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February 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums From 1995: The Year I Left Home
In 1995 I moved to Wellington, ostensibly for university, but in reality it was to start an enormous CD collection. Most of that collection has now been replaced by vinyl – and/or Mp3s. That’s because 1995 is closer is more than 20 years ago now. But at the time I was buying up music, having […]Archive
June 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
50FOOTWAVE: Bath White (ep)
50FOOTWAVE Bath White ThrowingMusic One of the sad things in life is that we can’t have a new Throwing Muses album every year or so. Making up for that though is that there are Kristin Hersh solo albums (and books – and tours, sometimes combining readings/spoken-word and songs) and there are EPs by her other […]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
September 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Kristin Hersh (August 28, Wgtn)
Kristin Hersh Bodega Thursday, August 28 Remarkably, Kristin Hersh’s songs – when stripped back to just her voice and guitar – seem to exist in their own space, so much so that the only way to describe it is to think of her as creating her own language within the tunes. The churn of the […]Archive
July 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Kristin Hersh: NZ Tour
Kristin Hersh will be performing her spoken-word/music show as part of Christchurch’s Word Festival. But the singer/songwriter and author will be hitting the stages of Wellington and Auckland for solo concerts also. It’s been 20 years since Hersh’s debut solo album, the wonderful Hips and Makers. Alongside another eight solo albums she’s made amazing music […]Archive
May 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman