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Mountain Scene May 8, 2021 By GUY WILLIAMS Arrowtown alternative rock band The Seaside Stranglers are throwing a party in the town tonight night to mark the release of their EP, Quick, Fast and Deadly. Frontman-bassist Sam Maxwell, 25, says the gig at Slow Cuts is ‘‘our way of saying thank you to Arrowtown for all their support over the years’’. Sam, along with brother and lead rhythm guitarist Tom, 32, and drummer Sam Baylis, 32, recorded the EP’s four songs at the beginning and end of a countrywide tour in November. It started with a day of recording at Neil Fin...

It's New Zealand Music Month; the concept still seems a bit strange to me. I get the idea of course. Lest New Zealand music be lost in the glut of overseas sounds let's set aside a particular month to just focus on the local. Something like Maori Language Week. In reaction people often point out that every month (or week) should be those things. Fair enough too. But I guess if NZ Music Month means that record labels here are going to push their local signings a bit more then there's nothing wrong with it. As to whether acts not on record labels (i.e. ninety eight per cent of New Zealand bands...

Local Produce: Night Lunch Night Lunch are a Dunedin duo of Liams made famous by the smash hit music video for their song House Full of Shit. The band features the uniquely minimalist combo of Liam Hoffman on drums and Liam Clune on a home-made instrument called a diddly bow. Hoffman has finished Uni but Clune has come back for round two. They’ve so far released two albums on Spotify: ‘Double Trouble’ and ‘Table for Two’. Clune initially just made the diddly bow for fun. “I had seen some things just on Youtube of people making these things, they looked fun to build and easy to m...

Louisa Nicklin Announces Debut Album Release Tour Chris Cudby / Album cover artwork: Steven Acres / Monday 19th April, 2021 9:00AM    A leading voice amongst a new generation of Aotearoa songwriters, Tāmaki Makaurau's Louisa Nicklin has garnered devoted fans for her haunting student radio hits ‘Water Around Her’ and ‘To Be Fine’, and live performances including a jam-packed crowd for her recent Mermgrown festival appearance. With her forthcoming self-titled debut album sure to be a local release highlight of 2021, Nicklin has announced an extensive launch tour, journeyin...

Mountain Scene By GUY WILLIAMS Nick Seymour feels like he’s just come out of rehab. Although he’s never actually been in rehab, that’s how Crowded House’s bass guitarist feels about his fortnight’s spell in quarantine last month. Fresh off the plane from Ireland, where he’s spent the best part of the last year ‘‘cosily ensconced in my West Coast hideaway’’ with his partner and two kids, it occurred to him that for the first time in his life, he’d be deprived of human contact and some of the luxuries a successful musician can afford to surround himself wi...