The VBC & VUWSA Re-Orientation 09

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

Based in Sydney, 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. Their first Wellington show, comes courtesy of SFBH, The VBC and VUWSA as part of Re-Orientation 09.

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, in turn they became somewhat of an NME darling, with the magazine noting Die!Die!Die! as the highlight of Great Escape and the Camden Crawl.

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

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

New Zealand music’s demi-god, 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 guitar work.

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

Also happening is:

Act Yo Age
Friday 17th July, San Francisco Bathhouse
Tickets: www.undertheradar.co.nz, VUWSA, Boombox Gallery, Cosmic Corner, Real Groovy

VUWSA presents The Official Re-Orientation Party featuring

ACT YO AGE : : SWEAT IT OUT : : AUSTRALIA [AJAX'S LABEL]
COOL KIDS CLUB [3DEUX1]
MAREK [Fried Chicken Sound System]
DIRTY NEEDLEZ [Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]
LEGOMAN & SWANKY [Frederick Crew]

ACT YO AGE
BASTIONS OF BOUNCE, ASSASSINATORS OF FAKERS ACT YO AGE ARE IN THE MOTHERF**KING BUILDING.

COMING LIVE AND DIRECT FROM A LOVE BUNKER DEEP IN THE NEON GOTHIC FORESTS OF XANADU, THEY ARE RAPIDLY SHAKING THE TREE FROM WHICH THE APPLE FELL, BRINING FORBIDDEN SONIC FRUITS TO THE HUNGRY ZOMBIE MASSES ACROSS THIS UNIVERSE AND THE NEXT.

PART WEREWOLF, PART FASTER PUSSYCAT, PART ROBOT LOVE MACHINE, COLLECTIVELY AYA BRINGS A WEALTH OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCE, WITH FIFTEEN YEARS BETWEEN THEM. SEE THEM RIDE FEARLESSLY THROUGH THE INTERGALACTIC NIGHT AND ENTER THE STROBE ZONE, CUTTING DOWN IMITATORS IN THEIR PATH AND LOVING FREELY AT EACH AND EVERY TURN.

THEY DO NOT GO QUIETLY, NOR DO THEY TRAVEL UNARMED, THEY PACK AN ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT RAY GUN SET TO DECIMATE AND AIMED SQUARELY AT ANY DEMON OR DANCER THAT KNOWS HOW TO SHAKE AND BAKE.

THEY LIVE FOR DRESS UPS AND DIE FOR A DANCE COMPETITION IN THE TOILETS, THEY BELIEVE ALL THAT GLITTERS IN NOT GOLD, NOR KRYPTONITE FOR THAT MATTER. THEY ARE OFT TO BE FOUND ON MIDNIGHT FORAYS FOR RAINBOW DUST, PIXIE BLOOD AND ENDLESSNESS ITSELF, THAT NEARLY ALWAYS END IN TEARS.

THEY HAVE BEEN HYPED AND TIPPED TO BE THE NEXT HOT THING, BUT THESE TWO FREAKS OF THE NIGHT SAY THEY WILL BE CONTENT WITH A RUMBLE IN THE BASSBINS, A ZAP IN THE SPEAKERS AND NOTHING LESS THAN MURDER ON THE DANCEFLOOR.

http://www.myspace.com/actyoageforever
http://www.myspace.com/sweatitoutmusic