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March 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Dylan Frater
Based in Wellington, Dylan Frater is a recording artist, music producer, music coach and international solo performer. He has released an EP (The Torch Songs EP) and is due to release his debut album, “From Winter to Winter” (featuring Georgie Swan-Hay) in June 2017. Sometimes described as cinematic, Dylan’s sound is all about creating worlds – his atmospheric […]Archive
July 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Josh Hetherington
Josh Hetherington is a DJ (Josh On Decks), photographer, Super 8 filmmaker and musician. His current band, Show Me Where It Hurts will release their new EP this weekend, Friday, July 29 with a launch at The Thirsty Dog in Auckland, Saturday, July 30, 8pm featuring special guests Cold Harvest Trust. Previously, he was the […]Archive
July 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Dan Wilcox aka Sweep
When Dan Wilcox isn’t writing country, blues and folk music on his guitar whilst crooning beneath the Raglan moon, he’s performing, producing, recording and DJ’ing as dub / reggae / rap / rock / electro / dance alter-ego Sweep. Here are five albums he’s loving right now… A little backstory on me first: I used to […]Archive
April 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Mali Mali
Mali Mali (a.k.a. Ben Tolich) is a songwriter and performer from Auckland, NZ. He’s about to go on tour in support of his new album As A Dog Dreams, his second album following Gather ‘round the Gooseclock (2013) and the Brotherly EP (2010). Here are five albums he’s loving right now… 1 – Damien Jurado, Visions […]Archive
March 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Will Wood
Will Wood is a singer/songwriter with two albums to his name – Broken Man from 2014 and the brand-new Magpie Brain & Other Stories. He is about to head off around the country to perform a series of shows with poet and MC Tourettes. Here are five albums he’s loving right now… 1 – The […]Archive
February 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Jimmy Jones
Jimmy Jones is a landscape gardener, constructor, designer etc. He arrived in Sydney 17 years ago via Dunedin, Nelson, Motueka and well NZ in general. He’s never written about music or played in a band but has been surrounded by music, musicians, engineers, producers, writers et al since he was a teenager. His brother Damian […]Archive
January 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Darren Hanlon
Darren Hanlon is an Australian singer/songwriter with five albums and a small handful of EPs under his belt. He will be touring New Zealand in March of 2016 with Anthonie Tonnon and Nadia Reid. Here are five albums he’s loving right now… 1 – The Grand Magoozi, The Grand Magoozi: This album isn’t officially out […]Archive
December 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: DJ Bill E
Bill E is a Wellington DJ behind the regular Atomic and 24 Hour Party People club nights. His Hang The DJ New Year’s Eve gig at the San Fran is something of an institution – in fact it turns 10 this year. Here’s all the details for the event. And here are five albums he’s […]Archive
December 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Off The Tracks’ (Belated) Christmas Message: Year in Review 2015
Last year I was a day late, even slacker this year, sorry… but I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and thanks for reading Off The Tracks. Three full years we’ve been operating now – I say ‘we’ because it’s due to you and me. I had a week off in Hawke’s Bay where […]Archive
December 16, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 11 – Alan Stuart
It’s the final post of the year regarding the podcast – the final episode for 2015, here we have episode eleven – a chat with Alan Stuart. I met Alan years ago when I worked in music retail. He was a regular customer, we’d chat about blues and British bands from the 60s. We still […]Archive
December 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman