So it occurs to me that it's been a long time since I wrote about how much I love New Zealand music, and this seems rather neglectful. This is somewhat precipitated by the fact that I saw The Black Seeds play in Winterthur on Saturday night, but also because I was talking about New Zealand accents last week, which led me to recall that even my amazing boyfriend with his excellent grasp of English, had trouble watching Goodbye Pork Pie without English subtitles because the accent was so thick, and that led me to Rhombus because of their Clav Dub video, and anyway I still spend an inordinate amount of time listening to Fur Patrol, Fat Freddies Drop and of course The Phoenix Foundation, not to mention all the others as evidenced by my last.fm profile. So I thought a blog post about how awesome New Zealand music is must be long overdue.

Here are some of the videos on youtube that I've found that make me go, "arrrrggggh!! New Zealand!! Homesickness!"

The Phoenix Foundation / Bright Grey:


The Phoenix Foundation / 40 Years:


Fat Freddy's Drop / Wandering Eye:


Fat Freddy's Drop / Roady:


Rhombus / Clav Dub:


Salmonella Dub / The Love Of It:


The Black Seeds / Slingshot:


Hollie Smith / Philosophy:


The Woolshed Sessions / Stringing Me Along:


Bic Runga / Sway:


And of course, Fly My Pretties / Fly My Pretties:

it's so weird the things that make me feel homesick.

I just watched the video for 'Wandering Eye' by Fat Freddy's Drop and the fact that John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld were in it ordering Fish & Chips made me crazy homesick.

Listening to Fat Freddy's Drop / Live at the Matterhorn