Our new LIVE MUSIC BAR episode stars Office Dog, the Tāmaki Makaurau-based trio of singer / guitarist Kane Strang, bassist Rassani Tolovaa and drummer Mitchell Innes, joined by Violet Hirst on keys. Our live studio audience lapped up the avant-rock group’s debut performance of their as-yet-unreleased song ‘Nancy’ and ‘Gleam’, from Office Dog’s 2023 debut album Spiel (Flying Nun Records / New West Records). The band answered an array of poochie questions from the crowd, then closed out with a sterling rendition of ‘Warmer’, also featured on Spiel.
SETLIST:
Nancy
Gleam
Warmer
LIVE MUSIC BAR is Aotearoa’s new musical web series - presented by UTR, produced by Sports Team and made with support from NZ On Air!
Join your host Navakatoa Tekela-Pule and a live studio audience for dynamite performances and revealing chats with a special guest selection of Aotearoa’s top talents. All filmed in our eponymous venue within the beating heart of Tāmaki Makaurau, LIVE MUSIC BAR is an authentic and innovative nightclub experience bridging the online / irl divide. Shot by James Milne (Chabs & Milky, Lawrence Arabia) and Sports Team using vintage camera gear, YOU are invited to attend a gig at LIVE MUSIC BAR - launched in conjunction with UTR’s 20th anniversary celebrations.
Winners of the 2023 SRN Award for Te Rōpū Mariu (Favourite Group), Office Dog are Kane Strang (finalist for the 2018 Taite Music Prize), Rassani Tolovaa and Mitchell Innes. Their debut album Spiel launched in Aotearoa and Australia late last year via Flying Nun Records, released to the rest of the world in early 2024 via US indie rock / Americana imprint New West Records. Recent supports for Olympia icons Sleater-Kinney, Office Dog are embarking on an extensive US tour this coming October, opening for Nada Surf over sixteen dates.
Office Dog's debut album 'Spiel' is out now in Aotearoa / Australia via Flying Nun Records, and everywhere else in the world via New West Records. Listen on major streaming platforms + Bandcamp here: officedog.bandcamp.com/album/spiel
Video credits:
UnderTheRadar presents
A Sports Team Production
Live Music Bar
Made with support from NZ On Air
Hosted by Navakatoa Tekela-Pule
Director of Photography James Milne
Audio Engineer Emily Wheatcroft-Snape
Live Edit by James Milne
Title Animation by Annabel Kean
Post Edit by Conor Bowden
Post Sound Mix by Emily Wheatcroft-Snape
Theme Music by James Milne
Produced by Annabel Kean
Directed by Callum Devlin
UTR Production Team: Daryl Fincham & Chris Cudby
Thanks to James Dansey, Jazmine Phillips, Jon Baxter and to ‘Goin Live with Chabs and Milky’
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