A Litmus test for a Misanthropist

Misanthropy;

Is the general hatred, distrust or contempt of the human species or human nature. 

It develops when one is without art and one puts complete trust in somebody thinking they're absolutely true and sound and reliable

Occurs as a potential result of thwarted expectations or even excessively naïve optimism.

I believe the litmus test for a Misanthrope is someone who hates everyone in the world but the person they are in love with.  

Yellowbelly Kick out the Jams in Mt Albert

Yellowbelly dropped in to Rocawave studio to kick out some jams today in sunny old Mount Albert. Jared smashed the drums, Daniel rumbled the windows on bass and Fernando slayed on guitar and vocals. They describe their music as trash rock with fits of vomit jazz and hail from Papakura. They will be playing a show at UFO on the 7th of April so go check them out if you want to Rock!    Also hit the band up on Facebook if you want them to play a gig; 

https://www.facebook.com/Yellowbelly-1187015544642764/

Rackets Pioneer New Technology of Washing the Brain and accidentally Save the Human Race

I Tuned, Dropped Out way Out I was in the kitchen practicing Kung Foo while taking the trash out,
sometimes when your a rocknroll you gotta wash your brain out then once you done that you check
no ones home then you scream your lungs out, funny how guitar riffs can rip your soul out
soon after your cast a drift way what now? looking for Brian but he's got no mouth! he's long gone like a Volley ball spiked floating softly into the deep south pacific ocean castaway, weird how people
jump up and down grooving in the dirty south, got no idea how to wash their fricken brains out makes me wonder what its all about then I jump up to Rackets and scream out WOOOOOOOOOOO

Local Rockstar's - Emily Edrosa, Tom Lark & These Violent Delights

Emily Edrosa's new E.P is awesome. The highlights for myself are the sarcastic "Underground" and "The Corner of the Party". I'm well impressed that she made this record all on her own! (that was said in a British accent for some weird reason?). The guitar tones kick-ass, vocal delivery is genuine and songwriting is of course top-notch. It's really sick to hear Edrosa's music played alongside a drum machine with percussive overdubs, it really flips the script and gives the record a fun new vibe. The AK muso has also released a new single with "Dicatophone Blues" titled "365" which you can  check it out here: https://dictaphoneblues.bandcamp.com/track/365-feat-emily-edrosa Go On don't be shy :) If your a fan of trashy drums and abrasive RockNRoll check out "365"quick before it pushes you off your chair underscored by a menacing yet friendly scowl arghh www.emilyedrosa.com



Tom Lark is back with a stunning new E.P called the ingenious "Tom Lark E.P" with a lush production to rival Abbey Road by The Beatles ("yes I just said that" in quotations!). The video for "Something To Tell You" is super cool featuring oldskool samples from T.V back when it was black and white people!! come on thats smart and glorious spliced footage of 16mm film that looks like it was shot in a desert way back in the 70's (Cue Starsky and Hutch theme song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqbXBT6rVXg .Personally my favourite song is "Never Be Your Man" a dark and musing song about being knocked around in the game of love. I really like the mix on that particular song its so tight in the low end and clear as day like standing on Mammoth mountain after a healthy dose of Peyote. Also I have to mention what is evident by the E.ps cover art  Lark has an immaculate taste in guitars, that is all.
https://www.facebook.com/TomLarkMusic


These Violent Delights rocked out with Volita Bioletti of The Neo-Kalashnikovs to conjure up their "Self-Titled" debut E.P. The production of the record was overseen by drummer AJ who produced all the music on a vintage Apple computer released in 1995 or maybe it was just normal computer lol with pro-tools. Side track aside Volita wrote all the songs on the record except for Papercuts which yours truly and Scot Samson produced like Gods in the studio Demi-Gods? well we wrote in the studio which was fun. Someone cue "Under Pressure": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I Olly Harmer also demands a serious acknowledgment for all the hours he put into E.P in the 2 days it was recorded for he not only recorded but also mixed and mastered the whole record, Wow what a Champion! Thanks Olly! My favourite tracks are "Papercuts" and "Underground" because you can swoon to former and rock out with the later :) Edrosa stop stealing
peoples song titles!! haha https://www.facebook.com/theseviolentdelightsnz

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