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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 11h

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 12h

Congratulations to The Warratahs, who will be inducted into the NZ Music Hall of Fame at the APRA Silver Scroll awards on October 29. AudioCulture has several pages devoted to the band, and its original members... www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/the-...

The Warratahs - AudioCulture

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Gareth Shute @garethshute.bsky.social · 1d

I had a fun time digging out some of the more ridiculous reasons for certain local songs/videos being banned over the years. Though the vid for Timberjacks's Come to the Sabbat' did get one airing on TV in the 70s and I doubt they'd show it now...

audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 2d

We're on a roll with prohibited music! Today, @garethshute.bsky.social digs out music videos that went a step too far - including a HLAH video which was banned, but not for the obvious reasons...
www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/ban...

Banned! Ten videos and songs “with issues” - Article | AudioCulture

Ten New Zealand videos or songs from 1970 to 2008 which have been banned from television or radio play, locally or overseas. Who could take offence at Steve Allen’s utopian theme ‘Join Together’? Clue...

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Gareth Shute @garethshute.bsky.social · 2d

Vinyl lovers! This new podcast hosted by Charlotte Ryan & Duncan Greive is quite a fun look at the rise and fall and rise again of records in NZ:

The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 2d

The Long Play: How vinyl came back to life – and what it means

A walk through the long, strange history of vinyl records in New Zealand....

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 2d

Another Bollinger banger! It's going to take a minute to get used to the idea of Prince Tui Teka and Beryl Te Wiata being deemed too raunchy for radio, but they were different times, I guess.

audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 3d

An absolute must-read: Nick Bollinger uncovers some of the NZ songs banned in the past from radio play by the NZBC (later RNZ), and the multiple reasons why. Even Prince Tui Teka was banned! www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/ban...

Banned from radio: the Broadcasting memos - Article | AudioCulture

Throughout the history of radio there have been songs which, for one reason or another, have been deemed unsuitable for broadcast. There are such memorable cases as the BBC’s banning of Split Enz’s ‘S...

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Gareth Shute @garethshute.bsky.social · 6d

Some amazing photos in this article!

Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 6d

Notes from a city past: David Herkt's new @audioculturenz.bsky.social piece on the era of transgender shows at Mojo's on Queen. The most enjoyable piece of writing I've read all week. www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/moj...

Mojo

From the beginning of the 1970s, at 348 Queen Street in Auckland, there was an unmissable sign. It read “Mojo’s Nitespot”. It would eventually become the frontage of New Zealand’s first, largest, and ...

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Gareth Shute @garethshute.bsky.social · 14d

Oh man! Cool you have Attack from Downunda. That'd be pretty rare these days.

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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 14d

This is the opposite of doomscrolling: it's metal scrolling! We are very excited to share with you our brand new Heavy Metal Timeline, taking you through the history of metal in Aotearoa. @garethshute.bsky.social has done a great job on this: www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/hea...

Heavy Metal Aotearoa Timeline - Article | AudioCulture

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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 16d

Brand new: Michael Larsen (from Grey Parade) has put together a great list of Ten Lost Earworms from the 80s, featuring The Mockers, IQU, Sneaky Feelings and more. Do you have any faves here? www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/ten...

Ten Lost Earworms from the 80s - Article | AudioCulture

Car Crash Set - Trevor Reekie, Ryan Monga, Nigel Russell. A discussion came up at band practice the other day around, of all things, smoke machines. The Singer, who was in A Dunedin Band, smirked slyl...

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Gareth Shute @garethshute.bsky.social · 20d

I spoke with @tonylstamp.bsky.social on RNZ's mixtape. Some of the chat was about my book - Songs From The Shaky Isles - but mostly we spoke about NZ music history & how my life has intersected with it at various stages. Plus played some laidback tunes!
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The Mixtape: Gareth Shute

The author of five non fiction books about music and creativity in Aotearoa, Gareth Shute's latest is called Songs From the Shaky Isles: A Short History of Popular Music in New Zealand. He also writes...

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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 25d

Kia ora, it's Rāmere Monday afternoon, and time for the AudioCulture Quiz. This week we have a special quiz celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, with questions by Gareth Shute. How did you get on? @garethshute.bsky.social
www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/aud...

AudioCulture Quiz - Article | AudioCulture

Welcome to the weekly AudioCulture Quiz. Clue: answers are on the site or, for those in a hurry, at the link below. AudioCulture Quiz, 15 September 2025 Moana and the Moahunters - Tahi 1. In 1993, Mo...

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Space Academy (Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ) @spaceacademy.bsky.social · 25d

Searching for the Aotearoa music scene on Bluesky?

We've done the job for you 😘

(Encouragement to let us know accounts we're missing)

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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 26d

Nau mai ki te Wiki o te Reo Māori; first up is the phenomenon that is Waiata Anthems. The first album in 2019 covered many genres: the pop of Benee & Drax Project, the soul of Stan Walker & Teeks, & country courtesy of Tami Neilson. By @garethshute.bsky.social www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/wai...

Waiata Anthems - Article | AudioCulture

Waiata Anthems began as a bold idea to encourage Aotearoa’s biggest acts to re-record their hits in te reo Māori, but gradually grew into a living, breathing kaupapa that continues to inspire artists ...

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Gareth Shute @garethshute.bsky.social · 28d

A nice positive story for your weekend...

audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 28d

AudioCulture starts Te Wiki o te Reo Māori early, with Gareth Shute's story of the rise and rise of Waiata Anthems. It began as an idea of Hinewehi Mohi's to encourage popular Aotearoa artists to record their hits in te reo Māori and kept growing ... www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/wai...

Waiata Anthems - Article | AudioCulture

Waiata Anthems began as a bold idea to encourage Aotearoa’s biggest acts to re-record their hits in te reo Māori, but gradually grew into a living, breathing kaupapa that continues to inspire artists ...

www.audioculture.co.nz

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Power Nap @chriscudby.bsky.social · Sep 10

Crucial lore drop - thank you Nicholas Lindstrom, 95bFM, @audioculturenz.bsky.social & of course @garethshute.bsky.social
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Audio Culture with Chris Cudby: September 09, 2025

Chris Cudby joins Nicholas to discuss his recent Audio Culture feature! The pair discuss his youth in Birkenhead, his time in the legendary band Golden Axe, and his recent releases under the moniker P...

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Gareth Shute @garethshute.bsky.social · Sep 6

Some beautiful album covers here. And you can see them in person at Objectspace in AK until Nov.

The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · Sep 5

Take a tour through 75 years of Māori record covers

Some of the covers on display as part of Objectspace's exhibition Pohewa Pāhewa: Te Rūma....

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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · Aug 31

In the recently announced Hottest 100 Australian Songs as voted by Triple J listeners, there were 2 in the Top 10 with strong Aotearoa links: No. 5 was Crowded House 'Don't Dream It's Over', and at No. 10 'Somebody That I Used To Know' by Gotye ft Kimbra. www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/kimbra

Kimbra - AudioCulture

Kimbra successfully used this attention to shine light on her own songs, placing her own album in the Top 40 of the US charts and having a run of tracks that did huge numbers online. Nothing in Kimbra...

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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · Aug 30

Dick Move are making serious noise at the moment, in Aotearoa and overseas. They formed in 2019, in the depths of Karangahape Road’s Whammy! bar, which writer Bee Trudgeon says was a natural segue of late-night political discourse into musical action. 1/2 audioculture.co.nz/profile/dick...

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Power Nap @chriscudby.bsky.social · Aug 27

Looking forward to seeing a buttload of bands at Going Global Fest starting tonight 🎩

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Gareth Shute @garethshute.bsky.social · Aug 25

SONGS FROM THE SHAKY ISLES is No.6 on Newsrooms' NZ Nonfiction bestseller list!
Available in all good bookstores!
newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/22/t...

This week's bestselling books - August 22

The latest NielsenIQ BookScan bestseller list of NZ books, plus win a historical novel that has toppled Catherine Chidgey from the No1 position

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Power Nap @chriscudby.bsky.social · Aug 23

This week's 100% fun & funny Aotearoa music special on 95bFM Freak The Sheep is now up! 🥳🤣🎵

Listen here: 95bfm.com/bcast/freak-...

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Gareth Shute @garethshute.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ah yes, it was very cool that him and @flewoutof.bsky.social provided some opportunities for me to publish some average writing, which allowed me the foolish confidence to keep going through to the present!

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Michael Brown @jingajik.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Music and Times of @chriscudby.bsky.social

As well as charting more details of the Low Hum era, @garethshute.bsky.social provides another case study of the art school crossover into NZ indie music. With Elam, this goes back to Split Enz...

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Chris Cudby - AudioCulture

Cudby and Daif King both attended Birkenhead College, but they only started making music together after Cudby had left for university. They shared an interest in noise-based and outsider music from Ne...

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audioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · Aug 20

What do Golden Axe, Audio Foundation, and Under The Radar have in common?
Or – who recorded the first Vaporwave track in NZ?
That would be Chris Cudby.
@garethshute.bsky.social sheds more light on these questions here, it's a fantastic read: www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/chri...

Chris Cudby - AudioCulture

Cudby and Daif King both attended Birkenhead College, but they only started making music together after Cudby had left for university. They shared an interest in noise-based and outsider music from Ne...

www.audioculture.co.nz

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · Aug 20

So close to the goal, I just need another 200 or so people to chip in NZ$3 each (which for my overseas followers is less than 2 American dollars or Euro)

Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · Aug 14

After a multi-year legal battle, I've been granted a restraining order against the notorious white supremacist Phil Arps

Arps fought this every step of the way (with legal aid) and I've been left with a hefty legal bill, I'm fundraising to cover the last part of the cost

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Buy Byron C Clark a Coffee

Become a supporter of Byron C Clark today!

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