Galesburg profile picture

Galesburg

Welcome to Galesburg!

About Me

MySpace Backgrounds
Based in Wellington New Zealand, Galesburg is an independent company organising and promoting New Zealand shows for international acts.
Working closely with our ace Auckland compadres, Strange News, we've been privileged enough to bring to our shores - Eric Bachman (Archers of Loaf/Crooked Fingers), Hayden, Micah P Hinson, David Pajo (Slint), Jens Lekman, Jason Molina, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, The Rogers Sisters, Deadbeat, Kevin Blechdom, Animal Collective, Erase Errata, Jon Auer (The Posies), Camera Obscura, Edith Frost, Richard Buckner, Pop Levi, Jim White (The Dirty Three), Nina Nastasia, The Clientele, Yacht, Panther, The Magnolia Electric Co, Kristin Hersh, Goxxip, Architecture in Helsinki, The National, Half-Handed Cloud, Explosions in the Sky, Broken Social Scene, Okkervil River, Malcolm Middleton, !!!, Kimya Dawson and Angelo Spence.
RUMOURS: Throwing Muses! Stan Ridgway! Howe Gelb! Scout Niblett! Architecture in Helsinki DJ set, Lucky Dragons...and some other stuff TOO COOL TO EVEN MENTION.
Tickets for all shows on sale NOW
Big thanks to the vbc, the choicest radio station in Wellington www.vbc.org.nz Streaming now!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/14/2006
Band Website: galesburg.co.nz
Band Members: ...Gordon Campbell and Jim Rush...
Influences: everyone who has ever picked up a guitar and done windmill arms
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Purple Bottle

YOU can find new feelings every day down at the feelings store  but if you start shopping around in the songs of Animal Collective, what you'll end up taking home are sensations as intense and direct...
Posted by Galesburg on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:31:00 PST

some sweet shows are a comin'!

...listen up all you good folk!...Galesburg and Strange News have some winter treats a comin' to warm even the coldest of hearts......The Clientele! Someone once likened listening to the Clientele to ...
Posted by Galesburg on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:37:00 PST

POP LEVI!

Psychedelic glam-rock sensation Pop Levi is in town! It's gonna be sweet, and it's gonna be fun. Come along, dance around and get sugar in your eyes. There's still a few tickets left at Slow Boat, but...
Posted by Galesburg on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:39:00 PST