AUDIOCULTURE: A HISTORY OF ARCH HILL

Gareth Shute at Audioculture has written a very nice history of Arch Hill Records, from the label's origin as a studio on Great North rd through to more recent days as part of label group Flying Out. 

Auckland based Arch Hill Recordings was originally created by musician Ben Howe and sound engineer Ed Case to release music that had been recorded in Case’s Arch Hill Studio. It wasn't long before they found new acts that excited them and signed up releases from local legends David Kilgour and Don McGlashan, who were both looking for a new home. A decade-and-a-half later, Arch Hill is one of the most well known independent labels in the country and Howe has become a key figure in pushing New Zealand music to the world.Read the whole story here

Audioculture is a New Zealand music website described as "the noisy library of New Zealand music.

To go with the story we have created An Introduction to Arch Hill Spotify playlist and Youtube playlist as well

PHOTOS: DOPRAH AT CMJ NEW YORK 2014

Doprah travelled to New York this October to play six shows at CMJ. Below are some photos.

TINY RUINS + DOPRAH NZ MUSIC AWARD FINALISTS

Congratulations to Tiny Ruins and Doprah for their NZ Music Awards Nominations. They receveid the following nominations

Tiny Ruins (Arch Hill/Flying Nun)

- Album Of The Year

- Alternative Album Of The Year

- Best Female Solo Album Of The Year

- Best Producer (Tom Healy)

(Tiny Ruins is also a finalist in the APRA Silver Scrolls)

Doprah (Arch Hill)

- Breakthrough Artist Of The Year

- Best Music Video Of The Year

Congratulations to all the other finalists as well

DOPRAH CMJ 2014 SHOWS

Doprah are heading to CMJ in New York and playing four shows, with a couple more likely to be announced shortly. Dates so far below 

Monday 20th October @ Baby's All Right - 9:15pm

Tuesday 21st October @ Studio at Webster Hall - 6:40pm 

Thursday 23rd October @ Radio Bushwick - 7:45pm

Thursday 23rd of October @ Left Field- 11:00pm

TINY RUINS CRYSTAL PALACE ALBUM SHOW PHOTOS

Back in June 2014 Tiny Ruins played a sold out album release show at the historic The Crystal Palace Theatre in Mt Eden, Auckland. For the show Tiny Ruins was joined by Aldous Harding and Carnivorous Plant Society. It took a while to sort and post these photos - but here they are!

DOPRAH AUCKLAND PLAYING TIMES AND AUSTRALIAN SHOW DETAILS

Doprah are heading to the USA for CMJ and also Australia, but before they leave they are putting on an Auckland "Multi Level Rave Extravaganza" at Galatos - this Friday 26th of September!

This event features six different acts over two levels, in the main room and basement.

Tickets are available from Under The Radar - selling fast so don't rely on door sales!

Playing Times for the Auckland - Galatos Show

• 8.30 - 9.00pm Couchmaster (Main Room)
• 9.00-9.30pm Odessa (Downstairs)
• 9.30-10.00pm Grayson Gilmour Solo (Main Room)
• 10.00-10.30pm High Hoops (Downstairs)
• 10.30-11.15pm Doprah (Main Room)
• 11.15-11.45pm Heavy (Downstairs)

Doprah's Sydney, Australia show is on October 11th at the Lansdown Hotel - more details here

Their US and CMJ shows are still to be announced...

NEW GHOST WAVE VIDEO FOR "WHO'S DOIN' THE TALKIN'"

Ghost Wave have a new video for their new track "Who's Doin' The Talkin'"...made by Carl Naus and the band. Think late 1960s oil lamp slightly delica.

The band have the following to say about the video

"About a month ago we did a video for our song Who's Doin' The Talkin'. We wanted to try and produce a video on our own and with a little bit of help from our friend Carl we did it.  This is the video I feel like we’d been trying to make for a while but for some reason we didn’t think to do our own videos (even though we had done in the past).  We used a few different cameras and projectors and spent half a day shooting in the studio.  The idea was to go for a sonic jam/flower sort of feel.  I wouldn’t say we are big on dancing as a day to day thing (maybe some more than others), but it was fun to make the video and let it take us where it was going to."

Check it here

NEW TINY RUINS VIDEO MADE BY NEIL FINN

Premiered by the U.S. public radio website NPR this morning comes a new video for Tiny Ruins filmed, edited and made by Neil Finn while on tour in Europe.

NPR's Bob Boilen comments "Fantasize your ideal love. With that in mind, write the most gentle, serene love song. I imagine that Hollie Fullbrook, a.k.a. Tiny Ruins, did that here."

Neil says of his music video debut, "I’ve been enjoying making  little films and was carrying a Pelican case  with me on the road , setting up for editing in hotels rooms and the back of the bus. One night  I discovered a few images which seemed to suit the atmosphere of this song , so just started making a video without even being asked .The next day  I  asked her if I could film her singing it at soundcheck and in the show and placed these images left and right . I like the way her hair is crumpled for soundcheck and all smoothed out at the show.  I’m glad Hollie likes it and wants people to see it but I would have been happy just making it anyway."

Me at the Museum., You at the Wintergardens is taken from the Tiny Ruins album Brightly Painted One.

Watch the video here.