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May 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Madison McFerrin: Finding Foundations, Vol. II (ep)
Madison McFerrin Finding Foundations, Vol. II (ep) 630113 Records DK Yes, she is the daughter of the legendary vocalist Bobby McFerrin. That means she’s also the brother of Taylor McFerrin – and their grandfather was the opera singer, Robert McFerrin; the first African-American man to sing at the famed Metropolitan Opera in New York City. […]Archive
May 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 116 – Mark Cubey
Welcome to episode 116 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one’s a conversation I had with Mark Cubey. His most recent job was managing Writers & Readers as part of the NZ Festival. Before that, for more than a decade, he was the producer of Saturday Mornings on […]Archive
October 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 487
MOTTE, Strange Dreams (2017) MOTTE is the project-name for a set of beguiling musical works created by South Islander, Anita Clark – using violin, guitar, loops and atmospherics she makes textural brilliance from floating, wafting melodies and nocturnal scrapes, strings and skitterings…it’s lovely, hypnotic, bewitching, intoxicating stuff. She sent me the LP – and I’ve […]Archive
November 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Anna Coddington: Luck / Time
Anna Coddington Luck / Time Loop Recordings I have one problem with this near-perfect album. Unfortunately it’s quite a big problem. Anna Coddington’s third full-lengther is lovingly created – the performances are sublime and it pounces from the speakers. Its actual sonic is exquisite – the strings on Till The Leaves Fall Down give it […]Archive
November 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Fly My Pretties: String Theory
Fly My Pretties String Theory LOOP It’s the end of the world as we know it…and now a new Fly My Pretties album. This one is almost embarrassingly their absolute worst. Just the fucking pits. But I’m reviewing it on the night that an alleged rapist and known sexual predator will go on to win […]Archive
September 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #139 – Rhian Sheehan, Wellington, 2010
I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the first time I saw this – nor the magnificent Stories from Elsewhere live show – but it was still great. I think the reason this was slightly not as good (for me) was because my comp-ticket had me stationed behind a pillar, in the one seat […]Archive
July 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #102 – Eru Dangerspiel, Wellington, 2010
This was an amazing show – I’ve been a fan of most of what Riki Gooch does in his various musical guises for quite some time and the grand scope of this – the big, widescreen presentation, a giant band on stage, packed with talent – was something not to be missed. But I nearly […]Archive
September 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Sola Rosa: Low and Behold, High and Beyond – The Remixes
Sola Rosa Low and Behold, High and Beyond – The Remixes Sola Rosa/Rosa Recordings Ltd Trading As Way Up Recordings Sola Rosa turned from one-man-band to big-band, from bedsit electronica project to funk jams for the stage – and yet, in over a decade the sound – or the feeling behind that sound – hasn’t […]Archive
November 28, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Fly My Pretties: The Homeland Recordings
Fly My Pretties The Homeland Recordings LOOP Yes! That’s right The Homeland Recordings. As opposed to – you know – all those times they recorded offshore. All those times they travelled the world and weren’t laughed off stage for dressing up in silly my-grandpappy-went-to-build-the-railroads-and-all-I-got-was-this-one-piece-faux-cloth-cap-and-wasitcoat-in-beige outfits. Here middle New Zealand’s I-go-to-one-gig-a-year-but-if-I-make-it-Fly-My-Pretties-I-can-say-I-went-to-10-all-in-one-night favourites return with another set […]Archive
November 6, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Rhian Sheehan with Orchestra Wellington (Nov 2, Wgtn)
Rhian Sheehan Live with Orchestra Wellington The Opera House, Wellington Saturday, November 2 It was a one-off performance and for those in attendance it will be burned into the mind; a perfect amalgam of music and images – helping Sheehan this time to make the movies in his mind come to life was a dependable […]Archive
October 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman