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2020 just got Better... by Bitter defeat

24/12/2020

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Locals Bitter Defeat released their third single, ‘Better’, on Tuesday, along with the band’s second video. We take a look at the new video and song by the local indie-popsters... Read about it -> HERE <-
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THE 3rd ALMOST-ANNUAL HUP XMAS PARTY THIS FRIDAY DEC 18th!

16/12/2020

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Also featuring people playing songs by Pavement, a bit like this...
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The Top Diving Board: A Q&A with Princess Chelsea

3/12/2020

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​Princess Chelsea – on her first tour of Aotearoa in two years - plays Nivara Lounge this Saturday, with Stef Animal and Bitter Defeat! HUP caught up with Chelsea and talked with her about her song ‘The Cigarette Duet’ amassing over 54 million views on YouTube, the influence on her life of the Yamaha Keytar, an early memory of a Hamilton right-of-passage, and more! 

​Read the full Q&A -> HERE <-
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Shredding the Octatrack: A Q&A with Kraus

18/11/2020

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Prolific psychedelic music producer Kraus (a.k.a. Pat Kraus) is playing at Never Project Space this Friday, 20 November, and has a new track on local compilation 'In Thrust We Trust'! We spoke with Pat about the equipment he uses to produce his 'golden age' electronic sounds, what songs from his last 18 albums we might expect to hear on Friday, his inclusion on ‘In Thrust We Trust’, and more! Red the interview  -> HERE <-
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Die! Die! Die! are bringing new material on the road, and Hamilton gets to hear it first

27/10/2020

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Die! Die! Die! are (L to R) Andrew Wilson, Lachie Anderson, and Mikie Prain
Max Johns talks with Die! Die! Die! frontman Andrew Wilson about their new double-A side (I Seek Misery/450), their umpteenth national tour (starting in Hamilton on Friday night), the Dunedin scene that Wilson and drummer Mikie Prain emerged from, the bassists they have collected over the last 18 years, feral crowds in Raglan, and marathon running. But not in that order. Read the full interview -> HERE <-
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Long Lash: New Song and Video for Bitter Defeat

26/10/2020

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Local indie-rock/jangle-pop band Bitter Defeat released their second single, ‘Long Lash’, complete with video late last week. The band's frontperson Rob Shirlow gives us some background on the song, and tells us about the video, filmed in various locations around the city, including Mesoverse and Never Project Space. See the article -> HERE <-
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NEW FROM HAMILTON'S DATEMONTHYEAR - 'WIND/THE WOMAN IN THE ROSES' FROM 'THE EXODUS SUITE'

6/10/2020

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Earlier this week Hamilton'S DateMonthYear released stage one of a new body of work, called ‘The Exodus Suite’, a collection of five Soundscapes/ Ambient pieces, each with a video interpretation.

The first release is called 'Wind' or 'The Woman of the Roses' and was written and produced by DateMonthYear founder and mainstay Trevor Faville, mixed in America by Martin Porter, and mastered back in Hamilton by Andi Verse. The first video was directed by Matty Thomas Taylor.


​Faville explains, “The Exodus Suite evolved from leftover audio from the song Exodus from our last full album. Out of that audio I put together five pieces of Soundscape/Ambient/ Electronic music.” To make things more interesting, four of the five pieces have been given to local film makers with a brief to create a visual interpretation for each, Faville gave each director almost complete creative freedom- “The idea is to introduce an element of surprise and uncertainty - when the videos go live, the audience will be seeing them for the first time as well as me.” 

​The next instalments of 'The Exodus Suite' will be going live on the first of each subsequent month. All five tracks will be available from February 2021 as a download from the DateMonthYear Bandcamp page - but will be available for streaming at the same time they are released on video. ​​
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I can’t believe it’s gotten this far

11/9/2020

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Max spoke with Bitter Defeat about their new release - 'Light that Shines' - upcoming releases, charting on Radio One's Top 11, and more! Read the interview -> HERE <- 

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Review: 'Ultraviolet' EP by EMpasse

7/9/2020

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I grew up beyond the west-side of Huntly, a bike ride from Rotowaro. So the cover and themes of the debut ‘Ultraviolet’ EP from Empasse - a project of Nick Johnston, late of Sora Shima, The Changing Same and Dynamo Go - piqued my interest. Read our review of the project at the link -> HERE <- !
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Repeat, Repeat: A Q&A with Repairs

21/7/2020

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The debut album by Auckland band Repairs, ‘Repeat, Repeat’, features a whopping 14 songs, and is due out on 18 September. In the meantime, the release of their third single from the album, ‘Pop Song’, is also imminent. We spoke to Repairs bass player Nicola Edwards about the upcoming releases, impostor syndrome, the time taken to get the album to completion, and hidden messages in the album cover! Read the interview -> HERE <-
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