Richard Langston
@rubbasoul.bsky.social
Author of Pull Down the Shades - Garage Fanzine 1984-86 -NZ music. Six books of poetry, publisher Cuba Press, Wellington, NZ.
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Another recent release based on the NLNZ multitrack digitization is this Bailter Space live LP, mixed from 16-track 1" tapes
bailterspace.bandcamp.com/album/fused
bailterspace.bandcamp.com/album/fused
October 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Another recent release based on the NLNZ multitrack digitization is this Bailter Space live LP, mixed from 16-track 1" tapes
bailterspace.bandcamp.com/album/fused
bailterspace.bandcamp.com/album/fused
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It's release day for Not Given Lightly, Craig Robertson's biography of Chris Knox, and we're thrilled to share an excerpt. "Songwriting was partly a physical process, he told Russell Baillie..." We're also giving away a copy in next week's newsletter...1/2 www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/chr...
Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly - Article | AudioCulture
An excerpt from Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly, by Craig Robertson (Auckland University Press, 2025), published with permission.
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In the late 1980s Chris Knox worked out his solo songs at home with h...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
It's release day for Not Given Lightly, Craig Robertson's biography of Chris Knox, and we're thrilled to share an excerpt. "Songwriting was partly a physical process, he told Russell Baillie..." We're also giving away a copy in next week's newsletter...1/2 www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/chr...
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I said I'd write a few words about Craig Robertson's much-anticipated Chris Knox bio, which I love.
These are personal reflections on what will likely be the definitive history of a man who changed indie/alt music globally
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#aotearoa
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These are personal reflections on what will likely be the definitive history of a man who changed indie/alt music globally
opdiner.substack.com/p/cause-when...
#aotearoa
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
'Cause, when it all comes down to dust
Can I say that Craig Robertson's bio of Chris Knox is anticipated? It is, and it's arrived.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I said I'd write a few words about Craig Robertson's much-anticipated Chris Knox bio, which I love.
These are personal reflections on what will likely be the definitive history of a man who changed indie/alt music globally
opdiner.substack.com/p/cause-when...
#aotearoa
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
These are personal reflections on what will likely be the definitive history of a man who changed indie/alt music globally
opdiner.substack.com/p/cause-when...
#aotearoa
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
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Bill Direen and his band release a new Bilders album, Neverlasting, in October, followed by the 5-date Empathetic Dustbin NZ tour in November. Andrew Schmidt says in Direen's AudioCulture profile: "His was a maverick voice, older, wiser and darker... www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/bil...
Bill Direen Part 1 - a maverick voice 1975 to 1984 - Article | AudioCulture
His was a maverick voice, older, wiser and darker, and his music and words had a knowing beyond many in that fertile time. There, eternal truths could be glimpsed.
When Bill Direen
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September 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Bill Direen and his band release a new Bilders album, Neverlasting, in October, followed by the 5-date Empathetic Dustbin NZ tour in November. Andrew Schmidt says in Direen's AudioCulture profile: "His was a maverick voice, older, wiser and darker... www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/bil...
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Only 4 days left on fundraiser to cover licensing costs for documentary about NZ musician Shayne P Carter (Straitjacket Fits, Dimmer). Worth supporting, if you can.
www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...
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Life in One Chord: A documentary about New Zealand music legend Shayne Carter
Boosted is Aotearoa New Zealand’s only arts crowdfunding platform. We’re here to bring creatives and supporters together to grow creativity. With our mentored approach to crowdfunding, we have one of ...
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July 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Only 4 days left on fundraiser to cover licensing costs for documentary about NZ musician Shayne P Carter (Straitjacket Fits, Dimmer). Worth supporting, if you can.
www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...
www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/proj...
Coming soon from Auckland University Press. October release. Written by an author who’s followed the scene for 35 years and spent ten of them researching and writing this. Go to AUP website to order @aucklanduni.bsky.social @craigrobertson.bsky.social @flyingnun.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Coming soon from Auckland University Press. October release. Written by an author who’s followed the scene for 35 years and spent ten of them researching and writing this. Go to AUP website to order @aucklanduni.bsky.social @craigrobertson.bsky.social @flyingnun.bsky.social
The doublehappys ’ ‘the others way’ 45 was a tune we never tired of while typing out issues of Garage.
Happy Doublehappys Day!
"So if you wanna know the meaning of meaninglessness
Then I'll see you on the 7th of May
In the others way"
Doublehappys was initially Shayne Carter, the late Wayne Elsey (both ex-Bored Games) and a Casiotone drum machine...
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"So if you wanna know the meaning of meaninglessness
Then I'll see you on the 7th of May
In the others way"
Doublehappys was initially Shayne Carter, the late Wayne Elsey (both ex-Bored Games) and a Casiotone drum machine...
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Doublehappys - AudioCulture
95bFM, the Auckland University student radio station, has caught former Doublehappy Shayne Carter on an honest day in 2012. Class was not something the 1980s indie music scene dwelt on. Socio-economic...
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May 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The doublehappys ’ ‘the others way’ 45 was a tune we never tired of while typing out issues of Garage.
NZ music month t-shirt day. This one concocted by Matthias @leatherjacketrecords and Stu Kawowski @axemen.bsky.social
#fanzines#nzmusicmonth#flyingnunrecords#thechills#theclean#temaramapuoroaotearoa#dunedin#pulldowntheshades#hozacbooks
#fanzines#nzmusicmonth#flyingnunrecords#thechills#theclean#temaramapuoroaotearoa#dunedin#pulldowntheshades#hozacbooks
May 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NZ music month t-shirt day. This one concocted by Matthias @leatherjacketrecords and Stu Kawowski @axemen.bsky.social
#fanzines#nzmusicmonth#flyingnunrecords#thechills#theclean#temaramapuoroaotearoa#dunedin#pulldowntheshades#hozacbooks
#fanzines#nzmusicmonth#flyingnunrecords#thechills#theclean#temaramapuoroaotearoa#dunedin#pulldowntheshades#hozacbooks
Gone, but not forgotten. Many splendid gigs and a pie at the pie cart to finish. Halcyon days.
Sadly, Ōtepoti Dunedin's legendary Oriental Tavern is being demolished today. Richard Langston says, "in its heyday – roughly 1983 to 1987...after the initial assault of The Enemy and The Clean, this was the time of the second flush of Dunedin music." www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/the...
The Oriental - Article | AudioCulture
For a while it seemed everyone played at The Oriental, or the “Ori” as it was known. In the mid-80s it was often jammed-packed, choking on cigarette smoke, soaked in that fuggy pub smell, and alive wi...
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April 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Gone, but not forgotten. Many splendid gigs and a pie at the pie cart to finish. Halcyon days.
Hamish Kilgour won a NZ music award in 1992 for this painting which was on the cover of Flying Nun comp. It’s a favourite. It March 17 - Hamish’s birthday. #theclean #nzmusic#aotearoamusic#nzpainting#flyingnun#nzculture
March 17, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Hamish Kilgour won a NZ music award in 1992 for this painting which was on the cover of Flying Nun comp. It’s a favourite. It March 17 - Hamish’s birthday. #theclean #nzmusic#aotearoamusic#nzpainting#flyingnun#nzculture
David Kilgour playing the mighty Ibanez at Port Noise in Lyttelton last evening. The guitar he bought off Alec Bathgate in Dunedin in late ‘70s with which he created that signature sound for The Clean. #nzmusichistory#theclean#alecbathgate
March 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
David Kilgour playing the mighty Ibanez at Port Noise in Lyttelton last evening. The guitar he bought off Alec Bathgate in Dunedin in late ‘70s with which he created that signature sound for The Clean. #nzmusichistory#theclean#alecbathgate
The price of my fanzine Garage has risen considerably since its cover price of $1 in 1984.
Some of the rarest NZ fanzines to come up for sale in some while are at World of Echo. Alley Oop, Stamp, Side On are all great, plus this issue of @rubbasoul.bsky.social’s Garage:
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Garage - Issue 2
feat. Sneaky Feelings, The Puddle, Orange1985, 220x320, 16pg, VG (a little worn across top edge)
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February 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The price of my fanzine Garage has risen considerably since its cover price of $1 in 1984.
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The Chills 'Spring Board' album is out tomorrow, February 28th. During the making of the film 'The Chills: The Triumph And Tragedy Of Martin Phillipps', Martin found a stash of old tapes, and some of the songs on these were revisited and recorded. #thechills www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/mar...
Martin Phillipps interview, June 2024 – part three - Article | AudioCulture
Martin Phillipps, The Chills, Laneway Auckland 2017. Photo by Stella Gardiner
Read: Martin Phillipps interview, June 2024 – part one
Read: Martin Phillipps interview, June 2024 – part two
In June 2024...
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February 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Chills 'Spring Board' album is out tomorrow, February 28th. During the making of the film 'The Chills: The Triumph And Tragedy Of Martin Phillipps', Martin found a stash of old tapes, and some of the songs on these were revisited and recorded. #thechills www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/mar...
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A Flying Nun gem originally released in 1987, All Fall Down's 'My Brand New Wallpaper Coat' is being reissued today by @thokeitapes.bsky.social alongside a ton of unreleased live recordings. I've been waiting for this one for a while. Go get it! thokeitapes.bandcamp.com/album/all-fa...
All Fall Down- Need To Know (MC), by Thokei Tapes
20 track album
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February 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A Flying Nun gem originally released in 1987, All Fall Down's 'My Brand New Wallpaper Coat' is being reissued today by @thokeitapes.bsky.social alongside a ton of unreleased live recordings. I've been waiting for this one for a while. Go get it! thokeitapes.bandcamp.com/album/all-fa...
A lovely and knowing obituary for one of our finest poets. Mike White takes us into the life, and the human.
February 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
A lovely and knowing obituary for one of our finest poets. Mike White takes us into the life, and the human.
Making two hands count - Peter Jefferies at the Vogelmorn Bowling Club, Wellington. Dipping back into Nocturnals and This Kind of Punishment catalogue. Solo gems. A very good set. Playing with Simon Joyner from Grapefruit records who’s visiting from Omaha, Nebraska. #peterjefferies#nzaltrock
February 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Making two hands count - Peter Jefferies at the Vogelmorn Bowling Club, Wellington. Dipping back into Nocturnals and This Kind of Punishment catalogue. Solo gems. A very good set. Playing with Simon Joyner from Grapefruit records who’s visiting from Omaha, Nebraska. #peterjefferies#nzaltrock
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New vid for Clean song to coincide with re-release of Modern Rock. Pictures filmed by band as they recorded the album at a hall on Otago Peninsula in 1994. #theclean#modernrock#indierock#nzrock#flyingnunrecords#mergerecords
New vid for Clean song to coincide with re-release of Modern Rock. Pictures filmed by band as they recorded the album at a hall on Otago Peninsula in 1994. #theclean#modernrock#indierock#nzrock#flyingnunrecords#mergerecords
The Clean - Safe in the Rain (Official Video)
YouTube video by Merge Records on YouTube
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January 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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New vid for Clean song to coincide with re-release of Modern Rock. Pictures filmed by band as they recorded the album at a hall on Otago Peninsula in 1994. #theclean#modernrock#indierock#nzrock#flyingnunrecords#mergerecords
New vid for Clean song to coincide with re-release of Modern Rock. Pictures filmed by band as they recorded the album at a hall on Otago Peninsula in 1994. #theclean#modernrock#indierock#nzrock#flyingnunrecords#mergerecords
Re-released on vinyl for the first time since 1994. A great day for Clean freaks. #mergerecords#flyingnunrecords#theclean#indierock#nzaltrock
January 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Re-released on vinyl for the first time since 1994. A great day for Clean freaks. #mergerecords#flyingnunrecords#theclean#indierock#nzaltrock
I thought my first post on BSky should be a bright one. So here’s Stuart Page’s poster for the Great Unwashed’s nutty/inspired tour of the country in 1984.
January 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I thought my first post on BSky should be a bright one. So here’s Stuart Page’s poster for the Great Unwashed’s nutty/inspired tour of the country in 1984.