New Zealand Music News — Skeptics

John Halvorsen is a legend in the Flying Nun camp, from his founding of The Gordons, to his core involvement with Skeptics and Bailter Space, so there is no doubt that his still-relatively-new trio, Vörsen, is pretty fantastic too. Made up of Halvorsen on vocals and guitar, Hayden Ellis on bass and Steve Cochrane on drums, Vörsen are based on the past 30 years of songs written and recorded by John Halvorsen.   If your curiosity has peaked, then good news! They have just announced an extensive tour of the North Island launching in August, with tickets available from the great people at UnderTheRadar.     VÖRSEN  FRIDAY 5TH AUGUST...

It's the first single from her upcoming album set for release later this year. The album, which Princess Chelsea terms affectionately her ‘nervous breakdown’ album, will be her most guitar-based one yet

NZ on Screen is now streaming the excellent film Sheen of Gold, by Simon Ogston. Watch it below or on their website. Experimental noise band the Skeptics are best known for their 1987 single 'AFFCO' (named after a meat processing company) and its controversial video. For devoted fans, the band's mix of what Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd calls "chopped up bits of sound" with vocalist David D'Ath's enigmatic lyrics makes the Skeptics one of New Zealand's most fascinating bands. Simon Ogston's feature-length documentary explores the band's Palmerston North origins, and interviews band members and collaborators. The presence of D'Ath...