Top 10 New Zealand Album Bestsellers 2017!!
Top 10 New Zealand Bestsellers 2017!!
With NZ Silver Scrolls, NZ Hall of Fame and NZ Music Awards season in full flight, Dave and I put together a list of our best selling New Zealand albums to date so far this year...
Of note, Aldous Harding, Nadia Reid and Lorde have all performed on Jools Holland Live this year!! Pretty awesome. All in all a great bunch of sounds being made in our isles! Big congrats to local musicians THE CLEAN being inducted into the NZ Hall of Fame!
Cheers for an amazing RECORD STORE DAY 2017 !!
Cheers for an amazing RECORD STORE DAY 2017 !!
Great seeing so many happy faces at Relics!
We love sharing music with you all !
If you missed out, don't worry... there's always next year
Until then...
All new LIMITED RELEASES and RSD SPECIAL ITEMS
are now ONLINE - check out the NEW ARRIVALS !!
(Sneak peak of our new arrivals for RSD : Relics RSD 2017 Instagram Vid)
Thanks! Dave & Irene xx
Our Last and Most Curious List ~ Epic Album Scores of 2016
Epic Album Scores of 2016
Our Last and Most Curious List
Not every epic album score is a new release! This list pays homage to all those albums we've rediscovered - managed to score copies of - ole'timers that are new to our ears...
Albums we just couldn't stop listening to in 2016...
DAVE
JIMMY SMITH - The Sermon
MASTERS OF REALITY - Masters of Reality
DAVE LIEBMAN - Lookout Farm
HERBIE HANCOCK - Mwandishi
ELEPHANT9 - Walk The Nile
IRENE
HERBIE HANCOCK - Head Hunters
FELA KUTI - Vinyl Box Set 2
PIERCED ARROWS - Straight To The Heart
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Revolucion: The Chicano's Spirit
ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG - Ella & Louie Box Set
JANE'S ADDICTION - Ritual De Lo Habitual
BEBE
THE CURE - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
TINY RUINS - Some Were Meant For Sea
ARLO
RUN THE JEWELS - Run The Jewels
NWA - "Straight Outta Compton"
PANIC! AT THE DISCO - Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!
ANDREW
BILL EVANS - Interplay
ETTA JAMES - Tuff Lover
HIGH DEPENDENCY UNIT (HDU) - Fire Works
The MAX BLOCK - Max Block
EYELESS IN GAZA - Photographs As Memories
MEDIEVAL - Medieval Kills!
Until next year...
2016 Relics New Release Favourites
2016 Relics Faves !! The NEW RELEASES we loved the most...
2016 Relics Faves !!
The NEW RELEASES we loved the most...
Every year all the Relics crew offer up their favourite new release albums... here are our WONDEROUS pickings of 2016 !!
Andrew
MYSTERY LIGHTS - Mystery Lights
LUCINDA WILLIAMS - Ghosts of Highway 20
THE VEILS - Total Depravity
SWANS - The Glowing Man
AGNES OBEL - Citizen Of Glass
GHOLD - Pyr
BLACK RAINBOWS - Stellar Prophecy
HOLY GROVE - Holy Grove
MUTUAL BENEFIT - Skip A Sinking Stone
CAVEMEN - Born To Hate
Arlo
THE 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It
PANIC! AT THE DISCO - Death Of A Bachelor
MELANIE MARTINEZ - Cry Baby
RADIOHEAD - A Moon Shaped Pool
MR. HANKEY'S CHRISTMAS CLASSICS - RSD Special Release
Bebe
DEVANDRA BANHART - Ape in Pink Marble
DRAKE - Views
LAMBCHOP - Flotus
DIIV - The Is The Are
ERYKAH BADU - But You Caint Use My Phone
BON IVER - 22, A Million
Irene
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD - Nonagon Infinity
MOGWAI - Atomic (Soundtrack)
RADIOHEAD - A Moon Shaped Pool
THEE OH SEES - A Weird Exits
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - We Got It From Here... Thank You For Your Service
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - Skeleton Tree
DAVID BOWIE - Blackstar
OLAFUR ARNALDS AND NILS FRAHM - Collaborative Works
Dave
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Day Of The Dead Boxset (Grateful Dead Tribute)
RAY LAMONTAGNE - Ouroboros
MOGWAI - Atomic (Soundtrack)
DAVID BOWIE - Blackstar
BLACK MOUNTAIN - IV
ERYKAH BADU - But You Caint Use My Phone
DIIV - Is The Is Are
CAR SEAT HEADREST - Teens Of Denial
RADIOHEAD - A Moon Shaped Pool
PUSCIFER - Money Shot
It is worth noting here, that posts like this are SUPER difficult because (as always) we all revisited a number of amazing YEARS GONE PAST albums this year and explored many 2nd hand ones that were NEW to our ears too...
we'll probably make a list of those another day...
2016 Relics LP Best Sellers !!
2016 Relics LP Best Sellers !!
Following on from our 2016 Relics CD Best Sellers post...
Here are the LP releases that were most popular in Relics (best sellers) during 2016...
10 Most popular LPs
Next... our 2016 personal favourites
2016 Relics CD Best Sellers !!
2016 Relics CD Best Sellers !!
Certainly in 2016 we lost many music greats RIP... here at Relics we feel grateful that their music lives on!
Despite the super sad lows.. grief, death and the life cycle were themes that spurred on 2016 creations and some incredible music was released this year.
Here are the CD releases that were most popular in Relics (best sellers) during 2016...
10 Most Popular CDs
Most popular vinyl of 2016 - see our 2016 Relics LP Best Sellers list...
SOPHIE MORRIS CD LAUNCH @ RELICS
SOPHIE MORRIS DEBUT CD LAUNCH !
On Friday 9th December Dunedin soprano artist SOPHIE MORRIS launched her debut CD 'Songs From The Stage' in store at Relics. Congratulations SOPHIE!!
CD copies now available in store and online just in time for Christmas!!
Here are a few pics from the night...
