"Violet Highway EP" - Sounds like a Motorhead freight train smashing into a Joan Jett Rock concert

Absolutely loving this new song by Violet Highway called "Caught Up In Your Game" it's so visceral and primal just like a Motorhead freight train smashing into a Joan Jett Rock concert in full swing!! arghh love it!! smile emoticon Congratulations to James Rimmer Jacqui Munro and Ant on such a kick ass performance your song reminds me of a badass scene in Fight Club, yuss ⚡✊📀

   Violet Highway (Band Photo)

"Caught Up In Your Game" - Official Song Lyrics

High School sweethearts met at seventeen
He's from a rich family she's a beauty queen
When school was over he started screwing around
But like a puppy she would never let him down

It makes me sick it makes me sick ...

You two
You two deserve each other
You two
You'll never change
You two
You make me grateful that I'm
No longer caught up in your game

Was I an escape for you or just some chick
I should have known it wasn't right it just didn't click
Man I feel sorry for her I bet it hurts
But they say you take the love you think you deserve

It makes me sick it makes me sick ...

You two
You two deserve each other
You two
You'll never change
You two
You make me grateful that I'm
No longer caught up in your game

It makes me sick it makes me sick ...

You two
You two deserve each other
You two
You'll never change
You two
You make me grateful that I'm
No longer caught up in your game

credits

Linear & Production Notes

Violet Highway EP, track released 13 September 2015
Written and performed by Violet Highway. Recorded and mixed by J. Hampshire-Perks. Mastered by R. Rowntree.
Violet Highway are: J. Munro, A. Deane, J. Hampshire-Perks

Plastic - Cut "So Numb" Straight to 2 inch Analog Tape

I'm really enjoying So Numb a new song by Melbourne band Plastic made up of local act Five Mile Town. The recordings from the Nightmare E.P all sound super phat, lush and punchy like a warm tropical island transporting you away to a different world. The record was most likely recorded straight to 2 inch analog tape like all of the greatest records of the 60's and 70's. There's certainly no sharp digital crunch on this record all the sonic edges are smooth and well rounded.

Plastic's playing throughout the whole record is focused delivering back to back great performances. The lyrics float along offering catchy hooks and vivid imagery while also managing to draw in the listener connecting on a strong emotional level. Stephen Mowat working out of Aviary Studios in Melbourne has done a brilliant job recording, mixing and producing this record as it sounds very professional and smooth like a good whiskey! :) Stream the song above and sit back and relax :)

Team Ball Player Thing - Haha Classic NZ

New Song 'Gold' by Kiiara - Catching Heat on the Internet

Catching heat on the internet
She worked at a Hardware store in Illinois before she was discovered and released her track on the Fader. A lot of people think when they first hear the track that she's a new Scandinavian electro-pop act but she's not. Her music has been compared to FKA twigs among others.

The Great Flag Debate

I just wanted to clear up some madness jumping around about trying to get the "The Red Peak Flag" design into the New Zealand flag referendum. Many of you probably don't know but
New Zealand is under going a perfect storm - an identity crisis so the National government can avoid doing anything productive in office for their whole third term. Here are some snubbed designs many now labelled great alternatives like Otis Frizzels "MANAWA":

Or the obvious Maori choice "Tino Rangatiratanga", anything but that one aye ;)

What I truly find worrying is a 20,000 strong signed petition advocating that we switch our flag to
a back packing brand red peak is the fifth option thankfully not an official choice.

I also don't know about you but I see striking similarities to the SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG aka our Rugby playing arch-enemies. I can't imagine anything worse or more embarrassing than flying this flag high which incorporates Red, White, Black and Blue!

                                                      'Red Peak' by Aaron Dustin

South African Flag (below)

The current New Zealand flag that my grandfather Harry Bioletti 

fought under in WW2 in the South Pacific 

Rugby Ball Flag 

The World is Crowded - Unknown Mortal Orchestra (Moss Rock Hook Cover)

Getting quite a few plays on this song on Soundcloud laughs
'The World is Crowded' my favourite song off the new Unknown Mortal Orchestra album smile emoticon

Blues & Percussion - T-Shirt Design - Refugee Crisis facing NZ

Just a Percussion and Blues Loop I Did

A T-Shirt Mock Up design for a limited run ill be getting done 


My view on the Refugee crisis;
what good is it NZ being a wealthy country if we can't share it! Everyone should be allowed to come to NZ shame we can't even seem to look after our own as well as we should probably the main reason for our failings is that we can't even get past ourselves to look after others! Its no good letting in refugees in NZ to be discriminated against and to live under the poverty line as second class citizens - we need to try harder across the board and really take up our responsibility for looking after everyone in the Country especially new arrivals escaping war torn countries and conflicts!