Acclaimed music critic Mike McGonigal sits down with Robert Scott of legendary New Zealand bands The Clean and The Bats for an evening of conversation on Scott’s own work and involvement in the internationally-known music scene coming out of New Zealand’s Flying Nun record label in the early 1980s. After the discussion, several Portland musicians will present covers of their favorite Flying Nun songs and Scott will perform a handful of his own songs. A day after The Clean play Holocene, Wed. Oct. 6th, Bunk Bar, 9PM-12AM, FREE.
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Robert Scott emerged into the early 1980’s New Zealand indie scene as the bassist for The Clean and founding member of The Bats, two of the Flying Nun bands whose music has become a major influence on the lo-fi sound of such bands as Pavement, Olivia Tremor Control, and many others.
Mike McGonigal is the publisher of Yeti magazine, author of the Continuum 33 1/3 series book on My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless, and a contributor to such publications as Pitchfork. Most recently he curated Fire in my Bones, a collection of rare and raw gospel music.
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