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“We need to name the fish.” Out of context, Jonathan Pearce’s declaration midway through the first of two thoroughly sold out shows at The Sinclair wouldn’t make much sense to anyone who hasn’t caught a show by the New Zealand indie rock/power pop quartet, but ...
The word ‘seminal’ gets tossed around a bit cavalierly these days, when any decent band with a pulse and a couple of dusty records are suddenly reissued on some boutique label, and are suddenly yanked out of obscurity and proclaimed the as long-lost Beatles or some such nonsense. ...
Few regions can boast an outsized influence on the greater musical culture more so than New Zealand, tucked away at the bottom of the earth thousands of miles from anywhere else. With Flying Nun (and lesser known labels such as Propeller, Ripper, South Indies and Xpressway), the country of three ...
