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At the end of 2023 I was feeling pensive and had some spare time thanks to the union movements of the 1900s, so I wrote a bunch of notes for… More
Note: This was largely written the day after the festival ended while it was fresh in my mind, as such it’s a bit rough and full of wild… More
Binaural recording essentially involves using microphones which emulate the human ear as closely as possible. Where a traditional recording… More
Anarchist collective space YOURS opened in style with a noisy street parade captured here. The space will be used as a café and venue, as… More
On an average Sunday in April of 2022, an iconic Dunedin venue is resurrected. The venue? Sammy’s, built in the 1800s, previously served as… More
For the past five years all of the images and videos taken for dunedinsound.com were taken on this camera. I’ve driven it hard (77,918… More
It’s been a winter of discontent for the local music community here in Otepoti. Old grievances which have tormented the scene for decades… More
James Barrett has spent the last few years making a splash in the venerable techno scene of Berlin. Now in COVID ravaged 202X, he’s returned… More
In March this year ex-Dunedinite Kane Strang surprised everyone by quietly dropping an album, his first in four years, without any of the… More
If there’s one thing I think we can all agree on here in the Ōtepoti music community, it’s that we’d quite like more spaces to perform and… More
Way back in February of 2020, just before everything turned to custard, New New New hosted its largest lineup of acts to date. The event was… More
London/NZ based indie band The Veils are touring New Zealand, and for the first time ever they’ll be performing their dark and brooding 2006… More
On the 9th of March 2021 a local musician woke up in a rage. “Why don’t I get paid more?” he roared, “Why does the public value creme eggs… More
There are two things which get me out of bed in the morning: music and reality TV. It’s the drama, it’s the humanity, it’s the sheer craft… More
Way back in 2012 Males were a tent pole of the local Indie scene, along with bands like Astro Children, Two Cartoons and Kane Strang. Their… More
Did that just happen? It felt like one minute we were expulsing bodily fluids all over each other with wanton abandon, and the next we were… More
Around a year ago I wrote about None Gallery. None Gallery was a collaborative art space which hosted art exhibitions and music gigs since… More
Located at the very top of a three story commercial building on George Street, the venue known as The Attic was the most important place you… More
Wellington blackened post-metal-gaze duo Tuscoma released their highly anticipated second album Discourse in April - only to have their… More
Recently, with no gigs to go to, I decided I wanted to hear what every gig recorded so far playing simultaneously would sound like. You can… More
After a few weeks of figuring out the new normal, last weekend demonstrated that the local live music scene is anything but dead. It’s just… More
It’s hard to believe just over a week ago I was interviewing a band who were preparing to embark on a national tour, and now we’re living in… More
Here we stand, tentatively poised on the cusp of the roaring 20s, the perilous 10s behind us. If this year could be summed up in a single… More
Whiskey and the Wench are widely regarded as Dunedin’s loudest folk-punk band, with around a decades worth… More
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Known for their intense and enigmatic live performances, Night Lunch have been kicking around the local underground for about a year and… More
Mild Orange shuffled onto the Dunedin scene in early 2017 with a sultry mix of soft indie-rock and a splash of Mockasin creaminess. And then… More
This year marks the 23rd iteration of OUSA’s Battle of the Bands competition - and it also marks the first (hopefully of many) under the new… More
Thanks to capitalism, making money is an essential part of not starving to death. Unfortunately for most musicians though, converting their… More
A few weeks ago the art and music community received some sad news: None Gallery had been sold and, since it’s new owners had purchased a… More
You might have noticed things are looking a little different. That’s because the site has been completely rebuilt from the ground up using… More
Lines of Flight opened with a rendition of John Cage’s silent 4’ 33”, both an empty space to symbolise what we’ve lost and the epitome of… More
Until recently Michael Morris was making down and dirty rock n’ roll in Dunedin with The River Jesters. He toured both NZ and Australia… More
Local blonk-pop band The Shambles are parting ways, but they’re not going out without one last tour, one last opportunity to experience the… More
Over the past four months Copenhagen-based blackened-hardcore band Hexis have been on the largest tour of their career, and next week they… More
I fondly remember the day 16 year old me came home from school, switching on the TV to semi-ironically watch mother of the nation Erin… More
Congress of Animals is what happens when a bunch of NZ’s most prolific and respected musical talent gets together and jams without any… More
Destroy All False Metal might sound like a radical metalhead’s ultimate dictum but it’s actually just a band from Wellington, and tonight… More
I thought it might be a good time to write a little rundown of the tech behind dunedinsound.com, partially as a way for me to clarify my… More
AMPED Project concluded again this year with a marathon 6 hour gig at Fifty Gorillas. Fifteen highschool acts played, who had all been… More
It’s hard to know what to expect from Ben Woods Group. So far the only Ben Woods release is one song called “Lozenge” on Melted Icecream’s… More
The first time I saw The Mentalist Collective was when they played to a crowd of ten or so at one of ReFuels open mic nights. This was 2014,… More
In 2011 Lee Nicolson started making guitar pedals. He learnt how to breadboard from a friend, a rudimentary prototyping method which… More
At the Cook last Friday Wellington based indescribable trio The All Seeing Hand did what they do best. Set to a backdrop of RGB LEDs they… More
If you’re feeling a little itchy it could be because Methchrist haven’t played a gig here since January, but that all changes tonight. In a… More
Dunedinsound: Your press release described you as a “southern stew of Kurt Vile, Mac DeMarco with a good shake of Kevin Morby”. If you as a… More
November last year a bunch of highschoolers decided to gather all of their friends and put on a big gig. They called it the Big Gig and that… More
With 50 artists performing over six locations and five hours it’s Dunedin’s largest music festival… And it takes place in a library. This… More
In 2004 Julian Temple Band slipped quietly into the Dunedin music scene as a humble 3-piece. But what was three gradually become four, and… More
Death and the Maiden’s second album exists in the same shadowy world they created in their self-titled debut but refines it, polishes it… More
According to an Official Information Act request initiated by dunedinsound.com, the Dunedin City Council spent $221,000 on Ed Sheeran’s… More
Damin McCabe, otherwise known as Jack Berry, assembled a band specifically for OUSA Battle of the Bands 2017 just to play his songs and see… More
Twenty years ago if you wanted music you had to leave your house, go to a record store, talk to some people, part with $30 and return with a… More
Way back in 2012 Dunedin local Jamie Dickson started releasing music online. He was inspired by a bubbly, aquatic-themed aesthetic called… More
In the first of a video series on cool people doing cool things I spoke to Julie Dunn who runs trace/untrace, a local micro-independent… More
Graham Matrix, singer and guitarist for local post-grunge-pop band Sheep, passes around a bag of Sour Cream and Chives potato chips. “These… More
On Tuesday the 27th of February 2018 two masked terrorists committed a heinous act of vandalism. before and after coyote Baying for… More
Bediquette’s new EP YIELD came out about a week ago and it’s good. Really good. Meaty bleeps and bloops shimmy around… More
mf/mp are a hot new semi-local label who’ve already made waves with their lathe cut “Sundrian Editions” which feature pairings of… More
On a chilly August night in 2015 I went to a gig at the Robbie Burns pub and had my mind blown by a band called The Rothmans. More
In June this year an internationally recognized local sound artist grew tired of asking money for his works and decided to give them away… More
Vogel Street Party happened again this year for the third time. Families, students alike (but mostly families) all flocked to the old… More
Prolific post-punkers Die! Die! Die! have released another album, and are returning to Dunedin on Friday for a blistering show at None… More
Dunedin’s high schools are pumping out more fizzy bands than ever before, although you might not know it because most venues are bars, and… More
For the third time in a year Dunedin’s one and only surfadelic riff monster ‘Koizilla’ is releasing an EP. More
We emerged from the tiny practice room on Baldwin Street trembling and sweaty. It wasn’t a warm day, but the doors and windows had to be… More
Finally some good news for local fans of war, filth, corruption, torture, scum, obliteration and death. In a ritual of hatred and disdain at… More
By the time you’re reading this it’ll be too late: Onslaught will have begun. Probably the biggest event in Dunedin’s music calendar, the… More
William Henry Meung recently released his latest of many musical projects. A long time member of the Dunedin “experimental” music scene, he… More
Local artist Cath Cocker recently organized the Nocturnal Projections and Other Small Happenings art event. I spoke to her about why she… More
Recently I caught up with Millie from Astro Children to discuss their new album, One Direction, and general feelings on the Dunedin music… More
On the 16th of June, late on a Friday afternoon, central Dunedin was cordoned off and closed down for what was described as a bomb scare… More
Saturday the 24th of June was the shortest day of the year and to celebrate a group of dedicated volunteers supported by the Dunedin City… More
The Panasonic G6 was the first camera I ever bought back in 2013 and it’s been my primary camera ever since. A few weeks ago I bought a G85… More
So I decided to add a blog and I’m looking for content. why though? Basically I think there are interesting things to say regarding the… More
Obscure and unofficial media from gigs in Dunedin, New Zealand since 2014.
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