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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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 – […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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” […]Archive
September 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Lorde: Pure Heroine
Lorde Pure Heroine Universal Music New Zealand Limited It’s in no way a terrible album – Lorde’s debut full-lengther leaves that EP in the dust, where it belongs (you may remember I wasn’t such a fan of it, nor the hype surrounding/engulfing). But fuck the hype, let’s look at the music this time right? Sure, […]Archive
September 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Laneway 2014: Lineup Announcement
Auckland’s annual Laneway festival continues to be the highlight of the local efforts to coordinate and curate a decent music festival. A small handful of stages, easy to get between them and a range of quality acts – okay, so every year there’s cries of “hipster” and silly whinings about having not heard of […]Archive
September 12, 2013 by Simon Sweetman