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March 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Elvis Perkins: The Blackcoat’s Daughter
Elvis Perkins The Blackcoats’s Daughter [OST] Death Waltz Recording Company In the mid/late 2000s Elvis Perkins made a couple of terrific singer/songwriter albums – he was part Paul Simon, part Van Morrison – but most importantly the biggest part of him was something other; was Elvis Perkins. He arrived on the scene back-loaded with back-story, […]Archive
February 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Marlon Williams Showcase: Make Way For Love Gets Previewed in Sydney, Monday, January 29, 2018
I was in Sydney for a few things – a chat on the radio, a Foo Fighters/Weezer gig, but mostly to catch up with friends and family. It turned out to be a more “work-related” long weekend than anticipated. Some meetings with various industry people – chatting about books and things and meeting two key […]Archive
November 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 91 – Shelagh Magadza (Again!)
Welcome to episode 91 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting once again with the Artistic Director of the NZ Festival and Wellington Jazz Festival, Shelagh Magadza.Archive
November 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 212 – Prince, Auckland, 2016
The show was announced – just Prince, a piano and microphone. Three weeks later the show happened. In that time I wondered how I could get there, if I could get there. I concluded, pretty swiftly, that there was no hope. I had never seen Prince. And never would. This was the only time he […]Archive
October 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
NZ Festival 2018: Check Out The Full Programme
Wellington’s NZ Festival takes place over February/March of 2018 – earlier tonight the full programme was announced – along with theatre, comedy, dance, visual arts – a separate Writers Week and many multi-discipline acts there’s a stunning music line-up. David Byrne, Thundercat, Grizzly Bear, Perfume Genius, Anne Sofie Von Otter, The Staves and Cecile McLorin Salvant w/ […]Archive
May 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #204 – The Winery Tour, Wellington, 2017
I covered a fair few Winery Tours for the newspaper when I was doing the reviews – some good shows, some dire. The branding always irked me but if the music was good that was all that mattered. I don’t do the reviews anymore, so they print garbage like this – where the headliner got […]Archive
November 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Neurosis: Two NZ Shows (Feb, 2017)
The mighty Neurosis will perform its first ever NZ shows in February 2017. LIFE IS NOISE is proud to return the post metal legends to Australia and then on to New Zealand for the first time ever – with shows at Wellington’s San Fran and Auckland’s Kings Arms on February 14 and 15. Tickets from […]Archive
September 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Lloyd Cole Classic Songbook Tour: NZ Shows (Jan/Feb 2017)
The release of a Lloyd Cole career retrospective box set was the catalyst for an acclaimed series of live concerts around Europe showcasing Cole’s songs between 1983 and 1996. Now New Zealand gets a turn with the singer/songwriter performing seven shows here from January 28 to February 5, 2017. Cole will perform in Auckland, Devonport, Wellington, Nelson, […]Archive
March 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Digests: The Best of 2016’s Album Reviews – February
The back half of February was taken up with Prince excitement – and of course I made it to the show! And am just back from a busy time in Auckland collecting podcast interviewees and going to gigs, DJing at Golden Dawn, all sorts…but earlier in the month I got through a few albums. Actually […]Archive
January 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band: Three NZ Shows (Feb, 2016)
Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band will play three shows in New Zealand in February – Wellington’s Bodega on Wednesday, February 24, Masterton’s King Street Live on Thursday, February 25 and Auckland’s Tuning Fork, Friday, February 2016. Peyton’s Big Damn Band bends and blends Americana county blues idioms into rousing pub-performance fodder thanks to the Reverend’s […]Archive
November 17, 2015 by Simon Sweetman