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October 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 233

The Fourmyula, Nature [Single] (1969) I wrote about it in my book – it was, long before that, voted the top of a list of 75 NZ songs. I’ve always loved it – and the band The Fourmyula, they have some psych-rock masterpieces that still seem forgotten/under-discovered in the wider catalogue. But this song carries […]
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September 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Olivia Wyatt + Bitchin Bajas: Sailing A Sinking Sea [OST]

Olivia Wyatt + Bitchin Bajas Sailing A Sinking Sea [OST] Drag City To create the soundtrack to her documentary feature Sailing A Sinking Sea Olivia Wyatt called on Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy alums Bitchin Bajas. They dialled up all manner of spooky, kooky synths and tribal drumming from their vast soundtrack library – at times they […]
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July 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Rhian Sheehan: We Are Stars [OST]

Rhian Sheehan We Are Stars [OST] 360.com Fans of Rhian Sheehan’s music could sense both a fascination with space and with film scores – before he was ever overtly working in the industry. Well, it was never hidden, more a preoccupation. Those two vestiges come together perfectly for this aspect of his occupation here, with […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], 360, 360.com, Album Review, Classical, Doco, Documentary, Dome, EP, Film, Film Composer, Film Score, George Fenton, Instrumental, Movie, Movie Score, Nature, Orchestral, Rhian Sheehan, Science, Score, Soundtrack, The Blue Planet, We Are Stars ·

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October 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Andrew Bird: Echolocations – Canyon

Andrew Bird Echolocations: Canyon Wegwam Music Co. There was always something very painterly to me about Andrew Bird, I thought this the first time I heard him – I felt it very much when I saw him perform. Firstly, most obviously, the way he worked as one-man-band/accompanist, using the loop pedal to set up guitar […]
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February 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Jan Hellriegel

Singer/songwriter Jan Hellriegel broke new ground for local female artists when she became the first to sign with a major label in NZ in the early 90s. She’s recorded several successful studio albums – including hit Warners debut It’s My Sin in 1992, Tremble , and most recently the critically-acclaimed All Grown Up. The video for her first single The Way I Feel is […]
Posted in Blog, Special Guests · Tagged All Grown Up, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, It's My Sin, Jan Hellriegel, Native Tongue Publishing, Nature, The Mutton Birds, The Way I Feel, Tremble ·

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