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September 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 277 – The Staves, Wellington 2018
The really great thing about music reviewing (esp gigs) is you get to see some acts you never would have thought to get to – like The Staves. The really dumb thing about music reviewing (esp gigs) is you go along, you review the show, rave about it, place it as one of the best […]Archive
August 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 274 – Rhian Sheehan, Wellington, 2018
I’ve seen Rhian Sheehan a bunch of times. And it’s always been great – always a variation of the same sorts of moods and feels and vibe; many of the same pieces even. But it always has a new flavour too. So it’s never (just) repetition. I’ve seen this sort of show from him develop […]Archive
August 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 272 – Litcrawl, Wellington, 2018
Litcrawl is Wellington’s coolest (best) literary event, a spectacular, jam-packed with ideas and showcases – and in 2018 I was lucky to be asked to be part of one of the events. Lucky. And shitting myself. Why not both? The event was called Lit-Sync For Your Life and it featured three readers – I was […]Archive
August 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 269 – Thundercat, Wellington, 2018
It’s funny how sometimes you see a genius – a great talent – and it just doesn’t stick, doesn’t connect, doesn’t mean anything. The first time I saw Thundercat I was a fan – but I hated the show. It was busy when it didn’t need to be and felt very splatter-painting/ish and I just […]Archive
July 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 267 – Calexico, Auckland, 2019
I’ve seen Calexico four times now. Which is a lot. Particularly since I don’t own any of their albums. The first time I saw them was super disappointing – and that’s when I had the most invested in it, I’d heard about a great show they did a few years earlier and I didn’t go. […]Archive
July 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 18: John Fogerty, Wellington 2005
All my life I have loved CCR. I can’t remember first hearing them, nor making a decision to listen to them more – it was just music that filled my brain and my soul from when I first heard it. To begin with it was some version of the greatest hits – a tape in […]Archive
July 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 264 – Anika Moa: Chop Chop Hiyaa!, Wellington, 2017
Of all the times I saw Anika Moa doing her songs for kiddies I think this was absolutely the best; by which I also mean it was the best time for me and my boy – he was peak age and interest, he knew the songs and cared about them, he’d met Anika briefly so […]Archive
June 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 261 – The Monkees, Wellington, 2019
As soon as I saw the advertising for The Monkees I was very keen to see them; sure it was just two of them – but in a way it’s the two that mattered most. And anyway you can’t bring people back from the dead, you either go and see the remaining members and make […]Archive
June 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 258 – Arabia-Buda-Scott, Wellington, 2018
It’s always a gamble with arts festivals – any festivals – you see some amazing stuff, you see some duds. And its all shapes and sizes – you get to have your mind blown by an act you maybe didn’t think you’d like, you get let down by something you expected would be great, you […]Archive
June 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 256 – Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers , Wellington, 2013
So many gigs. I try to remember them all. And I do remember Chucho Valdés – after all it was very, very good. The Jazz Festival has done a mostly brilliant job since around 2012/13 of bringing in 3-4 international headliners doing big showcase gigs and then the small and local shows that light up […]Archive
June 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman