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April 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 282 – Laurie Anderson: Here Comes The Ocean, Wellington, 2020

It was only last year – and already it seems so long ago. It was that rare occasion of the Festival planning some culture-clash thing and getting it absolutely right. Laurie Anderson was a guest curator – she did a bunch of shows and talks and it all culminated in this performance (click there to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 20/20, 282, Arts Festival, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Guest Curator, Here Comes The Ocean, Laurie Anderson, Laurie Anderson – Here Comes The Ocean, Lockdown, March, NZ Festival, Pandemic, Stubs, Stubs # 282, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 282 – Laurie Anderson – Here Comes The Ocean, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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March 15, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: Noise Drone Repeat, Valhalla, Wellington (Wed, March 31, 2021)

Noise Drone Repeat is a regular night at Wellington’s Valhalla – and the clue is really in the title. You’re there to hear some noisy (and sometimes weird) music. It takes place the last Wednesday of each month and this is the first one for 2021 – the return of the format.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2021, ArcAbsorb, Ethersonic, Gig Preview: Noise Drone Repeat, Loam, March, March 31, Noise Drone Repeat, Ritual Heaps, Valhalla, Wednesday, Wellington (Wed ·

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February 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Comedy VS Poetry FACE/OFF: NZ FRINGE

I’m in a Fringe Festival show this year. I’m one of the performers in this amazing concept  Poetry vs Stand-Up Comedy. I put the word poetry first because I’ll be one of the poets. Producers Dave Adams and Creatif Kate (aka Kate Spencer) will be MCing a set of shows across March 3-9 where three poets […]
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December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gigs I Saw in 2019

I probably saw fewer gigs – and reviewed fewer gigs – in 2019 than any other year. That’s kinda nice. I also paid for a few shows too; more than other years. That’s also nice – liberating…although I’m so conditioned to writing a review to process the show that I still turn out the reviews […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, April, Auckland, August, Book, Classical, Comedy, Concert, Concert Review, December, February, Festival, Gig Review, Gigs, Gigs I Saw, Gigs I Saw in 2019, Hawke's Bay, January, Jazz, July, June, Live Gig, Live Gig Review, Live Review, March, May, Music, Musician, November, October, Poet, Pop, Rock, September, Wellington, Year in Review, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Weyes Blood To Play Three NZ Shows (March, 2020)

Weyes Blood aka Natalie Laura Mering returns to New Zealand for three shows in March of next year. Her first appearance here in a couple of years, her first appearances out of Wellington and her first since the stunning 2019 album Titanic Rising (easily one of my picks for record of the year). Not only Weyes […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 20/20, Aldous Harding, Arts Festival, Auckland, Auckland Arts Festival, Christchurch, March, MFC, New Zealand Festival, NZ Festival, Purple Pilgrims, Tour Announcement, Tour Announcement: Weyes Blood To Play Three NZ Shows, Tour Announcement: Weyes Blood To Play Three NZ Shows (March, Town Hall, Wellington, Weyes Blood, Weyes Blood To Play Three NZ Shows, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Violent Femmes to Play Two NZ Shows (March, 2020)

Plus1 proudly presents Milwaukee’s finest, Violent Femmes live in Auckland and Wellington in March performing so many of those songs we hold dear to their hearts. Grab your pals and get ready for classics like Blister In The Sun, Gone Daddy Gone, Kiss Off, Add it Up, American Music, Please Do Not Go & gems off new album Hotel Last Resort.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 20/20, Akld, Femmes, Hotel Last Resort, Logan Campbell Centre, March, NZ Tour, Plus1, The Opera House, The Violent Femmes, Tour Announcement, Tour Announcement: Violent Femmes to Play Two NZ Shows (March, Tues 24 March - WELLINGTON, Two NZ Shows, Violent Femmes, Wed 25 March - AUCKLAND, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: March 2019

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into  it or so… For […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2019, Afternoons, Alicia Olatuja, Ghost-Note, Intuition - Songs From The Minds of Women, Jesse Mulligan, March, March 2019, Music, No Ordinary Love, Radio, Radio NZ, Review, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews, RNZ Reviews: March 2019, Swagism, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Children: Theatre

The Children Direction: Susan Wilson (written by Lucy Kirkwood) Circa Theatre; Circa One (March 30-April 27) In Lucy Kirkwood’s script and in Susan Wilson’s staging and pacing The Children is a triumph. This is an example of every part of the puzzle fitting, of every piece needing to be there – for this production is elegantly and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2019, April, Carmel McGlone, Catherine Downs, Circa One, Drama, Lucky Kirkwood, March, Nuclear, Peter Hambleton, Play, Play Review, Review, Susan Wilson, The Children, The Children: Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Review, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Alejandro Escovedo To Tour NZ for the First Time! (March, 2019)

David Roy Williams (DRW)  has just announced that Alejandro Escovedo will tour New Zealand for the first time – with three shows here in early 2019 (Friday March 15, Auckland’s Tuning Fork, Saturday March 16, Wellington’s Caroline and Sunday March 17, Christchurch’s Blue Smoke) as part of a full Australian/NZ tour. The legendary singer/songwriter is a […]
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March 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – The Illusionist (L’illusionniste) (Mon, March 26)

The Wellington Film Society’s program continues. I missed the screening of Une Femme Est Une Femme – but I won’t be missing this coming week’s offering. The Illusionist (or L’Lillusioniste) comes from  French comic writer, musician, animator and film director Sylvain Chomet. I loved The Triplets of Belleville but have yet to see The Illusionist.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), All's Well That Ends Swell, Les Triplettes de Belleville, March, March 26, Monday, Preview, Sylvain Chomet, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, The Illusionist, The Triplets of Belleville, Wellington Film Society, Wellington Film Society: Preview, Wellington Film Society: Preview – The Illusionist (L'illusionniste) (Mon, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 91 – Shelagh Magadza (Again!)

Welcome to episode 91 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting once again with the Artistic Director of the NZ Festival and Wellington Jazz Festival, Shelagh Magadza.
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November 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Big Boi – Two NZ Shows (March, 2018)

Seven-time Grammy Award-winning artist Big Boi is returning to New Zealand for two headline performances in March, 2018. The Atlanta-born rapper, producer, songwriter – and one half of Outkast – will play the Studio in Auckland on Friday, March 16 and Meow in Wellington on Saturday, March 17. Tickets on sale at 9am, Thursday, November 23 justtheticketnz.com
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Akld, Auckland, Big Boi, Friday, Gig, Gigs, Hip-Hop, Live Shows, March, March 16, March 17, Meow, NZ Tour, Outkast, R'n'B, Rap, Saturday, The Studio, Tour Announcement, Tour Announcement: Big Boi - Two NZ Shows (March, Wellington, Wgtn ·
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