Lil' Chief Loses It's Vinyl Virginity

We at Lil' Chief Records are very excited to announce the loss of our vinyl virginity after nine years of dealing only with plastic!

Pikachunes self titled LP and Princess Chelsea's Lil' Golden Book are the first two Lil' Chief Releases in this exciting new format.





They have been pressed by United Record Pressing in a very special limited run and are now available for order direct from the Lil' Chief online store.

We figured that since we're going all the way we may as well get adventurous so have pressed Pikachunes in limited edition white vinyl and Lil' Golden Book in limited edition gold vinyl. You can look forward to more Lil' Chief Vinyl releases in the coming months!

United Record Pressing have kindly posted some great photos of the vinyl making process!

Pikachunes & Princess Chelsea are currently in Brooklyn, New York after completing a host of East Coast dates and are about to perform at CMJ Music Marathon.

Remaining East Coast dates are as follows:

Pikachunes

October 18 - Le Poisson Rouge, NY (CMJ Music Marathon, 7.30pm)
October 22 - Kennys Castaways, NY (CMJ Music Marathon, 9pm)

Princess Chelsea

October 16 - Dekalb Markets, Brooklyn
October 18 - Le Poisson Rouge, NY (CMJ Music Marathon, 6pm)
October 22 - The Local 269, NY (CMJ Music Marathon, 7pm)

Princess Chelsea has also dropped a new single from Lil' Golden Book, 'Too Fast To Live' - a Skeeter Davis inspired ballad about the perils of drinking with a music video that will be a welcome relief to people who like using the word 'juxtaposition'.

Too Fast To Live has been released as a digital single complete with a free downloadable B-Side "After The Moment" - which is a cover of a song by California based Craft Spells available on their album Idle Labor.

The Eversons Release Hyacinth Girl Music Video!

Ever since Split Enz released the music video for "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" the idea of a New Zealand band or artist filming themselves in a nautical vessel (or something a lot more modest) has been a solid go to. Perhaps not as popular as NZ car based videos but just as, if not more classy.

The Eversons brand new music video for Hyacinth Girl follows this fine kiwi tradition, showing the world what can be achieved with some coloured paper, snips, and sticky tape.



The clip is made by Lucy Zee and features an intricate plot involving a shipwreck, giant cat masks (that may or may not be depicting Winston Mogwai Nikkel) and the disappearance of guitarist Christopher Young.

The track is taken from the brilliant debut E.P. which has been tearing up the broadband charts ever since Lil Chief released it free on our website earlier this year.

There are still a very limited number of physical copies of the e.p. available direct from Lil' Chief!

The Eversons are currently working on their debut album scheduled to be released on Lil' Chief Records early next year and gearing up for a European Tour to follow!

If you haven't heard the buzz about these lads yet here is some nuggies of media for you...

Sunday Star Times
"Every song here rules." Four stars.

The Corner
"Young is maturing as one of the country’s best guitarists."

Boy Attractions
"The Eversons are the latest in a long line of NZ bands (The Clean, The Chills, The Verlaines) that are well-schooled in the art of infectious, well-crafted hooks."

Finest Kiss
"Impeccable pop hooks"

The Last Remark
"One of my favourite NZ bands of 2011. Lyrical genius I say."

Earmilk
"The Eversons answer a question that isn’t often asked: What happens when you mix The Beach Boys with early 90s alternative rock? The answer is surprisingly good. It’s like the first time I dipped marshmallows in chocolate syrup while I had the munchies."

Upcoming Live Shows:

Wednesday October 5 - San Francisco Bathhouse with St. Rupertsberg
Saturday October 22 - Mighty Mighty with T54 and The Boxcar Rattle

Pikachunes & Princess Chelsea East Coast Dates

Pikachunes & Princess Chelsea have gone "overseas" and are holing up in the wonderful neigbourhood of Fort Greene in Brooklyn this spring (or fall if you're in the US) awaiting a farewell performance to take place during CMJ at NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge club.





Both artists released their albums Pikachunes & Lil' Golden Book respectively stateside in the US, September 6th.


Princess Chelsea and Pikachunes Live - East Coast USA

09/07 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall Lips, Mighty Moon
09/10 New York, NY @ Cin-M-Art Space (43 Murray St.) David & Goliath Music Festival, 930PM (Princess Chelsea only)
09/14 Baltimore, MD @ The Depot
09/16 Brooklyn, NY @ XPO 929 w/ Supercute!
09/24 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fire Philly Film & Music Festival (Princess Chelsea only)
09/30 New York, NY @ Pianos
10/07 Brooklyn, NY @ Goodbye Blue Monday w/ Preston Spurlock, Ching Ching
10/18 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge CMJ 2011

with more dates to come!

Princess Chelsea & Pikachunes Farewell

Princess Chelsea & Pikachunes are off to New York City for a few months and will play a farewell show together Friday 19 August at the Golden Dawn in Auckland.



Princess Chelsea will be on at 9.30, followed by Pikachunes at 10.30 - doors are at 8. Mr Crawley suggests you get there early to avoid queues and "upsets".




If you haven't got it yet, you can download the colab 'Castle on a Cloud' here on soundcloud

Pikachunes feat Princess Chelsea - Castle On A Cloud by princesschelsea

US dates for Pikachunes and Princess Chelsea to come soon!

New Wet Wings Music Video

Wet Wings have a new music video for You're Not - my favourite track from their album Glory Glory.



Video directed by Tom Hutchison

The Gladeyes have a new music video!...and an older one!

Gwen Norcliffe of the Gladeyes has made a wonderful montage to accompany their song "Exploding" pieced together using archive footage. The track is taken from their recently released second album "Shadows Explode".

Also well worth checking out is the music video that the Gladeyes made for "One Million Kisses" off their debut album "Psychosis Of Love". It stars Lil' Chief's own post master general Mr Lawrence Mikkelsen and his year 10 media studies class from Selwyn College, Auckland.

The Cosbys, Shaft, Princess Chelsea, $norgazzzm

THIS SATURDAY - 23RD JULY - KINGS ARMS

It's been too long, my friends. The Cosbys are back where they belong... on Cosby Street, with Another Kind of Magic to be Speechin' about so you can Keep On Livin' in the knowledge that we Certainly Love You, and you know Whose Girl (or boy) you are... We're doing this Because Of You!





Joined by Shaft - a rock'n'roll sensation who have reigned supreme in Auckland since before Princess Chelsea were mere children, and before $norgazzzm's parents had even bonked. Should be a real giggle!

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