Midnight Youth.
The good news is Midnight Youth are touring their new
album across New Zealand. Bad news, Dunedinites will have to
travel to Christchurch to see them as there is no Dunedin show
on the calendar.
On the tour the band will perform songs from their new album
World Comes Calling, which debuted in the New Zealand
album charts last week at No 4.
The band won Best Rock Album and Best Group at the 2009 New
Zealand Music Awards, for their debut album, while the single
The Letter collected the award for Most Played Song on
New Zealand radio in 2009.
While the band may have been quiet on the home front, it has
been clocking up the frequent flyer miles on a relentless gig
schedule in both Australia and the United States.
However, lead guitarist and backing singer Simon Oscroft says
the band is looking forward to playing in New Zealand: "We've
had much more experience, a thousand times more beers and
done a thousand times more live shows. We can't wait to tour
again in New Zealand." The nearest show to Dunedin is at the
Speight's Ale House, in Ferrymead, Christchurch, on December
15.
• Southern sojourn
Two of southern New Zealand's finest, Matt Langley and Mel
Parsons, are hitting the road in November and December to
support a singer-songwriter described as "Australia's
brightest new roots music star," Jordie Lane.
APRA Award-winning Dunedin songwriter Langley will be playing
material from his debut album Featherbones, and
intends to also "road-test" songs for his sophomore album due
for release next year.
For Langley, these shows follow a sold-out tour with Darren
Watson in August, and are a forerunner for what is shaping up
to be a very busy summer that includes tours with The Eastern
and Rosy Tin Teacaddy.
Mel Parsons recently finished a national tour to support the
release of her new album Red Grey Blue, and has
supported the likes of Anika Moa and Greg Johnson.
Jordie Lane arrives in New Zealand direct from an Australian
tour supporting The Moody Blues, of Nights in White
Satin fame, so either he's got an awesome agent who can
wheel and deal with the best, or he's really quite good, one
thinks.
The trio play at The Church on Dundas on December 6 before
heading north to Timaru and beyond.
• Rapid fire
Organisers of the Dunedin Fringe Festival are holding a
"Pecha Kucha" night to "Investigate the creative community of
Northeast Valley - Transition Town, student quarter,
sunny-shady neighbourhood." The event is on November 16, from
7.30pm, at St Martin's Hall, Northumberland St, North
Dunedin.
The evening involves 12 invited presenters showing 20 images
each, with only 20 seconds to speak to each image (a total of
6min 40sec per presentation). The magic is the rapid-fire
presentation and the diversity of presenters and topics on
the night. It is about bringing artists and designers
together and being inspired by their ideas. Pecha Kucha
Nights take place in more than 400 cities around the world.
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