Search & Destroy: Flying Nun

haha thee Nun have been pursuing a few bands who would rather remain independent (& considering that's happened to the Munt Chux, I'm not surprised).

at least they're not the ch3cks, haha.

oh and according to reliable sources, the toy love double cd IS a reality, and will be out soon with pretty much everything you could ever wish for concerning the band..

1. The Clean - Beatnik
2. Bored Games - Happy Endings
3. Tall Dwarfs - Turning Brown & Torn In Two
4. Doublehappys - The Other's Way
5. Bill Direen - Alligator Song
6. Chris Knox - Half Man, Half Mole
7. Look Blue Go Purple - Circumspect Penelope
8. The Chills - I Love My Leather Jacket
9. The Bats - Made Up In Blue
10. Jean-Paul Sartre Experience - Flex
11. Scorched Earth Policy - Johnny Frog
12. This Kind Of Punishment - Immigration Song
13. Skeptics - AFFCO
14. Axemen - Wharf With No Name
15. Verlaines - Bird Dog
16. S.P.U.D. - Motorway (live at the Rising Sun)
17. The Terminals - Uncoffined
18. Drill - No Trouble
19. NRA - Glitch '90
20. Straitjacket Fits - Down In Splendour
21. Sneaky Feelings - Cry You Out Of My Eyes
22. 3Ds - Outer Space
23. Able Tasmans - Big Bang Theory
24. David Kilgour - No No No
25. Headless Chickens - George
26. Bailter Space - X
27. Pop Art Toasters - What Am I Going To Do?
28. Superette - Killer Clown
29. King Loser - '76 Come Back Special
30. Loves Ugly Children - Suck
31. Bressa Creeting Cake - Papa People
32. Bike - Welcome To My World
33. HDU - Lull dark restart (Soundproof remix)
34. The Hasselhoff Experiment - What's The Deal With The Man In Red?
35. Garageland - Feel Alright
36. Betchadupa - Bits
37. The Subliminals - United State
38. The D4 - Get Loose
39. PanAm - Japanese Girls
40. The Mint Chicks - Blue Team Go!

STILL the wrong JPSE video! tho "Flex" IS my favourite JPSE track*; hope the video's ok.

*the Straitjacket Fits cover of this (off Roger Sings The Hits is pretty great as well - anyone want me to gmail it to them?

It's great! And I'm very glad this is out because I was annoyed that the first DVD was missing a lot of tracks on it like, indeed, "Flex."

-- keith m (keythkeyt...), November 6th, 2004.

it was all paul reid's fault!

nah prolly not.. but simon's been making good music since though. i dug the subliminals and sleepers union, though i dunno what he's gonna do now.. last time i talked to him he mentioned the possibility of doing another band with brendan moran (the subliminals / hassellhoff experiment), and was performing with dale cotton (conray)

electrodribble tribute to flying nun

http://www.morrmusic.com/artist/Various%20Artists/release/118

that comp is pretty dire.

Flying Nun Founder Regains Control Of Label

This is pretty good news, yes?

Hopefully, yes! Apparently with full control just using Warners for distro, tho there have been other reports saying Warners have some sort of other stake in it. Should clear the way for a nice reissuing project too (hopefully we'll get some vinyl)

The letter 5 'the lost years'

Woohoo! Open the vaults and flood the market with wonderful kiwi jangle/electro/general weirdness!

Getting handed back the reins to an independent music company must be a bit of a poison chalice these days

yes and no. the brand still has value, despite all efforts to destroy it over the last fifteen years

Great Christmas present this news. Seems weird for this to be happening with Chris Knox still out of action.

Anyone seen the reformed 3d's? Playing a few gigs in Jan/Feb and have already played the Merge show in the U.S How were they?

Martin Phillipps has already expressed his hope that the Chills' back catalogue will now, finally, be properly reissued ...

and if it isn't at least he can add roger shepherd to his list of mythical bogeymen that have held him back although really, roger shepherd is probably already on that list. i don't think this means much unless he knows better rocks to look under in new zealand for new and interesting artists/groups. releasing mediocre/awful end of career records by once great bands like the clean and the chills and the verlaines doesn't find me inspired.

^that, basically

I've always wanted to see a collection that was a box of cd-5s of all the great FN 12" EPs. Bored Games, Scorched Earth Policy, Bats, Max Block, and so on. Perfect repros in 5" cardboard sleeves. Orange, Alpaca Brothers, Children's Hour. There were a lot, of course. Don't know if that could make any money, though. Maybe they'll do vinyl now.

@NT: I've also wanted to see a collection of the early EPs (and singles, too). Sadly, though, I think that it's just too late for physical media. The most that we can probably hope for is that every single FN release (inc. Roger Sings the Hits!) will be available digitally in all territories. I just don't think there are enough paying fans out there to support the CD release of the obscure stuff. (Or even of big albums like Bird-Dog, for that matter.) I mean, 2000 copies of the FN box were pressed and it's still in print three years later. Not a good sign.

FN box, as great as it is, is overpriced by about 50%. Nevertheless, your point is a valid one and I'm coming to terms with digital-only releases overtaking physical releases within the first few years of this decade for me.

i have no problem with the idea of digital-only reissues. 4AD did something similar with their first couple of years if 45s - these are only available digitally but sound great, very cool thing for them to do

flying nun was always pretty good at reissuing or compiling things anyhow, they didn't seem to have that 'you had to be there' attitude of say Sarah Records.

First thing out supposedly a 3D's Boxset. They play quite a few shows this month in NZ. Can't wait.

Wow wow wow!

anyone know a NZ track which goes "why can't i get you...out of my heaaad" (or possibly hair)? male vocal

More Nun videos up at NZ on Screen here: http://www.nzonscreen.com/watch/music-video/flying_nun

So, what's going on with FN? No website, just a Twitter feed that doesn't says a lot but it doesn't make much sense to me.

Hinklepicker square otm here, only non Compilation Anthology track I really love is Platypus, but Art School/Hold Onto the Rail omissions are unforgivable.

Odditties version of Thums Off is p great imo though.

I love "Some Fantasy" by DoubleHappys.

So obviously not really Flying Nun, but there's no Toy Love specific thread so -- sad news to report about Jane Walker's passing:

https://www.facebook.com/AudioCultureNZ/photos/a.506398366094767/1934325256635397/?type=1&theater