Ode to Twisted Frequency: Aotearoa’s Home of Underground Music & Culture

https://soundcloud.com/vlvtberriess/vlvt-twisted-frequency-opening-te-weta O, Twisted,You shine so brightTāwhirimātea had guestlist this yearAnd boy, did they let it rip — Knees deep in mud,tents lashed with rainWind whipped our hair back and forth but we did not retreat Down by the Beat Bachthe awa gushed like a supercharged highwayechoing our mind-body-wairua elevated with possibility soakedtothebone — yet warmContinueContinue reading “Ode to Twisted Frequency: Aotearoa’s Home of Underground Music & Culture”

What Did You Expect? Die! Die! Die! Return to China in 2016

Die! Die! Die! 来!来!来!Hold the press, New Zealand noise-rock / post-punk trio Die! Die! Die! are returning to China for the first time in five years for a ten date tour! It’s a sweltering Thursday afternoon here in Chengdu and I am still nursing a strained neck induced by overly aggressive head banging at the first annual PunkfestContinueContinue reading “What Did You Expect? Die! Die! Die! Return to China in 2016”

Unknown Mortal Orchestra set to play China and NZ in January

Tài hǎo le! [太好了! Awesome!] Split Works are bringing Unknown Mortal Orchestra to China next month as they kick off the Asian leg of their colossal ‘II’ tour. Seems like just yesterday they were playing at good ol’ Bodega, but January has long since past for this hardworking, hard touring three-piece psychedelic-pop powerhouse, who have played packed outContinueContinue reading “Unknown Mortal Orchestra set to play China and NZ in January”