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March 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Anne Sofie von Otter w/ NZSO (March 15, Wgtn)
Anne Sofie von Otter w/ NZSO MFC Thursday, March 15 Anne Sofie von Otter is one of the great operatic singers of her generation. A master. Such lightness – but strength. There’s a great joy she conveys, in the very act and art of singing. And of course she’s capable of the full range of […]Archive
March 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Star Wars – A New Hope In Concert w/ NZSO (March 11, Wgtn)
Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert – Movie w/ Live Score performed by NZSO (Conducted by Hamish McKeich) TSB Bank Arena Sunday, March 11 I was looking forward to this – the nostalgia of the original Star Wars film (episode IV: A New Hope) with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra performing John Williams’ full […]Archive
March 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Staves (March 4, Wgtn)
The Staves The Festival Club Sunday, March 4 British sisters Emily, Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor record and tour as The Staves, this Festival performance was their first Wellington appearance. They’re back in the tent for a second and final showing in the capital this Tuesday, March 6. From heavenly harmonies, and through clever looping of […]Archive
March 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Mockers (March 2, Wgtn)
Mockers San Fran Friday, March 2 I missed last year’s reunion tour by the Mockers – so I was eager to see this. Also, the recent CD/DVD package from last year’s Powerstation show confirmed what people had said about last year’s tour; this version of the band can really play! It’s a good night out.Archive
March 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Thundercat (March 1, Wgtn)
Thundercat The Festival Club Thursday, March 1 Two years ago, almost to the day, Thundercat came and saw and conquered Wellington and I was profoundly unmoved. I love the guy’s playing – and credits (outside of his own work he’s helped to make Flying Lotus, Kendrick Lamar and Kamasi Washington great, and that’s just for […]Archive
February 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Arabia-Buda-Scott (February 27, Wgtn)
Arabia-Buda-Scott The Festival Club Tuesday February 27 Lawrence Arabia (James Milne) here combined with the songwriters from The Phoenix Foundation (Luke Buda and Sam Scott) for an evening of songs from across their catalogues. This included material from the Fabulous/Arabia side-project, Sam Scott’s Bunnies on Ponies band and several new, as yet unreleased, Phoenix Foundation […]Archive
February 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Nathan Haines & Jonathan Crayford ADAGIO (February 25, Wgtn)
Nathan Haines & Jonathan Crayford: ADAGIO The Festival Club Sunday February 25 Commissioned for The New Zealand Festival this pairing had Crayford (piano, arrangements) and Nathan Haines (flute, saxophones) performing a set of classical pieces in the “Adagio” or slow movement – from the opening Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte by Ravel through Albinoni’s Adagio […]Archive
February 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 218 – L’Orchestre D’Hommes Performs Tom Waits, Wellington, 2016
It’s Arts Festival time – last night I went to my first show of the 2018 festival, and I think this (click there for the full review from the time) was possibly the last thing I saw at the previous festival; maybe second-to-last… I was sitting there last night cursing the wind that was impacting […]Archive
February 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: BADBADNOTGOOD (January 31, Wgtn)
BADBADNOTGOOD San Fran Wednesday, January 31 On loan from Laneway – Wellington was lucky to get BADBADNOTGOOD back for a show, some five years after they last docked down our way. In that time the prolific jazz/R’n’B combo has released a few new albums and compilations, singles, remixes, live records and plenty of interesting collaborations […]Archive
January 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Foo Fighters & Weezer (January 27, Sydney)
Foo Fighters & Weezer ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park; Sydney, Australia Saturday, January 27 The Foo Fighters are a strange beast – they have been in existence some 22 years. Started, as a solo project by Dave Grohl, a dumping ground for demos he’d been building up in Nirvana’s final moments and then in the […]Archive
January 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman