IMNZ Independent Album Chart
February 2007
Rank
Artist
Title
Label/Distributor
1
Little Bushman
The Onus of Sand
Rhythmethod
2
Fat Freddy's Drop
Based On A True Story
Rhythmethod
3
Various
Conscious Roots 3
Moving Production
4
Shapeshifter
Soulstice
Truetone/Rhythmethod
5
Kora
EP Volume
Border
6
Various
OE: Brazil
LOOP/Border
7
Hollie Smith
Hollie Smith EP
Rhythmethod
8
Don McGlashan
Warm Hand
Arch Hill/Rhythmethod
9
Opensouls
Kaleidoscope
Rhythmethod
10
Fly My Pretties
The Return Of...
LOOP/Border
11
Jakob
Solace
Midium
12
The Rabble
This Is Our Lives
Border
13
TrinityRoots
Home, Land and Sea
TrinityRoots/Border
14
Whirimako Black
Soul Sessions
Mai Music
15
Concord Dawn
Chaos By Design
Uprising
16
TrinityRoots
True
TrinityRoots/Border
17
Katchafire
Revival
Mai Music
18
Shapeshifter
Riddim Wise LP
Truetone/Rhythmethod
19
Connan & the Mockasins
Uuu…..It’s Teasy
Rhythmethod
20
Fly My Pretties
Live At Bats
LOOP/Border
Shows sales from 1 – 31 January 2007.
Compiled from outbound sales registered at selected music retailers by Media Sauce Ltd. for IMNZ.
Eligibility requires IMNZ membership or by registration fee.
For further information on IMNZ releases, labels or membership contact IMNZ Operations Manager Renee Jones.
February News
Firstly, congratulations to the first batch of Outward Sound recipients for 2007, who have received assistance courtesy
of the NZMIC’s international division. From the IMNZ whanau, Arch Hill Recordings received a Phase Two grant, while
Connan and the Mockasins, David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights and the Ruby Suns received Phase One market scoping grants.
In news from Move The Crowd Records, Ethical recently spent 6 weeks in New York recording his forthcoming album; he was
also in Asia for 5 weeks to tour as Roc Raider's hype man for a month, visiting China, Japan, Hong Kong and parts of
Indonesia. Meanwhile Tyree toured with DJ Sirvere for all of the Australian Big Day Out dates, and he’s scheduled back
in Oz in February, March and April for a huge Blazin' tour with Australia's DJ Nino Brown. Young Sid is featured on
PNC's new single, the Who Better Than This remix, alongside Mareko, Con Psy, Koma, Louie Knuxx and Scribe.
The Datsuns are signing to US label DRT Entertainment for North America, and their latest album ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ will be released there in early April. David Kilgour’s sixth solo album ‘The Far Now’ is out, and if you get
in quick you will get a copy of the limited edition Australasian double, with 10-track bonus disc ‘Orange Feathers’.
Kilgour’s seminal band the Clean are also touring in March. SJD has a new single hitting the airwaves later this month,
so keep an ear out for Beautiful Haze.
Shapeshifter released their album in Australia in January with the first run of albums selling out in less than a week.
They have been on an extremely successful Big Day Out tour in Australia and had a sold out Sydney Festival show; and at
Tool’s request they support the band at their sold out side show in Melbourne at the Myer Music Bowl. And after their
success at the Big Day Out, and in promotion of their second album 'Violent Ambitions', metal band Sinate undertake
their largest nationwide tour yet. The band are also supporting internationals Suffocation, God Forbid, Agnostic Front,
Slayer and Mastodon, plus playing a couple of 'all ages' shows.
Katchafire’s ‘Slow-Burning is still rising in the US radio charts, going from #11 to #6 in the CMJ New World chart, and
the album is the most-added at this format so far this year. They have also been invited to play the Reggae On The River
festival in the US this year and have other touring offers pending. Fat Freddy’s Drop also appeared in the CMJ New World
chart, debuting at #22.
Concord Dawn’s 2003 album 'Uprising' has reached Platinum sales in New Zealand, the first Platinum success for a drum n'
bass artist in New Zealand. With 2006's 'Chaos By Design' not far behind it's an achievement the duo hope to repeat. One
half of Concord Dawn, Matt Harvey, will be stationed in Vienna for much of 2007 playing music in Austria, Hungary, the
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain and England, while work continues on album no. 5. The pair also have plans for
performances with a live band.
Whirimako Black has a very busy year ahead. She’s just played 2 sell-out shows at the Hamilton Gardens Festival; her
first DVD will be released in March; she makes 2 appearances at the AK07 Festival; plus she is to performs 2 shows on
the main stage at WOMAD. In April she is playing the Christchurch Jazz Festival and in May she’s been invited, along
with author Witi Ihimaera, to Italy for the Torino Book Fair and for several other shows in Rome and Milan. ‘Soul
Sessions 2’ is also looking likely this year; in September she will embark on her first extensive national tour; and a
collaborations album, featuring tracks with many of the artists she has worked with in the past, should be available for
Christmas.
Ardijah have a full diary too. First up, they play Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival on February 24 alongside artists such
as Spacifix, Katchafire and Ruia; followed by the Pasifika Festival Opening Night concert on March 9. They they’re off
to the USA, playing the Native American Business Conference showcase in Las Vegas, a Seminole Tribe show in Florida, the
Aloha Festival in Phoenix plus a series of club gigs throughout March.
The Ruby Suns begin their tour of the UK on February 23 with a set of dates with Memphis Industries labelmates Field
Music. They are also being interviewed on BBC6 and doing a live-to-air for Resonance FM. After dates with Londoners the
Holloways, the band are heading off for headlining dates in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France, and Belgium. Die! Die! Die!
are preparing to head to the USA as they’re appearing at SXSW in Texas this March. They’ve also set up shows in other US
centres including New York, Boston and Minneapolis before venturing to the UK and Sweden.
OMC’s first single in several years, 4 All of Us, has been released in time for the Human Rights Commission’s Race
Relations Day on March 21. The single features Lucy Lawless on backing vocals, as will one of the other tracks. OMC’s
Pauly Fuemana has gifted the track to HRC and Lucy is donating her proceeds to Starship. Pauly has also been asked to
contribute to a Te Papa project, which will pump up its Pacific Beats exhibit with new sound through an interactive
table. Keep an eye too on your TV; 20/20 are putting the finishing touches on an OMC documentary segment which should
air in early March.
The Fast Crew will be releasing the 1st single off their 2nd album, What Happened to Yesterday, on Monday February 26th.
Tourist, along with Evermore, support a sold out Snow Patrol on February 22; and then they will launch into a nationwide
tour for their album 'Minutes Last For Years.' The Kingites are amongst a large lineup playing a benefit show for the
Look Good Feel Better charity which supports cancer sufferers; this is happening on March 10 at Auckland’s Transmission
Room.
On March 4 a tribute concert is being held for the late Phillip Fuemana at the Telstra Clear Pacific Events centre in
Manukau. The concert will feature Dei Hamo, Carly Binding, Chong Nee, DawnRaid, Andrea Tunks, Scattered Time, Matty
Rhys, Erhmehn, the Kila Kokonut Krew, DJ Poroufessor, Moizna, Laura Neems; and the Exlat dancers, Ridlah and Fuemana
will also be performing. Also look out for the following 3 Albums due out March/April on Urban Pacifika Records: the
Urban Tribute Album (featuring the above artists), Gifted and Maori 3 and Wahine Volume 1 (an album of Maori songs sung
by Maori women).
Miriam Clancy is supporting the Waratahs on their national shows, and Anika Moa at her Auckland Zoo Music show; plus
she’s appearing at the AK07 Festival and the Mt Eden Food & Wine Festival. Future plans include a trip back to the U.S. after being contacted by ex-pat Kiwi singer-songwriter
Helen Henderson, who has been making a name for herself in the alt-country country/rock scene.
To coincide with the release of the ‘Reo’ compilation, the Maori Language Commission Mā Te Reo and Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
are co-sponsoring a ‘Reo’ tour this month. The shows are free (with the exception of a gold coin entry fee operating at
the Turangi, Wangaui and Wellington performances), and award-winning singer/songwriter Ruia Aperahama and band are
special guests at all concerts.
Káren Hunter's new album 'Rubble' will be released February 28 at Rakinos in Auckland on Monkey Records, and this show
will be followed by an epic 44-date national tour. Luke Hurley's long awaited ‘Best Of’ will be released on the 21st
March with a gig at Shanghai Lil’s in Auckland followed by an even more comprehensive 50-date tour. There's no excuse
for not catching either of these artists if you're in the country as they are playing literally everywhere over the next
few months. Monkey have also just signed Jordan Reyne (who is currently based in Germany) for her new album 'How the
Dead Live' to be released later in the year. Look out for the brand new Monkey Records website which is being relaunched
as www.monkeyrecords.com on March 1st.
New and Forthcoming Releases
Alda Rezende ‘Traveller’, Ardijah ‘Timeless Tour DVD’, Batucada Sound Machine ‘Live At The Bowl Of Brooklands’, the
Cakekitchen 'Everything's Driving You Crazy Cos You Just Can't Get What You Want’, Charlie Ash ‘Can Can’, Fast Crew
Whatever Happened to Yesterday? Single, The Hot Grits 'Championship Sounds', Karen Hunter ‘Rubble’, Luke Hurley ‘Best
Of’, Jefferson Belt ‘Table Manners’, Kezia and The Seven Year Itch self-titled EP, David Kilgour ‘The Far Now’, Kokomo
‘a Gogo’, Motocade ‘Into the Fall’ EP, Mr Sicc ‘Cannibal Music’, My Life Story ‘The Night Is Young’ EP, OdESSA Motel
Machine single, OMC 4 All of Us single, Liam Ryan ‘M2M: Mississippi To Mauao’, SJD Beautiful Haze single, Slipping
Tongue Bitter single, SonicAltar Kneel at the Altar single, Te Vaka ‘Live in Concert’ DVD, Tommy ‘Tomorrow I Might Go’,
Tourist ‘Minutes Last for Years’, Trillion ‘Audio Agriculture in the 21st Century’, The Tweeks ‘You Can Listen Too’,
Tyree ‘Now or Never’, Adam Paaka Whauwhau ‘Tukuna Mai’, Various ‘Gifted and Maori 3’, Various ‘Reo’, Various ‘Urban
Tribute Album’, Various ‘Wahine Volume 1’
Tours
Ardijah: February: 24 Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival with Spacifix, Katchafire and Ruia; March: 9 Pasifika Festival
Opening Night concert
Antagonist: February: 22nd Hamilton (AA) WINTEC Orientation W/ Antagonist, The Chase (12pm)
Cobra Khan: March: 17th Auckland (AA) Britomart Pavilion 2pm AK07 W/ Cobra Khan, The Have, Falter, Electric
Confectionares, The Sneaks, White Birds & Lemons
Other shows with 1157 bands: February: 22nd Auckland, PowerStation (AA) & (R18) W/ Thrice (USA) Cold By Winter, Los Muertos; March: 2nd Wellington, Victoria Uni Hall (R18) W/ NOFX (USA),
Kitsch; 3rd Auckland, Powerstation (AA) & (R18) W/ NOFX (USA), Kitsch; 5th Auckland, Kings Arms (R18) W/ Hatebreed (USA), Antagonist, Take The Willing
Hamtown Smackdown: March: 9th Hamilton, The Meteor (AA) W/ Antagonist, Brick Vs Face, City Newton Bombers, Suicide Dogs,
The Wrongmen, The Chase, Roll With The Punches; 10th Hamilton, The Meteor (AA) W/ The Warpath, Damaged, Strangers,
Everyman For Himself, Upheld, Ryan Rocks It, Dead Hero
Batucada Sound Machine: February: 23 Soundsplash, Raglan; 24 Cuba St Carnival, Wellington; March: 3 Lothlorien Festival;
10 Piha Surf Competition; 11 AK07, Spiegeltent, Auckland
Miriam Clancy: February: 24: Zoo Music, Auckland Zoo (with Anika Moa); March: 9 The Front Room, Wellington; 11 The
Winemakers Daughter, Kapiti Coast (both with the Warratahs); 18 Red Square, Britomart, Auckland (AK07); 25 Mt Eden Food & Wine Festival, Auckland.
dDub: February: Orientation: 24 Otago University with The Black Seeds; 25 Auckland Waitakere Sounds; 28 Canterbury
University with The Black Seeds; March: 1 Waikato University with OdESSA; 2 Mar Auckland St James with Hollie Smith & the Opensouls; 17/18th Taranaki – WOMAD
Kàren Hunter: February: 28 Rakinos, Auckland (Album Release/Tour Launch); March: 2 Hallertau, Riverhead; 3 (1pm) Real
Groovy instore, Auckland, (8pm): Cats Tango & Bar, Waiheke; 8 Muddy River Café, Turua; 9 Hauraki House Theatre, Coromandel; 10 Eggsentric, Whitianga; 11 The
Landing, Katikati; 14 Sunset Stage, AK07 Festival; 15 Reva’s, Whangarei; 16 Kaitaia Hotel; 17 The Venue, Kerikeri; 18
(1pm) The Pub, Russell, (8pm) Copthorne, Rawene; 24 Aquavelvet, Raglan; 25 Coliseum, Tauranga; 28 Café One 2 One,
Auckland; 29 Plateau, Taupo; 30 Matinee, New Plymouth; 31 Stellar, Wanganui (April dates will be in March newsletter).
Luke Hurley: March: 21 Shanghai Lils - Album Release Party; 23rd: (6pm) Real Groovy Instore, Auckland, 8pm Hallertau,
Riverhead; 24 Cats Tango, Waiheke; 25 Meltdown Festival, Whangarei; 30 Nektar, Thames (April dates will be in March
newsletter).
OdESSA: February: 20 Otago University, Dunedin; 21 Lincoln University, Christchurch; 23 Canterbury University,
Christchurch, 24 Cuba Street Carnival, Wellington, 25 Featherston Festival, Featherston, 26 Victoria University,
Wellington, 27 Massey University, Palmerston North; March: 1 Waikato University, Hamilton, 2 Rising Sun, Auckland
Don McGlashan and the Seven Sisters: March: 9 AK07 Auckland Domain; 15th Auckland Spielgeltent; 17 & 18th New Plymouth WOMAD; 25th Whangarei Meltdown Festival
Reo tour (with special guest Ruia): February: 22 Aramoho Hotel, Wanganui; 23 NZ School of Music Auditorium, Wellington
Sinate: February: 24 Whangaparoa, Babalu's; March: 3 Auckland, Music Works (all ages);
9 Whakatane, Tempo Bar; 10 Mt. Manganui, Blake Park (Freestyle Sports Open); 15 Rotorua, The Grumpy Mole; 16 Gisborne,
Scotty's Bar; 17 Napier, Milonga Bar; 23 Mt. Manganui, Brewers Bar; 24 New Plymouth, Basement Bar; 25 Auckland, Hysteria
Bar (with God Forbid); 29 Palmerston North, Bar Mode; 30 Wellington, Zeal (All Ages); 31 Wellington, the Adelaide;
April: 4 Alexandra, The Stadium; 5 Queenstown, Dux De Lux; 6 Invercargill, The Gluepot; 7 Dunedin, The Crown; 12
Ashburton, The Somerset Bar; 13 Christchurch, The Jet Set Lounge; 14 Nelson, The Phat Club; 19 Auckland, Hysteria Bar
(with Agnostic Front); 21 St James, Auckland (with Slayer and Mastodon)
SJD: February: 23 Christchurch, Dux de Lux; 24 Dunedin, Backstage; March: 8 Napier, Latitude; 9 Wellington, Happy; 10
Auckland, Kings Arms.
Tourist: February: 22 February Waitakere Arena, Auckland with Snow Patrol; March: 3 Onewa Domain, North Shore City; 10
The Adelaide, Wellington; 18 North Harbour Stadium, North Shore City; 30 Canterbury University, Christchurch; April: 13
Dogs Bollix, Auckland
Ends