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December 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 90 The Spines 2015

We had a pretty good year as it unfolded. It started with a big profile on the band’s first decade in Audioculture – the NZ music online archive. Strongly written by Gary Steel with interesting insight into those early line-ups and the records we made. Great to be officially represented in an historical and cultural […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, AudioCulture, Gary Steel, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hannah, Jon Mcleary, Julie Lamb Band, King Street Live, Les, Luna, Malky, Masterton, Music, Napier, Painting, Riki Gooch, Simon, Simon Sweetman, Spines, The Cabana, The Cross, The Fall, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 90 The Spines 2015, The Spines, Tora, Tora Tora Tora, Tyson Smith, War Stories, War Stories # 90, Wellington, Will Ricketts ·

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November 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 87 A Tour of Two Cities Part One: Masterton

Fishing In our first year of existence, the Spines travelled and played around the lower North Island a fair bit and one of those early gigs was in Masterton. It started out as a holiday but it soon got bigger than that You know you’re fishing know your bait but you don’t know what you’ll […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Tour of Two Cities, Art, Fishing, Hannah Fraser, Jon Mcleary, Julie Lamb Band, Les Knight, Masterton, Music, NZ, Painting, Simon Sweetman, Spines, Sweetman, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary A Tour of Two Cities Part One: Masterton, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 87, Writing ·

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November 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Julie Lamb

Julie Lamb is an accountant by occupation and a musician by preoccupation…She watches movies for escapism and fun.  The Julie Lamb Band is about to embark on the shortest 2015 tour in the multiverse – Nov 20 King St Live, Masterton; Nov 21 Cabana, Napier – they’ll be hanging out with Vorn and The Spines. Here are five […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged About Time, Arthur, Calendar Girls, Christopher Cross, Dark Horse, Die Hard, Double Jeopardy, Film Review, Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Julie Lamb, Julie Lamb, Julie Lamb Band, Lean On Me, Mad Money, Movie Review, Movies, Overboard, Pretty Woman, Ron Clarke Story, Roy Orbison, Shawkshank Redemption, Stick It, Take The Lead, Terminator, The Help, The Sixth Sense ·

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November 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Bungee Tour: Julie Lamb Band, Spines & Vorn (Nov 20-21)

Here’s something for Masterton and Hawke’s Bay – a wee “Bungee Tour” – just two shows, Masterton on Friday November 20 at King Street Live and Napier’s Cabana the following night, Saturday, November 21. It’s The Julie Lamb Band, Spines and Vorn. Three Wellington-based acts with three very different sets of sounds to offer. The […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cabana, Gig Preview, Jon Mcleary, Julie Lamb, Julie Lamb Band, King Street Live, Martin Hawes, Masterton, Napier, Promo, Spines, Spines & Vorn (Nov 20-21), The Bungee Tour, The Bungee Tour: Julie Lamb Band, The Spines, Vorn, Vorn Colgan ·

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November 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Emma Davey

Emma Davey is a singer songwriter and vocal coach from Wellington.  This year she has had the pleasure of performing at WOMAD and WOW with Wellington’s Balkanistas.  She is currently recording her debut album of original songs.  Emma says, “Wow when I reviewed my current listening list it was very obvious how female-centric it is. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Balkanistas, Emma Davey, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Julie Lamb Band, PledgeMe ·

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September 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Off Key: Concert For Artistic Freedom

In early August renowned blues musician Darren Watson released his original song Planet Key, a satirical take on New Zealand Prime Minister John Key’s own description of what a ‘Planet Key’ would look like. Planet Key went viral on the internet, accompanied by a video created by Jeremy Jones from Propeller Motion, depicting John Key set amongst a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Benefit, Bikini Roulette, Bump'n Ugly, Concert, Darren Watson, DJ, DJ Simon Sweetman, Fundraiser, John Key, Jon Mcleary, Julie Lamb, Julie Lamb Band, Neverwoz, Off Key, Planet Key, San Fran, Simon Sweetman, Sophie and The Realistic Expectations, Spines, Tour Announcement, Tribute ·

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