Die! Die! Die!
HT
I'll tell you sumthin for nuthin right now, amigo/s - I've had a fairly tuff time shaking off The Weekend Is Over Blues today. The misery has been lingering like a five day hangover/bender. Which, co-incidentally enough, is exactly what the weekend was. Long weekends, right? Five days of bliss, with nothing on the schedule except boozing with babes and buds and babes. Plenty of buds. And bad photos. And hung parliaments. And headaches. And great times. Oh, the GREAT times. Maybe one day we'll sit down together and I'll tell you all about them.
Die! Die! Die!
How Ye
I spent about 35 minutes this morning trying to find a sneaky back door way to rip this video so I could embed it here. I even dusted off my cracked version of Windows XP to give the command line thing a whirl. But, alas, that shit is well and truly locked down.
Die! Die! Die! sign to Flying Nun, reveal new album details
Recently I was alerted to this Spinner article about the plans of Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd to bring the influential New Zealand label back to it's former (independent) glory, as well as the unexpected involvement in the revival from Crowded House's Neil Finn.
Die! Die! Die! @ Annandale Hotel - 15/04/2010 + Kelly Clarkson @ Acer Arena - 17/04/2010
I've always been envious of people with narrow musical tastes. No, really. It means they can focus all their attention on a handful of artists, zeroing in on their work to the point of obsession. I'm personally spread far too thin, with my interests covering basically all the high points that exist between Marf Loth and Peter Andre.
This weekend in Sydney: Die! Die! Die!, Kelly Clarkson and some other stuff
Anyone else planning on tackling the Die! Die! Die! and Kelly Clarkson double-up?
Die! Die! Die! announce April shows
Ahead of the release of their highly anticipated new album, The New Zealand Ruckus MachineTM will be embarking on a quick lap around the country.
Our Favourite Artists Of The Decade: Die! Die! Die!
We continue our ongoing/never-ending 'special' series on our favourite artists of the past 10 years, with a polite head nod in the direction of the New Zealand wild punks - and probably the world's best live act - Die! Die! Die!
Die! Die! Die!, DZ, The Mint Chicks, Tucker B's
Wedding Messages For Jonny
As some of you would already know, I got married about a month ago. Chief Editor and head of our Euro Department Mike Punch was the best man and, in an attempt to foil our strict 'no presents' policy, he organised a bunch of my favourite musicians to record special little wedding messages. The results are fairly spine-tinglingly lovely.
Homebake via Twitter
Update (12:41): some more of the band's playing later today have now woken up and started updating.
Die! Die! Die! (and a few others) have been added to this year's Homebake line-up.
Things we are looking forward to in 2009
World peace. An end to the world financial crisis. New Tucker Bs album.
The Guardian has given Die! Die! Die!'s Promises Promises a very nice little write-up. Yeah, bow down at their alter Bloc Party - you silly twats!
The biggest disappointments of 2008
Obama didn't pick Lil Wayne as his running mate, the total lack of new albums by Courtney Love and Ini Kamoze didn't beat down Girl Talk for not clearing his sample of Here Comes The Hotstepper.
Homebake @ The Domain
06/12/2008
Sun. Beer. Gin. Southern cross tattoos. Beer. Flying techno-heads. Brisbane grunge. Aging rockers.
Episode 50
Homebake 2008
A whole bunch of songs by artists who are playing at this Saturday's Homebake festival.
Die! Die! Die! + The Ripping Dylans + Ohana @ Spectrum
28/11/08
I was so pumped up after this show I needed to drink a bucket of liquor to bring me back down to earth. True story.
Our favourite Australian/New Zealand artists of 2008
Artists that touched us. Artists we touched. A big list of people we think you should try and touch sometime.
Die! Die! Die!, Violent Soho and Mercy Arms added to Homebake line-up
Homebake gets good? Hmm.. maybe just 'less shit'.
Die! Die! Die! have started work on the follow-up to their incredible 2007 Promises Promises album. The band are working on the new material at a rehearsal space in Newcastle, England, with the record expected to be released sometime early next year. We have also been informed that the band will be heading back to Australia in late November for a short tour.
Die! Die! Die!
Sideways Here We Come
Animation awesomeness.
Super8 Diaries Sydney launch
A fantastic video project, capturing the true spirit of the local DIY scene, is having it's Sydney launch on June 8.
Die! Die! Die! + Talons + The Ripping Dylans @ Oxford Art Factory
19/04/2008
Drunk, sweaty, punk rock fun.
Die! Die! Die! are going to play some shows in Australia during April
Before they do this however they are going to do a quick lap around the world and visit SXSW, Brooklyn and Brighton.
Die! Die! Die! + The Scare + Disbelievers @ Oxford Art Factory
28/12/2007
A true story about how I went saw one of my favourite bands in the world play with two other bands.
Our Favourite Albums of 2007
Just minutes before the year clocks out, gets embarrassingly drunk and makes out with their cousin we have a little list of the music we have enjoyed the most from 2007.
2007 - A Mixtape
We have packaged together our favourite songs from the past twelve months as our gift to you for visiting our site this year. Enjoy!
Die! Die! Die! end of year shows
The Dunedin trio are heading back to our shores for two shows before the year ends.
Big Day Out second announcement
A handful of awesome acts have been added to the festival line-up, along with a whole bunch of ordinary ones.
Behind the scenes at the Die! Die! Die! video shoot, controversial title for Nas' upcoming album, new Saul Williams track etc etc.
That title is longer than the actual news item.
Die! Die! Die! + The Ripping Dylans @ Candy's Apartment
25/10/2007
Performing a set comprising almost 100% of songs from their new album Promises, Promises the New Zealand trio delivered a highly impressive show.
Tonight! The Mint Chicks vs Die! Die! Die!
A battle royale is happening tonight with two of New Zealand's finest playing shows in Sydney.
Australian release date for new Die! Die! Die! album pushed back
Promises, Promises was scheduled to be released here next month but now won't be in stores until February next year.
Die! Die! Die! new album details
The new album is called Promises, Promises and will be released on October 8 in New Zealand and locally in November.
Die! Die! Die! + Fait Accompli + Talons @ Spectrum
02/02/2007
I am not 18 anymore and super late nights when I get home as dawn is cracking is well and truly behind me. This said, as I have confessed countless numbers of times in the walls of this literary playground, if Die! Die! Die! are playing within a 50km radius of my home then I am liable to do things that I would normally pass over as stupid and/or file under "not a great idea".
MTV's The Lair or 'a chance to see Die! Die! Die! and Dappled Cities Fly play in the same room on the same night'
So, as the powers that be would have it, I ended up at the Metro Theatre last night for a filming off MTV"s new [hip, rad, eh..] television show The Lair. I had been told by birds and flowers and execs that Die! Die! Die! were going to be playing and it would a cold day in a town called Helltown before I turned down a chance to see them, especially in front of a room full odf collars-up MTV wanksters. It"s no secret that I heart the shit out of the New Zealand punking trio so whenever they even sneeze in Sydney I have someone emailing me to tell me all about it. It"s kinda nice.
Our Favourite Albums of 2006
Ok, so in the past week or so we have been reading a lot about the 1000 greatest albums of the year and top 50 best singles that start with the letter 'H' etc etc.
Die! Die! Die! + Children Collide + The Golden Age @ Spectrum
09/12/2006
The We HEART NZ weekend festivities came to a climax last night as Die! Die! Die! threw down a havoc wreaking show on Oxford St and brought, as they call it in the land of the long white cloud, "The Thunder".
No regrets. No no none at all.
In fact you can only just see the weekend from Wednesday, it's waving and jumping up and although you can't make out the facial expression, you know that it's smiling like a drunken idiot.
