Hey, everybody! Just wanted to say a huge thankyou to everybody who has made the last month or so one of the most memorable in Slow Boat’s long history – a fantastic Record Store Day with extraordinary instore performances from Eb & Sparrow, Watermelon Slim and genuine NZ rock’n’roll royalty in the form of Mr David Kilgour, an [...]
RSD was, as confidently predicted, an absolute stormer. Heaps of people, heaps of smiling faces, amazing instore performances from David Kilgour, Watermelon Slim and Eb & Sparrow. A HUGE thanks go out to everyone who helped out - Paul Johnson for the poster design, Phantom Billstickers for printing ‘em & putting ‘em up, Simon Sweetman for the kind words, Lee Prebble for the PA, Cuba Fruit for [...]
Yup, unless you have been living under a rock, you oughtta be aware that tomorrow is Record Store Day 2013!!! And that we here at Slow Boat are celebrating in style – here’s the skinny; -live music between 2 and 4, with Eb & Sparrow at 2, Watermelon Slim at around 2.40, then Mr David Kilgour concluding things from some time after [...]
After celebrating Record Store Day in 2012 at Slow Boat the only way we know how – bigger, better, brighter – there is only one way forward for the 2013 event; EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER AND BRIGHTER STILL!!! We are absolutely chuffed to announce that our instore performances on the day – this year, the [...]
How do, everyone! Trust everyone’s 2013 is off to a satisfactory start – certainly there is a whole bundle of new music to be getting on with. Take, for instance, the new Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album, “Push The Sky Away” – it’s out this Friday, the 15th, and we’ll be getting the [...]
Yup, “Searching For Sugarman” star Rodriguez is coming to play two NZ shows in March – Wellington Town Hall on the 16th, and Auckland’s Logan Campbell Centre the following night! This will be a terrific opportunity for both the old fans (the “Cold Fact” LP was in fact a bit of a staple in many NZ homes [...]
Honestly, I’d swear that every year December rolls around another few weeks earlier. Which is, of course, not actually possible. But it’s how it feels, dammit… Fortunately we are very prepared this year, so that you only have to be a little bit prepared. We have so much stuff that it would be great to [...]
Slow Boat is thrilled to announce that we will be hosting the launch of Simon Sweetman, of Blog On The Tracks renown’s new book on the greatest Kiwi songs, entitled “On Song”. It features thirty of our greatest songs described in loving detail, is beautifully illustrated, and is actually available as of now at the special price of $60 (recommended [...]
Howdy, everyone – hope you have all made it through the winter months relatively unscathed, and are looking forward to a spectacular summer! We’re certainly going to try to do our bit, starting with some great new music from the likes of Bat For Lashes – “The Haunted Man”, Paul Simon’s remastered, reissued “Graceland” (with bonus DVD), Tame Impala‘s impressive, [...]
Lots of fresh new music instore at the moment: the new album from seasoned campaigner Mark Knopfler, the excellent “Privateering” (regular, deluxe, and super-deluxe packages); soon-come tourists Grizzly Bear‘s ”Shields” and Grimes “Visions”, the sophomore effort from The XX entitled “Coexist”, sensitive Scandinavian Jens Lekman‘s pithily titled “I Know What Love Isn’t”, Wild Nothing‘s dreamy, melancholic “Nocturne”, Mexicali troubadours Calexico with “Algiers”, the reissue (finally!) of [...]
