Hollywoodfun Downstairs: Tetris
True story: I was actually listening to a radio interviewee explain how playing the video game Tetris can rewire your brain, when Tetris, the latest album from New Zealand three-piece Hollywoodfun...
View ArticleKnee Splitter, Abschäumer, Poverty & Spit, Wizz Kids, The Cavemen, Markdown...
It’s been busy round ’ere at Six Noises of late, and I’ve got a few more New Zealand punk bands to talk about before I take a nice long tea break. Below are six releases from various groups that were...
View ArticleThe All Seeing Hand: Sand to Glass
Cover Artwork by Daily Secretion Most of the music we listen to is comprised of variations on familiar themes. It’s much rarer to encounter music that’s so utterly different that it’s genuinely...
View ArticleDistro-y Records: A Half-Dozen Ragers
Like many rapidly aging curmudgeons, I’m a complete hypocrite about the Internet. I mean, on the one hand, I’ll tell all and sundry about how much I detest the Internet because… well, social fucking...
View ArticleSpiteful Urinator: Absurdities And Death Rites
I don’t think it’s going to shatter anyone’s illusions to point out that the music business is a hackneyed ol’ magic show full of tired misdirection and even more tired tricks. Of course, the majority...
View ArticleLong Distance Runner: No Value
No Value is the debut recording from Auckland five-piece Long Distance Runner, and the 7” and digital release sound nothing like I’d expected — which is no bad thing. My expectations were based on the...
View ArticleOutré Monde #2: Kromosom & Narrow Lands
Many moons ago, US music writer and musician Erik Highter asked me (Craig Hayes, barely literate hermit) if I’d like to co-write a column about the albums we’d both discovered via Bandcamp and enjoyed....
View ArticleBlame Thrower: 63.5
63.5 is the latest breakneck release from Auckland, New Zealand garage punk two-piece Blame Thrower. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Rohan Evans at The Wine Cellar, 63.5’s four turbocharged tracks...
View ArticleStress Ghetto, Razored Raw, And The Harshest Tunes Around…
At the end of this lengthy intro you’ll find an enthusiastic review of the first release from Wellington, New Zealand punks Stress Ghetto. The band’s debut is definitely on the raw side of the...
View ArticleAyn Randy: S/T
The self-titled debut from New Zealand four-piece Ayn Randy delivers plenty of urgent punk on rip-roaring songs like “Billionare”, “Bart”, and “Fuckin Sheep”. But that’s not all the Wellington band’s...
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