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May 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 29 – Robbie Robertson, “How To Become Clairvoyant”
Robbie Robertson, How To Become Clairvoyant, 2011 He was in The Band – and not just in the band but he wrote or co-wrote most of the great material, many of the best songs you might ever hear. So Robbie Robertson is destined to get a free pass it seems. Because he is – as […]Archive
March 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 161
The Roots, undun (2011) I still remember vividly when this album was released – and I spent a weekend driving around with it in the car, marvelling. I was off to, of all things, a CCR tribute show, and my soundtrack was this – the new album by The Roots. I would go on to […]Archive
November 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 238 – The Shot Band + Guests, Wellington, 2011
It’s hazy – but this was a 50th Birthday party I think. And there were a few local bands and solo acts and things and I missed a fair bit of it – but also I was on the bill. And my son, Oscar, was one week old I think. Or two weeks old max. […]Archive
December 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 15: Steely Dan, Wellington 2011
What struck me about seeing Steely Dan live – something I guess I knew already but it felt remarkable to actually see and hear it taking place, being shaped – was the bubble that this band’s music exists in; the bubble that Fagen and Becker’s music occupies, floats around in – impervious. There have been […]Archive
January 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Fergus & Geronimo: Revisiting Unlearn
Fergus & Geronimo is the name of an American duo from Denton in Texas . The band takes that name from the characters in this film. I didn’t know anything about them until I was given their debut album, Unlearn, to review. For all the truly awful albums that pass across my desk in a […]Archive
November 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Worst: # 19 Disturbed Repeatedly
I am a survivor of three separate Disturbed concerts. The first – comically – was on Valentine’s Day. I met Katy after work and told her to come to the show with me. I pointed out it wouldn’t be her cup of tea, there’s a clue when you say the band’s name is “Disturbed”. We […]Archive
February 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #190 – NZSM Jazz Festival – Gala Concert, Wellington, 2011
Rodger Fox is a bloody good guy, I can say that having met him a few times, so easy to talk with and his passion for music and music-education so palpable. He’s a player, teacher, bandleader and all-around enthusiast. I grew up with some of his music and knowing who he was from TV appearances […]Archive
November 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #173 – Meehan and Manhire, Wellington, 2011
The collaboration between Norman Meehan and Bill Manhire has been important, fruitful – but it’s as much been about a collaboration, a deep connection between Meehan and his chosen vocalist, Hannah Griffin. I worked with Hannah years ago so hearing her on the recordings and watching her perform these poems-made-into-music has something of that Proud, […]Archive
October 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #149 – K-Ci & JoJo, Wellington, 2011
In the mid-90s I had a summer-job as a car-cleaner. I’d cut and polish and valet a car or two each afternoon after washing down a full yard of them in the morning. It was made all the more glorious – this glamour-gig – by the fact that I was being paid $1 an hour. […]Archive
September 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #147 – Lionel Richie, Wellington, 2011
I loved Lionel Richie when I was young – which means my folks were fans, I remember the records (his solo ones, and the great music from the Commodores – I couldn’t always tell the difference) around the house; tapes for the car-trips too…and then I arrived back at Lionel a few years ago. An […]Archive
August 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman