Flying Nun Records

19/07/2024

Flying Nun is having a winter vinyl sale, with 20% off lots of titles, available in our Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch stores, or visit online at https://www.flyingnun.co.nz

17/07/2024

Hey - nice profile here on AudioCulture of the legend behind the legends - the one and only Tex Houston!

Tex Houston at the sound desk mixing The Clean, All Tomorrow

16/07/2024

“I have come to think that vinyl albums have something to do with still life painting. Records. Of significance. Life decisions. Totems. Power (aura). Time and place. Tuning in.”
— from Chapter One: Psychocandy by Ōtautahi’s own Gwyn Porter.
A RECORD COULD BE YOUR WHOLE WORLD, Edited by Bruce Russell & Luke Wood. Available at all 3 Flying Nun stores and online at flyingnun.co.nz

12/07/2024

Fuzzy brings you the top five selling albums at the Flying Nun Record stores...https://www.flyingnun.co.nz/

11/07/2024

WINTER FUZZIES DEAL! Just show us the little graphic below (or if you forgot your phone, then whisper the secret password "WINTER FUZZIES!"). We will then give you $10 off any in store purchase over $40. You need to either have or set up a Warm Fuzzies account to do this and it can only be used once and in store. Offer ends 19th of July.
https://www.flyingnun.co.nz/

Have a browse and enjoy our in-store real life vibes at one of our three shops. Located at 173 Cuba Street, Wellington, 202 Karangahape Road, Auckland and now The Terrace Arcade, Shands Lane, 90 Hereford Street, Christchurch Central. Come say hi!

09/07/2024

Ata mārie Ōtautahi! On Sunday July 28th we’re estatic to welcome to Flying Nun Chch to launch her new LP Blue Dreams. Holly will play some songs live & spin some yarns, followed by listening to the new album on vinyl together with cake & coffee. Limited tickets available

06/07/2024

This week’s Staff Picks is in the trusted hands of our Wellington shop manager Lochie! With a mix of Anastasia Coope’s haunting dream folk, Smerz’s ethereal rap, indi ( )’s whimsical electronica, Claire Rousay’s emo ambient & more ~ there’s enough to keep your ears busy all week!

Peruse all of their selections through our link bio ⛓️‍💥

05/07/2024

Flying Nun Wellington is for a total treat this Wednesday! Aotearoa hip hop powerhouse JessB is popping into our Cuba St shop for a special in-store signing.

The rapper’s long awaited debut ‘FEELS LIKE HOME’ is out TODAY, so it’s a huge honour to be hosting this exciting event.

JessB vinyl singing at Flying Nun Records on Cuba St - Wednesday 10th July, 2-3pm.

Purchase the vinyl in-store & from flyingnun.co.nz 🪽

04/07/2024

We've started a new weekly Top Five Nuns chart, featuring Fuzzy's favourite DJ Nuns dropping some bangers, plus our top selling albums from the three record stores - in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
https://www.flyingnun.co.nz

01/07/2024

Episode 3 of Down at the end of the garden is available for listen now on NTS.

Featuring all of the above NZ artists (which we encourage you to go check out) and a chat with the legend

Art by .guarrera 🪴

28/06/2024

Mānawatia a Matariki! Robin from Flying Nun Chch has some very special staff picks for you:
1. Ōtautahi’s surf punk legends The Wendys released their debut LP today on Surf Lifesaving Red Vinyl!
2. Open & Close is Robin’s favourite Fela Kuti album, full of huge funky dancefloor fillers!
3. Violent Femmes self titled debut album has been reborn as an 3LP + 7” Set in a fancy die-cut box.
4. Lonnie Smith’s Funk Reaction reissue on Mr Bongo will take you on a cosmic disco trip!
5. Moider Mother’s debut album Miracle Healing Crusade was recorded by Robin on his beloved 4-Track Akai Reel-to-Reel.
See you in-store or order online at http://flyingnun.co.nz

26/06/2024

Originally released in 2002 and reissued on vinyl in 2024. Released by our friends Merge Records, available now on preorder from Flying Nun.

Recorded at home and mostly alone (The Verlaines’ Graeme Downes provides lush string arrangements), co-founder of The Clean David Kilgour once called A Feather in the Engine, his first album for Merge, “the most solo LP I’ve made.”

Originally released in 2002 and reissued on vinyl in 2024. Recorded at home and mostly alone (The Verlaines’ Graeme Downes provides lush string arrangements), co-founder of The Clean David Kilgour once called A Feather in the Engine, his first album for Merge, “the most solo LP I’ve made.” I...

26/06/2024

Tomorrow, Rāpare 27 Hune, Karangahape Road will be pedestrianised for a special block party — Te Karanga A Hape — to celebrate Matariki 💫 Our Tāmaki Makaurau store will be right in the action, with an exclusive 20% off sale from 3pm—8pm (note: this sale is in-store only and only available at our Karangahape Road store tomorrow). PLUS there will be vinyl spinning & a few people on the decks with free coffee available so that you can keep yourselves up & running for all of the amazing events happening all over the street.

Mānawatia a Matariki!

Te Karanga A Hape event artwork by

20/06/2024

Welcome to weekly staff picks, where each week a Flying Nun staff member hand-picks a bunch of albums they currently adore.

After digging through the deep dark crates of our Flying Nun Auckland store, manager Carla surfaced with some solid vinyl gold. From cult classic Music from Twin Peaks by Angelo Badalamenti to Great Doubt by Danish composer and Viola player Astrid Sonne. There’s even some lush ambient marimba and electronics by Masayoshi Fujita with Bird Ambience for good measure, AND MORE. We know you’ll love it.

Check out Carla’s collection via the link in our bio 🔗

19/06/2024

Mystery Waitress have returned with 'In A Shell' — the atmospheric second single from the band's upcoming album, 'Bright Black Night'. With this new single comes a video directed and shot by Taylor Nixon 🐚

Pre-order: https://ffm.to/mw-bright-black-night

Official music video for 'In A Shell' by Mystery Waitress off their upcoming album, Bright Black Night.Taylor Nixon: Director/Editor/ProducerCharlie Higgison...

14/06/2024

A book that now sits happily on our shelves, A Record Could Be Your Whole World is a love poem to vinyl. The new book by New Zealand sound improvisor BRUCE RUSSELL and graphic designer and musician LUKE WOOD highlights the beauty and importance of records. Trust me boys, we get you.

"This book tries to cast light on the unique role played by records in western culture in the late twentieth century. Records deeply penetrated everyday life and encompassed entire worldviews through their combination of sound, design and modern mythology. In this book a diverse group of people reflect on their relationship to a specific vinyl record, and in the process reflect the diversity of human connections, needs and aspirations that records can represent."

A Record Could Be Your Whole World: Vinyl Records as the Total Artwork of the Late Twentieth Century, by Bruce Russell & Luke Wood (editors) is a book about records considered ‘in themselves’. Buy the book from Flying Nun Records and get free shipping on orders over $80 in New Zealand.

13/06/2024

Last month Ringlets unveiled their first new music in over a year, the boisterous new-wave anthem ‘New Life’ and now the band divulge an eccentric mixed-media video to match — made with the support of NZ On Air Music

Edited by snot a.k.a Keria Paterson, the video features an array of footage captured across the bands various performances and recordings dating back to early 2023.

The New Life 7” is now available via all good record stores: https://www.flyingnun.co.nz/products/ringlets-new-life-7

Official music video for 'New Life' by Ringlets - out now via Leather Jacket Records and Flying Nun Records. Made with the support of NZ On Air.Video edited ...

09/06/2024

Sam Bambery's Rubricator release show was an absolute triumph! The sophomore album from the indie king of Ōtautahi is heartfelt and saudade tinted.
Rubricator — A limited edition of just 150 on red vinyl with screeprinted jackets. Essential listening: https://www.flyingnun.co.nz/products/sam-bambery-rubricator

05/06/2024

In case you missed it, here FOUR rave reviews of the , thanks to the good folks over at Undertheradar.co.nz

SRN reviews and photos of all four shows - Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

03/06/2024

Our second episode of ‘Down At The End Of The Garden’ is now live and available to listen to on ⭐️ This episode was hosted by .tvv from our Karangahape Road store, and joined by special guest Greta Anderson!

Swipe ➡️ for the full tracklist featuring .bathgate and many more local artists from the Flying Num Records catalogue & beyond! Thanks to .guarrera for the tracklist border design!

Listen via the link in our bio 🔗

02/06/2024

-2 formed from the remnants of Christchurch band The Terminals after Peter Stapleton and Brian Crook relocated south to Pūrākanui and Port Chalmers in the mid-1990s. The distance between band members created more sporadic gatherings of the Terminals from this point on however Stephen Cogle, Mick Elborado and John Chrisstoffels continued to rehearse and performed a handful of live gigs as a three piece in Christchurch. They never ventured out of the city. It’s a dark, moody sound, like the Terminals unplugged, combining John’s droning cello, Mick’s swirling keyboards and the paired back guitar riffs and leads by Stephen. All of this is overlaid by Mr Cogle with one of the most unique and beautifully rendered vocal styles you’ll ever hear in New Zealand’s alternative music scene. Originally recorded in 2002 or 2003, we’re actually not sure when exactly, and released as a limited edition CD in 2009 The Joy of Return is now available as an LP for the first time. The Joy of Return features 10 songs including versions of the classic Cogle / Stapleton tracks Touch and Crocus along with several other songs that never made it onto the Terminal’s set list. Also included are stunning covers of Builders Alien and Dadamah’s High Tension House. It’s a Christchurch vibe, with covers hand-screenprinted in Lyttelton! Edition of 250.

-2 formed from the remnants of Christchurch band The Terminals after Peter Stapleton and Brian Crook relocated south to Pūrākanui and Port Chalmers in the mid-1990s. The distance between band members created more sporadic gatherings of the Terminals from this point on however Stephen Cogle, Mick E...

01/06/2024

Some excellent weekend listening from Vera Ellen

The Taite Music Prize winner shares her dreamy feelgood playlist to accompany a day of painting in the sun.

01/06/2024

Thanks everyone who came to the Flying Nun Records Ōtautahi opening today! The store is now open Tuesday-Sunday 11am-6pm. Also huge thanks and aroha to .dada for performing and also for making it happen.

31/05/2024

Hooray! Come visit our Christchurch store this weekend!

Come visit us at our brand new shop this weekend at The Terrace Arcade, Christchurch (near Scorpio Books). We have a superb selection of new records from our favourite artists, super snazzy merch, and a spicy secondhand section featuring some hard to find gems from the Flying Nun back catalogue. On Saturday join us for live performances from our faves Hannah Everingham, Ben Woods Richard Dada, Holly Arrowsmith and Fazerdaze

Here's how next weekend is gonna roll:
Friday 31st May— Opening day! 11am to 6pm
First dibs on what we've got in store

Saturday 1st June — 11am to 6pm
Performing Live In-store:
1PM - Holly Arrowsmith
2PM — Hannah Everingham
3PM — Ben Woods
4PM - Richard Dada
5pm - Fazerdaze

Facebook event here https://www.facebook.com/events/991627132482423

28/05/2024

New podcast alert! The first episode of 'In The Pits' tells the story of Rohan Evans and the legendary Auckland venue The Wine Cellar.

It's the Wine Cellar's 20th birthday this weekend, with festivities happening all week long — read more and grab tickets HERE: https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/21340/Twenty-Years-Of-The-Wine-Cellar---Full-Lineup-Announced.utr

Podcast/video by Zoe Larsen-Cumming, Rachel Ashby, Annabel Kean and Callum Devlin.

This music month, we're celebrating 20 years of the Wine Cellar. Join host, Rachel Ashby (95bFM Breakfast) and venue owner Rohan Evans (The Wine Cellar), as ...

28/05/2024

Marlin's Dreaming have teamed up with Erny Belle on this stunning new single, 'Earnestly'. Read more and watch below;

Dunedin Indie Pop outfit Marlin’s Dreaming have teamed up with Erny Belle on a new song and video that both honours and upends the modern country ballad. ‘Earnestly’ is an indie/country concoction that takes a tongue-in-cheek look at modern romance, through the lens of a couple talking past ea...

27/05/2024

WE'RE GIVING AWAY TICKETS TO THE
Voomm | reb fountain | Vera Ellen tour!
To celebrate both this incredible show and New Zealand Music Month, if you buy ANY album by a New Zealand artist from Flying Nun record stores (online or in store), you will go into the draw to win 4 tickets to the city/show of your choice PLUS a signed vinyl from each artist performing. We will draw the names next Thursday. Get in there!

24/05/2024

Thanks to Marty at The 13th Floor for taking time to chat with Vera Ellen about her EP and upcoming tour with Voom and reb fountain

Vera Ellen has just released her new EP, Heartbreak For Jetlag on Flying Nun and she's set to go on tour with Reb Fountain and Voom. So, it seems like a good...

23/05/2024

Tāmaki-based enigmatic post-punk quartet Ringlets unveil their latest single, ‘New Life,’ available digitally today and available for pre-order on limited edition 7” via Leather Jacket Records and Flying Nun Records — out on Friday, June 7th.

Their first release in just over a year, ‘New Life’ is a boisterous, angular anthem of modern Kiwi post-punk, boldly merging the band's undoubtedly New Wave influences with a crisp professionalism and oft-wry lyrical delivery.

Listen and/or pre-order: https://ffm.to/ringlets-new-life

‘New Life' is available digitally today, and on limited edition 7” on Friday, June 7th via Flying Nun Records / Leather Jacket Records and all good record stores.