New: Best Coast- Fade Away E.P (Streaming)

Best Coast present to your their latest dish form the sunny West Coast (The Best Coast :). The record is released on their very own imprint Jewel Case distributed by Kabalt. People have been moaning and groaning about old best coast vs new best coast, etc. All you guys need to toughen up and be thankful the band is still making music, ya thankless bunch haha

TMR

New Video: Mas Ysa - "Why" - (Ice Hockey indie music video)

Residing in Brooklyn, NY Mas Ysa has delivered up stunner called "Why". The tune has been doing really well on top music blogs around the world. I really like the visuals and theme in his video. It reminds me off all my friends that like to train hard in sport. One of my friends is also a top ice hockey player who represented New Zealand and I think he will really like it.

My other friend James is an avid Lacrosse player and I think he will dig it. It's really great to see an indie video with sports in it. Maybe if there were more videos likes this we'd actually get out more and play sport :)

Highlights of this track: Singing Performance
                                      Drum machines
                                      Soul & Heart of Artist

Pre-order Mas Ysa's Worth EP and get 'Why' now: http://smarturl.it/masysaworth 

The Neo-Kalashnikovs New Single: "Turn the Tables"

Here it is guys the new single "Turn The Tables" thanks for listening and rock on!!! :)

The Rum Diaries- Starring Johnny Deep - Yeah he's still Rock

The Rum Diaries

This movie is hands down my favorite movie

off the year and one of my all time 

favorites. Starring the newly divorced 

Johnny Deep as a Hunter S. Thompson alias 

and Giovanni Rebisi "that guy" off friends 

who famously dumped singer "Cat Power" for 

a hot super-model. With such a high 

calibre of actors on board this film hauls 

serious crankability. Theres also a fat 

guy who's a follower reporter off the two 

mentioned who rounds out the posse all of 

which work at a falling newspaper in 

Puerto-Rico. With all the trashy columns 

that this trio writes it's worth noting 

that Giovanni doesn't write one article 

throughout the film. As the papers 

religious reporter he takes it upon 

himself to experiment in black magic 

subsequently becoming infatuated with Nazi 

extremism that seems him constantly scream 

his head off and never bath, ever.

The movies name sums up this film in it's 

entirety as there is almost no one who 

stays sober for any amount of time. But 

can you really blame there lack of 

sobriety because hard working reporters 

get seriously hot on a tropical island 

it's a well known phenomena that results 

in excessive rum drinking constantly. I 

know i'd personally prefer to die drunk as 

well because if I'm going to be killed by 

the poverty ridden inhabitants by their 

much loved machetes i'm gonna need a few 

drinks before hopping into the void. Most 

of the drama of this film unfolds in a 

"slum village" apartment in a horrendously 

poor area. The classic "cock fights" in 

their neighborhood also portray the simple 

things in life. For instance like making a 

slick grand or two off a stupid rooster 

that has been breed to be twice the size 

of any dog.  

To all the mainstream movie lovers this 

film isn't a trashy film so if your the 

person who doesn't know who Charles 

Bukowski is I'd insist that you avoid this 

film. It would just be wasted on you. 

Hell, It might even keep you up at night 

because you know what you might actually 

have to think for yourself after watching 

this film. Remember this isn't some 

sanitized Spiderman 8 3d epic that cost 

500 million dollars to make. Instead this 

is a real film shock horror and its about 

real life and how one man triumph over all 

the sober highly strung academics that 

infest journalism. It's important to 

remember Hunter S. Thompson is a man that 

aimed to destroy corruption with a pen. 

One mans fight against societies shadowy 

ideals was always doomed to drunken 

failure, nevertheless he did remarkable 

well. The subtext of this film could be 

summarized in Camus sense of the absurd. 

But for the more adventurous folk out 

there aka Auckland Uni -- Arts Students, 

this ones for you. Sorry, Engineering 

school you have about as much chance 

making sense of this film as describing 

the intricacies of Hydraulic dump truck 

levers in an interesting fashion. But then 

again you might rise to the occasion and 

comprehend the clearly insane nonsense 

that is this stunning film.

Moss Bioletti

PRESENCE magazine

PRESENCE magazine offers The Neo's "She's On Heat" as an instant download link
http://www.mediafire.com/?o58i803sulne38t

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Lady Hawke's Anxiety :Recorded on The North shore and in England-- And Yes its giving me anxiety ...Not!!!

An album that delivers a groovy, upbeat, feel-good vibe in which the mix of instruments and modern sounds in the songs work well with Pip Brown’s smooth, strong voice.

Her songs tend to start off with a contagious beat and calming vocals, and then build up into catchy choruses you would sing along to when pottering round your house or cruising in the car. Though your body starts with a toe tap, before you know it you are giving a good old Kiwi head bang (though it's more of a side to side than the classic rock up down motion). That being said, Anxiety doesn't feel repetitive. The separate elements in each song make for a full and successful album, and the lyrics portray messages about life, relationships, questions asked, and stories told.

 In the album's titular song, Ladyhawke sings, 'Take me on a ride, show me how to hide the voice in my head', and is a personal favourite. 'Quick and the Dead' has a kind of army march beginning that is repeated in the second verse, and quickly gets stuck in your head. Songs like 'Blue Ryes' and 'We'll Find You' allow the listener to imagine how much of a good performer Ladyhawke would be live – and we'll get to see for ourselves when she comes to Perfect Storm in July. 

As a young singer/songwriter myself, I find Ladyhawke very inspiring – and I look forward to her developing and growing. Even the album cover is interesting, featuring a drawing of Ladyhawke with miniature Ladyhawkes entangled in her hair, alongside bugs, feathers and other bits. Perhaps it reflects ideas and symbolic pictures for the meanings she holds in her head, or entangled in her hair? I think it reflects her simplistic yet multi dimensional album, which I very much recommend is worth getting your hands on. Support New Zealand artists.

Written by Laura Hunter