other genres and styles. The release of their 2011 self-titled debut album and the praise for their visually psychedelic live show led to tours with Kimbra, Mayer Hawthorne, Grace Potter, Mates of State and The Horrors. The result of the experience gained and lessons learned since the release of The Stepkids can be heard throughout new album Troubadour, out September 10 on Stones Throw Records. The album features “Sweet Salvation,” released as a single and video in late 2012; “Moving Pictures,” performed by the band on NBC’s Last Call With Carson Daly last fall; and “The Art of Forgetting”performed recently as part of the “In The Red Bull Studio” series. RollingStone.com just premiered new single “The Lottery” a song that Gitelman describes as being about “the gamble of different sides of life: The gamble of love, the gamble of business, and the general risk of following your heart.” The Stepkids will continue to bring their music to stages across North America including upcoming performances at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Electric Forest Festival and Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn, NY. The band also recently launched a series of jazzy covers of pop songs from the likes of Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, and one of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” “I really believe that we still haven’t discovered some of our most exciting stuff,” enthuses Gitelman. “Everybody is so deep musically, there are whole sides of us we haven’t really explored yet.”

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June 19 2013

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T-SHIRT: New Conch T-Shirt Design

Written By 1 - June 19 2013

Here's our new t-shirt design from iThink Creative & Brent Courtney We will be doing a print run of tees & hoodies very soon, to get a custom order done please contact us at info@conch.co.nz with size & garment combo

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June 19 2013

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The Greg Foat Group - Girl & Robot Remix EP (JAZZMAN)

Written By 1 - June 19 2013

 

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Jazzman take things to another level with select cuts from the superb ‘Girl & Robot with Flowers’ album remixed by Linkwood, Vakula, Lumiarja, Cherrystones and Francis Doosoo’s Borrowed Breath – all on lustrous green vinyl!

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June 18 2013

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GIG: SOUTH RAKKAS CREW (MAD DECENT) - Thur 27th June

Written By 1 - June 18 2013

Rugged dancehall, shameless pop, hipster electro bangers, rude dubstep—fuck it, South Rakkas does it all. The duo comprised of Dennis “D-Rakkas” Shaw and Alex “Alex G” Greggs, South Rakkas took an unusual path to become the dons of digital funk. South Rakkas first gained fame for their blazing dancehall riddims (“Clappas,” “Red Alert,” “Bionic Ras,” “Chinkuzi” anyone?), which brought production work for stars like Vybz Kartel, Mr. Vegas, Elephant Man.

But it’s not for nothing that XLR8R recently praised South Rakkas for their “boundary-pushing” powers; indeed, these futuristic rhythm killers can’t be held down to any one sound or style. SRC can flex from Beenie Man and Bounty Killer one moment, T-Pain the next, and then on to the likes of M.I.A., Lily Allen, Beck, Duran Duran, Justin Timberlake, The Bug, Warrior Queen, Britney Spears, and Shakira—all of whom have been touched by South Rakkas’ edgy studio savvy.

Those skills came about when D-Rakkas and Alex G met up working at the same recording studio in Toronto, Canada. Both had roots in the local hip-hop/reggae scene: Alex G created beats for local rap groups and, erm, Barenaked Ladies, while D-Rakkas spent his youth as charismatic, party-starting DJ (“Rakkas” is in fact a local West Indian slang term for “rockers” reggae music that he used to put on his DJ flyers to indicate his parties’ music policy). The concept for SRC first hatched, though, when the duo moved to Orlando, Florida to become a crucial part of ‘N Sync’s production team.

There, D-Rakkas conceptualized South Rakkas Crew and enlisting Alex G in a pairing that would combine both their strengths. The plan was simple: Alex G would hold down the pop/dance production side in Florida (his work with the archetypal boy band on smash albums like Pop would catapult him into the pantheon of platinum-plated star producer/mixer/remixers);

D-Rakkas, meanwhile, would travel to ruffneck Kingston, Jamaica, where an introduction from his brother-in-law Mr. Vegas gave him access to dancehall’s top talent. Rakkas’ first riddim, “Clappas,” quickly proved a major island smash, paving the way for many more; Jamaican and non-Jamaican audiences alike also appreciated SRC’s talent for fusing hook-laden song structure with sound-system destroying beats.

South Rakkas Crew (MAD DECENT)
Cassette Number Nine, 9 Vulcan Lane, AK City
Thursday 27th June, $10 Pre-sales, $15 on the door
Pre-sales at www.dashtickets.co.nz
Local support from:  Tommy Flowers Yam Jams Jafa Mafia Azbo

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