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21/03/2024

Happy release day to Jim Nothing with the new single "Easter At The RSC". Check it out, second single from the forthcoming LP2 from Jim Nothing.
..Also there was a nice wee feature on bFM this morning:
https://95bfm.com/bcast/i-v-w-jim-nothing-21-march-2024...

And RNZ did a feature too:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/.../2018931089/music-critic-zac-arnold

Well done Jim!

12/03/2024

Wurld Series are up north this week playing in Auckland on Thursday night and Wellington on Saturday!

Tickets from Undertheradar.co.nz

Wurld Series - The Giant's Lawn Tour - Wurld Series are touring Aotearoa in March in celebration of their third album 'The Giant's Lawn' released through Melted Ice Cream and Meritorio....

09/02/2024

Wurld Series are touring Aotearoa next month in support of their third album 'The Giant's Lawn'.
Get tickets from Undertheradar.co.nz

07/02/2024

Thank you so much to these websites for writing about The Giant’s Lawn. Snap up a record from our bandcamp before they are all gone! Further news tomorrow…

30/11/2023

Wurld Series - Queen's Poisoner Wurld Series launches woozy overdriven guitars through Alice in Wonderland fantasies, conjuring brightly colored, dreamlike scenarios that make sense until you look at...

29/11/2023

Wurld Series filter influences including Guided by Voices, Jim O’Rourke, and Robert Wyatt through a DIY lens that’s uniquely their own, balancing Luke Towart’s sturdy songcraft with pensive, pastoral experimentation. Post-Trash caught up with Towart recently to discuss these and other influenc...

23/11/2023

Everything Will Never Happen Again.

When Rangiora heroes Transistors melted back into the pastures, forests, and illegal dump sites of North Canterbury in 2016, it seemed that the public would be left with only a couple of albums and EPs to remember them by. Luckily for us, the band has had a radioactive half-life, emerging for sporadic shows and now a new single and the promised release of their great lost album.

Now the first single from that storied record has been catapulted from its crusted-over crypt. High Hopes reflects on the deflating disappointment and dashed dreams of a modern existence in the increasingly moribund 21st century landscape. Juxtaposed by yearning vocals, soaring guitars and a propulsive rhythm section, it’s the kind of ragged three minute garage punk anthem that has earned the plucky power trio fans both at home and abroad.

This is just the tip of the iceberg though, with a new album ‘Everything Will Never Happen Again’ to follow in 2024 via Ōtautahi auteurs Melted Ice Cream. Conceived at the height of their powers, this album was thought to have been just a rumour...until now.

Recorded atop a crumbling cliff at Mānuka Bay with Salad Boys’ Joe Sampson at the helm, the album was given its finishing touches and mixed and mastered by Brian Feary at DSF in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Falling somewhere between the gritty gunk of their debut Shortwave and the hi-fi polish of second album Is This Anything?, the third Transistors full length is a p***y garage power pop party that should not be missed.

Streaming now on all good services.

21/11/2023

‘Wurld Series never lose scope of the greater whole, they’re skipping along the edges of this reality, with one foot in and one foot out, but the conceptual element feels impeccably balanced, a visionary trail from mysticism back to the natural world.’

Beautiful review of The Giant’s Lawn by Wurld Series over at Post-Trash

The Giant’s Lawn is something spectacular, a record with a natural feeling of awe, like the sun shinning from deep within in the forest woods. Their third album is ambitious, but it never feels like they set out with ambitious intentions, the songs are following a path, treading space and time wit...

18/11/2023

Tony Stamp reviews a scruffy, sprawling guitar opus by Christchurch champs Wurld Series.

16/11/2023

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔱’𝔰 𝔏𝔞𝔴𝔫 by Wurld Series is out today! Records have arrived at MIC HQ and pre-orders will be sent out soon. Listen on all streaming platforms and buy the record (on lawn green vinyl) from our bandcamp! Co-released by in Europe and the USA. Link in bio.

13/11/2023

First review for The Giant’s Lawn by Wurld Series over at Raven Sings The Blues

‘Best power prog album of the year’

The Giant’s Lawn is out Friday!

https://www.ravensingstheblues.com/wurld-series-2/

31/10/2023

The third and final single from Wurld Series’ 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔦𝔞𝔫𝔱’𝔰 𝔏𝔞𝔴𝔫 is out today! ‘Alive With Flies’ features Ōtautahi saxophonist Reuben Derrick and holds a spindly, psych-folk quality all its own.
The Giant’s Lawn is out November 17th through Melted Ice Cream and (Europe and USA).
Listen on streaming services and pre-order the record now! Link in bio.

27/10/2023

12/10/2023

Behold the second single from Wurld Series’ third album The Giant’s Lawn. ‘Rearing Wesley’ reveals a strain of deconstructed psychedelic folk rock that roots the band in an almost medieval modality. Accompanied by an improvised Richard Thompson-esque lead guitar, ‘Rearing Wesley’ is a hushed, earthen ear wyrm. The Giant’s Lawn is out November 17th through and (Europe and USA).
Listen on streaming services and pre-order the record now! Link in bio.

13/09/2023

Wurld Series are back with a new LP of curly rock miniatures and overgrown roadside curios. 'The Giant’s Lawn' stretches the band’s reach, embracing new forms and figures, living corridors and side-quests. Where past worx borrowed from the literate heart of American indie, here, Luke Towart & Co. investigate earthen psychedelia, off-grid community folk, and highly bookish, antipodean snock.

'The Giant's Lawn' will be released on record via Melted Ice Cream and wurldwide on November 17. Stream the first two singles 'The Giant's Lawn Part I’ and ‘Lord of Shelves’ now, and pre-order a lawn-green LP! Link in bio. Majestique cover art for the album by

17/08/2023

DEEPSTATE (Tāmaki Makaurau) will round out the night with her nostalgic blend of House, Electronica, Jungle, Garage and Breakbeat!
Tickets selling fast! Link in bio!

16/08/2023

Your favourite local label is hosting a St. Asaph Street takeover, as an IRL follow-up to the much loved 'Better Living, Everyone!' online streaming festival.

10/08/2023

KILMOG (Ōtepoti), play their first shows since circa 2014 featuring members of Onanon and a dark sense of humour!

Get your tickets now! Link in bio!

09/08/2023

HÖG will be be playing Better Living IRL: a classic rock 6 piece who put the 'boar' in 'big bore' and put the 'pig' in 'A and E'!

Get your tickets! Link in bio!

08/08/2023

BNP, Ōtautahi's venerable good time song and dance band return for their first gig in two years!
Get your tickets now! Link in bio!

06/08/2023

Local favourite GETSET will keep the party going at Space Academy with their unique blend of intricate melodies and driving bass lines. Get your tickets today! Link in bio.

04/08/2023

- BEST BETS, Ōtautahi's finest Power Pop band, whose LP 'On An Unhistoric Night' on MIC met critical acclaim and was released worldwide via Meritorio Records will be playing at Better Living IRL! Get your tickets today!

22/07/2023

, fresh from touring with Sleaford Mods and releasing their album 'Council Sport' on LP via MIC will be playing at Better Living IRL along with the cream of Aotearoa’s finest punk, indie and electronic acts on August 18th! Get yer tix!

21/07/2023

Horn’s debut album is now available on Spotify! Link in bio 🔗

21/07/2023

HORN, from Te Whanganui-a-Tara, will bring a dirgey brand of grunge pop to Better Living In Real Life, a St. Asaph Street takeover on August 18th. Their debut cassette is out now on MIC!
Get your tickets now from utr.co.nz !

07/07/2023

Horn: Horn - Te Whanganui-a-Tara & Ōtautahi - NZ Musician Magazine: All about music in and from New Zealand

25/11/2022

Best Bets have a new single and B-Side out today, on the eve of their nationwide tour next week. Thanks Undertheradar.co.nz for the writeup and hosting the ticket sales!

Ōtautahi four piece are touring their debut album 'On An Unhistoric Night' this December.