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June 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poetry in Motion: PIM – July Edition – Featured Guest Simon Sweetman
The fantastic Poetry in Motion hosts an event on the first Thursday of every month at Wellington’s Fringe Bar. I’ve been attending as often as I can across the last couple of years. The structure is always the same – open mic starting at 7.30, and after an intermission there’s a feature poet; a guest spot. […]Archive
June 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: June 2021
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. I’ve been doing it for about five years now. Most months. This was my first time in for 2021. This month I talked about two records from artists that have written their own songs but were here paying tribute to […]Archive
May 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: May 2021
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. I’ve been doing it for about five years now. Most months. This was my first time in for 2021. This month I talked about two records from artists that have been in the game a while and have a recognisable, […]Archive
May 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Things I Know To Be True: Theatre
Things I Know To Be True Direction: Shane Bosher (written by Andrew Bovell) Circa Theatre; Circa One (April 30 – May 29) Andrew Bovell has here created the sprawling epic family drama that is a distinctly Australian version of the big theatrical experiences we so often associate with American playwrights – from Tennessee Williams on […]Archive
April 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Archie Shepp & Jason Moran: Let My People Go
Archie Shepp & Jason Moran Let My People Go Archieball Archie Shepp is 83, a living legend of jazz, a musical polymath and star of one of the best hip-hop albums of last year too! Jason Moran, some 30+ years younger than Shepp is one of the great modern jazz pianists – steeped in tradition […]Archive
April 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Nils Frahm: Graz
Nils Frahm Graz Erased Tapes Records Ltd. Nils Frahm. Exquisite. Piano master. A producer and wizard with electronics and all sorts too – but at the core of it all is just his two hands, his heart and soul and the piano stool that places him in the space where he needs to be. From […]Archive
April 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: April 2021
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. I’ve been doing it for about five years now. Most months. This was my first time in for 2021. This month I talked about two records made under lockdown restrictions. First up was the latest by Tindersticks and I played their cover […]Archive
March 15, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Preview: Noise Drone Repeat, Valhalla, Wellington (Wed, March 31, 2021)
Noise Drone Repeat is a regular night at Wellington’s Valhalla – and the clue is really in the title. You’re there to hear some noisy (and sometimes weird) music. It takes place the last Wednesday of each month and this is the first one for 2021 – the return of the format.Archive
March 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
A Vinyl Affair – Wellington’s Record Fair: Saturday, April 10, 2021
It’s back! Wellington’s record fair – A Vinyl Affair – will take place at Bedlam & Squalor, upstairs from the Rogue and Vagabond – here’s the Facebook event page with all the details. It’ll happen on Saturday, April 10, from 10am-3pm. There’s always great music – to buy and to listen to. Vinyl DJs keep the soundtrack […]Archive
February 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Oysterhead in the Grand Pecking Order: A 20th Anniversary No One Will Celebrate?
Later this year The Grand Pecking Order the sole album by the short-lived group Oysterhead will turn 20. Will anyone be celebrating its birthday? I thought I’d get in early… It was a different world, 2001. Music existed online, sure. You could buy CDs from websites. You might get a 10-second preview of some of […]Archive
February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman