Happy Nunvember

November is set to be renamed Nunvember as Flying Nun Records celebrate their 30th Anniversary with a month of shows, releases and re-releases.

Legendary signings The Clean, HDU, The Bats and Ghostclub will tour throughout the month along with some new signings to the iconic Kiwi label.

Launching the birthday month will be a showcase of the New Faces of Flying Nun Records in Auckland on November 4 and Wellington November 5 featuring Grayson Gilmour, Popstrangers, T54 and Surf Friends.

F in Math and Alphabethead will also tour the country and there are a series of Flying Nun Tribute Nights scheduled for across New Zealand and Australia.

The label will also release Tally Ho - a double disc, 30 year Best Of compilation along with new music and re-releases from a number of the label's bands.

Flying Nun was formed in Christchurch in 1981 by Roger Shepherd and has represented some of the most prominent alternative Kiwi rock bands.

In 1990 Festival Records bought a 50 per cent stake in the label, and then in 2000 merged with Mushroom Records bringing Flying Nun into the Festival Mushroom Records family of companies.

Flying Nun was bought by Warner Music Group in 2006 before Shepherd bought back the label from Warner in 2009 alongside business partners Neil Finn and his wife Sharon.

Flying Nun's 30th Anniversary celebrations:

The Clean
Nov 23 - Dunedin, Sammys

Nov 24 - Auckland, Kings Arms

Nov 25 - Wellington, SFBH

Nov 26 - Christchurch, The new Dux De Lux

HDU

Nov 11 - Wellington, SFBH

Nov 12 - Auckland, Kings Arms

Nov 18 Dunedin, Sammys

Nov 19 - Christchurch, The new Dux De Lux

The Bats

Nov 11 - Dunedin, TBA

Nov 12 - Christchurch, The new Dux De Lux

Nov 18 - Wellington, SFBH

Nov 19 - Auckland, Kings Arms

Ghost Club

Nov 16 - Wellington, SFBH

Nov 17 - Auckland, Kings Arms

Nov 18 - Christchurch, Dux

Nov 19 - Dunedin - TBC

F in Math and Alphabethead
Nov 4 - Christchurch, The new Dux De Lux

Nov 5 - Dunedin, Chicks Hotel

Nov 11 -Auckland, Golden Dawn

Nov 12 - Wellington, Mighty Mighty

30th Anniversary launch party featuring Grayson Gilmour, Popstrangers, Surf Friends and T54 plus more.
Nov 4 - Auckland, Kings Arms
Nov 5 - Wellington, Garden Club

Tickets on sale October 1 from undertheradar.co.nz



FUCK YEAH!

Cool, I saw somewhere they were set to release a punk comp. You know anything about this?

compilation of early eighties CHCH bands (or maybe its sth island bands) compiled by Bruce Russell (dead C/xpressway records) is being released on wax (due this month I believe), which will have no doubt some punk moments

don't know naything more excpet I want a copy now

*like*

I'm here all month...



you're welcome

goats?

As long as I can purchase the 30th anniversary best of digitally, I'll be happy. :>

Lucky CDs are digital then.

Unnnnnngh.

can't imagine them not doing a 'digital' version of the CD... would hope it comes with a decent pdf booklet, as the liner notes should be worth having, if previous anniversary compilations are anything to go by

for me its the 3Ds vinyl of Hellzapoppin (never been on wax before) the Pin Group Retrospective on wax and the Sth Island comp on wax

mmm a bottle of Epic's 30 Year Flying Nun ale ists on my desk and there are bees everywhere

love this song

Bob, you seen the Flying Nun 30th stuff on nzonscreen.co.nz ?

I know there's heaps of Nun stuff on nz on screen, but don't think any is specifically for the 30th

Herald is streaming the new(forthcoming) Nun 30th comp...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10765888

Oh your right, I just saw the 30th birthday splash and presumed that's what it was all about.............as you were.

all them vids and docos are well good however - more so than something done to capture the 30th

for a long but interesting read about NZ music (well basically the nun and xpressway) from a US gent, this 95 piece is pretty cool

http://www.therestisnoise.com/2008/04/nothings-going-to-happen-the-story-of-new-zealand-rock.html

I have to frequent the place for work, and its the first time I actually checked the FN stuff out. Quite good really, a cool bleat by Russell Brown too.

these chaps are at the KA tomorrow night with the Ghost Club

sweet

SGH covering SPUD"s breakdwontown last night

fuckingmagic

even had some dude from Dextor (the tv show) there hanging out and lookng 'cool'

apparently it was Michael C Hall

he wore sunglasses at the KA... so freaking hollywood.... so amusingly dickish

Bats was fun

now for the Clean this week



as you were electro dubstep trouser wearers

its like my own private party

which sucks cause I require presents

not vegetables

*shakes fist*