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March 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Theatre Preview: Your Heart Looks Like A Vagina
Following the sold out debut season in 2017, Dominic ‘Tourettes’ Hoey brings his original autobiographical theatre piece ‘Your Heart Looks Like A Vagina’ back for a return season at The Basement Theatre in Auckland and to Wellington’s BATS Theatre in April. ‘Your Heart Looks Like A Vagina’ is a one man show that will bring […]Archive
November 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 213 – The Stranglers, Wellington, 2016
No doubt some people wanted to whinge and moan and say “It’s not really The Stranglers” – half a band at best – but usually those people are the ones who don’t go to the show. No one could have gone to this and been upset. It was all the hits – and yet it […]Archive
October 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 210 – Patti Smith, Melbourne, Australia 2017
When it was announced that Patti Smith would be playing Horses in its entirety I wanted to be there. No New Zealand show though. I found that out from Patti Smith herself. Surreal, huh? I wrote a short piece for my then daily-blogging fix, about how someone should bring Smith to NZ. I talked about […]Archive
May 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Hand To God: Theatre
Hand To God Direction: Lyndee-Jane Rutherford (written by Robert Askins) Circa Theatre; Circa One (April 22 – May 20) Yes, you will see puppets fucking – let’s get that out of the way right now, it’s no plot-spoiler, the play is billed around that. And it’s crude and brilliant and devastatingly funny and you can […]Archive
April 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Record Store Day 2017: Southbound Records
April means Record Store Day and this year it’s Saturday, April 22. Our friends at Southbound Records always put on a great day, they believe in first-come-first-served for the special RSD releases and will have over 300 exclusive on-the-day/for-the-day titles in-store. They’ll also have coffee and baking for customers – with doors open from 9.00am. […]Archive
March 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Chills: NZ Tour Preview 2017
When I spoke with Martin Phillipps from The Chills for my book On Song it was to discuss the song Pink Frost. Phillipps acknowledged that this was the song that would outlast him, the one that would be remembered. He mentioned cover versions of the song – just one way that he knew the tune […]Archive
March 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Dave Dobbyn – A Slice of Heaven: 40 Years of Hits Tour (April, 2017)
April 7 sees the release of a brand new compilation of Dave Dobbyn’s biggest and best – celebrating 40 years in the game. And he’ll tour the country to celebrate, taking in Whangearei down to Invercargill via Auckland, the Waiheke Jazz Festival, Putaruru, Wairoa, Feilding, Wanganui, Wellington, Nelson, Christchurch and then Dunedin. Featuring songs from […]Archive
February 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #200 – Bug Lab, Te Papa, Wellington, 2017
You’ve got until April of this year to get along to this Bug Lab exhibition at Wellington’s Te Papa and it’s worth it – for locals and out-of-towners. A great thing for the kids. I loved it at least as much as Oscar, though to be fair he’d already seen it when I went along […]Archive
February 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Jon Toogood – Solo Acoustic: NZ Tour (April, 2017)
Back – between new recording sessions for a project linked to The Adults – Jon Toogood will pop around a few spots in April to deliver his solo acoustic show. Shihad, Adults and solo songs, covers, fan favourites… For all details around the shows go to www.aaaticketing.co.nz – tickets will be on sale from 9am […]Archive
May 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Digests: The Best of 2016’s Album Reviews – April
I spent most of April on a borrowed computer which, in this day and age, makes reviewing music quite tricky. So a lot of the album reviews this month were about me catching up with stuff from last year still – more so than other months. That said, I got to a few brand new […]Archive
February 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman