Cheap Thrills

17/01/2017

Friends in the U.S, you can get us from Half Letter Press. Nice little write up here too, including contents. Other orders, just email us at [email protected] :) :)

Cheap Thrills is a book-like journal dedicated to underground music culture in New Zealand and it's great to see something with such a strong regional focus that isn't trying to take on the world, but is instead delving deep into where it is and what it knows.

01/12/2016

Cheap Thrills is a New Zealand music magazine. Issue 2 features contributions by Michael McClelland, Luke Wood, Nikki O'Connor, Gemma Syme, Ducklingmonster Futurian, William Daymond, Pat Kraus, Stu Kawowski, Matthew Scobie, Harrison Croxley, Nich Cunningham, Dave Branton, Nick Harte, Rata Holtslag, Hamish Petersen, Christie Simpson, Brian Feary, Hannah Herchenbach, Matthew Talbot and Maryann Savage.
Edited by Erin Kimber and designed and printed by Luke Shaw and Luke Wood at Ilam Press, Christchurch.
Available at Galaxy Records (Christchurch), Spooky Boogie (Lyttelton), Blue Oyster Art Project Space (Dunedin) and Audio Foundation (Auckland) or email [email protected]

30/11/2016

Nice interview with the lovely Andrew Barry on RDU 98.5 FM today. Listen here, about 1:16 in

Big show this week, world premiere of the excellent new single from Nervous Jerk, great to have a chat with Erin Kimber about Cheap Thrills issue number 2, and in between some of the best brand new music, and a larger than usual selection of stone cold classics.

21/11/2016

Watch out!

19/10/2016

Great opportunity for someone...

Editorial Position Available at UTR - Music News at Undertheradar

14/10/2016

Maybe a good time to announce that File Folder will be playing at the Cheap Thrills 2 launch on December 2....

Stream File Folder's 'New Countdown' Album (+ New Videos) - Music News at Undertheradar

15/08/2016

Our first issue sold out in a couple of months. If you want to stake your claim on Cheap Thrills 2 email [email protected] to pre-order. It will be released in time for Xmas!.....While you are wating listen to this...

24/07/2016

Cheap Thrills 2 is going to be launched early December.Stay tuned for details of the release gig(s)

29/06/2016

Great new publication from the Canterbury Society of Sonic Artists. Good content and nice design. Exciting to see new writing about music and sonic art culture in New Zealand.

Writing Around Sound is an arts journal that is oriented specifically towards engagement with audio culture and contemporary sound practice in New Zealand. The second edition In Whose Tradition? b…

22/03/2016

Some great words from Luke here...

10/03/2016

Nice mention of Cheap Thrills here...."Cheap Thrills, primarily dedicated to the Christchurch music scene, is far more than simply music reviews and interviews with bands. Rather it details the life of a particular community; its philosophies, attitudes, histories and lifestyles".....Pretty much what we set out to do...

Ilam Press have no plans to take their popular "fanzines" online

03/02/2016

Cheap Thrills is seeking contributors for our second issue!!

We are looking for essays, anecdotes, interviews, reviews, creative non-fiction, art and photographs on the topic of NZ music of all genres, past and present. Contributors do not have to be based in Aotearoa.

Please send your abstract/outline/idea/questions to [email protected] by Monday 29 February.

Cheap Thrills is not for profit, with all sale proceeds funding the creation of the next issue.