Links
Our kinda people….
www.nzmusic.co.nz
Another excellent New Zealand music site, with heated discussion boards, video clips etc.
www.texture.co.nz
An insider’s guide to all thats going on in downtown Wellington – news, events, reviews, and goss from all the best bars, shops, cafes and restaurants
www.bodega.co.nz
Our local, and still one of the best live music venues in the country – has played host to the fledgling White Stripes, Lambchop, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, and most of the best NZ bands for the last 15 years.
www.sanfranciscobathhouse.com
Probably now the capital’s premier live music venue, the venue formerly known as Indigo has a massive stage, great PA and has played host to all manner of top-notch international and local acts, including The Kills, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, The Mountain Goats, Jolie Holland, Neko Case – and it has the only balcony looking out onto Cuba Street, which affords a spectacular view of our sign.
www.nothingelseon.com
Website for DJ, “friend of Slow Boat”, and thoroughly good bloke Bill E and his “24 Hour Party People” and “Atomic” nights – playing rekkids on a ‘Madchester’ and 80′s tip, respectively.
www.freakytrigger.co.uk/hate.html
The incomparable Tanya Headon tells it like it really is – she doesn’t just hate bad music – she hates ALL music!!! (however, the depth of her writing betrays that she might like it, really) An inspiration.
www.pitchforkmedia.com
Top flight American indie-ish review/ info site, lots of new release info and reviews
starling.rinet.ru/music/index.htm
A young Russian guy who writes hefty and in-depth reviews of albums from the history of rock with a complex rating system
www.record-collector.de/grading.html
Useful page explaining the record grading system we use
www.arovideo.co.nz
Wellington’s finest independent video store – a superb range of all types of films, with an emphasis on NZ, indie and arthouse
www.artybees.co.nz
Arty Bees logo Our favourite local second hand bookshop – a huge range of eclectic and intriguing titles spread between 2 excellent shops
http://thephoenixfoundation.tumblr.com/
Keep tabs on what our fave country/ rock/ pop/ electronic/ folk/ weirdy-beardy local band are up to – tour dates, scurrilous gossip, home decorating hints etc.
