In case you missed it
26.05.09
Ushering in the third and final week of NZ Music Month are these three big albums:
Fat Freddy's Drop - Dr Boondigga And The Big BW
"Anticipated" would be an understatement. It's been 4 years since Based on a True Story tore up the NZ album chart eventually going 8 times platinum. Now after 2 years in the making Fat Freddy's Drop are back with the Dr Boondigga And The Big BW.
9 big Freddy's tracks including Big BW, Breakthrough, The Camel, Dr Boondigger, The Raft, Wild Wind, Pull the Catch and The Nod. And artwork by Mr Otis Frizzell.
Anitform - City In Exile
City In Exile is Antiform's hotly anticipated debut album, featuring collaborations with some of NZ's finest, including Tiki Taane, MC Twincam, Angelo Munro (Bleeders), Julia Deans and Agent Alvin.
It is also, however, an album that may surprise some with its eclecticism as it is not centered on a single genre, and features the talents of a number of top Kiwi and international vocalists from all types of musical backgrounds!
City In Exile is released May 25th and to celebrate the release Antiform invite you to their Album Release Party to be held at Fu & Zen on June 12th.
Bachelorette - My Electric Family
In early 2008, Annabel Alpers, aka Bachelorette, funded her first, and ultimately groundbreaking, US tour. Along the way, she sold some records to an eager Ryan Adams at a small club in New York City and made fans out of execs from Chicago's Drag City Records.
Back in NZ, Annabel secluded herself in Otaki Beach, where much of the tracking for My Electric Family took place. Intent and focused on realising her musical vision, Annabel enlisted MAINZ' Roy Martin (The Nothing, Trans Am) and trekked up to Whenuapai to record the Royal NZ Air Force Brass Band for backing instrumentals on one track. Finally, after over a year of hard work, Annabel was approached enthusiastically by Chicago's legendary Drag City Records to put out her new album, My Electric Family.
My Electric Family features a broader instrumentation than Bachelorette's previous releases. The electronic pulses, synthesizers and gorgeous vocal harmonies that characterise Bachelorette's sound remain, but are enhanced by extensive live drumming as well as brass, guitar, bass and pedal steel (played by Dino Karlis, Tom Watson, Craig Terris, Andrew Bain and Lee Prebble). This album flows seamlessly from psychedelic pop to dance grooves to the sci-folk lullaby you thought you could only dream of.
Good times!
