What Was That Thing? Live Music Videos — What Was That Thing

If you like tight and intelligent post-punk that references everything from the quality end of spiky Britpop to neurosurgeons - then Ringlets are the band for you. Recorded live in the Flying Nun Record store in Auckland

This weeks session is by Wellington legend Terry Shore. 'The Daleks Are Coming In' is an absolute Dr Who humdinger of a sci-fi action packed earworm. Combine that with an ominous robotic Dalek chorus, a bit of Terry magic and then you've got one hell of a tune. Honestly. We are wondering, is Terry Wellington legend Aotearoa’s answer to the music of Daniel Johnston? We might be pushing the limits here - because Terry definitely has his own unique thing going on - but we detect musical hints of new wave passion and intergalactic innocence. You decide. It's worth noting,...

The Soft Plastics are a Te Whanganui-a-Tara/Wellington band who recently released an excellent album Saturn Return - get it here. Accurately described as garage pop with a nostalgic twist, Soft Plastics expertly blend melody and groove with moments of noise and power. Taking influence from 2010's indie guitar bands and alternative bands of recent years, the group are accomplished at converting fuzzy riffs and shoegazey reverb into devotional (and occasionally noisy) indie pop hooks. If you are in the area, the band are playing their Wellington album release show tonight (2nd June 2023) at Meow.

MĀ and The Fly Hunnies welcomes all to a safe place to bob your purari head. And listening to 'Rere Cruise', its pretty hard not to do that. This is one of the larger bands we've featured on What Was That Thing? - eight members! Not only that, but MĀ has everything from turntables to congas, sax to shakers. And it sounds great! If you are a fan of 90s hip-hop, intelligent lyrics and big chunky grooves - then MĀ and The Fly Hunnies are for you.