Heading for the Foothills: The Bats are Finished Logging Tour Miles, but Aren’t Done Making Music We’ve all heard our fill of tales about how Zoom has overwhelmed our lives in recent months. I was recently reminded of its benefits, however, when I connected with frontman Robert Scott and bassist Paul Kean of New Zealand… Continue reading The Bats
Tag: Flying Nun Records
The Courtneys
Great Sounds Great: The Courtneys Keep the Kiwi Poppin’ It’s no overstatement to say that Canadian indie rock trio The Courtneys have lived the dream since their second album, II, was released in February by New Zealand’s legendary Flying Nun Records. To put this band and label partnership in perspective, it’d be like a contemporary… Continue reading The Courtneys
The Chills – Kaleidoscope World
The Chills’ reputation as one of the landmark indie pop bands of the past 30 years is mostly well deserved. Nonetheless, it’s remarkable the extent to which that rep rests on the merits of the New Zealand band’s initial eight-song EP. Few artists have attained such stature without making a single top-shelf album. Many fans… Continue reading The Chills – Kaleidoscope World
Toy Love – Toy Love
Captured Tracks isn’t the first label to access the out-of-print archives of New Zealand’s Flying Nun label. In fact, Goner Records has already rifled through the same catalog, and came up with similar results: Both found a trove of forgotten Toy Love material. Goner, however, opted to release one of the embattled late-‘70s band’s final… Continue reading Toy Love – Toy Love