Month: April 2008

Sleepers Union

With Dragstrip and Addendum, at Bar Bodega Wellington October 24th 2003

Arriving at a gig at 9:30pm and then having to wait 2 hours before the bands start is always a bit hard to keep enthusiasm for, but tonight, the headliners were worth the delay.

The opening act, a soloist, by the name of Dragstrip, was quite straining. Almost putting me off completely. He spoke over rambling guitar in an angst-ridden tone trying to create a storyteller style. It just didn’t work.
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Pacifier’s Everything Tour.

Two Lane Blacktop, Fur Patrol, and Pacifier at The Starlight Ballroom Wellington August 30th 2003

The opening band of the night, Two Lane Blacktop, certainly let the crowd become aware of their presence with roaring loud guitars, which shocked everyone standing within a 5-meter radius of the speaker stack. A small but steady following of the band had turned up in their support. The rest of the crowd, quite obviously turned up to see the other two acts of the night and simply couldn’t care less.

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The Michael Hex Memorial Concert: Substandrd, Minisnap, Drawing Room, The dialtones, Eskimo, The Undercurrents, Into the Void, Dragstrip, The Media Club, Christchurch

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The Chills, David Kilgour, Evolver, Carey’s Bay, Dunedin
Sunday 15th Feb 2004

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The Terminals and Mary Rose Crook, Arc Cafe, Dunedin Saturday 14th Feb 2004

I still have the broken knee during this trip to delightful and somewhat ill weathered Dunedin that Valentines weekend. Not to say Dunedin isn’t home to delightful weather, but this weekend it seemed that light but constant rain was on the cards.
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The Hiss Explosion, Substandard, Into the Void, The International Telepaths, Idols of Eve, Creation, Christchurch Feb 6th 2004

I’m a bad person I admit it. I didn’t show up until substandard and Idols of eve had finished and Into the Void were rounding up their set… but waitangi day BBQ’s are nothing to be ignored… and once partying starts, It seems logical that having worn out one welcome to head into town and see what is going on at Creation. Plus, I was on crutches… which limits the dancablity of an evenings proceedings.
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Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals

Burn To Shine Tour supported by Pacific Underground, Christchurch Town Hall June 1st 2000

Sound check:

Please Bleed

Set list:

Glory and consequence,

Excuse Me Mr / Burnin’ & Lootin’

Faded, Please Bleed, Burn to Shine, Burn one down

Don’t take that attitude to your grave, Ground on down

Forgiven, Woman in you, Steal my kisses

Encore one:

Another lonely day, Beloved one, I shall not walk alone, Pleasure and pain

Encore two:

Oppression/ Get up Stand up, By my side, Manic depression.

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The Mint Chicks, Die! Die!Die! at The Wunderbar Christchurch Jan 29th 2004
and The Mint Chicks, Die! Die!Die! at The Dux Christchurch Jan 30th 2004

Two nights? One review? heh I think I can do it. Although, that said the two nights to me were wildly different. I mean you can’t get two “intimate” venues that are more opposite. The wunderbar always attracts an eclectic crowd (perhaps its just the location), and At this gig, I don’t think the crowd knew quite what to expect from these two auckland based bands.

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