Kia ora, my name's Craig (aka Six Noises), Aotearoa New Zealand's most successfully unsuccessful music journalist. For the past few decades, I've been shouting about horrible-sounding music while maintaining a staggering level of obscurity. Some writers might struggle with abject disinterest. But luckily, self-flagellation is my sweet spot.
These days, I spend most of my time writing a monthly column called In Crust We Trust, which, spoiler alert, concentrates on the rawest end of the punk, hardcore, and metalpunk spectrum. I also write about other music – noisy or not – and endeavour to keep an ear out for gnarly Aotearoa releases. I love alerting far-flung fans to great recordings from New Zealand artists.
This site is the fifth iteration of my on-and-off-again blog, Six Noises*. Much like previous versions, this blog will be a garbage dump for my thoughts on abrasive music. Things look desolate right now, but I plan to fill this blog with examples of my past, present, and future scribblings.
Over the years, my writing has been featured in zines and magazines and has been published on countless online portals. I've contributed reviews, columns, and feature articles to websites such as Noisey, Last Rites, DIY Conspiracy, PopMatters, No Clean Singing, Metal Bandcamp, Invisible Oranges, Under the Radar, Hellbound, Steel for Brains and many more. I was also formerly the music editor at New Zealand Skate magazine Manual.
For a brief time, I produced and presented segments for Radio New Zealand's flagship music show, Music 101. This included a two-part introductory history of the New Zealand extreme metal scene entitled South of Heaven. I've also hosted and co-hosted specialist music shows on Radioactive and Access Radio for literally tens of listeners.
I mainly write about obnoxious-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 progressive and psychedelic bands. Free jazz, 70s dub, No Wave, lo-fi rock, ridiculous hair metal – whatever ya got, I'm in.
I also believe punk is not dead.
Oct 13th, Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), Aotearoa New Zealand.