ONLINE ROAST There was something addictive about listening to the full audio of the Jordan Luck and Keith Quinn Talking Heads feature last week. The pair of them singing various national anthems was a highlight, but VOLUME’s fave was Quinn’s gradual realisation over the 30 minutes or so that Luck really knew his shit. And Quinn’s voice – soothing, familiar. Elsewhere, the Pajama Club
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album stream went great guns. The album is out now and if you need to experience more Finn-kerfuffle, keep an eye out for our live online chat with Neil and Sharon on Monday from midday – it will be easy to find on nzherald.co.nz. We’ll take your questions but, more importantly, we’ll try and get to the bottom of those crazy-ass tweets Neil keeps firing off. As for this week? We’re streaming the brand new long player from Bulletproof, Dub Me Crazy, streaming through till Sunday at nzherald.co.nz/music.
TOURETTES? How does it feel to have finished the Wonderful World of Weird tour with Jay Roacher and Alphabethead? It was good, man. We’re three people who came from quite traditional roles in hip hop, and went on divergent paths – it makes sense to bring us together. Who’s the most eccentric character between the three of you? Definitely Alphabethead – he’s a lunatic on the road and behind the decks, and he’s always drinking cups of tea and being peculiar. What’s the soundtrack in the tour van? RadioLIVE – Willie Jackson and JT’s show. Today’s topics were ‘where do the prettiest girls in the world come from?’ and ‘who’s going to win the World Cup?’. What’s the best place in the South Island to get a vegan feed? Oh man, I’ll probably have to pass on that one. I’ve just been eating chips. Are you any closer to your mission statement of getting the words out of your head and into ours? This is definitely the closest I’ve come, but then new voices keep appearing so I guess that’s another album. Tourettes’ new album Tiger Belly is out now on Round Trip Mars – Tourettes curates My Mother Says I’m Talented at Auckland’s Basement Theatre on Wednesday 28 September – Saturday 1 October.
CARLA POTTER – TOUR MANAGER Basically we take care of the show – you look after the band, coordinate with all the suppliers and venues, the ticketing outlets. One of your main jobs is to look after the money and make sure your ticketing’s done correctly. Good tour management is organisation skills. It’s risk management too – there are things that are out of your control, like your gear van might blow a clutch or you might get a venue owner who’s not used to dealing with bands. You can’t just hit the road thinking everything’s sorted – I spend two-to-three days doing pre-prep, ringing all the venues, the accommodation, suppliers, crew, band, support acts, so when you hit the road it’s all completely sorted. You’re doing anything from 15-20 hours a day, every day, back-to-back. I take it very seriously – the band and promoters pay me to be on to it.