Friday night fun at Space Academy..
William John Hooker no.1 Bad Blues Band
The baddest of bad blues from William John Hooker and his no.1 Bad Blues Band, featuring W.J Hooker on cigarbox guitar & vocals, Joseph 'Carrots 'n' Eggs' McCallum on drums, Heather 'the Katipo' Webb on bad bass and Reuben 'Bubblecheeks' Derrick on horns.
Moider Mother
Aotearoa's original dance-punk dream-pop miserablist Nick Harte (Shocking Pinks — Flying Nun / DFA) is back with his wholesome family band. Fed on a diet of horror cinema and chronic illness, femme fatale Hannah Harte and her son Noah bring their confrontational “moider maul” to inexplicable heights.
Take a pinch of Raincoats, add a tablespoon of early Swans, sauté in the first Stooges album and add half a brick. Put it in a sock. Bon appétit! — Bruce Russell, The Dead C
Surfin' USSR
World renowned gifted guitar genius Greg Malcolm rock and roils the house with his good timey hot potato toast burning rubber band Surfin' USSR - playing everything from Surf anthems to klezmer rock to Rembetika rollicks.
