May News: Family Cactus, Ghost Wave, David Kilgour & More

If you live in New Zealand no doubt you know it is New Zealand Music Month, so lets talk about New Zealand music…

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Family Cactus "Spirit Lights" Album Release and Shows

The Family Cactus are releasing their second album "Spirit Lights" on Arch Hill on 30th of May 2011. It will be available as a CD and download on the Arch Hill website from Monday 30th.

The album was recorded at Roundhead Studios in Auckland, The Surgery in Wellington. It was then mastered in New York at Stirling Sounds by Greg Calbi late 2010 - while the band were based there for several months.
To celebrate the release of the album the Family Cactus are playing a couple of shows in Auckland and Wellington - to be followed by a more extensive tour later in 2011.

28th of May - The Kings Arms - Auckland - with Andrew Keoghan
4th of June - The San Francisco Bath House - Wellington
Buy tickets from Under the Radar

"Spirit Lights" is out 6th of June and will be available on Vinyl, CD and download. The CD will also be for sale at the above gigs

And you can still download the single Fields and Fields over here.

Check this new video Erskine Session for Neighborhood - filmed and recorded live

Check Family Cactus on Facebook and Twitter

Ghost Wave - EP Out Now and Two Shows in One Night

No doubt many of you are familiar with the excellent Ghost Wave. Well if you are in Auckland you lucky people get to see them twice! On Friday 27th (that is tonight) they are playing the following shows.

8pm - support for Cut Copy at the Studio - buy tickets
11pm - 95bFM Fancy New Band Showcase - Free

Here is a FREE DOWNLOAD of the single Sunsetter

Check Ghost Wave on Facebook and Twitter

Ghost Wave - EP - CD (US$10)
Ghost Wave - EP - Download ($US6)

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Punches - New Single Download

Many of you will remember the excellent Punches who released one EP on Arch Hill back a few years ago. People loved that EP and after a log hiatus they are back. Punches are Kelly Sherrod and James Duncan…James of course is also known as a solo artist and member of Dimmer and SJD.

Here is a FREE DOWNLOAD of the single "Hold Your Head" from a forthcoming album.
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David Kilgour "Left By Soft" USA Reviews and Vinyl Almost All Gone

Here are a few reviews of David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights Left By Soft album that you might want to read. They vinyl has flown out the door and we only have a small quantity left - so you might want to get in before they are all gone.

Pitchfork review of "Left By Soft"
Blurt review of "Left By Soft"
Popmatters review of "Left By Soft"
No Depression review of "Left By Soft"
Under the Radar review of "Left By Soft"
And "Left By Soft" even went Top 40 on the New Zealand album Charts!

Check David Kilgour website

David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights - "Left By Soft" - Vinyl ($US25)
David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights - "Left By Soft" - CD ($US15)
David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights - "Left By Soft" - Download ($US10)

Sugarloaf Shakedown Fundraiser for Christchurch Photos - Street Chant and The Bats

On the 22nd of May 2011 a gig to raise funds for Christchurch musicians effected by the Christchurch earthquake was held at the Kings Arms in Auckland New Zealand. Arch Hill Recordings was one of the sponsors and bands that played included The Bats, Street Chant, Lawrence Arabia, Dictaphone Blues, Princess Chelsea and the Drab Do Riffs. Here are a few photos of Street Chant and The Bats from the day

Street Chant are now back in New Zealand after several months of traveling the world, playing shows and generally impressing people. Likewise Surf City have also completed a big tour of the USA and have hunkered down in New York to work on their new album. Below are a few links of what they have been up to

Street Chant and Surf City USA and Australia Reviews

Street Chant on MTV Iggy
Street Chant on Spinner
Surf City on the NBC Website
Surf City on Pitchfork

Check Street Chant on Facebook and Twitter
Surf City on Facebook

Street Chant - "Means" - Vinyl ($US25)
Street Chant - "Means" - CD ($US15)
Street Chant - "Means" - Download ($US10)

Surf City - Kudos - Vinyl ($US25)
Surf City - Kudos - CD ($US15)

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Winners of the Competition

We had a large amount of entries in the Arch Hill Bag of Swag competition and some pretty funny comments - we narrowed some of the comments down to the most entertaining and then chose a winner at random out of these.

The winner made the following comment!

"I deserve to win this Arch Hill bag of swag because...." my record player got thrown to the floor in the Feb 22 ChCh earthquake, and it sustained some bad damage. Just managed to get it fixed last week thanks to PennyLanE Records (yay Pennylane - still trading in the middle of a devastated Colombo Street). Unfortunately had to shell out $50 large so no cash left for vinyl, so some Arch Hill recordings right now would go down a treat....cough cough. Thanks for listening.
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NZ Music Month Summit

If you are in Auckland or Wellington and are a musician or interested in working in the music industry you might want to head along to the following NZ Music Month Summits. The event is presents by Independent Music NZ, The Music Managers Forum and the NZ Music Commission. There are a whole bunch of panels and interesting people to hear from.

Check the Auckland NZ Music Month Summit
Check the Wellington NZ Music Month Summit
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Arch Hill Free Range
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All of the below are, ahem, free for your listening pleasure

Family Cactus - Spirit Lights (single)
Ghost Wave - Sunsetter (single)
Andrew McKenzie - The Edge of the World (album)
Pine - Books and Magazines (album)
The Haints of Dean Hall - Sleeper (album)
Arch Hill Recordings 10th Anniversary Album (album)

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