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December 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Come Together – Abbey Road (December 10, Wellington)

Come Together: Abbey Road Opera House Thursday, December 10 Last year some of New Zealand’s best known, much loved musicians banded together and delivered a concert replication of Neil Young’s Live Rust album/show – I went along slightly cynical. I left impressed with the effort – it showcased that wonderful music in the very best […]
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December 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 242: Jules Van Costello

Welcome to episode 242 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
Posted in Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Alcohol, Anchor, Apple, Author, Beer, Beyond The Vines, Book, Books, Brewed, Chat, Conversation, Craft Beer, Distributor, Educator, ep.242, Hospitality, Importer, Interview, Jules Van Costello, Kiwi, NZ, Podcast, Promo, Promoter, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 242, Sweetman Podcast # 242: Jules Van Costello, Sweetman Podcast: Jules Van Costello, Wine, Wine Industry, Writer, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem The Kiwi Way

Yes, there’s been a pandemic, and it’s still going by the way, and yes unemployment is surging, with many Covid casualties and the lockdown creating inertia and many anxieties and even a devious excuse for some workplaces to downscale and milk bailouts then force redundancies; several stores and businesses have simply closed their doors – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Christmas, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Kiwi, Lockdown, NZ, Pandemic, Poem, Poem The Kiwi Way, Summer, The Kiwi Way, Xmas ·

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November 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Kodama 木: Yamabiko [EP]

Kodama 木 Yamabiko [EP] dreaming of distant worlds Yamabiko is an album of layered synth-sounds, all at once introspective and otherworldly, this is music to keep close to your chest but it also expands the mind; music that combines the ambient blueprint laid out by Brian Eno with the glitch/dissonance/disintegration ideals and ethereal soundscape patterns […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album, Album Review, Ambient, dreaming of distant worlds, EP, Instrumental, Kiwi, Kodama 木, Kodama 木: Yamabiko [EP], NZ, Wellington, Yamabiko, Yamabiko [EP], You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 235: Peter Rowley

Welcome to episode 235 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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August 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

PSA – Election 2020: Theatre

PSA: Election 2020 Direction: Gavin Rutherford (written by Thom Adams, Jamie McCaskill and Anya Tate-Manning) Circa Theatre; Circa One (August 21 – September 12) Public Service Announcements has been Wellington’s celebrated political satire series for the stage across the last decade. This was my first time attending. And of course Election 2020 has not only […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Anya Tate-Manning, August 21 – September 12, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Comedy, Drama, Election, Gavin Rutherford, Govt, Hannah Kelly, hom Adams, Jacinda Ardern, Jamie McCaskill, Johanna Cosgrove, Judith Collins, Kiwi, Matu Ngaropo, Neenah Dekkers-Reihana, NZ, NZ Govt, Play, PSA, PSA - Election 2020: Theatre, PSA: Election 2020, Public Service Announcements, Satire, Sepelini Mua’au, Simon Leary, Theatre, Theatre Review, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Matthew Marshall: Fragments

Matthew Marshall Fragments Rattle I’m part of a small gang singing the praises of Rattle Records. I’m sure they label wants that group to group to grow. I sure did which is why if they keep putting out great product I’ll keep singing their praises.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1993, 1995, Album Review, Archive, Classical, Guitar, Instrumental, Kiwi, Matthew Marshall, Matthew Marshall: Fragments, NZ, Rattle, Rattle Records, RNZ, Spanish, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Virtual Shadow Ensemble: KEEP YOUR DISTANCE!

Virtual Shadow Ensemble KEEP YOUR DISTANCE! Noa Records I want to start by naming everyone involved in the playing and sounds on this album. Your wordsmiths – poets, singers, performers, are Ryan Hendriks, Julian Lubin, Yanina Nana Yaa and Aije. The instrumentalists are Riki Gooch (drums/percussion), JY Lee (flute, sopraono sax), Hasji (KORG Wavedrum, percussion), […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 12", Aije, Album Review, Benny Lindsay-Williams, Elias Dobbyn, Hasiji, Joe Lindsay, Julian Lubin, JY Lee, KEEP YOUR DISTANCE!, Kiwi, Kurt Murray, Larsen Taylor, Leonardo Coghini, Lockdown, Navakatoa Tekela-Pule, NZ, Riki Gooch, Ryan Hendriks, Sebastian Soto, Vinyl, Virtual Shadow Ensemble, Virtual Shadow Ensemble: KEEP YOUR DISTANCE!, Yanina Nana Yaa, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Ten of My All-Time Favourite Kiwi Songs

When I wrote these notes I was planning for the start of my book about favourite NZ songs. All of these songs made it into that book – and were written about in further detail. In most cases I spoke with the songwriters or key players/producers involved with the music. On Song featured 30 tunes, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Kiwi, New Zealand, NZ, On Song, Songs, Ten of my All-Time Favourite Kiwi Songs, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Dark Divinity: Messianic (ep)

Dark Divinity Messianic (ep) Trench Records Look, I’m such a fairweather fan when it comes to anything within a formaldehyde and methanol-soaked rag’s reach of something that even vaguely once resembled death metal so you’ll forgive me if this is not the review you’re looking for. I can only speak to liking this with all […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Dark Divinity, David Grinder, Death, Death Metal, EP, Ian Moir, Into Orbit, Jolene Tempest, Kiwi, Messianic, Messianic (ep), metal, NZ, Paul Stewart, Reece Davies, Trench Records, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 139

Dennis O’Brien, Still In The Same Dream (1980) Dennis O’Brien, owner of Wellington’s Slow Boat Records was once Dennis O’Brien: Singer/Songwriter. And this is one of his albums. I like this. I’ve had it for a while – you can get a career overview on CD – and that’s decent too but I really like […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, Breaking Into Another Day, Dennis O'Brien, Episode 107 - Dennis O'Brien, Kiwi, LP, NZ, Podcast, Record, Slow Boat Records, Still In The Same Boat, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 139, Vinyl, Wellington ·

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March 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 151

Mark Williams, Greatest Hits (1977) I missed the Mark Williams buzz – the first time around at least. I was there for the “comeback” – Show No Mercy and then fronting Dragon (he does a good job, it’s a tired old act now though, they’re a Tribute Act to Themselves, nothing more). I did catch […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1977, A House For Sale, Australia, Compilation, Dragon, Greatest Hits, Heed The Call!, Kiwi, LP, Mark Williams, NZ, Record, Show No Mercy, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 151, Vinyl, Yesterday Was Just The Beginning Of My Life ·
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