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August 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 22: Guns N’ Roses, Auckland 1993
My son asks me about Guns N Roses these days. Quite often actually. He is getting hooked on hard rock – KISS, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, selected Beastie Boys, that sort of thing. And he’s always been into the Appetite For Destruction album – because it’s one of the few CDs I still own, and round […]Archive
August 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Dee Gees / Foo Fighters: Hail Satin / Live
Dee Gees / Foo Fighters Hail Satin / Live Roswell Records, Inc., under exclusive license to RCA Records This is how the Foo Fighters chose to commemorate 25 years of existence. Tongue in cheek, but also painfully earnest covers of disco-era Bee Gees. They called themselves the Dee Gees which is probably hilarious. They called […]Archive
August 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Flying Nun 40th Anniversary Party (August 7, Wellington)
Flying Nun 40th Anniversary Party MFC; Wellington Saturday, August 7 A couple of weeks after the Auckland party it was Wellington’s turn to help Flying Nun celebrate its 40th Birthday. It was a solid line-up – and I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was; the vibe, the flow and of course the music. […]Archive
July 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Bob Dylan: Shadow Kingdom
Bob Dylan Shadow Kingdom Veep Bob Dylan’s Neverending Tour started in 1989. Maybe he knew it then, but we certainly didn’t. The shows have tumbled from stages ever since – a break here and there for Christmas or another holiday, sometimes a new album would be released and its songs wouldn’t even graze the setlist, […]Archive
July 12, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Drive-By Truckers: Live at Plan 9 July 13, 2006
Drive-By Truckers Live at Plan 9 July 13, 2006 New West Records Fifteen years ago the Drive-By Truckers played one hell of an in-store. They were at Plan 9 Records to help the store celebrate its 25th Anniversary. This resulted in a two-hour grab-bag of the band’s best material up to that point. It was […]Archive
June 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of José James
Music – these days – is free as the breeze. We don’t need the double vinyl gatefold to enjoy the latest and greatest. We can find more of the old-old stuff online now than was ever the case digging in stores. And I’ve always been across as many of the formats as I can be. […]Archive
June 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 262: Ben Tolich (Mali Mali)
Hi and welcome to episode 262 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]Archive
June 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Newbop Quintet (June 10, Wellington)
Newbop Quintet Meow, Wellington Jazz Festival Thursday, June 10 An Auckland “supergroup” of session stalwarts was put together to sell classic hard bop-era jazz to casual fans, to purists, to, well, anyone that might turn up. It was a shame more people weren’t there to hear them at Wellington’s Jazz Festival performance, the group’s Capital […]Archive
May 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Spines: Backstory. Spines Live 1986.
Spines Backstory. Spines Live 1986. (Independent / Bandcamp) Celebrating their 40th anniversary as a band, Wellington’s Spines – still going, many different line-ups but always led by the mercurial songwriting of Jon McLeary – have dug deep into their archives to reveal a previously unreleased live album from 1986. It even features a few songs […]Archive
April 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Archie Shepp & Jason Moran: Let My People Go
Archie Shepp & Jason Moran Let My People Go Archieball Archie Shepp is 83, a living legend of jazz, a musical polymath and star of one of the best hip-hop albums of last year too! Jason Moran, some 30+ years younger than Shepp is one of the great modern jazz pianists – steeped in tradition […]Archive
April 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman