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Listen: Emily Edrosa EP

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Emily Littler of Street Chant has been working on solo material under the name of Emily Edrosa. With drum machine beats and sparse backing, her lyrical style comes more to the fore over six stunning tracks. It's being released digitally and on a run of 50 cassette tapes via her own Pasta Tapes label. Check it via the Soundcloud widget above.

Via Noisey.

Listen: Promised Miracles presents a mixtape by Shocking Pinks

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Here's a bit of a treat. I've always been a big Shocking Pinks fan, and this week Melbourne based label Promised Miracles has released a mixtape curated by Nick Harte. As well as one of his own tracks, it includes a new track by Scott Mannion from the Tokey Tones (which is reportedly the first new music he's released in ten years), Emily Edrosa's brilliant song Give Your Body to Science, and a fantastically weird Dragon remix by Pikachunes. It's a dreamy, beautiful collection of tracks and it's available as a free download from the Promised Miracles Bandcamp (which you can stream or download from the widget below). Get onto it.



For more from the Shocking Pinks, CDs of Mathematical Warfare and Shocking Pinks are in the library catalogue and available to borrow.

Listen: Ghidrah - Invincible Deluxe

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Here at All Things Musical we've been trying to champion local releases that have been lost to limited releases and the blurry middle distance range of our hindsight with our Various Artists series on local compilations. So over at the excellent local music site Under The Radar it's great to see they've been streaming great New Zealand releases for a week at a time. I've only just come across the feature, and the streamed albums only stay up for a week, but the current one is Ghidrah's Invincible Deluxe. The Hamilton hardcore band opened for Fugazi and the Melvins in the 90s, released this searing record and hold legendary status amongst their scene. If you're a fan of heavy music or punk it's a gem of local music history.

Invincible Deluxe was their debut album, released in 1997 via long defunct local label Kafuey (who also released Sommerset's debut album More Songs that same year) and streaming all week for your listening pleasure. Invincible Deluxe was self-produced using a digital eight track recorder, which band member Brian Holloway says he 'mortgaged his life to buy', and was mastered by Bob Frisbee (Street Chant, Beach Pigs, Rackets).

They add that Brian Holloway along with original members Gregory Broadmore and Christian Pearce (now Wellington based) have been back together working on a new EP  which will be released this year under the name 'Ghidoragh'. Head to Under The Radar for the full post and stream.

[via Under The Radar]

High Frequency: Sound Thoughts at Central City Library

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Want to know the best carparks in town to get you to soundcheck on time?

Wondering why it always rains at Big Day Out?

Auckland Libraries High Frequency panel discussion has the answers.

Join us for an entertaining evening of sound thoughts, old arguments and true stories about the highs and lows of making music in Auckland.

Our esteemed panelists include writer/musician Gareth Shute, venue manager Rohan Evans, producer/engineer Dave Parker, record label boss/DJ Andrew Maitai and the infamous Street Chant.

Following talk and refreshments, Lisa Crawley will be at the grand piano to perform an intimate set of songs from her upcoming album.

Where: Level 2, Central City Library
When: Friday 20 May, 6.00pm

Cost: Free

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