Custard Bear – F#@$ You Courtney!

Custard Bear

Just added to the Starlifter Radio playlist is ‘F#@$ You Courtney!’ from ‘Custard Bear’, winner of the Chartfest 2010 Team Band Search. Well done lads! Here’s the hype:

“Custard Bear, a three piece from Christchurch Boys’ high school, has got it where it counts. They recently won the regional finals of Rockquest in Christchurch, and also took out the Team Band Search at Chartfest 2010, which they all agree was “pretty awesome, aye”. During breaks in between competitions they have been entertaining local ears with their savvy brand of crustic-pop, and have garnered a small hoard of fans, whom they treasure greatly. Some new sounds have been emerging from the band, which through sporadic attempts to capture on tape is set to culminate in an EP to be available later this year.”

Custard Bear – http://www.myspace.com/custardbear
Chartfest 2010 Team Band Search – http://www.christchurchmusic.org.nz/events/chartfest10/bandteamsearch

The Electronic Music Production Series presented by Delicious Music and Tron Audio

Tandem Studios, Christchurch
Tandem Studios, Christchurch

Calling all budding music producers! My good friend Invader Tron (aka Andrew Snook), the Delicious Music crew and Tandem Studios are teaching sound geeks like yourself how to make mean electronic beats. I did an audio engineering course with Andrew and he is AWESOME at it (heaps better than me, that’s for sure!). The sessions are well priced and that have a range of amazing gear at their disposal. So if you’re keen keep reading….

Invader Tron says:

Hosted at Tandem Studios and streamed online, Delicious Music and Tron Audio are proud to present ten weeks of electronic music production workshops. Starting from the basics, each workshop follows on from the previous, creating a progressive foundation of knowledge, skills and understanding, needed to produce top quality electronic music for New Zealand.

The topics covered will be Basic Sound Theory and Synthesis101, Bass Synthesis, Creating and using Percussion, Chord Instruments, Lead Instruments, Effects Basics, Effects Advanced, and a three part series in Track Construction. Workshops are taught on Ableton Live, although the knowledge taught is designed to be general and applicable to all applications. Students will also receive Live Packs of the topics covered, which they can take home and use.

The Workshops will run from 6:00 till 8:00 every Tuesday evening, starting from April the 13th. At 6:00 the workshop class will begin, and will run for an hour. From 7:00 till 8:00 will be open work time, where students can ask questions, work on topics covered and receive extra tuition.

Workshops are $5 per person, per class, and places are limited. Tandem Studios is located at 78 Oxford Tce, Chch. Classes will also be streamed online. Updates will be added over time. Contact andrew@tronaudio.com for bookings or questions. Individual tuition available.

Mixtape Connection 2010 @ Goodbye Blue Monday

Mixtape Connection 2010 Flyer
Mixtape Connection 2010 Flyer

POW! Indie dance floor punk to shake your junk!

DJs Apex Beat, Dr Hitchcock, Indie Slut and Tobiaz are back for 2010 with all your indie, rock, techno, electro, and house faves from last decade and the latest from the blogosphere.

Saturday 13th March 2010 @
Goodbye Blue Monday

DJs on at 10pm
Free Entry

Keep it futile!

For some rad downbeat tunes check out this recording of the Mixtape Sessions from Wednesday 17th Feb.
MP3: Dr Hitchcock – Mixtape Sessions – 17-02-10

Peace,
Dr H
xoxox

Tiger Tones – short thing

Tiger Tones @ San Fran Bathhouse, Wellington

Tiger Tones @ San Fran Bathhouse, Wellington

Review by Darlene Brown

I was sent the new Tiger Tones track “Short Thing” to review; and although it has been a while since I’ve seen these guys play I’m not surprised at where the sound of this innovative and talented group has progressedShort Thing is a step sideways with less punk and more dance, with that undeniable Tiger Tones bassline keeping things steady. Picture this: a man driving down an American boulevard, top down with big black square wrap-around sunglasses talking on a brick cellphone. That’s just the drumfill. The rest of the track gives a nod to early Pig Out and LCD Soundsystem. The vocals remind me of Arthur Russell.

If this is a taste of a 2010 album, I’m excited!

MP3: Tiger Tones – short thing