A 1990 story about the release of Submarine Bells, the album that may stand as this New Zealand bands’ masterpiece and is one of the defining albums of the Dunedin sound.
Excellent article! I’ll have to check out Jason’s Texas Monthly stuff. I was a reader of OPTION and learned of many artists I’d otherwise never have heard of, like Jandek, from my native Houston. I’m not a Jandek enthusiast but do really admire some of his early work and certainly his self marketing worked in those pre-internet days better than most bands do today by pummeling folks on social media. I’m sure I read this article way back when. Again, great Job! Hope to see Aaron soon as well!!!!
I wanted to add that OPTION was really one of the few options I could find in the mid-80s in Houston to learn of music not mentioned in drum or guitar magazines or standard music publications. Zines were hit or miss and although the local free newspaper, The beloved weekly Public News (rip), brought some info about really cool music you might not discover elsewhere, but OPTION was great!
Excellent article! I’ll have to check out Jason’s Texas Monthly stuff. I was a reader of OPTION and learned of many artists I’d otherwise never have heard of, like Jandek, from my native Houston. I’m not a Jandek enthusiast but do really admire some of his early work and certainly his self marketing worked in those pre-internet days better than most bands do today by pummeling folks on social media. I’m sure I read this article way back when. Again, great Job! Hope to see Aaron soon as well!!!!
I wanted to add that OPTION was really one of the few options I could find in the mid-80s in Houston to learn of music not mentioned in drum or guitar magazines or standard music publications. Zines were hit or miss and although the local free newspaper, The beloved weekly Public News (rip), brought some info about really cool music you might not discover elsewhere, but OPTION was great!