Re-Orientation 2009

The VBC 88.3FM & VUWSA Present… Re-Orientation 2009

The VBC 88.3FM, Wellington’s Student and Community Radio Station, and the Victoria University Of Wellington Students Association are proud to present Re-Orientation 2009, featuring:

TRAPS
w/ Thought Creature
Wednesday 15 July – San Fran Bathhouse - Free entry

Traps walk the line between punk, indie and pop and their music, although constantly varied, is recognizable by distinctive vocals, its guitar-led nature, complex melodies and driving rhythms which all combine, almost atmospherically, to create original indie-rock.

Traps have played alongside of the most contemporary and innovative artists around today including These New Puritans (UK) Deerhunter (USA) and Pivot (AUS), and have played They’ve also played Australia’s Playground Weekender, Essential and My Filthy Riot festivals.

www.myspace.com/killthetraps
www.myspace.com/thoughtcreature

DIE!DIE!DIE!
w/ Piece War and Tiddabades
Thursday 16 July – Bar Bodega - $10 presales www.undertheradar.co.nz or VUWSA

Having just returned from their White Horse single release tour in the UK, Die!Die!Die! are set to hit the road again, this time back home in New Zealand, playing July 16th in Wellington before heading back into the studio for record a new album due to be released later this year.

While in the UK recently, the band appeared at festivals such as the Stag and Dagger, Great Escape and the Camden Crawl in London, while NME Magazine noted Die!Die!Die! as the highlight of Great Escape the Camden Crawl.

http://www.myspace.com/diediedienz
http://www.myspace.com/piecewar
http://www.myspace.com/tiddabades

DIMMER – ALBUM RELEASE SHOW
Saturday 18 July – Bar Bodega - $20 presales www.undertheradar.co.nz

DIMMER

Shayne Carter has been in the studio for over a year working on the follow-up to Dimmer’s acclaimed third album There My Dear and the result is one of the most potent recordings of his remarkable career, Degrees of Existence, due for release at the end of July.

Preceded by the snarling melodic brilliance of the singles “Degrees of Existence” and “Cold Water”, the latter currently searing across the airwaves, this Dimmer album promises to meet the exacting standards of one of the finest New Zealand groups of recent times.

Joining him onstage will be James Duncan (Punches, SJD), Kelly Steven (Punches) and Gary Sullivan, the latter recently returned to the Dimmer fold having first occupied the band’s drumstool almost a decade ago, bringing his always tasteful and sinuous grooves to the ongoing Dimmer project, adding a fresh element to the sonic pop explorations of Carter and Duncan’s brilliant guitarwork.

http://www.dimmer.co.nz/
http://www.myspace.com/dimmerband

ENDS

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