http://www.monkeyrecords.com/monkey Beautiful music from Aotearoa / New Zealand Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:01:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bond Street Bridge is the creation of Auckland-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Sam Prebble.  Sam has been playing music for as long as he can remember, and ‘probably before that as well,’ as he puts it. Bond Street Bridge is currently a solo project, but Sam has always played in bands, ... http://www.monkeyrecords.com/monkey/2008/09/19/bond-street-bridge-the-mapmakers-art/ In 2003, on her 22nd birthday, New Zealand singer-songwriter Renee-Louise Carafice was institutionalized at Auckland's Te Whetu Tawera with severe depression. As a means of coping in this challenging time, Carafice wrote an illustrated book of songs about her experiences, later referring to them as her 'hospital songs'. While in ... http://www.monkeyrecords.com/monkey/2008/07/25/renee-louise-carafice-tells-you-to-fight/ headlights.mp4 The Hot Grits have had their first music video release banned by TVNZ. The video was produced by the award winning local production house The Downlow Concept, and features a cast of four year old kids simulating an adult night out on the town. The kids are shown to be ... http://www.monkeyrecords.com/monkey/2008/07/07/the-hot-grits-headlights/ bodhisattva.mp4 ‘Bodhisattva’ is the first single from Renee-Louise Carafice’s debut album, ‘Tells You to Fight’ to be released on the 28th April. The video was shot and directed by Chicago-based Israel Alpizar. Renee-Louise on Bodhisattva “One of my friends was really struggling, deep in this mess - a very melodramatic character who had ... http://www.monkeyrecords.com/monkey/2008/07/06/renee-louise-carafice-bodhisattva/ white.mp4 White features Matt Gibbons and Jesse Steel, two dancers heading out on the town to do some street performance with their trusty ghetto blaster. It is Christmas Eve 2006 in central Auckland and there are a lot of anxious shoppers running about scarcely paying attention to Matt and Jesse and ... http://www.monkeyrecords.com/monkey/2008/07/06/onelung-white/ cater-for-lovers.mp4 Cater for Lovers is the second single off Tim Guy’s new album ‘Hummabyes’ and features the heavenly backing vocals of Anika Moa and Anna Coddington. This is a beautiful video built around traditional non-digital special effects of scale and perspective. It is the story of a shy girl and an artistic man ... http://www.monkeyrecords.com/monkey/2008/07/06/tim-guy-cater-for-lovers/ summer-breeze.mp4 Tim Guy comes forth with what surely must be the lightest gentle ode to the sound of the old Pacific. 'Summer Breeze' is the latest offering from Tim's second album, the self-produced 'Hummabyes', and is a surefire antidote to the winter blues. The track, rolled along by ukelele, also ... http://www.monkeyrecords.com/monkey/2008/07/06/tim-guy-summer-breeze/ the-dance-of-death.mp4 Following a frantic and explosive year of touring, festivals and crazy parties, The Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band finally unleash their first music video . After sellout crowds across the country, including an extensive month long tour of the South Island in the summer, and spots in festivals such ... http://www.monkeyrecords.com/monkey/2008/07/05/the-benka-boradovsky-bordello-band-danse-macabre-3/ Monkey Magic II is a CD and DVD (Monkey TV) showcasing contemporary independent New Zealand music to be released on the 19th May. 10 of the tracks on the CD are from artists signed to genre-defying indie record label Monkey Records including Tim Guy, The Hot Grits, An Emerald City, The ... http://www.monkeyrecords.com/monkey/2008/05/22/various-monkey-magic-ii/ What do you get if you mix a pound of Fela Kuti's Afrika 70, two cupfuls of The Meters, 250g of thinly sliced early James Brown and a level dessert spoon of psychedelic rock? -you get the heaving, convulsing powerhouse of soul music that is The Hot Grits. For over five ... http://www.monkeyrecords.com/monkey/2008/05/07/the-hot-grits-its-too-drunk-to-be-this-early/