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Download: https://podcasts.countingthebeat.gen.nz/July2022CTB.mp3Playlist:Aldous Harding - Tick Tock, Warm Chris (Flying Nun, 2022)Erny Belle - Nuclear Bombs, Venus Is Home (Self Released, 2022)Sin City - By The River, Welcome To Sin City (1:12 Records, 2022)Nice Girl - Whistling Thorn, Whistling Thorn (Public Possesion, 2020)Tooms - Piss, Fake Teeth (1:12 Records, 2022)W.A.S.P. Factory - Steel Blue Skies (Fantastic Mess, 2022)Body Electric - Rubber Knife, Presentation and Reality / The Body Electric (Flying Nun / Propellor, 2022)Mousey - Wait For Me, My Friends (Winegum Records, 2022)Pickle Darling - Chomsky's Sweater, Spring Onion Pancake (Leather Jacket Records, 2022)Steve Abel - Hospice For Destitute Lovers, Woodenhead (Pictures For Anna, 2022)Mimi Gilbert - Hospice For Destitute Lovers, Woodenhead Reimagined (Pictures For Anna, 2022)Demarnia Lloyd - The Tremor, Woodenhead Reimagined (Pictures For Anna, 2022)Das Pahedrus - It's Now OK To Litter, Ghosts of The Dunedin Music Scene (Self Released, 2022)Arahi - All That's Left To Do Is Sleep, Under The Sun (Backline Charitable Trust, 2022)
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Playlist:
The Beths - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Carpark Records, 2018)
Julie Nelson - Stick Beak (Kiwi, 1962)
Nick Nicholson and the Neketini Brass - Good King Wencesclas (His Masters Voice, 1968)
John Hore & Paul Walden - Gonna Ring Santa In The Morning (Joe Brown, 1967)
Jodi Vaughan - Christmas In New Zealand (Festival, 1990)
The Z men featuring Dorothy McKegg - The Little Red Snowman (Kiwi, 1961)
Leslie Andrews - Merry Christmas You Suckers (Ozark, 1965)
Pataka Maori Choir - Whakarongo Ki Te Tangi (Kiwi)
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Playlist:
Laughing Gas - Sucker, Solid Cold Hits (Pagan)
My Deviant Daughter - Emission, Solid Cold Hits (Pagan)
Death Valley - Walk Away, Sound Recordings Volume 1 (Sound Recordings)
Brilliant Swords - Write Me A Letter, The End Of Puppies (A Low Hum)
Secret Knives - Excess, The End Of Puppies (A Low Hum)
Jefferies / Carter / Bull - Guided Tour (Live), What's That Noise (Xpressway)
Flak - To Buy Food, The Last ... Rumba (Flying Nun)
Nazgul - Private War, New Zealand 7" Compilation (Out of Order Records)
Mindfuckers - Grab Your Partner, The Harder The Edge The Rocka the Roll (Jayrem)
Ashvins - Pisces House, The Valve Thing (Yellow Bike)
Jakob - Method, Coalescence (Midium)
Graeme Humphreys & Bevan Sweeney - If God Had A Megaphone, Children Of The Generator (Pagan)
Shihad - Do The Headless Chicken, A Flip And Two Twisters (The Kingsland Vinyl Appreciation Society)
Jonahs - Throwaway, Positive Vibrations (Pagan)
Goblin Mix - Travelling Grave, Outnumbered By Sheep (Flying Nun)
Loves Ugly Children - Honey Honey, Abbasalutely (Flying Nun)
Eden Smith - A Man's A Man For A' That, Ae Fond Kiss (Zelle)
Hallelujah Picassos - Clap Your Hands, Positive Vibrations (Pagan)
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Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl featuring as many kiwi Record Store Day releases as I could lay my hands on. All kiwi, all vinyl, from the country where the sun first rises on Record Store Day. First broadcast on Sat 23rd April 8pm on Waiheke Radio www.waihekeradio.org.nz
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Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl. New releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on Sat 19 March 2016.
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Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl. New releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on Sat 20th Feb 2016
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Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl. Instead of the usual focus on recent releases for this month's show I dug deep to play old favourites and forgotten gems. Expect plenty of guitar and noise. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on Sat 16 Jan 2016.
http://podcasts.countingthebeat.gen.nz/CTB160116.mp3
Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl. My picks of the best new releases and reissues of kiwi music on vinyl in 2015. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on 19 Dec 2015.
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Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl. New releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on Sat 28 Nov 2015.
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Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl. New releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on Sat 17 Oct.
http://podcasts.countingthebeat.gen.nz/CTB171015.mp3
The Silver Scrolls special. Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl - new releases, reissuses, recent finds from the crates - AND interviews from the 2015 Silver Scroll Music Awards. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on Sat 19 Sept 2015
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B-sides is an occasional series where I explore the obsessions, obscurities and oddities in my New Zealand record collection. In this episode - songs about New Zealand towns and locations.
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Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl. New releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on Sat 15 August 2015.
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Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl. New releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on Sat 20 June 2015.
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Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl, new releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on 16 May 2015
Counting The Beat Radio Show 16 May 2015
Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl featuring as many New Zealand Record Store Day releases as I could get my hands on plus recent kiwi releases on vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on Sat 18 April 2015.
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Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl, new releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on 14 March 2015
Counting The Beat radio show 14 March 2015
Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl, new releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on 21 February 2015
Counting The Beat radio show 21 February 2015
A Counting The Beat special featuring the music of Peter Gutteridge who passed away on 15 Sept 2014. All kiwi, all vinyl, all Peter. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on 20 Sept 2014.
Counting The Beat Peter Gutteridge Special 20 September 2014
Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl, new releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on 19 July 2014
Counting The Beat radio show 19 July 2014
Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl, new releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on 21 June 2014
Counting The Beat radio show 21 June 2014
Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl, new releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on 17 May 2014
Counting The Beat radio show 17 May 2014
Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl. A Record Store Day special featuring as many New Zealand RSD releases as I could get my hands on as well as the usual new releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on Record Store Day, April 19 2014
Counting The Beat Record Store Day radio show 19 April 2014
Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl, new releases, reissues and recent finds from the crates. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on a stormy 15 March 2014
Counting The Beat radio show 15 March 2014
Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl, mainly focusing on releases from late 2013, early 2014. All kiwi, all vinyl. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio 15 Feb 2014
Counting The Beat radio show 15 Feb 2014
Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl featuring my pick of the best new releases and reissues of new Zealand music on vinyl in 2013. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on Sat 21 December 2013.
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Two hours of New Zealand music on vinyl featuring a bunch of new releases along with other new releases, reissues and choice selections from the crates. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on Sat 16 November 2013.
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Two hours of kiwi music on vinyl featuring a bunch of New Zealand Record Store Day releases along with other new releases and recent vinyl finds. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on Record Store Day, April 20, 2013.
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Two hours of kiwi music on vinyl. New and recent releases and some older records that I've recently picked up. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on 16 March 2013.
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Two and a half hours of kiwi music on vinyl from Chris from Counting The Beat and Cafedre from Waxed on Wednesdays.. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on 23 Feb 2013.
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Two hours of kiwi music on vinyl. New and recent releases and some older records that I've recently picked up. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on 19 Jan 2013.
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Two hours of kiwi music on vinyl. A round up of the best releases by New Zealand artists to come out on vinyl in 2012. First broadcast on Waiheke Radio on 22 Dec 2102.
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Over two and a half hours of kiwi music on vinyl. Counting The Beat Meets Waxed on Wednesdays on Waiheke Radio 24 11 12.
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Over two and a half hours of kiwi music on vinyl. Counting The Beat Meets Waxed on Wednesdays on Waiheke Radio 20 10 12.
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2 hours of kiwi music on vinyl. Counting The Beat on Waiheke Radio 15 09 12.
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2 hours of kiwi music on vinyl. Counting The Beat on Waiheke Radio 25 08 12.
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2 and a half hours of kiwi music on vinyl. Counting The Beat on Waiheke Radio 21 07 12.
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2 hours of kiwi music on vinyl. Counting The Beat on Waiheke Radio 16 06 12.
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On Saturday 2 June Andre from Volcano Radio's Waxed on Wednesdays joined me on Waiheke Radio for over 2 1/2 hours of kiwi music on vinyl.
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To mark New Zealand Music Month Waiheke Library hosted a series of music performances each Saturday during May. On Sat 5 May I DJed a set of rare and interesting kiwi vinyl showcasing some of the more unusual items in my collection alongside new and classic NZ records.
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The Counting The Beat radio show returned on Record Store Day 2012 celebrating the day with 2 hours of kiwi music on vinyl.
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Late in 2008 I was approached by Jason, a Scottish music blogger, asking Counting The Beat to become the New Zealand contributor to an exciting international initiative, the Music Alliance Pact. On a monthly basis music bloggers from around the globe select a track from their own country which is then posted collectively and simultaneously on those blogs - giving each nation's track international exposure. This podcast gathers the NZ MAP contributions for the last 12 months, Dec 2009 to Nov 2010 and marks the end of Counting The Beat's involvement with the project.
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Recently I got the chance to have a chat with Roger Shepherd, founder and owner of New Zealand's iconic Flying Nun record label. Having formed the label in 1982 Shepherd was at the helm until he sold it 1999. In the new century Flying Nun lost it's spirit and direction as it shifted through a range of corporate owners but in late 2009 Shepherd bought back the label and has embarked on a mission to not only release a wealth of long lost gems from the vaults but also to sign and release new material.
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The APRA Silver Scrolls are New Zealand's annual songwriting awards. APRA is an organisation of songwriters and each year it's members nominate and vote on the songs that they believe to be the best songs of the year. The ceremony itself is an annual highlight. Each of the nominated songs is performed by another musical act, leading to some unique and surprising interpretations.
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Over all the years I've been involved with making radio programmes some of the most thrilling moments have been when I've had a musician or band just inches away from me performing live, while I've been trying to capture the energy and get it on air. And I also like hearing live music on the radio. Maybe it's the tension of knowing there's no second take and the unknown factor of nor knowing just who is listening that means so many live to air performances positively crackle. In this episode I feature recording of live-to-air performances, some of which I've been involved with, and others that have either been commercially released or I've come across as a radio listener.
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New and recent releases June 2010
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New and recent releases - May 2010
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Songs about girls have been a mainstay of rock and pop music since the forms began. And some of New Zealand's best loved songs are about girls - songs like The Dance Exponent's 'Victoria'.
There's something particularly striking about songs that have an individual girl or woman as the subject. It seems so bold, and tender, to focus on an individual in that way. As John Rowles sang about Tania - "our song will go on forever, my song is for you".
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April 17th is Record Store Day, an occasion for recognising and celebrating the role of (a diminishing number) of record shops in nurturing and championing music that you won't find on TV or commercial radio. In this episode I'm taking a look at Slow Boat Records in Wellington. By the way, I don't have any association with Slow Boat other than being a customer and fan, but it's a great shop and I make a special effort to visit each time I'm in Wellington.
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I thought that I'd mark Easter with a special episode of Counting the Beat. No, it's not songs about bunnies, buns or chocolates, but songs about Jesus. Well, not strictly about Jesus, I've kept away from the Christian rock genre, and in fact many of these songs merely make reference to Jesus rather than being about him.
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I've always been a vinyl fan, and nowadays, when most of my music acquisitions are digital, I'm finding that when I do pick up music in hard copy the format is more likely than not a record. There are some really lovely releases about, and in this episode I highlight I few that I've recently picked up.
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Welcome to the centennial episode of Counting the Beat. For 100 podcasts, over around 2 and a half years, I've been bringing you NZ music rarities, obscurities and new releases. To mark the 100th episode I thought I'd take a look back at some of my favourite features and tracks from the Counting The Beat back catalogue.
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The Mint Chicks are an astounding band - over their eight years of existence they have been indie darlings, reached the finalists of the countries top song writing awards, and won a slew of Tuis. All the while they've been incredibly innovative and not afraid to try new things or turn expectations on their head. The Mint Chicks often have more ideas in one song than some bands do in an album.
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Bruce Blucher's name won't be known to many but to my mind he's a key New Zealand musician, having been in some of the best Dunedin bands of the 80s and 90s.
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Late in 2008 I was emailed by a Scottish guy called Jason who runs a blog called Popcop. He had started up an international project called the Music Alliance Pact. The idea being that music bloggers from around the world would select a song from their country each month to contribute to an international on-line compilation. We each post all of the songs simultaneously on the 15th of each month with info on the artists and a link to their myspace page. This episode compiles the 1st year of Counting The Beat contributions to the Music Alliance Pact.
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I was pleased to hear that Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd has recently bought back the label from Warners Music who acquired it in 2005 from Festival Mushroom who Shepherd originally sold it to in 1999. Under Warners the label has languished. There have been a handful of new bands released under the label such as the Mint Chicks and a pretty impressive 5 CD boxset but the rich back catalogue has been largely ignored.
I'm hopeful that with Shepherd back at the helm some of the great music recorded and released, often in pretty short runs, will again see the light of day so I put my mind to some of the Flying Nun releases, long unavailable, that I'd like to see re-released
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There's a new kiwi Christmas compilation out called Merry Christmas Baby. It features the likes of Jordan Luck, Jackie Clarke and Shona Laing and I won't be playing any of it in this Christmas episode of Counting the Beat (I do, however, support the cause it's raising money for - Plunket - and I suggest you make a donation). Instead I've dug around to find some my favourite, more interesting and obscure kiwi Christmas tracks.
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Jordan Reyne has few peers in the New Zealand music scene. She brings together folk, sound collage, electronica and industrial noise in unique and haunting music that she describes as experimental folk/noir.
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More new and recent releases from kiwi artists
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This episode is another typically eclectic collection of new and recent releases
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They've been around since 1982, releasing their first recordings in 1984. They've been in the American college radio charts over three decades and they're still going strong - releasing a new album and retrospective EP and playing around the world this year. They are the Bats.
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