Latest Kiwi by Proxy – lo and behold its a Phoenix man
Yes I know its truly astonishing that I am doing a podcast featuring a member of The Phoenix Foundation! har har har….
Richie Singleton, the drummer from my favorite band, has a solo album out now! It is called The Walls of the Well and it is breathtakingly beautiful. It is a mighty fine piece of muscianship and songwriting.
Listen in as Richie discusses this new album of his.
Visit the Rebel Peasant page here.
Friend Richie on MySpace here .
Buy his album here at Amplifier, here at Smoke CDs or email Jeremy at Slow Boat Records and tell him ” I want to buy this groovy album please”.
And now it is time to take in the beauty and mystery of The Walls of the Well and the person behind it – Richie Singleton….
RebelPeasantcast
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Tracklisting
* All tracks from The Walls of the Well
Ushbhackt
For Control of the Mill
Inundare and the Moon
The Walls of the Well
New KbP podcast – Pitch Black and other NZ dub greats
Howdy all,
Well I am back!
Since May I have moved house and moved into a new office in Edmond Oklahoma. I still can’t believe I live in Oklahoma! Ya know though this is a really great place? The folks here are very laid back and really humble. Much like what I think New Zealand would be like. Anyway enough about me… let’s get to the music.
I recently caught up with Mike Hodgson, one-half of the New Zealand duo Pitch Black. Mike discussed his music, and their upcoming tour. They will be in the States in two weeks! I will list the tour dates below so if they are in your town do try to go out to see them to support what they are doing.
They are by the way fantastic. I am quite picky about my dub and electronica and the tunes featured in the podcast are, I feel, exceptionally good. Featured alongside some great Pitch Black tunes are songs from Sola Rosa and Rhombus (who by the way are touring Australia this weekend, tour dates for that will be featured below as well.
As you listen in to this podcast do check out the artists sites. I have posted links to them below.
Pitch Black Tour Dates
- Sat. 18th July – Wellington ~ Sandwiches
- Sat. 1st August - Dragon’s Sphere Park, WA ~ Oracle Gathering
- Thu. 6th August – Portland, WA ~ Roseland Theater
- Fri. 7th August – Seattle, WA ~ Neumos
- Sat. 8th August – Nelson, BC ~ Shamballa Festival
Rhombus Australian Tour Dates
- Fri 17th July ~ Beach Road Hotel, Sydney, New South Wales
- Sat 18th July ~ Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay New South Wales
- Sun 19th July ~ The Soundlounge, Gold Coast, Queensland
Artists’ Websites
Pitch Black Website
Rhombus Website
Sola Rosa Website
So let’s get crackin’ here eh? Onward to the music….
Pitchblackcast
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Track listing
Sola Rosa – Del Ray
Rhombus - So Close (Optimus Grime Re-mix)
Pitch Black – 1000 Mile Drift (Simon Flower Re-mix)
Pitch Black – Speech (The White Amplitude Mix by International Observer)
Pitch Black – Lost in Translation
Pitch Black – The 48 Skanks
By crackie Kiwi by Proxy has more bandwidth!
I feel like dancin', dancin', dancin, yeaaah
Well folks that’s right you heard it, Kiwi by Proxy is no longer “out of friggin’ bandwidth”!!
Yay!
You can now access it more regularly on iTunes as a result.
Dan the Man with the Twinset plan … Episode 19
Well folks this is the final podcast for NZ Music Month. We have heard so many great artists this month and that doesn’t even begin to really get into all that is going on down in Kiwiland. Too much music, too little time.
So the final NZ Music Month podcast is devoted to the smooth and cool sounds of Twinset. I have wanted to do a Twinset podcast ever since I started doing Kiwi by Proxy because next to The Phoenix Foundation, Twinset are my favorite Kiwi band/group. From the moment I first saw the video of “Just the Way You Are” on their MySpace page two years ago, I have been mesmerized by their sound. Their albums Flavour Country and Mystical Soul were part of my very first Slow Boat order. They have a few other albums that I hope to acquire soon and I hope they have more to come in the future (I didn’t even ask Dan about that though…ugh! It was late when we chatted and I think KbP regulars will be able to detect a difference in my approach this time around oh and my voice… its lower than usual! Yikes!)
At any rate I really enjoyed chatting with Dan Yeabsley and I am confident you will enjoying hearing his insight into the music making process of Twinset as well as the comings and goings in the Wellington Jazz Scene.
Featured alongside the interview with Dan are some of my personal favorite Twinset tunes (although if it were up to me I would just simply put the entire albums on as a playlist! But then no one would go buy them … (oh and yes go buy them here …)
Have a look at the Twinset home page as you listen in.
And now we shall get into the podcast.
Here we go daddio…. Twinset.
Dan The Man (Twinsetcast)
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Tracklisting
Mystical Soul ( From Mystical Soul)
Tocky Locky (From Mystical Soul)
Just the Way You Are (From Flavour Country)
Flavour Country (From Flavour Country)
Sweet Thing feat. Dallas Tamara (From Mystical Soul)
Sunny feat. Barnaby Weir (From Mystical Soul)
Ambien…. ahem not really? Hard to describe new podcast
Howdy all,
The fourth in the series of five podcasts for NZ Music Month has been completed.
This time around we are going with dreamy, guitar, ethereal, almost ambient(esque) music. I snuck in a twinkly keyboards tune as well. Also a Bats song and Dear Time’s Waste tune are nestled in.
Have a look at the artists’ MySpace pages as you listen in.
- Enright House
- Sora Shima
- Dear Time’s Waste
- Jakob
- Conrad Wedde
- The Bats
- An Emerald City
- Roy Montgomery (no MySpace page available)
Dream, dream, dream, all I have to do is dream, dream dream…
Ambiguitarcast
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Track Listing
Enright House – Scattering the Sun Like Gunshot
Sora Shima – Calor Humano
Dear Time’s Waste – Clandestine
Jakob – Faye
Conrad Wedde – Aboo
The Bats – Broken Path
An Emerald City – Qing Song
Roy Montgomery – Dawn Fades Over Ocean
Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra (or as I love to call them….)
…the Welly Ukes! 
That’s right folks, it was high time I did a podcast on this lovely bunch.
Last week I had the great fortune of meeting up with three members of the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra via Skype.
Megan Hosking, Dan Yeasbley and Sam Auger discussed how the group started, how they go about chosing the songs they perform, how to play the dreaded E Chord, their possible upcoming tour of the US and many other delightful little tidbits of ukulele goodness.
Also featured in this podcast are two mighty fine songs and a special surprise song snuck in at the end. Not gonna tell ya what it is, ya have to listen to the whole thing to find out. 
Be sure to friend them on MySpace here at thier page and don’t forget to check out their main website where you can purchase their EPs and tee shirts!!
So I will not keep you in suspense any longer…
I give you the wonderful Wellingtonians known as the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra…
Welly Ukescast
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Tracklisting
It’s A Heartache
Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love to Town)
**Special surprise performance
Mixed Disc Cast – Second of Five podcasts for NZ Music Month
Howdy all!
This is the second in a series of five podcasts I am doing for NZ Music month.
This time around I have decided to do a bit of a mixed disc (the first half has sort of a country feel while the second half has that indie-pop thing going on).
Lovely artists lovely tunes lovely way to celebrate NZ Music Month.
Have a look at the artists’ MySpace pages as you listen in.
- Rosy Tin Tea Caddy
- Mel Parsons
- Raggamuffin Children
- The Bats
- Robo Distaste
- The Puddle
- David Kilgour
- Luke Buda
And here we go…
Mixed Disc Cast
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Track listing
Rosy Tin Tea Caddy – Chestnut
Mel Parsons – Darlin’ Darlin’
The Bats - Castle Lights
Raggamuffin Children - A Fine Storm
Robo Distaste - Darth Vader Disco
The Puddle – Naked
David Kilgour (featuring the poetry of Sam Hunt) - Chord
Luke Buda - Blue Summer
Latest episode of Kiwi by Proxy: Wild Bill Cast
Howdy all,
Well it is New Zealand Music Month and I am stoked! I plan to do five podcasts this month to celebrate the excellence in Kiwi music. Seeing as how I usually do 1 podcast every 6 weeks or so, five in one month may prove daunting! We shall see how it goes…
Starting off the KbP marathon will be this podcast which features music from and an interview with Wild Bill Ricketts (Will Ricketts that is).
I caught up with Will last week and we discussed his new album John Dryden. You will find four tracks from this album featured in the podcast. These tracks represent a very broad spectrum of sound covered on this album. As most of you know, when you say broad and music together, you are talking my language. I spoke with Will about various influences of his and he stated that in fact he has very broad tastes which are made evident on this fine album.
It is a stunning display of skill in the art of songwriting and musicianship. It features the likes of Ricki Gooch, Rio Hemopo, Mara TK, Ben Fulton, Connan Mockasin, and Sam Lindsay among many other wonderful musicians.
Will Ricketts, as one of my friends and fellow Kiwi music lovers put it, “is not just the conga player from Phoenix Foundation, folks”.
I think you will agree.
Here we go with the WildBillCast…
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Tracklisting:
All tracks taken from John Dryden unless otherwise indicated
Mangi Mangi
I Was You
New J
Siamese Dream
Hitchcock (from Pegasus)
Latest Kiwi by Proxy – I Am Spartacus….R
Howdy all.
I recently had the great fortune of speaking with Ryan Prebble. Ryan is among other things a member of Spartacus R (and a member of one of the most musical families in all of New Zealand…The Prebbles.)
Spartacus R has a new album out (well it came out in January and I am now just getting around to talking about it.)
The album is When the Fever Takes Hold and it is superb. Eight tracks of pure sonic bliss with six (yes that’s right, count ‘em six) album covers. (Very cleverly done… you can insert each print into a clear cover and change it out according to your taste.)
This podcast will feature a few tunes off that album. Alongside the Spartacus tunes you will hear music from Ginger Brown, Little Bushman and Good Laika.
This is a groovy little number of Kiwi by Proxy as this music is reminiscent of late 60s early 70s pyschedelia/blues/rock. Solid stuff!
Also in between tunes you will hear Ryan discussing the music making process behind their new album and a little bit about his solo work.
So here we go… I Am Spartacuscast….
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Tracklisting
Ginger Brown – The Weekend
Spartacus R – When the Fever Takes Hold
Little Bushman – Nature of Man
Good Laika – Fires (Keep Burning)
Spartacus R – Synthia
Spartacus R – Last Trace of the Golden Glow
Spartacus R – White Zarconia (The Heist)
New Podcast – MonkeyPuddleFishyJunkyBeaks…cast
Whew…long title eh?
Well that is because this most recent podcast contains much much musical goodness.
My most excellent co-host and equally excellent friend Ian Henderson took time to chat with me about the new Puddle album “The Shakespeare Monkey” (on which he plays drums, keyboards, and melodica!).
This newest effort from The Puddle has been getting a lot of airplay on various indie-type radio stations across the planet (as well it should because it is truly a fantastic album!). It is being well-received by critics also but I am not one to listen to the critics as if I like something I like that. That is pretty much my approach to anything I listen to. I hear it, I like it, I subsequently own it. And once you hear the new Puddle tracks featured on this podcast, I suspect you will wish to own the entire album as well.
Peppered in between talks of the various tracks from The Shakespeare Monkey, you will find discussion about Fishrider Records and the artists featured on the label (Junk Shop Star and The Dark Beaks).
This podcast will not be available on iTunes for a few weeks (yes… still the issues with bandwidth…alas).
So you can download it here exclusively at the blog (down below)
Also take some time (that will be very well spent) to visit the various MySpace pages listed below.
The Puddle MySpace page
The Dark Beaks MySpace page
Junk Shop Star MySpace page
Fishrider Records MySpace page
And here we go …
Monkeypuddlejunkyfishbeakcast
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Tracklisting
The Puddle – The Shakespeare Monky (from The Shakespeare Monkey)
The Puddle – Friends (from The Shakespeare Monkey)
The Puddle – As it Was (from The Shakespeare Monkey)
The Puddle - Trauma Bear (from The Shakespeare Monkey)
The Puddle - Parasol (from The Shakespeare Monkey)
Junk Shop Star – Spacejunk (unreleased)
The Dark Beaks – Spill Your Hear (from Spill Your Heart)
New podcast – Funky Dubby Rasta cast…
Howdy do all.
I finally have a new podcast up. Sorry about not getting one up for Decemeber but as you will find if you listen in, I was pretty much flat out all last month! I still am actually but dag gummit, I needed to get a podcast together so I did!
And just a quick FYI, I have it available for download here and it should be ready on iTunes in a week or so once the bandwidth resets at my server (stupid bandwidth limits … ugh!!!)
OK so this time around we are goin’ funky, dubby (kinda..) and rastahy(kinda).
Thanks to Sarah Hunter I discovered a few new artists last month. Sarah works with a lot of the funk/dub/reggae bands in Wellington and she emailed me and asked if I had thought about doing a podcast focusing on that aspect of the Wellington music scene. Yes I had thought about it but just never had a chance to really look into all that was going on there funk/dub wise…
Well again thanks to Sarah I found a few artists that really blew me away. I think y’all will be equally impressed with the artists too!
Check out their MySpace pages if you get a chance. I have linked to them below.
The Black Seeds
Eru Dangerspiel (Riki Gooch of Trinity Roots)
Fat Freddy’s Drop
Rhombus
Pacific Heights (Devin Abrams aka Reno of Shapeshifter)
Rio Hunuki – Hemopo (also of Trinity Roots)
Video Kid (no MySpace page – well except for the Flight of the Conchords’ page as Video Kid is Bret McKenzie)
Mara TK
***Ironically, as dub is in the title of this podcast I really didn’t include any dub because true dub has no lyrics… and the song in this podcast that has no lyrics isn’t really dub! Just had to qualify as it bugs me when certain songs are classified as dub, when in fact they are not…
***
And here we go….
FunkyDubbyRastacast
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The Black Seeds - Cool Me Down
Eru Dangerspeil - Hikoi Teaki
Fat Freddy’s Drop - Pull the Catch
Rhombus (featuring MC Mana) - Losing it ADD
Pacific Heights - The Show is Over
Fat Freddie’s Drop - The Camel
Rio Hunuki – Hemopo - Wahinetoa
Video Kid - CCTV
Pacific Heights - Make it Easier
Mara TK - Gimme That Kinda
Eru Dangerspiel - Hold Up
The Black Seeds - Bad Apple
New Podcast – Folkcast
***To all who subscribe to this blog via feed or blog notification I apologize if you saw that there was a new post (which there was) but then it suddenly disappeared. I had to change this post to unpublished as I had to troubleshoot an issue with the audio file (I had recorded it in a higher bit rate and WordPress wasn’t detecting the file as a result). I have it all sorted now and this post is back in action. Sorry about the false start everyone.***
Amazingly enough in the flurry of all that has been going on in my life I still managed to discover some new (to me) Kiwi music.
I received Woolshed Sessions a few weeks ago thanks my trusty co-host and most excellent friend, Ian Henderson. As a result I have been in a folky state of mind so I went on a treasure hunt for some really good New Zealand folk music.
I already had a few folks on my MySpace friends list - Tim Beals (and his sister Holly) aka Ashes of August, Shaun K. Anderson and Jess Chambers to name a few. One of the great things about MySpace (yes there are great things about MySpace!) is that your friends have other friends, and they have friends, ad infinitum. So yes, I found other folk artists through the ones I already had on my list. (Again that great thing about MySpace.)
So I contacted a few folks on MySpace and asked if they would mind sending me a song or two for the podcast. They graciously provided me with songs and as a result they are featured on this podcast. I am very appreciative of their complying with my request (as you will be once you hear their lovely music).
As you listen in (either by streaming here or downloading from iTunes) have a look at their pages. I have linked to them below.
Oh also, an interesting side note, it just so happens that all of these artists are based in Wellington. It didn’t even occur to me until after I had put the playlist together. So yea, Welly seems to be the place to be for whatever you are hankerin’ for musically.
MySpace pages for all the artists featured in this podcast.
- Chloe Langley
- Ashes of August
- Shaun K. Anderson
- Matthew Holleman
- Age Pryor
- Jess Chambers and the Firefly Orchestra
- The Phoenix Foundation
- Woolshed Sessions
Without further ado I give you the KbP folkcast.
Folkcast
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Tracklisting
Chole Langley – Fly Straight
Shaun K. Anderson – The Stand Sure Oak
Jess Chambers and the Firefly Orchestra – Island
Matthew Holleman – Great Foundation
Age Pryor (featuring Tessa Rain) – King of You All
Ashes of August – Truth You Know
Shaun K. Anderson – The Overcomer
Chloe Langley – Work of Faith
Jess Chambers and the Firefly Orchestra – Soldiers
The Phoenix Foundation – Wildlife
Ashes of August – To Be With You
Woolshed Sessions – Acceptance
New Podcast: Interview with Age Pryor – Shanks’ Pony, Wellington Ukulele Orchestra and Woolshed Sessions
Well after being away for weeks and weeks, I came back with three new podcasts two short weeks ago. Just when I thought it would be a bit before I got to a new one I managed to catch up with Age Pryor and we had a great chat.
We discussed his solo work, collaborative efforts with Fly My Pretties, Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra, and his most recent work with Woolshed Sessions.
Age is such an incredible musician and well he is just an all around great guy. I am a bigger fan now more than ever.
You can find out more about Age Pryor by visiting his MySpace page. Also while hanging about on MySpace check out the Woolshed Sessions’ page (take a look at the pic folder too… wonderful shots of the beautiful New Zealand countryside and equally beautiful New Zealand musicians.)
Also featured in this podcast are songs from Age’s solo albums Shanks’ Pony and City Chorus, and his newest song from the collaborative work Woolshed Sessions – Waterfall (a truly breathtaking piece of music with haunting lyrics. I can’t describe the feeling I get from hearing it. Amazing.)
Purchase Shanks’ Pony here, City Chorus here and Woolshed Sessions here. Also check out the Wellington Ukulele Orchestra’s web site here.
Age Pryor Podcast
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Tracklisting
Shanks’ Pony - Album: Shanks’ Pony
Shouldn’t I Know - Album: Shanks’ Pony
Best for You - Album: City Chorus
Waterfall – Album: Woolshed Sessions
New KBP Podcasts – Interviews with David Kilgour and Robert Scott of The Clean
Hello everybody!
I am now back. Back after moving from Georgia to Oklahoma. Back after getting the flu 10 days after being here. Back after my daughter getting strep throat after having the flu. Back after heaps of other things that have been going on.
Most importantly I am back with a new podcast! Actually … THREE new podcasts!
The first one is devoted to the music of The Clean.
The Clean are one of the most prolific New Zeland bands ever…ever, ever. As in ever.
I caught up with Ian Henderson and we talked about about the history of the band and what they have been up too lately.
They recently released a live album called Mashed and they have a new studio album nearing the completion stage. (Woohoo! I am too stoked about that).
Ian spoke with David Kilgour and Robert Scott seperately about their work with the Clean and their various side projects and solo work. AND both David and Robert recorded a song each especially for Kiwi by Proxy.
While you are listening in to the podcast have a look at a few sites.
Arch Hill Recordings – Go here to purchase the live album Mashed that is featured in the Cleancast.
David Kilgour’s MySpace page – Keep up with projects David is working on.
Robert Scott MySpace page – Keep up with the projects Robert is working on and get in touch with Robert on how to purchase rare material from The Clean, The Bats, and his solo work.
The Bats MySpace page – Keep up with all the comings and goings of the Christchurch/Duedin band The Bats.
So here ya go folks… three new podcasts with some very sweet music, excellent interviews, and live KBP exclusive recordings from David and Robert. (Oh and ignore the bits about … “next week and then the next”…. I went ahead and uploaded everything all at once for your listening pleasure.)
Cleancast
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Tracklisting
Stars – Album: The Getaway
The Blue – Album: Anthology
Anything Can Happen – Album: Anthology
Fish – Album: Mashed
Tee Pee and Tom Toms – Album: Mashed
Tallyho - Album: Anthology
DKcast
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Tracklisting
Today is Gonna be Mine – Album: Feather in the Engine
All the Rest - Album: Feather in the Engine
Blue Sky - Album: Frozen Orange
Gold in Sound - Album: Frozen Orange
BBC World - Album: The Far Now
*** With an interview with David and an exclusive KBP performance of ”Under Cloud” from The Far Now
BobnBatscast
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Tracklisting
Around You Like Snow- Album: Couchmaster (The Bat’s)
Lost Weekend – Album: Couchmaster (The Bat’s)
North by North – Daddy’s Highway (The Bat’s)
Up to the Sky – At the National Grid (The Bat’s)
Back Beach – Tudor Gates (solo)
A Trip Down South – Songs of Otago’s Past (solo)
***With an interview with Robert and an exclusive KBP performance of “Silent Treatment”
Latest KbP – Um futuristic, quirky cast? Ok sure ….
…why not?
I threw together a little podcast today filled with some lovely, quirky, yet elegant tunes from some pretty darn good Kiwi artists (they are always pretty darn good though, eh?)
Don’t forget you can download it via ITunes now. Woot Woot… I am still stoked about that.
Hope you enjoy these lovely tunes! I sure do!
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Tracklisting
Flight of the Conchords - Bowie
Bachorlerette - Intergalactic Solitude
Lawrence Arabia - Half the Right Size
Cloudboy - Red Rubicon
Dimmer - All the Way to Her
Bachorlerette - My Electric Husband
Skallander – Follow Me
Tokey Tones – The Beach
The Phoenix Foundation – Sea World
Flight of the Conchords – Robots
Go here to shop for all the groovy music heard in this podcast.
Subscribe to Kiwi by Proxy podcasts via iTunes!
Simple equation
Kiwi by Proxy is now officially a podcast.
You can go here and it will bring up the Kiwi by Proxy iTunes page in iTunes. From there you can subscribe! I am just a wee bit excited.
Give it a few days for the graphic to show up. I don’t know what the craic is with that. I have coded the XML file everyway possible and the image simply isn’t showing up. At this point I think it is just a matter of waiting it out until iTunes approves it.
OK there ya have it folks!
You can now subscribe to these podcasts directly through iTunes!
Yeee dawgies!
Samuel Flynn Scott – Bunnies on Ponies and The Phoenix Foundation
I spoke with one Samuel Flynn Scott a few nights ago and discussed his work with Phoenix Foundation and Bunnies on Ponies. We had such a great chat (and a lengthy one) that I have three (yes three!) podcasts worth of material.
Well I can’t pace myself and leave a little to the imagination. Oh no. I am just going to let it all hang out and give you all of the podcasts at once.
The first podcast is a Bunnycast … with Samuel discussing Straight Answer Machine his most recent effort with Bunnies on Ponies. Also featured are some of my personal favorites from the album.
The next two are part of a double session of a Phoenixcast. The first part features the interview with Samuel and the songs discussed during the interview. The second part is just my being self-indulgent playing many of my favorite songs by The Phoenix Foundation.
I hope you enjoy them! I know I certainly enjoyed everything that went into these podcasts. Especially the part about speaking with one of my all-time favorite musicians.
1. Bunnies and ponies and Samuel, oh my!
- Pimpin’ it Kiwi style
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Tracklisting (all songs from Straight Answer Machine by Bunnies on Ponies)
Sodium Ions
Black Mark
Llewellyn
Ravers on Probation
Excellent posture brings forth excellent music.
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Tracklisting
Bright Grey – from Happy Ending
The Drinker – from Horsepower
This Charming Van – from Horsepower
Slightest Shift in the Weather – from Pegasus
3. Shameless self-indulgence of imposing my own tastes on everyone! But well, I LOVE this band!
Squid Song Trilogy
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Tracklisting
Sister Risk – from Horsepower
Going Fishing – from Horsepower
All in an Afternoon – from Pegasus
Cars of Eden – from Pegasus
Nest Egg – from Pegasus
Irrelevant Noise – from Happy Ending
A Day in the Sun – from Happy Ending
40 Years – from Happy Ending
Latest Episode KbP – Mello Wello Cast
This episode features some very mellow music from the world’s southernmost national capital…Wellington NZ. Rebel Peasant offers up two songs from their upcoming EP “Last Dance is Saved for the Sea”. Not out until October 2008 it is something I am looking forward to with great anticipation. Visit their MySpace page for more songs from the EP.
Spartacus R offers up Sunset to Sunrise. This song was featured as the summer theme song for Radio New Zealand a few years back. Stunning work from all six members on this song. Having said that I am especially keen on Ben James’ clarinet playing. As a former clarinet player myself I have a bit of a soft spot for that instrument and those who play it. The vocals are mighty fine as well. I can’t sing though so I have a soft spot for singers but evny them at the same time. 
Also you will hear some funk/R&B/jazz from the organ trio Twinset (Booker T & The MGs are alive and well). Flight of the Conchords fans will recognize the voice of Video Kid in his song Dawnskate - 88 as it is Bret McKenzie (the “weedy shy guy” of FotC). Module and Rhombus also lend themselves to the mellow theme of this podcast with two very laid back tracks.
Be warned, any activity that requires any sort of physical exurtion is not recommended while listening to this podcast. This is meant for kicking back on the porch on a summer night, driving ’round town with the windows down and the breeze blowing in, or vegging out on the couch after a very long day.
Hope you enjoy it.
Carrie
MelloWellocast
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Track Listing
Rebeal Peasant - Eraque
Spartacus R - Sunset to Sunrise
Twinset - Flavour Country
Video Kid - Dawnskate – 88
Rhombus - Sweetness
Twinset - Sweet Thing (Featuring Dallas)
Module - Twilight Stolen (Featuring Jessica Chambers)
Rebel Peasant - Little Swan
For a list of retailers where you can purchase the music heard in this podcast go here.
Indie-Popcast
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Track Listing
The Puddle - No Sequels
The Bats - Afternoon in Bed
David Kilgour - Head Full of Rolling Stones
The Reduction Agents – Waiting for Your Love
Alec Bathgate - Ebb & Flow
The Nudie Suits - Who’ll Stop Pop
The Dead Pan Rangers - Drawfism
The Sproutts - If I Were A Mothman
Samuel Flynn Scott and
The Bunnies on Ponies - Moist People
SXSW-XSECast
SXSW_XSEcast
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*Features and interview with that artist
*Liam Finn – Second Chance and Gather to the Chapel
*The Ruby Suns – This Adventure Tour and Tane Mahuta
*Die! Die! Die! – Sideways Here We Come and A.T.T.I.T.U.D.
For a list of retailers where you can purchase the music heard in this podcast go here.
Promo
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Track Listing
The Phoenix Foundation – Let Me Die A Woman
Samuel Flynn Scott - War Over Water
Age Pryor - Summer
Ryan Prebble - Fruits
The Dark Beaks - Roll Along
The Puddle - I’ve Lost My Way In This World
The Bats - Flowers and Trees
The Nudie Suits - Sweetacres
Shaft - Can You Feel It (Parts I & II)
C.L. BOB - Voices
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