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Smoke CDs - Shapeshifter, Ivy Lies, The Thomas Oliver Band
18 Mar 2011
Woo hoo it's Friday ! Here's some
talent from the past week or so. Have a listen below, watch
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$22.00
Shapeshifter has been heralded as a musical phenomenon, this is a killer remix album of the groups last album "The System is a Vampire". Features heavyweight production talent like Netsky, B-Complex, State Of Mind, and Camo & Crooked. As well as the competition winner Dhalsim. Check it out...
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$22.00
Thomas Oliver Band - Baby I'll Play
Wellington 5-piece The Thomas Oliver Band have spent the past few years touring and playing live throughout New Zealand with the likes of Fat Freddy's Drop, Gin Wigmore and Britain's Oli Brown. Within this time the band have also written and recorded their debut full-length album 'Baby, I'll Play'.
"From the sexy, dirty blues/rock of 'Nothing
Left' and 'In My Bones' to the glorious, perfect-pop
balladry of 'A Letter', Every Penny is flawless. This is
just the beginning. If you do not know who they are, watch
this space: they are simply too good to stay underground for
much longer."
- M2 Magazine
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$26.95
Fresh off the success of their 2009 debut album, Kolohe Kai delivers BIG with their sophomore effort, 'Love Town'. This project features 12 brand new and all original songs written by Kolohe Kai's very own Roman De Peralta. 'Love Town' was produced by Imua Garza & Brett Ortone, the same production team responsible for the band's debut album 'This is the Life'.
'Love Town' starts off strong with the title track, an upbeat feel-good song with a positive message and continues on a journey showcasing the musical depth and noticeable maturity of Kolohe Kai.
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$25.50
The highly anticipated fourth album from The Strokes. 'Angles' features the lead single "Under Cover of Darkness". Rolling Stone awarded the song 4 stars and proclaimed that it "barrels into the bar with "Return to Form" written on its forehead…The Strokes give us that same old song one more time, primed and polished for a new age".
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$22.00
The Phil Edwards Band - Slow Borders
Following off the back of their radio hit and first single Crash, and shows throughout the summer, the Phil Edwards Band present their debut album 'Slow Borders'. Recorded in Auckland and the Hawke's Bay, mixed in New York by Grammy Award-winning producer, mixer and engineer Dave O'Donnell (James Taylor, John Mayer, Eric Clapton) and mastered at Stirling Sound, New York, by Ryan Smith (Beyonce), 'Slow Borders' has been a long evolving work in progress for this six-piece, hence the album title.
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$25.50
Throw together 3 girls, give them some guitars, a bass, a drum kit and a microphone and you've got New Zealand's hottest all girl rock group… Look out as these girls are going places and they mean business!
'Little Mind Games' is the debut album from Ivy Lies, the female trio which began as Starlett while the girls were still at school in Christchurch. Now based in Auckland, the power of this band is evident on this dynamic collection of songs!
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$25.50
Greenday - Awesome As F**k (CD/DVD)
Green Day's 2009-2010 '21st Century Breakdown' tour proved to be one of the most dazzling and memorable live events of recent years. It saw the trio conquer all corners of the globe and included incendiary UK dates at Wembley Stadium, Manchester's Lancashire County Cricket Ground and Glasgow's SECC.
The band's explosive performances and captivating energy from the tour have been captured in their new live album and DVD 'Awesome As F**k'.
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$24.95
Dudley Benson - Forest: Songs By Hirini Melbourne
So, inspired by his love for the waiata of the renowned composer Hirini Melbourne (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu), Benson arranged his own interpretations of Melbourne’s bird songs and in late 2010 announced their release as Forest: Songs by Hirini Melbourne.
Recorded almost entirely with only the human voice and sung largely in te reo Māori, Forest tells the stories of New Zealand’s native birds through seven vividly textured pop pieces that exist somewhere between the traditions of folksong and barbershop, choral anthem and hip hop. Produced by Benson, recorded by Hollay and mastered by Parnell, the album features a bold contingent of guest artists including close-harmony vocal quartet The Dawn Chorus, reigning Aotearoa beatbox champion King Homeboy, and legendary folk matriarch Vashti Bunyan.
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$22.95
Beady Eye - Different Gear, Still Speeding
Beady Eye was formed by three former members of Oasis, including enigmatic front man and lead vocalist Liam Gallagher. The multi-platinum and Grammy nominated Oasis sold over 70 million albums worldwide spanning seven studio albums awarded with six Brit awards, 15 NME awards, nine Q awards and four MTV Europe Music awards, just to name a few. Beady Eye's inaugural European Tour in March sold out within 30 minutes of going on sale. They will be joined by Matt Jones on keyboards and Jeff Wootton on bass for these dates.
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$26.95
Various - Major Flavours 2011 (2CD)
Mixed and masterminded by DJ Sir-Vere - and hosted by Young Sid from the award winning group Smashproof - 'Major Flavours 2011' features an honour roll of the biggest and brightest international and local stars. Also included are two tracks exclusive to 'Major Flavours 2011' - one by international breakout artist Savage of the Deceptikonz, and one from chart topper J. Williams from the Illegal Muzik camp.
The album is a two disc set; The first disc is a non-stop mix of huge hip-hop and RnB hits. The second is a BONUS DISC consisting of 15 New Zealand hip-hop and RnB tracks from artists like Home Brew, Team Dynamite, Dirty Sesh, PHD, Pieter T, and Maitreya featuring Che Fu and King Kapisi.
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