POP - DREAM POP - PSYCH ROCK
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Singing songs runs deep in Edward Castelow’s blood.

In a blaze of feedback and fuzz, Tāmaki Makaurau indie group Dictaphone Blues will whip you into a frenzy with their grip it and rip it style of alternative rock. The group has been a fixture on the alternative music scene in NZ for nigh on fifteen years, releasing three critically acclaimed albums, two EPS, touring nationally multiple times and generating a sturdy live following up and down the country. The indie rock pseudonym of singer/songwriter Ed Castelow, the live band features a revolving cast of aural soul mates and is currently populated by Brad Fajefta (Teenwolf, Cream Jean), Theo Francis (Ha The Unclear) and Jamie Hannah (FODR).
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The  Greetings From Glen Eden EP (released in May 2023) features the single No Beef which peaked at #4 on the Radioscope Alternative Charts and the band has been packing out Auckland venues on the back of this latest release.
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All previous albums have featured high charting singles and in 2015 the single Her Heart Breaks Like A Wave was nominated for both the APRA Silver Scroll and Best Music Video at the Vodafone NZ Music Awards.
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Each live show is treated like the last and always sees the band leave space for improvisation, so that they might embark on a quest to uncover aural realms not found before and give their audience something intimate and wholly their own.

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