#alan haig

[bandcampsnoop]

4/23/24.

Leather Jacket Records (Christchurch, New Zealand) has been on a tear for the past couple of years. It seems lately they are trending to releasing new music rather than reissues. While "Children of the Rule b/w Waikouaiti" isn't a reissue, the music represents new music from someone who's been playing music for nearly 40 years. I was first introduced to Jay Clarkson's music on the amazing Tuatara compilation - Expendables' "Man With No Desire".

Now comes this single from Jay Clarkson & The Container (Waikouaiti, New Zealand). The Containers are a veritable who's who of New Zealand musicians - I mean Alan Haig (The Chills, Snapper, etc.) and Mike Dooley (Toy Love, The Enemy) are HEAVYWEIGHTS in the annals of New Zealand rock.

Paul Kean (another big hitter from The Bats) mixed and mastered this.

[bandcampsnoop]

1/14/19.

Francisca Griffin (aka Kathy Bull) was the bassist of the Flying Nun band Look Blue Go Purple.  I just checked #Look Blue Go Purple on this blog and saw 20 different mentions of this band.

Francisca Griffin (Dunedin, New Zealand) is releasing “the spaces between” on CocoMuse Releases (Christchurch, New Zealand).  This appears to be a family and friends effort - her son is the drummer and friends like Kath Webster (also of Look Blue Go Purple) Alan Haig (Snapper and The Chills) and Alastair Galbraith all contribute.

Unfortunately, there is only one track here, but it’s a lulu.  “Stardust” has a Look Blue Go Purple feel, but the drums are frenetic and there is a more insistent overall feel.  I cannot wait to hear the rest of this record.  Here is the link to Griffin’s own Bandcamp page...you can listen to a release from 1998!

[spilladabalia]

The Verlaines - Death and The Maiden

You shouldn't talk to me

Find better company

There's better people to know

You'll only end up like Rimbaud

Get shot by

Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine

Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine, Verlaine

[kiwiintheear]

Squash - Missing Girl

Minden idők legzsupánabb szupergrupja = Martin Phillipps + David Kilgour + Robert Scott + Peter Gutteridge + Alan Haig

Ez a koncert nagyjából olyan lehetett, mint egy ágyban feküdni Zooey Deschanellel, Audrey Tautou-val, Natalie Portmannel, Michelle Williamsszel és Ellen Page-dzsel.