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August 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Lorde: Solar Power

Lorde Solar Power Universal Music New Zealand Limited
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June 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 263: Rikki Morris

Hi and welcome to episode 263 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 […]
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November 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The NZ Music Awards Got Something Right For A Change

There’s really only one view to have with awards for artists and the arts: They’re all totally shit. Until you win one. Or in this case, until the team you’re backing wins one. I was happy to hear that Tom Scott’s Avantdale Bowling Club took home the big prize at last night’s Vodafone Music Awards. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aldous Harding, Avantdale Bowling Club, BENEE, Lorde, The Beths, The NZ Music Awards Got Something Right For A Change, Tom Scott, VMA, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 134 – Dianne Swann

Welcome to episode 134 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Dianne Swann is known for her time in the bands Everything That Flies, When The Cat’s Away, The Julie Dolphin, Boom Boom Mancini and – most recently – The Bads. She has performed around the world as a headliner […]
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April 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Five Of The Worst NZ Songs You’ve Had To Hear Way Too Often

Opshop’s song, One Day has to be a contender. Ew – this “expression of you” sentiment is cloying at best. At worst it’s hand-in-your-testicles, I-am-no-longer-a-man songwriting. To put it bluntly, it’s James Blunt – at his worst. There should be no way the members of Opshop can hold their head high after this song; it’s the negation of why they got […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Always On My Mind, Aotearoa, Awful, Blindspott, Five Of The Worst NZ Songs You’ve Had To Hear Way Too Often, Funding, Green Light, Kiwi, Lorde, Minuit, NZ, NZ On Air, One Day, Opshop, Phlex, Terrible, Tiki Taane, Worst, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 69 – Jeremy Taylor

Welcome to episode 69 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with writer, reviewer, musician and record store guy, Jeremy Taylor. If he’s not at the counter offering his wisdom he’s in the back room at Slow Boat Records […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged 2nd Birthday, Chat, Christchurch, Cinematic, Comedy, Conversation, Critic, Episode 69, Film, Food Blogger, Interpol, Interview, Jeremy Taylor, Le Petit Chocolat, Lorde, Musician, Phantom Billstickers, Record Store, Reviewer, Rugby, Rugby World Cup 2015, Simon Sweetman, Singer/Songwriter, Slow Boat Records, Stuff.co.nz, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 69 – Jeremy Taylor, T Leaf T, The Omnivore, Throw, Timaru, TV, Two Years, Writer, Yeastie Boys ·

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March 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Oh Lorde It’s Hard To Be Humble

It had been three or four years but it had only felt like three or four months – because she’s been everywhere, hadn’t seen a diamond (in the flesh) and then started wearing them to all the awards shows and TV appearances because irony is just some other scene that you’ve seen or dreamed or […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Green Light, Lorde, Oh Lorde It's Hard To Be Humble, Poem, Poem: Oh Lorde It's Hard To Be Humble ·

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February 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Maggie Rogers: Now That The Light Is Fading (ep)

Maggie Rogers Now That The Light Is Fading Debay Sounds LLC/Capitol Records Maggie Rogers was an overnight sensation after Pharrell raved about her song-in-the-making, Alaska; the legend goes – Pharrell delivers a masterclass at a New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music – that half-hour listening session made it to YouTube and midway […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged AIM, Alaska, Album Review, Banks, Broods, Debut, Grimes, Kate Rogers, Lorde, Maggie Rogers, Now That The Light Is Fading, Now That The Light Is Fading (ep), Pharrell, Tracey Thorn ·

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September 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #143 – Calexico, Wellington, 2013

In the early 2000s I discovered Calexico by fluke. The best way to find music. Still. In this case it was not quite by actual fluke, rather by (one of the few) benefits of being a music-reviewer. So I put the Calexico CD in the car one day, heard it. Loved it. Straight away. The […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2013, Calexico, Dominion Post, Gig Review, Joey Burns, John Convertino, Live, Live Review, Lorde, Opera House, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #143 – Calexico, Wellington ·

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February 18, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

BANKS: Goddess

BANKS Goddess Harvest Records/Universal Another one-word female artist offering a woozy, wounded take on R’n’B-as-Stuff-White-People-Like. Must be a day that ends in ‘y’. BANKS – Jillian Rose Banks – is the one-to-watch behind Goddess. Unfortunately it’s more a case, at this stage, of being one to watch than one-to-listen-to. I want to like this – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Banks, Goddess, Grimes, Lorde ·

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November 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Taylor Swift: 1989

Taylor Swift 1989 Big Machine Records This poptimism is a worry – grown men telling you how wonderful the new Taylor Swift album is – as if that should ever mean anything. When you don’t like something, when you point out – or poke – holes in something that “the kids” are listening to then […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1989, Album Review, Climie Fisher, Go West, Katy Perry, Lorde, Poptimism, Shake It Off, Taylor Swift ·

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March 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Marc Shapiro: Lorde – Your Heroine

Lorde: Your Heroine – How This Young Feminist Broke All The Rules and Succeeded Marc Shapiro Riverdale Avenue Books Let’s forget the fact that this book is subtitled How This Young Feminist Broke All The Rules and Succeeded – or at least ignore the fact that Lorde was signed to a major label and “developed” […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book Review, Lorde, Lorde: Your Heroine - How This Young Feminist Broke All The Rules and Succeeded, Marc Shapiro, Riverdale Avenue Books, Your Heroine ·
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