Dave Dobbyn - Palmerston North, N.Z. 2011 (aud)

The Square

Palmerston North, N.Z.
Oct. 1, 2011

audience recording (sound quality: VG+)

01 Language

02 Slice of Heaven

03 Outlook for Thursday 

04 Maybe the Rain

05 Blindman's Bend

06 Lap of the Gods

07 Beside You

08 Only Love Remains

09 Whaling

10 You Oughta Be In Love

11 Rain On Fire

12 Be Mine Tonight

13 Pour the Wine

14 Love You Like I Should 

15 Loyal

16 pre-encore break

17 Just Add Water

18 Hanging In the Wire 

19 Welcome Home

ROB SEZ: New Zealander Dave Dobbyn is a musical treasure to longtime Kiwi & Aussie fans, but he's more or less unknown outside Australasia. That's a real shame, since he's been justly celebrated for decades by better-known musicians such as Neil & Tim Finn. If you want to find out what you've been missing, this recording is a decent place to start. It features old classics from Dave's "DD Smash" days through more recent solo hits. (I also recommend my earlier DD post HERE.) I wish I knew more about this recording, such as who to thank and who Dave's fellow musicians are. Safe bet the drummer is the fab Ross Burge (The Mutton Birds). Other than a lack of info, I have no complaints about this fine offering.

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The Clean - Live in 2010 + 2011 (webstream recordings)

Primavera Sound Festival 

Parc del Forum

Barcelona, Spain

May 29, 2010

WFMU webstream capture (sound quality: VG++)

00 DJ intro

01 Fish

New Zealand's The Clean, in-store appearance in 2015

02 I Wait Around

03 Drawing to a Hole

04 Wipe Me, I’m Lucky

05 David tunes, Hamish talks 

06 Anything Could Happen

07 (unknown song)

08 Whatever I Do It’s Right

09 Outside the Cage

10 In the Dreamlife U Need 

     a Rubber Soul

11 Oddity

12 Point That Thing 

     Somewhere Else

13 band interview

The Kings Arms

Auckland, N.Z.

Nov. 24, 2011

Radio NZ webstream capture 

    (sound quality: VG++)

01 At the Bottom

02 Two Fat Ladies

03 Wipe Me, I'm Lucky

04 Flowers

The Clean, Kings Arms, Auckland
(above 2 photos by petra jane)

05 In the Dreamlife U Need a Rubber Soul

06 Getting Older 

07 Tally Ho

08 Fish*

09 Point That Thing Somewhere Else*

*bonus tracks: San Francisco Bath House, 

Wellington, N.Z. 2007-03-16 (RNZ webstream)

ROB SEZ: Last week, I featured The Clean's founder & primary songwriter David Kilgour in solo mode. This week, you get The Clean live in 2010 and 2011, courtesy of Radio New Zealand. Please enjoy.

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NEW dB's ARCHIVAL RELEASE - OUT NOW!

The dB's

I Thought You Wanted to Know: 1978-1981

• with previously unreleased tracks, some of which this blog helped unearth
• on vinyl, CD & digital download
• 1st release on Jefferson Holt's new record label
• I've heard it, and it's a big upgrade to the old Ride the Wild Tom-Tom collection from Rhino 
• plus new dB's T-Shirts

 The dB's: I Thought You Wanted to Know: 1978-1981

watch the 1-minute promo video

check out Chris' video for "My Sire Wristwatch" (prev. unrel.)

01 (I Thought) You Wanted to Know (2021 Remix)*
02 Black and White (Don Dixon Version)*
03 Soul Kiss (alt. edit)*
04 Bad Reputation (NY Rocker Sessions) 

You need 1 or 2 of these...

 

05 If and When (Westbeth Sessions)
06 The Fight (NY Rocker Sessions)
07 Nothing Is Wrong (NY Rocker Sessions)
08 Dynamite (NY Rocker Sessions)*

09 We Should Be in Bed (Westbeth Sessions)
10 Ash (Westbeth Sessions)
11 You Got It Wrong (NY Rocker Sessions)
12 Everytime Anytime (NY Rocker Sessions)
13 Death Garage (Live)*
14 What About that Cat? (NY Rocker Sessions)
15 Tell Me Two Times (NY Rocker Sessions)
16 What’s the Matter with Me?

        (NY Rocker Sessions)
17 She’s Green I’m Blue (NY Rocker Sessions)
18 Time Has Come Today (Live)*
19 My Sire Wristwatch (Live)*^
20 Let’s Live for Today (NY Rocker Sessions)
21 Tomorrow Never Knows (Live)*
22 My Back Pages (Live)*
23 Goin’ to the Club (NY Rocker Sessions w/ New Vocal)*

 

*indicates previously unreleased tracks, not included on Ride the Wild Tom-Tom

^hear the rest of the recording from which "My Sire Wristwatch (Live)" was taken

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Watch Chris & Peter talk about the release

on a local news broadcast

Peter told Slicing Up Eyeballs he hopes this will be the start of a new dB's reissue campaign. (From your lips to God's ears, Peter.)

David Kilgour & Co. - Live On the Radio 2004, 2011, 2016

Brian Turner's Show 

WFMU Radio
Jersey City, N.J.

Oct. 19, 2004 (broadcast date)

webstream capture (sound quality: VG+ to VG++)

David K. plays at WFMU studios with brother Hamish
on percussion and Willie Tyler on guitar in 2004

00 Brian Turner intro

01 Gold In Sound

02 A Headfull of Rolling Stones 

03 Running 'Round

04 Dogs Barking

05 [unknown instrumental]

06 Living In Space

07 [unknown instrumental]

08 David Kilgour interview 

    with Brian Turner

09 Recollection

10 DJ outro

Musicians:

David Kilgour - guitar, vocals

Hamish Kilgour - percussion, backing vocals

William "Willie" Tyler - second guitar

David Kilgour 

NZ Live Session

Radio New Zealand

May 2011

webstream capture (sound quality: Ex-)

01 A Break In the Weather

02 Diamond Mine

03 [unidentified song]

04 David Kilgour interview (multiple segments)

D. Kilgour (guitar, vocals) & Tony DeRaad (guitar)

David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights 

The Others Way Festival

Auckland, N.Z.

Sept. 2, 2016

webstream capture (sound quality: Ex-)

01 Maybe

02 Pop Song

03 September 98

04 Too Long from Me

05 All the Rest

ROB SEZ: At the beginning of this series showcasing N.Z. artists, I confessed my profound love of David Kilgour's band The Clean. Here now is a chance to hear David in solo mode, with one or 2 others, and with the Heavy Eights in 2016. Although solo DK is a different musical beast than The Clean, I predict those who appreciate the latter will also enjoy the former. If you can fill in any of the missing song titles, please leave a comment and I'll update the post.

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Learn more about David Kilgour's music at AllMusic. Sample and buy his music at Bandcamp.

The Verlaines - A Decade of RNZ Live (2009-2019)

NZ Music Festival 

Shed 6

Wellington, New Zealand

March 9, 2016

webstream capture via Radio NZ (sound quality: Ex-)

01 Pyromaniac

02 Crisis After Crisis

03 Burlesque

04 For the Love 

     of Ash Grey 

05 Only Dream Left

06 Joed Out

07 Phil Too?

08 Take Good Care of It

09 Dippy's Last Trip

10 Bird Dog

11 C. D Jimmy Jazz & Me

12 Icarus Missed

13 You Say You

14 Death and the Maiden

15 Slow Sad Love Song

note: setlist is approximated from data on setlist.fm

The Verlaines:

Jane Dodd - bass

Graeme Downs - guitar, vocals 

Robbie Yeats - drums

RNZ Live

unknown location (Dunedin?)

Sept. 2009

webstream via Radio NZ (sound quality: Ex-)

01 Paratai Drive

02 They That Once Were Eager Fellas

03 Joed Out

04 Graeme Downs interview with Emma Smith

The Kings Arms

Auckland, New Zealand

Dec. 14, 2013

webstream via Radio NZ (sound quality: Ex-)

01 The Lady and the Lizard 

02 Don't Send Me Away

03 Lying In State

04 Phil Too?

05 For the Love of Ash Grey

06 The Ballad of Harry Noryb

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Garageland - B-sides & Other Rarities

'Beesides to Heaven'  

B-Sides & Other Rarities
1995-2002

soundboard recordings (quality: Ex- to VG+)

ROB SEZ: Never heard of Garageland? I hadn't either until about a year ago. By then, they'd been gone for nearly 20 years. Like so many good things from New Zealand, it's taken the rest of the world time to catch up with our Kiwi friends' well-kept secret. Garageland plays a brilliant amalgamation of guitar pop, rock, punk, and fuzz pop. If you like this, there are 3 albums of great music waiting for you to discover. As you'll hear from the live tracks, Garageland could kick up a mighty storm in concert. Does anyone out there have a decent-sounding live recording to share? If so, please get in touch and I'll post it here. I put this comp together from my own CD singles, etc. I kinda sorta named the collection after the song that opens and closes the compilation. None of these appears on any album or readily-available digital release (well, I just realized that one of them does, but the 18 other tracks don't). Track details can be found in the first comment. Under the Radar reports the original Garageland lineup will play reunion shows in NZ next April. My apologies to Garageland for doing this to their rare tracks. I hope they'll allow this post to stay up for a while so fellow music geeks can enjoy...

   

sample this Garageland album track

PUNISH THE REPLAY BUTTON

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