When you get a story from the immortal Patrick Hughes, you know it’s time to start pulling together a new issue of Popnihil. This one’s gonna be The Music Issue. Perhaps I’ll get it out by the start of autumn. Here’s a peek …. I had a vague thought maybe John Cale was the same [...]
Surf City Kudos Fire Records New Zealanders Surf City have gotta be living a charmed life at present. Not only are they perfectly poised to capitalize on the current vogue for lo-fi, fuzzed-out Cali vibes and the rub of the Flying Nun scene, but they’ve got this fucking weirdo sensibility that keeps the music unexpected [...]