Dimmer
Dimmer Live at the Hollywood
A slice of New Zealand musical history has been made in Hollywood ... that is, Auckland's Hollywood Theatre, as Dimmer celebrates 21 years of Shayne Carter's insinuatingly soulful music. William Dart… Audio
Dimmer: I Believe You are a Star - Live at The Hollywood, September 2022
New Zealand band Dimmer's 2001 album I Believe You Are A Star is regarded as one of the best ever made in Aotearoa. RNZ recorded a unique 20th-anniversary performance in Auckland. Audio
The Detail's Long Read: Immortal Bangers and Me
Immortal Bangers and Me by Shayne Carter: The legendary musician recounts his experience playing with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Audio
The Detail's Long Read: Immortal Bangers and Me
Immortal Bangers and Me by Shayne Carter: The legendary musician recounts his experience playing with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Audio2PM LIVE: Flying Nun Special
We've curated some of our favourite live performances from Flying Nun artists that are the perfect relaxed vibe for your Saturday afternoon. Audio
Matariki Music with Yadana Saw
Yadana gets in the Matariki spirit, with a track from Maisey Rika's 2020 album Nga Mata o te Ariki Tawhirimatea, a song from Dimmer to celebrate I Believe You Are a Star which turns 20 this year and… Audio
Shayne Carter on his memoir Dead People I Have Known
Dunedin music icon Shayne Carter talks to Kim Hill about his upcoming book Dead People I Have Known. Carter began playing music as a teenager at Kaikorai Valley High School and he's been a member… Audio, Gallery
‘Joed Out’ by The Verlaines
We're heading for the North End. The student quarter. Stopping to take in the University, the bell towers, those beautiful stone buildings, the Leith flowing by. Grame Downes of The Verlaines lectures… Audio
‘Evolution’ by Dimmer
If we turn around on the Stuart Street over-bridge we can see Brockville. That is where Shayne Carter grew up. He is in charge of proceedings at the awards tonight. Shayne was in his first band at… Audio
Shayne P. Carter's Offsider
William Dart reviews Shayne P. Carter's new album Offsider in the context of his previous releases and conversations between the two men about classical music. Audio
NZ Live - Don McGlashan & Shayne Carter
Not one, but two great artists on NZ Live. They are two of New Zealand's most our most acclaimed songwriters, and today they'll be singing each others tunes.
Don McGlashan and Shayne Carter's… Video, Audio
Marty Duda's artist of the week Shayne Carter
Shayne Carter has been a musician and songwriter for 35 years. He helped define the "Dunedin sound" with his work in Bored Games, Doublehappys and Straitjacket Fits, all on Flying Nun. His new album… Audio
Music 101 Pocket Edition 100: Shayne P Carter/Unsanitary Napkin/Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds
In this weeks Music 101 Pocket Edition Shayne P Carter preforms tracks from The Offsider on a baby grand, Wellington punks Unsanitary Napkin introduce themselves and Kid Congo Powers (formerly of The… Video, Audio
Shayne P Carter live at the James Cook
Shayne P. Carter plays two of his new songs live on the baby grand piano at the James Cook Hotel restaurant in Wellington. Audio
Shayne P Carter - We Will Rise Again
Shayne P Carter introduces the first offering from his forthcoming piano driven album 'We Will Rise Again'. Audio
Dimmer - Live at Bodega 2012
The final ever live outing from Shayne Carter's long-running vehicle Dimmer, captured live at Bar Bodega in Wellington in August 2012. It's a three song-set: Degrees Of Existence, Seed and… Audio
Dimmer
Former Dunedin native Shayne Carter been making music for 3 decades, with Straitjacket Fits being the best known of his outfits. Current project Dimmer has been going for around 15 years. The line-up… Audio
Dimmer - Live At The Hopetoun Alpha
With the release of the third Dimmer album 'There My Dear' in 2006, Carter enlisted the help of drummer Dino Karl of HDU, along with bass player Kelly Steven and guitarist James Duncan to take the… Audio
