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About Me

Here's what people have said about us: ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- ------------------------------I reckon The Pickups had just about their best ever show, playing a short set and spiking it with some frantic guitar-runs, noisy moments and even William abandoning the guitar to straddle the microphone stand... - thebigcity.co.nz, November 2006-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------Local threesome The Pickups play at the Wunderbar tomorrow night. Formed in late 2004, The Pickups have supported The Bats, The Renderers, The Chills, Mestar and Ghostplane. Their sound has been described as psychedelic pop-rock. The band takes inspiration from the 1960's, in particular The Beatles, The Byrds and The Velvet Underground. They are also influenced by Flying Nun bands such as The Clean, Sneaky Feelings and The Great Unwashed and recently supported The Chills at the Hepatitis C benefit gig at the Media Club. Their four-track demo CD is available free through their myspace.com/thepickupsnz site...This week, the beat highly recommends The Pickups, with The Steffan Van Soest Hit Machine, at the Wunderbar tomorrow night. - Christchurch Press, October 2006-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------A wonderful, friendly show in a packed room at the Media Club...Lastly The Pickups capped off the night with some high-energy indie-pop - they're a group thats really getting things together. - thebigcity.co.nz, January 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- -------------------Opening the evening's entertainment were The Pickups, three young lads, new to the scene, but with a surprisingly well thought-out, well executed set of original songs. Although a tad lengthy for the support act, they still managed to impress the capacity crowd. - Christchurch Press, June 2005-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------A strong (though lengthy) opening set came from new poppy 3-piece rock combo The Pickups. A heavy Chills influence is fairly noticeable in their sound; jangly, country-tinged and guitar driven songs, with excellent, flowing rhythm. A good band to look out for. - thebigcity.co.nz, May 2005

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/13/2005
Band Members: William Daymond (Guitar / Vocals) Jared Kelly (Bass) Isaac Mawson (Drums)
Influences: The Chills, The Velvet Underground / Lou Reed , The Byrds, The Beatles, The Clean, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Black Flag, The Ramones, The Beach Boys, The Bats, cats, Pavement, Bob Dylan, Sneaky Feelings, weather, Peter Gutteridge / Snapper, Richard Hell, drugs, Rocket From The Tombs, Andy Warhol, Chris Knox / Tall Dwarfs, The Monkees, The Kinks, The Smiths, R.E.M., ex - girlfriends, The Gordons, live Joy Division, The La's, The Orange, Syd Barrett, Apocalypse Now!, The Great Unwashed, Into The Void, Arthur Lee and Love, Andrew Brough era Straitjacket Fits, Shadow Of The Valley, Coal
Record Label: Kill Your Teddy Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Green Eyed Owl

Hello! Whilst we are in the middle stages of pre-production for getting Finally...The Pickups pressed onto CD (all mixing has been done, we are waiting on 4 songs recorded on dictaphone / cassette rec...
Posted by The Pickups on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:24:00 PST

New (old) video up + "The Album"

Hi everyone,Even though its been up for a while now, it's very hard to tell its even there so I thought I'd draw your attention to it. A wee snippet of us performing the song "I Don't Mind At All" at ...
Posted by The Pickups on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:53:00 PST

The slow process of completing an album

Hi everyone,Well, long time no see! So many interesting things has happened since I last posted one of these things. From the top:a) The Pickups are kinda on hiatus at the moment. We played a farewell...
Posted by The Pickups on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:49:00 PST

News in brief...

We are currently mixing our album, not sure at the moment what stage it will be released. We are playing with the Steffan Van Soest Hit Machine on the 19th of May. Come along! ...
Posted by The Pickups on Sun, 06 May 2007 09:35:00 PST

Finally...The New Songs Are Up!

Hello... Well, as the subject matter somewhat hints at, we have 4 newly recorded songs from our All Plastic Studios sessions (see previous blogs for more info) up for everyone to check out. They are, ...
Posted by The Pickups on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:52:00 PST

Downpour

Hi Everyone! We now have back the rough mixes of the All Plastic Studio sessions! (see previous blog for more info). The tracklisting (if anyone cares...) is as follows: Forget It Her Sanctuary Lightb...
Posted by The Pickups on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:46:00 PST

Lions and Tigers

Hey Everyone! Yes, its has been a while since the last update, however this time its well worth the wait... The Pickups entered All Plastic studios on the 27th and 28th of Janurary. With the amazing ...
Posted by The Pickups on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:28:00 PST

The Pickups - live on RDU tomorrow night

Hi everyone, Just a wee note to let you know that The Pickups will be doing a live-to-air at the RDU studios (98.3 fm) tomorrow night (Wednesday 11/10/06) at 9:40 pm. Be sure to turn on, tune in...
Posted by The Pickups on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:26:00 PST

Forget It

Hi everyone, Well, since I last wrote a several cool things have happened heres a rundown: On September 2 we played at the Media Club with The Chills, The Renderers and Coal for Hep C awa...
Posted by The Pickups on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:30:00 PST

I Don't Mind At All

Hi everyone, Here is a new recording for everyone to check out : (Did I Do) Something Wrong? We were having a little trouble with dodgy leads on this particular day of recording, hence the keyboard c...
Posted by The Pickups on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:01:00 PST