Six Noises: lo-fi words for a hi-fi world.
Kia ora, my name's Craig (aka Six Noises), Aotearoa New Zealand's most successfully unsuccessful music journalist. For the past 25 years, I've been writing about noisy music while maintaining a staggering level of obscurity. Some writers might struggle with abject disinterest. But self-flagellation is my sweet spot.
This site is the fifth (maybe sixth!?!) iteration of my on-and-off-again blog, Six Noises*. Like previous versions, this blog is a garbage dump for my thoughts on obnoxious music.
Over the years, my writing has been featured in zines, magazines, and on countless blogs (many of which are now dead and buried, although I’m pretty sure that’s not my fault). I've contributed reviews, columns, and feature articles to websites such as Noisey, Last Rites, DIY Conspiracy, PopMatters, No Clean Singing, Metal Bandcamp, Under the Radar, Steel for Brains, and many more. I was also briefly the music editor for New Zealand Skate magazine Manual.
I have produced and presented segments for Radio New Zealand's flagship music show, Music 101, and I’ve hosted and co-hosted specialist music shows on Radioactive and Access Radio for literally tens of listeners.
I mainly write about abrasive-sounding music, but my tastes range far and wide. I am obsessed with UK outliers like Hawkwind and The Fall, and I love stacks of prog, psych, free jazz, noise rock, 70s dub, and indie rock. I also maintain a worryingly deep affinity for hair metal.
Punk is not dead.
Mā te wā
Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), Aotearoa New Zealand.
Contact:
sixnoises@gmail.com