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Music 101 Pocket Edition 71: Tickled/ Paquin/ Astro Children
Music to be 'Tickled' by, Paquin complete the set, and feminism, literature and One Direction with Astro Children.
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i spoke with emma smith on radio new zealand last week about astro children, one direction, and being repulsive. i’m really happy with this interview. a lot of the time i struggle to take myself seriously as a songwriter and emma made me feel like my work is worth talking about.

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astro children playing songs from Plain and Fancy Killings @ the attic in Dunedin. 

video credit to Adam Thompson.

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I promise we smile in real life

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A little thing Isaac and I did. I was very grumpy and made some really strange comments about my songwriting practices, which thankfully got cut. 

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when i was five, and romance didn’t exist for boys, it did exist for me. “she’s going to break hearts one day,” people said, speaking about me over my head. i smiled, because that is something little girls are supposed to be pleased to hear. when i was six i was supposed to kiss my best friend because he was a boy, and when i wouldn’t, he pushed me down hard enough that my palms bled. he said if i told a teacher, he’d tell everyone i kissed him and i was bad at it. i washed off in the school’s bathroom sink and cried about it all through recess. at eight, i stopped wearing dresses because i couldn’t turn cartwheels in them. “a tomboy,” somebody said about me, over my head, as if i couldn’t hear them. i said, “i don’t want to be a boy,” and they laughed. “we know, sweetness.” i said, “i’m not sweet, i’m serious,” and they laughed again. “you’re cute,” they said. i smiled at that, because that’s something little girls are supposed to be pleased to hear. at nine, i had too many friends that were boys. “i don’t like it,” my father said, standing in the kitchen. i didn’t understand it. “your body is going to start changing soon, and i don’t want those boys looking at you. i don’t like it,” he’d repeat. we moved away that summer. i lost everybody. when i was eleven, my teacher took me out of the classroom and asked me to put on another layer because even though it was hot in there, all of the boys were staring at the little forming bumps on my chest. i remember embarrassment spiking down my spine like lightning. i begged my mother to take me bra shopping. it was terrible there, in those bright stores with bright lights and beautiful women with tight thighs. it was terrible and embarrassing to touch or look at or even think about these things. at thirteen, my best guy friend wrestled me to the ground and covered me in kisses no matter how much i asked him to stop it. “it’s supposed to be like this,” he kept repeating, “just stop struggling.” he told me i was pretty and lovely and that boys and girls can’t be friends. he told me to stop being so mad at him, that little girls are supposed to be pleased about these things. the same winter, i was catcalled for the first time in my whole life. i jumped when the car pulled up by my side. they said “baby” over my head as if i wasn’t who they were discussing. i didn’t smile about it. i had to sit down to stop myself from vomiting.  when i was fifteen, half of my friends were boys. my best friend was in love with me. he told me i was breaking his heart. he said that if i didn’t love him back, he’d have nothing to live for anymore. the story with the rest of them is all the same. either they left me or they thought they fell in love with the idea of somebody i wasn’t. that summer when i was sad - and i was sad categorically, always - i tried reaching out. when i turned to the boys, all i heard was, “don’t cut, you’re beautiful,” “don’t kill yourself, you’re so pretty,” “think of the scars, sweetie,” “when you cut yourself, i’m the one who starts bleeding.” i didn’t smile, although i think girls are supposed to be pleased to hear these things. i didn’t know how to say: i don’t feel beautiful, and even if i did, what i’m doing to myself has nothing to do with you, or what i look like, or how fuckable i am to you. instead i told them i was fine, and fixed, and nothing bad was happening. when he broke my heart, it was because i told him no. when he left, i cried because it hurt to watch my best friend go. when he left, he said that he’d never liked me for my soul: only for my curves, the only real way to measure worth in a girl. at sixteen, i had only girl friends. they were gentle, and different, and walked me through things. they held my hand when classes got too loud for me, and it meant friendship. they kissed me on the cheeks when i was crying, and it meant friendship. they slept next to me and it was friendship in the way i wasn’t used to. i was used to “stop being a tease,” to “why are you doing this to me.” it was just friendship, and it was excellent. i was called a dyke, a lesbian, a man-hater. i thought of the men who had hurt me, who had spoken over my head, who had given me their full opinion even though i never asked for it. i was hated by basically everyone. i was sad and lonely so often that i often thought i’d never feel happy again. at nineteen, in college, i had friends who were boys again, because college boys are supposed to be old enough to see you as a person. they all called me Steve, short for Steven. at first i thought it was some kind of inside joke, that it was cute, that it meant they loved me the way i loved them all. one day while we were both drunk, i asked one of them why they wouldn’t just say my name. he laughed. he said, “god, you’re going to hate me when i explain.” he said that they’d all formed an agreement behind my back that none of them would fuck me, that if i was going to be one of the bros, i couldn’t be a girl to them. i could only be seen as a boy if i wanted to be their friend. he said this all while staring at a point over my head, and tried to kiss me at the end. when i pushed him away, he said, “sorry, steve,” took a breath, “but if i start seeing you as a girl, i’m gonna try to kiss you again.” i said, “i don’t want to be a boy, though,” and he laughed again. he said, “i know, sweetie.” at twenty-two, i am sick of boys who are “nice,” who are “not like other boys,” who are offended when i don’t immediately trust their intentions. i have been hurt over and over and over again. i only talk to about three of my boy friends and the rest i lost because i dared not to fuck them.  at the same time, i kept most of my girl friends. i have had crushes on most of them. it never impacted our relationships. even girls who are gay like i am know that being friends doesn’t mean i owe them. they hold my eyes when i talk to them.  i’m sorry, i’m sorry, i’m sorry. i love so many people, and many boys are wonderful and charming and excellent. i’m sorry i flinch away from a friendship. i’m sorry i will be cold and unaffectionate and scared of getting too close it’s just that, since i was five, i was told i break hearts.

girls don’t owe you shit, dude: a polite reply to a post which inadvertently blames girls for distrusting the affections of a guy friend // r.i.d (via inkskinned)

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You’re Not Invited: New Zealand’s Underground, 2010-2015 (In Three Volumes)

Vol. 1

  1. Ben Dodd & His Organ - Pinker Sea (Trick Mammoth)    2. T54 - Hot Sick Fuck   3. Mr. Biscuits - My Plums Are Ripe   4. ‘83 Girls - President Bud   5. Christian Rock - Meet at Ricarton Mall To Fuck    6. BnP - Meating People   7. Las Tetas - You’re Not Invited   8. Team Ugly - Working For Mr. Right     9. Paradise Beach - Magdalene Brothers  10. Log Horn Breed - March of the Coward   11. Sewage - Gabriel’s Blister   12. Salad Boys - Bow To Your New Sensation  13. The Communist Rainbow Relationship - Two Horse Pony (Losers)  14. music sucks - Critter  15. The Biscuits - Secret Crisis   16. Kraus - Seven Night’s in a Rogue’s Bed   17. Commune 84 - Bolan  18. Threat.Meet.Protocol - On Even Ground  19. Enclosures - Please Like Me  20. Greymouth - Fake Beard  21. It Hurts - Division   22. The Dance Asthmatics - Liquid Lunch   23. Pouffe - Emperor of Men      24. The Coolies - Mothers In Mantis   25. The Trendees - POWER WAVES  26. The Blue Bloods - VERSACE   27. Seth Africa - Charging    28. Girls Pissing On Girls Pissing - Rainbow Islands

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Vol. 2

  1. Mad Scene - Cupid 2    2. Axemen - Nutsack    3. Marineville - Face    4. Joe Sampson - Sonic Imitation    5. TFF - Ave Sultana/Take It Out Tonight   6. Knife Fight - Hobbies   7. Caroles - Lemon     8. Bandicot - Eating Is Mainstream   9. The DHDFD’s - Like Zara Once Said   10. Astro Children - Shoe  11. Olympus - Olympus   12. Opposite Sex - Got to Eat   13. CHEATS - It’s The Rundown  14. Ralph - Reek     15. Cosmic Palms - Neighbourhood Clowns     16. Full Moon Fiasco - Full Moon Fiasco   17. Terror Of The Deep - Uranus    18. Psychic Maps - Everyday I Eat The Bread Of Love   19. They Spunks - Another Song About Beer  20. The Moonrakers - 2 Bit Tiramisu   21. The Futurians - Velo5   22. Milkshake Cowboyz - I’m Going To Dedicate My Life To Studying And Working Hard  23. The OPC - Solmisate   24. T54 - Psyyych    25. BnP - The Spirit Of Russell Crowe     26. Invisible Threads - Clutching At Draws   27. If - You Hate  28. Ducklingmonster - Low Live   29. Wurld Series - Journey Through The Valley of O 

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Vol. 3

  1. Anthony Sheehan-Drent - David Puddy   2. Center Negative - Hatred Is Sacred    3. Las Tetas - Estrangers     4. The Bilders - The Utopians R Just Out Boozin’   5. Shacklock Meth Party - Meth Party   6. Perfect Hair Forever - Catch a Snake    7. Ipswich - Mackie    8. Jim Nothing - Doubt    9. Transistors - Confidence Man  10. FATANGRYMAN - Fucked Up Babies  11. Meese - Boxed Shed  12. Kitsunegari - Why I Wear Flannel  13. X-Ray Charles - Field Recordings Of Animal Noises  14. Salad Boys - I’m a Mountain   15. Piece War - Dead Bodies  16. BnP - In The Key Of Love   17. Sweater - Highway 2    18. Thrill Collins - Minister Smith  19. Mr. Sterile Assembly - Jesus Heals the Blind  20. Civil Union - Cradle  21. The Dance Asthmatics - Tangerine    22. Girls Pissing On Girls Pissing - Waiting for Buller  23. The Maltese Falcons - The Maltese Falcon   24. Flogging a Dead One Horse Town - Man Wearing Cape   25. Pumice - Smell The Towel   26. Gfrenzy - Look at that MTV  27. Opposite Sex - La Rat 

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Flying Nun is in partnership with Mike Sniper Corp™. Xpressway has been out of commission for 20+ years. Most labels are only interested in reissuing NZ obscurities from the 80s, or releasing Chills “Live” 15xLP box sets. So where does this all leave the current state of New Zealand music? Well, over the last five years—thanks to labels like Melted Ice Cream, Muzai, Stabbiesetc, Fishrider, and a plethora of self-releases— their scene has reestablished itself, and done so without playing into the easy nostalgia of past glory. So here’s a three volume set that should give you a clear idea of how lively the country is right now. Aside from your occasional Axemen/Mad Scene (Brian Turner is a member! False NZ!)/Futurians/Pumice/Bill Direen track, these comps feature mostly artists who’ve come about in the last half decade.

(H/t guy who wrote that NZ scene report for Termbo a while back, Melted Ice Cream and their artist’s Bandcamp recommendations, and Ducklingmonster’s spot-on tumblr recs)

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this is a song off Astro Children’s next EP, Plain and Fancy Killings. All of it is as anxious as I am but I think I’m happy with it. 

Recorded at Chick’s Hotel Dec. 14 by Nick Graham. Released with Muzai Records (UK/NZ). 

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these two!!!

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Mixed and mastered by Matthew Gunn. Hey guys i write music sometimes i don’t know if you are following me cause you like my posts or something, but i feel like you need to know this as it’s pretty much my main thing that i do.
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The Attic Mix for International Tapes

Pt. 1

Pt. 2

From the Curator:

This compilation is an attempt to present an insight into the goings-on of a group of artists occupying a poorly insulated attic space hidden above a disco club and Mexican restaurant in the main street of Dunedin, New Zealand. Since 2011, The Attic has transitioned from a loose artist collective/ shared studio, to a legally dubious music venue, to finally a recording space and a boutique label. As you will find out, the artists are not bound by a similar ‘style’ or ‘sound’ but rather a shared desire to create an inclusive and productive environment, collaborate and generally make the most out of a city which seems to always feel a little under-utilised.

Many of the tracks you will hear were recorded in The Attic. Sometimes in front of a crowd. Sometimes in the corner at 3am. One person is singing on one track and producing the next. One track features the sound of a cardboard box in the stairwell. Some albums have been produced in one room, assembled and distributed in the next. What can be done, has been done within the same four walls.

The compilation features tracks from our back catalog and our digital singles club series from last year where we invited our friends to the Attic to record a A-side single and assigned them a B-side cover to perform. To ensure everyone that listens hears something new, we have also included a few tracks from upcoming releases by Wellington city based Mantle and a new compilation we are currently constructing. We stumbled across this space, just as you have probably stumbled across this mix. So we hope you stick around and discover something you enjoy.

Tracklist:

Part 01 (43:11)

  1. Space Bats, Attack! - Mega death ray (Attic demo)
  2. Astro Children - Gaze (Acoustic Attic rendition)
  3. Strange Harvest - Astronaut 04. Winona Fornever - VCR head
  4. Lucy Hunter - Bottled brain (Live in The Attic)
  5. Anthonie Tonnon feat. Shenandoah Davis - The operation (Charlotte Gainsbourg cover)
  6. Steven Marr - All I have*
  7. Mantle - The world is on fire*
  8. Fat Children - Please stop taking my drink
  9. Not From Space - Lenses
  10. Dinosaur Sanctuary - Take her to the pictures
  11. Ha The Unclear (formally ‘Brown’) - Dogs at the dinner table (Live in The Attic)
  12. The Canals - Cannons (Youth Lagoon cover)
  13. Astro Children - Eden [released on Muzai Records]
  14. Ostrander Aardvark - Panther Panther (Live in The Attic)

Part 02 (37:53)

  1. Mavis Gary - Death and the long drive home
  2. Dinobot - Apogee*
  3. Mantle - For You*
  4. The Shocking and Stunning - A terrible thirst (Live in The Attic)
  5. The Entire Alphabet - Structures
  6. Jack Hooker - -◌raves┫┣fields◌-*
  7. Thundercub - Beta [part 01] (Live in The Attic)
  8. Ostrander Aardvark - Born Free (M.I.A cover)
  9. Space Bats, Attack! - Nick Cave’s Mustache
  10. The Entire Alphabet - Structures (Reprise)
  11. Thundercub - Beta [part 02] (Live at the Robbie Burns pub)
  12. Fat Children - Got the time (drowning demo version) 

All reel to reel tape interludes and samples by Lee Nicolson.

  • = upcoming release
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Video for our single Delphine (With A Purpose). Thanks to the lovely Emily Hlavac Green.

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This is a self indulgent post, but I am missing playing music very, very badly tonight and these are the photos of myself that I like the best.Taken during Astro Children’s set the night we played with the Verlaines at the Kings Arms in Auckland. I threw myself on the ground so hard that my knees were bruised for weeks, and my guitar took a chunk out of my hip. It was the best night. Photo credit to Ben Howe.

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amazing sounds

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Around the time that I fell in love with their single “Delphine (With A Purpose)” last year, Dunedin, NZ’s Trick Mammoth we’re still slated to deliver their debut LP Floristry within the walls of 2013. Not quite the case, and so now this gorgeous, dreamy beast of a pop record will be one of the first and finest out of the gate in 2014.

The record opens with "Baltimore"—my absolute favorite of their early demos. It’s probably their most immediately catchy and jangling moment, all speeding drums and basslines, with sun-kissed leads and Millie Lovelock’s breezy vocals, and a damn fine way to open a record. It’s “Cold Dalmation”, however, that’s got me hooked right now. It took me a few tries to get to the last two tracks of the record, as I’m pretty sure I went back and played it at least 5-6 times in a row before moving on! It’s the trio at their snooziest and dreamiest. The track builds and builds into a fantastic bridge with crashing drums and fuzz to the ceiling—all of this topped with the loveliest overlapping vocal harmonies. It’s a dream. Almost like something The Arrogants might have dreamed up, but didn’t.

Floristry is out January 31st on Fishrider Records! Get it get it get it!!!

Also also! You can find more of Millie in the noiser/gazier Astro Children, Sam in the brilliant band Males, and Adrian can be found solo as Mavis Gary! All come quite highly recommended. Males, you may remember, appeared on the November Mix of last year!

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