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July 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: #14 Songs From A Dictaphone 

By the time SJD – Sean James Donnelly – released Songs From A Dictaphone he had made three previous albums, though many would not have heard his first album since it was a limited edition CD-r type thing; eventually out in the world again for all to hear (3) and it’s a very different thing… His second album was […]
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November 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: # 13 Finn

I’ve always loved the Finn album, the first collaborative pairing of Neil and Tim Finn; just the brothers (Dave Dobbyn plays bass on one song on the album, beyond that all the instrumental duties are handled by Neil and Tim). The album was released in 1995 – I can remember being excited about its release, […]
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July 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #117 – Dave Dobbyn & Don McGlashan, Wellington, 2013

It made so much sense that Dave Dobbyn and Don McGlashan would do this – not just share a bill, but share a stage; shared band leading them through a selection of back-catalogue material from two careers across bands and solo work. As a fan of both I was into it. As someone hopeful that […]
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October 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: #12 The Indifferent Velvet Void

You should know by now if you’ve been reading these posts that the series is called Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit – but it’s actually about me revisiting them. And it’s about me as much as it’s about the album. It’s about how the album has impacted my life. I’m trying to tell the […]
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October 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: #11 Pasif.ist

Okay, here’s one that you might need to visit rather than revisit, which is not to assume that you lot haven’t heard of it – but there’s that chance. It’s a relatively recent album – released on the often-wonderful Rattle imprint; a small label with big ideas around providing a quality package. They release CDs […]
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October 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: #10 Pink Flying Saucers Over The Southern Alps

I really feel quite sad about the new/newly reinstated Flying Nun. Like it was better on paper than in actuality – or at least the nostalgia aspect is admirable. The reissues are bringing (back) into frame things forgotten, ignored and revered. The reissue of The Clean’s Vehicle was super-smart as an idea and of course […]
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October 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: # 9 Horsepower

I’d describe myself – if I had to – as some sort of card-carrying Phoenix Foundation fan. I’m not actually a member of any club, I wouldn’t want to be in any club that would allow my type – or however that saying goes. But, hey, what I’m trying to say is I’ve (kinda) been […]
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October 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: #8 Prayers Be Answered

Let’s leave aside whether you ‘like’ The Exponents and/or what they’ve become – let’s talk here, now, about The Dance Exponents. Let’s talk, here, now, about Prayers Be Answered. Because, holy fuck, this record is astonishing! End-of. Well, not end-of. That would be a short column. And you know I don’t play that way. I […]
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October 21, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: #7 Say It Is So

As time goes on it’s getting harder to like Tim Finn for anything much. Yes, he blazed the trail – the songs he and Phil Judd crafted, thought up, made up – that lit the fire that was Split Enz and that is a significant achievement in New Zealand music. Split Enz is – really […]
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October 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: #6 The White House

A girl at university tells me one day she’s got an album she wants me to hear. So I go okay. I’ve got this massive CD collection. I’ve heard everything. I’m not sure that I ever thought like that but I’m damn sure people thought that of me. Anyway, I’m always intrigued when someone tells […]
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October 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: #5 Paul Ubana Jones

Paul Ubana Jones’ self-titled debut was released in 1989. It in fact won the Best Folk Record category at that year’s New Zealand Music Awards. I was at intermediate school. I did not know this record then. But around this time I first heard about Paul Ubana Jones. My aunty had come home from high […]
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October 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: #4 The Islander

Some days I prefer Twist and Lament For The Numb – but The Islander is a special album for me, it’s always the first of Dobbyn’s albums I return to; the one that reminds me of his talent, of how his talent stretches far beyond the simple, crude criticisms of him as a sloganeering riff-writing […]
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