A Heavenly Pop Hit
10.09.09
We've three items to point you at today, our featured daily release and a couple of sites that have some videos that will be of interest to a lot of you.
Release of The Day
Riverblind - Hour Of The Wolf
Hour Of The Wolf is the first full-length album by eclectic rock trio Riverblind. Spanning over 50mins and 8 tracks, this album showcases both the compositional and playing talents of these three young men. The songs are long and captivating, expertly played with an intensity that draws you deep into a carefully crafted sonic world.
This is an album of finely crafted epics, complex and daring, yet never once losing sight of the importance in connecting with the listener. The progressive elements and there to enhance the emotional impact of the journey, not to distract from it. There are certainly challenging moments, but the reward is available for those willing to lose themselves in the Hour Of The Wolf.
Fat Freddy's Drop have debuted their latest video over on their own site;
The video was shot in Wellington under the helm of Director Mark Williams aka MC Slave bringing Freddys nemesis, Dr Boondigga to life. "He's a character initially created by Joe Dukie and then illustrated and developed by Otis Frizzell. This was a chance to try and explain a bit of story behind the Boondigga character and album artwork, and do it with live action!
"Freddys and myself spent a few yum cha lunches discussing Boondigga. It developed that he was a mad scientist and former child prodigy musician/singer who has an unhealthy love/hate relationship with Freddys. Finally Boondigga captures them and holds them hostage at his laboratory to tap into their brains and extract their music."
Freddy's joined forces with Wellington's Park Road Post Producers Tracey Brown and Vicki Jackways and the video was captured on Rubber Monkey's RED camera. Edited and graded at Park Road Post, the finished clip has exceeded all expectations.
You can watch the video over at Freddy's on-line TV channel fatfreddysdrop.tv
Also worth watching is the the excellent 2002 Flying Nun doco Heavenly Pop Hits which has been added to NZ On Screen for your viewing pleasure.
This documentary tells the story of the legendary Flying Nun music label up to its 21st birthday. The label became associated with the 'Dunedin Sound': a catch-all term for a sprawl of DIY, post-punk, warped, jangly guitar-pop. The Guardian: "[it's] as if being on the other side of the world meant the music was played upside down". Features interviews with key players, the spats and the dark-but-breezy glory. The label's influence on the US indie scene is noted and Pavement's Stephen Malkmus covers The Verlaines' 'Death and the Maiden'.
It is in six parts of approx 10 minutes each - just about the perfect coffee and break time for those of you in front of a computer all day.
You can watch the documentary here.
Speaking of things Nun, The Chills one of the labels mainstays have re-launched their website Softbomb. The site includes, news, history, photos, videos and blogs plus some live interviews and songs to listen to.
Have a great day
Ed
