Arch Hill are very pleased to announce a new single from GHOST WAVE!

The Ghost Wave sound finds itself somewhere between the Flying Nun bands of the ‘80s, the British explosion of the ‘60s and the wayfaring dubs of Lee "Scratch" Perry. At its inception, the brainchild of Matt Paul (Vocals, Guitar), Ghost Wave was a project relegated to a small room in Auckland, New Zealand. In time, the sonic chemistry that resulted from one person’s relentless work caught the attention of fellow music maker and soon-to-be collaborator Eammon Logan (Drums). Together they self-recorded what came to be their self-titled EP; a collection of sunny and warped songs characterized by jangly guitars underpinned by motor-style rhythms and a unique melodic sensibility. Ghost Wave recruited the talents of future band-mates Mike Ellis (Bass, Vocals) and Jamie Kennedy (Guitar) to assist with the recording. 

With some early praise in their pockets and a quickly developing catalog of work, Ghost Wave traveled to the U.S. for shows in New York, Los Angeles and a showing at CMJ. Ghost Wave returned to the U.S. several months later for appearances at 35 Denton Festival and SXSW; showcasing even more new songs along with an updated live configuration. 

Arch Hill Recordings will release the first single entitled ‘Here She Comes’ from Ghost Wave’s debut LP Ages on May 14, 2014. Stay tuned for more information about Ghost Wave and Ages.

Listen to "Here She Comes" on Soundcloud …

The Transistors will be supporting the Buzzcocks  in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch on their New Zealand tour...due to ticket demand the Auckland show just got moved to the larger Powerstation 

Sat 27 April – Bodega, Wellington
Sun 28 April – Powerstation, Auckland
Tue 30 Apr – Dux Live, Christchurch

If you don't already have it, Transistors have a new single "Dirty Diver" which you can get as "pay what you want" over here, and also includes the Nirvana cover "Downer"

Ticket info over at the Plus1 website

David Kilgour (and band in Chch) are playing some shows in the not too distant future...

Sat 20th of April at Puppies - Wellington

David Kilgour (10.30pm) & Salad Boys (9.30pm)

Tickets available from Under The Radar

Sat May 11th The Darkroom - Christchurch

David Kilgour & The Heavy 8s 

support from Dark Matter

As part of the Christchurch Art Galleries 10th anniversary celebrations.

Yay! David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights have released a brand new single called Christopher Columbus

...and it is a pay what you want kind of deal. 

If you are in Dunedin you can catch David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights on March 8th and 9th: Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers. And Womad on the 17th of March.

Arranged by David and Thomas Bell. 
Recorded in downtown Dunedin, March, 2012. 
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tex Houston. 
DK- vocals, guitars and keyboard. 
Thomas Bell- bass 
Tony de Raad- guitars 
Taane Tokona-drums

Download it over here or below

Here are a few photos of the Arch Hill & Flying Nun afternoon grill at the Kings Arms in Auckland. bands that played included Snapper, Street Chant, Solid Gold Hell, Transistors, Ghost Wave and Surf Friends...check the photos here.

Here are the playing times for the Arch Hill & Flying Nun Sunday Grill Tomorrow! 

TWO STAGES AT EITHER END OF THE ROOM! 

7.15PM - SNAPPER

6.30PM - STREET CHANT

5.45PM - SOLID GOLD HELL

5.00PM - TRANSISTORS

4.15PM - GHOST WAVE

3.30PM - SURF FRIENDS

Buy tickets at Under the Radar here!

This Sunday the 17th of Feb

The Kings Arms, Auckland.

The Kings Arms will be serving hot food

No more messing around! Hang On, it's the return of Peter Gutteridge and Snapper! Peter and his buddies (and possibly some surprise guests) hit the road for the first time in a long time. Full band in effect. Dunedin reviews report they are in fine form.

Arch Hill are very pleased to announce a new single from Transistors!

In order to boot things off for the new year Rangiora's finest are releasing the single Dirty Diver, complete with video and the b-side cover "Downer".

Both are available as "pay what you want" from the Arch Hill bandcamp page here

The video to Dirty Diver is here

Transistors have finished their second album titled "Is This Anything?" which is due for release in the next couple of months.

For those less familiar, Transistors are a three piece power pop, garage fuzz outfit. They have toured the US with Guitar Wold and have traveled extensively in their homeland, playing and touring with the likes of Black Lips, Jeff the Brotherhood, Guitar Wolf, The Datsuns, The Dirtbombs, Crocodiles, Dum Dum Girls, Mint Chicks, Pierced Arrows, BRMC, Foo Fighters, St Jeromes Laneway Festival and more.

Watch the video here:

Bailterspace have just played three New Zealand shows - their first in around 13 years. The shows were St. Jeromes Laneway festival, Wellington (San Francisco Bath House) and Auckland (The Kings Arms). Check out some photos over here. 

Flying Nun & Arch Hill Afternoon Grill with...

SNAPPER

STREET CHANT

SOLID GOLD HELL

GHOST WAVE

TRANSISTORS

& SURF FRIENDS

Sunday the 17th of Feb - in the Afternoon from approx. 3pm

The Kings Arms, Auckland.

No more messing around! Hang On, it's the return of Peter Gutteridge and Snapper! Peter and his buddies (and possibly some surprise guests) hit the road for the first time in a long time. Full band in effect. Dunedin reviews report they are in fine form.

Joining them will be the return of Solid Gold Hell - last seen over a year ago at the Flying Nun 30th anniversary celebrations.

Also on the bill are Street Chant, fresh from Laneway, and Transistors, up from Christchurch. Ghost Wave and Surf Friends will also be joining in.

Two stages. Six bands. Afternoon good times.

Tickets from www.undertheradar.co.nz

Check the Snapper video for Buddy over here 

Snapper also play Puppies in Wellington on 15th and 16th of Feb - tickets over here

Poster by Toby Morris.

Check these photos of Street Chant, Bailterspace and Beach Pigs at St Jeromes Laneway Festival Auckland 2013 - photos over here.