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November 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 23: Violent Femmes, Wellington 1995

I’ve seen the Violent Femmes a couple of times. Great fun always. I’ll go again I’m sure – I hope. If we ever get past this Covid-thing to the level that we bring the international bands back in, as promised, then the Femmes is one of the bands on the cards – and one I’ll […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1995, Best, Best Gig Ever, Femmes, Gig, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, It Was The Best Gig Ever, It Was The Best Gig Ever # 23, It Was The Best Gig Ever # 23: Violent Femmes, Mutton Birds, The Violent Femmes, Town Hall, Town Hall Gig, Violent Femmes, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Wellington, Wellington 1995, Wgtn ·

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September 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

David Bowie: Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95)

David Bowie Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95) Parlophone UK The gates are wide open now, the David Bowie reissues and new releases are pouring. Some are very, very boring. Some didn’t need to happen. But there are some gems – of course. There’s gold in the vault, and probably a bit more to come […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1. Outside, 1995, 20/20, Album Review, Archive, Bowie, David Bowie, David Bowie: Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95), Live, Live Dallas 95, Outside, Ouvrez Le Chien, Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95), Parlophone UK, posthumous, Reissue, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Matthew Marshall: Fragments

Matthew Marshall Fragments Rattle I’m part of a small gang singing the praises of Rattle Records. I’m sure they label wants that group to group to grow. I sure did which is why if they keep putting out great product I’ll keep singing their praises.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1993, 1995, Album Review, Archive, Classical, Guitar, Instrumental, Kiwi, Matthew Marshall, Matthew Marshall: Fragments, NZ, Rattle, Rattle Records, RNZ, Spanish, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 266 – Cable Car, Wellington, 1995-2020

I’m always amazed that Wellington’s Cable Car is the Tourist Destination/Activity that it is – but, hey. It is. That view’s pretty good, it’s pretty cheap, and it (now) runs swiftly. It’s an easy thing to go and do and a way to see the city. I’ve lived here 25 years which means 25 years […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1995, 1995-2020, 20/20, 25 Years, Boarding Pass, Bus Pass, Cable Car, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 266, Stubs: # 266 – Cable Car, Ticket, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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March 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 17: The Cult, Wellington 1995

I still think about this show – a lot. It was great. It was The Cult. I love The Cult. I loved them about the most I ever did at the start of 1995. And more on that in a bit. But most of all this was an important gig because it was the first […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1995, BDO, Big Day Out, Billy Duffy, First Year, Ian Astbury, It Was The Best Gig Ever, It Was The Best Gig Ever # 17, It Was The Best Gig Ever # 17 The Cult, Pure Cult, The Cult, The Cult Live, Town Hall, University, Wellington, Wellington 1995, Wgtn ·

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October 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 221 – Faith No More, Wellington, 1995

When I first saw Faith No More in Wellington (1993) it was (and still is) one of the greatest gigs I’ve seen. And when Faith No More released its new album in 1995, King For A Day – Fool For A Lifetime, I was amped; anticipating the album and very excited to find they’d be […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1995, 1997, 95, Album of the Year, Angel Dust, Concert, Faith No More, FNM, Gig, King For A Day...Fool For A Lifetime, Live, Live Gig, Mt Cook, Newtown, Showbuildings, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 20 – Faith No More, Stubs: # 221 – Faith No More, Ticket, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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February 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums From 1995: The Year I Left Home

In 1995 I moved to Wellington, ostensibly for university, but in reality it was to start an enormous CD collection. Most of that collection has now been replaced by vinyl – and/or Mp3s. That’s because 1995 is closer is more than 20 years ago now. But at the time I was buying up music, having […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1995, Albums, Around The Next Dream, BBM, Carnival, CD, Five albums from 1995, Five albums from 1995: The Year I Left Home, Formative, Ginger Baker, Ginger Baker Trio, Going Home Again, Kristin Hersh, Leaving Home, Limbo, Maxinquaye, Natalie Merchant, Nostalgia, Prince, Records, Sam Hunt, The Gold Experience, The Year I Left Home, Throwing Muses, Tigerlilly, Tricky, University, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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November 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Amps’ Pacer: Happy 20th

The Breeders had had something of a hit with Last Splash – certainly with Cannonball doing the rounds of hip radio stations and plastered across MTV. And then Kelley Deal – a major junkie – was busted and had to go into rehab. This meant that Kim Deal had a bunch of leftover songs sitting […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1995, 20th Anniversary, Amps, Kelley Deal, Kim Deal, Pacer, Pixies, The Amps, The Amps' Pacer: Happy 20th, The Kelley Deal 6000 ·

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November 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

That Time We Stood Waiting For Four Hours To Buy A CD – And Then, Years Later, Marveled Over Its Glowing Red Light All Over Again

I bought Pink Floyd’s Pulse the very second it became available. It was mid-1995. It was my first year living away from home, in Wellington; ostensibly I had travelled to the capital to study English and Political Science. I already had my undergraduate degree in the works of Pink Floyd when Pulse was released. The […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1995, A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, Dark Side Of The Moon, Delicate Sound Of Thunder, Double Live Album, Lambton Quay, Live, Live Album, Marveled Over Its Glowing Red Light All Over Again, Midnight Opening, Pink Floyd, Pulse, That Time We Stood Waiting For Four Hours To Buy A CD - And Then, Years Later ·

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February 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 99 The Stones

It was my mate Geordie who first got me into The Rolling Stones. He was from Newcastle and brought his record collection with him when his family moved to Hamilton. His albums had more elaborate covers than the versions we got out here. He had a great passion for the Mick Taylor years, had seen […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1995, Ang, Angie, Angus, Art, Auckland, Beggar's Banquet, Black And Blue, Gig, Gimme Shelter, Guest Blog, Guest Post, It's Only Rock'n'Roll, Jon Mcleary, Ladies and Gentlemen The Rolling Stones, Music, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 99 The Stones, The Rolling Stones, The Spines, The Stones, Vinyl, Voodoo Lounge Tour, War Stories, War Stories # 99, Western Springs, Writing ·

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January 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 763

Sonic Youth, Washing Machine (1995) I became a fan of Sonic Youth by reading about them: Guitar World, an excellent article where the guitarists talked about anti-guitar hero antics and notions, namedropped a bunch of great things (some I’d heard, some I hadn’t) and just generally made me want to hear their music. And I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1995, 1996, 2xLP, Dave Grohl, Double Record, Foo Fighters, LP, Record, Sonic Youth, The Vinyl Countdown # 763, Vinyl, Washing Machine ·

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November 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

St. Germain: St. Germain

St. Germain St. Germain Nonesuch Ludovic Navarre’s albums under the name St. Germain (2000’s Tourist was the big one,1995’s Boulevard was of course better) were sublime. Until you heard them too many times – and the whole industry built up around them, and compilations from Café Del Mar, Buddha Bar and other vacuous entities hoping only […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1995, 2000, Acid-Jazz, Album Review, Boulevard, Cafe Culture, Dance, Ludovic Navarre, Nonesuch, Nu-Jazz, Saint Germain, St. Germain, Tourist ·
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