Neil Young had quite the '70s. In fact, there are only a handful of the decade's artists whose work was filled with as much creative riches and uncompromising left turns as his. Though there was gentle folk with Crosby, Stills & Nash, After The Gold Rush's introspective ballads, the weird sparseness of On The Beach, [...]

It's been years since we've heard from the Shocking Pinks, but Nick Harte is finally back with some new material. 20072s Shocking Pinks on DFA Records was a heralded yet under-the-radar success, and "Ten Years" picks up right where Harte left us. Filled with murmured lyrics, echoing guitar riffs and bass drum kicks that sound like they were recorded on mics set across the room, this new effort has me hoping and praying for a full length in the near future. Shocking Pinks - "Ten Years" by [...]
"Indianer" is a weekly show on the Lucerne local radio station Radio 3fach. It's a show bringing you new tunes from all different types of indie music. It airs every thursday night from 8-10 pm (Central European Time). To stream the whole thing, please head over to the official Indianer blog . White Fence The Pool Bobby Sore Spores Bass Drum Of Death Young Pros Mr. Dream [...]

3/4/11- Friday's featured mp3's are; Stellarium; Chocolate & Strawberry Ringo Deathstarr; Do It Every Time Shocking Pinks; Ten Years Dum Dum Girls; There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out (Smiths Cover)
The mysterious Christchurch, New Zealand native Nick Harte, most known as the brainchild behind Shocking Pinks, seemed to disappear after the band's album with DFA Records was released in 2007. The self-titled debut- a collection of remastered songs from earlier releases all written and performed by Harte- was well-received by critics and noise pop enthusiasts the world over. The band's success seemed natural. Harte had reportedly begun playing piano at age six, was being compared to Brian Wilson by the time he was thirteen, and had been floating in and out of [...]

Uh, hello Shocking Pinks . Here's a band that basically fell off the face of the planet. "Ten Years" is the first taste of new material since main man Nick Harte's 2007 self-titled debut, which also wound up on our best of the year list way back when. The drumming on this casual but driving post-punk banger sound amazing. (via Rose Quartz )

mp3: Shocking Pinks - Ten Years A new track has emerged from Nick Harte's Shocking Pinks , whose 2007 debut lp still gets a decent amount of airplay on my iPod. "Ten Years" finds Harte maintaining the dark romantic sound that worked well for him on the first record. No news yet on a new release, but a new track is promising.

We really liked Nick Heart's aka Shocking Pinks 2007 self titled LP. Having not heard a peep since then we half assumed he had given it up. So it was a nice surprise to see a new single Ten Years . Hopefully there is more to come in the near future. Shocking Pinks; Ten Years

MP3: Shocking Pinks - Ten Years Suitably dreamy, lovesick pop out of our now earthquake-ravaged hometown of Christchurch from Nick Harte's Shocking Pinks , iced in with the signature brittle drums that characterise much of his multi instrumental ouevre along with shoegaze guitar fades and a penchant choruses full of a world-endingly-heavy kind of beauty. Apparently he's is sitting on about 400 of these new and unheard jams in various modes from retrograde house-inflected experimentations to sunset-drenched dream pop. myspace / img

Photo : Tim Barber Tracklist : 01. Many Mansions - Spirit Song 3 02. Fiveng - Jonah 03. Tonstartssbandht - 5FT7 04. Shahs - Guts 05. That Ghost - Never Have Fun 06. Fluffy Lumbers - Adoration 07. [...]

Part Four is a little deceitful - after The Divine Comedy gets things off to a rollicking start, things slow down considerably. That doesn't mean that the level of quality lessens, though, as the songs that follow all have their languid charms. Enjoy: 1) The Divine Comedy - Famous 2) Catherine A.D. - The Book Of Love 3) Shocking Pinks - Nothing Matters When We're Dancing 4) Mary Lou Lord - I Don't Want To Get Over You 5) [...]
I wish I was clever enough to put together some kind of a fun web scavenger hunt. I'm totally serious. There are evenings when one search leads to another that will eventually lead to another. This evening, I'm not sure where it started, but Control led to Anton Corbijn which eventually led to Richard Bell...who directed the video for Shocking Pinks ' "Emily". I'm not complaining, cos I completely adore this song and haven't heard it since early 2008. If anyone out there is a fan of Nick Hartke and co. and has a half-assed idea of [...]

Dont' forget to dance Shocking Pinks - Nothing Matters When We're Dancing (Magnetic Fields cover) The Magnetic Fields - Please Stop Dancing (photo by Alistair Fitchet )

Here's a short mix I put together. Enjoy! November Mini-Mix Tracklist: 1. Glaxo Babies - Shake The Foundations (Heartbeat Records) 2. Dave Gilmour Girls - Heavy Metal Music Magazines (Relish) 3. The Juan MacLean - Give Me Every Little Thing (Cajmere Remix) (DFA) 4. Gebr Teichmann - Aus Der Ferne (Kompakt) 5. Zombie Zombie - Dog Walker (Drums & Vocals Version) (Versatile) 6. Shocking Pinks - Cutout (Expanding Head Band Version) (DFA) 7. Severed Heads - Greater Dub (Betty Botox Edit) (White Label) [...]
Given that Christchurch act Shocking Pinks have only been together for 5 years it seems remarkable that they've ploughed through 16 members already. Hasn't put the labels off though as they've been on the seminal Flying Nun for a while now and just recently signed to DFA Records. At Shocking Pinks core is Nick Harte, a man with a gift for widescreen lo-fi audio as poetry. Ditties that may appear

Design by Shayna Quinn My attention has been grabbed and so will yours by the frenetic music of the five-piece dance-punk band from Christchurch, New Zealand, Bang! Bang! Eche! (pronounced Bang Bang Etch). Their energetic shows with shouty vocals and pulsating rhythms are known to make young patrons dance wildly, jumping up and down as if on a pogo stick, passing bodies in the air over their heads, in pure excitement. If fantastic noise-filled, high energy shows are your cup of tea, then you'll fit perfectly amongst the raucous attendees at a Bang! Bang! Eche! gig. [...]

"Enden Er Naer!" Those are the words on the lips of many (most of them German - others just say "end is nigh") as scientists prepare to smash some particles into each other in Switzerland, planned for tomorrow, Wednesday 10th of September. It's not often I show much interest in what scientists waste their time doing, but with this particular particle-smashing, there's the slightest possibility it could effect me. There's various theories of mini black holes, massive explosions, you know the type. Actually, it's more likely that my house will fall down on top of me at this very [...]
Yes, the hip hits are back. In full force. And this time I won't bore you with any explanations or vague references to hipster culture. Enjoy. MP3s: Kings of Leon - "King of the Rodeo" The Whitest Boy Alive - "Burning" Dr. Dog - "The Way the Lazy Do" Beirut - "Scenic World" Shocking Pinks - "This Aching Deal" The Besnard Lakes - "Devastation" A Sunny Day in [...]
Yes, the hip hits are back. In full force. And this time I won't bore you with any explanations or vague references to hipster culture. Enjoy. MP3: Kings of Leon - King of the Rodeo The Whitest Boy Alive - Burning Dr. Dog - The Way the Lazy Do Beirut - Scenic World Shocking Pinks - This Aching Deal The Besnard Lakes [...]

From Pitchfork media (I couldn't put it better myself!): "When Shocking Pinks , aka singer and multi-instrumentalist Nick Harte, debuted in the U.S. last year with a self-titled full-length, "Cutout" helped explain how a New Zealand lo-fi pop sad-sack had ended up on a label much better known for dance records. A fast and furious instrumental on an album full of bleary-eyed dream-pop, the track surrounds a frenzied, hi-hat-leaning drum groove with whirring synths, unusually trebly and tuneful bass playing, and ringing, atmospheric guitars. Alexis Georgopoulos, who also records as [...]