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May 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 226 – Snarky Puppy, Wellington, 2019
Something clever happened here – Snarky Puppy sold a version of jazz to an audience of hipster-indie fans and boofheads (and some genuine jazzers too I guess…) and I wanted to know a bit more about that, having only heard some of their recordings and having missed their previous visits to the country. It blows me away they can sell so […]Archive
April 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 141: Silver Jews – “Bright Flight”
I think this might be the only Silver Jews album I hadn’t heard. Funny. Not that I was ever a massive fan of the band – if that was the case I would have heard this album for a start. Just record store days really. You sought out the indie stuff, the cool stuff, the interesting stuff. That, plug peak days reviewing records. I […]Archive
January 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Fergus & Geronimo: Revisiting Unlearn
Fergus & Geronimo is the name of an American duo from Denton in Texas . The band takes that name from the characters in this film. I didn’t know anything about them until I was given their debut album, Unlearn, to review. For all the truly awful albums that pass across my desk in a […]Archive
December 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Pavement: The Greatest Band of the 1990s
The 1990s had several big bands that staked a claim – obviously Nirvana even though they didn’t last longer than half the decade; obviously many people will want to say Pearl Jam because they started in the 1990s and released a few albums across that decade – and carried on from there. And Smashing Pumpkins […]Archive
December 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Kristin Hersh: Don’t Suck, Don’t Die – Giving Up Vic Chesnutt
Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt Kristin Hersh University of Texas Press Well, after Rat Girl, I’d read anything by Kristin Hersh. And I was a fan of the incredible songwriting of Vic Chesnutt so this slim volume got the big tick as a concept, before it was even in my hands to […]Archive
December 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks: NZ Tour (March 2015)
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks will play four New Zealand shows across three cities in early 2015. The ex-Pavement singer/songwriter and his (new) band The Jicks (they’ve released six albums and have been an entity for over a decade) released one of the first best records of 2014 with January’s Wig Out at Jagbags. Malkmus and […]Archive
December 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Off The Tracks presents All Apologies: 90s Music DJ Set
For my final Friday night session down at The Old Bailey this year – Friday, December 19, it’s going to be an all 90s set: trip-hop, hip-hop, Britpop, grunge, metal, rock, indie, maybe even a bit of New Jack Swing… It’ll be (not quite) all vinyl all night – a bit of CD/Mp3 assistance may […]Archive
April 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Terror of the Deep: Death of the Gideon
Terror of the Deep Death of the Gideon (Independent) Wellington band Terror of the Deep has been around since 2008 and, in the way that you’d hope, each release improves the sound – and direction – of the band; they feel more focussed, more confidant, calm even, with each album/EP. So the latest, Death of […]Archive
April 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Nick Raven: Love And Lomography
Nick Raven Love and Lomography Powertool Records The songs of Nick Raven’s album, Love and Lomography have haunted my stereo, beckoning for repeat plays, working their way into the room almost by stealth. The first few times I listened to the album I liked what I heard – but left it as it was, walked […]Archive
April 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman