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January 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Digests: Album Reviews from 2017’s Final Quarter
I am not writing as many album reviews as I used to – 2013, 2014, 2015 and even 2016 were all very big years for album-review writing for me. I wrote hundreds. Sometimes 40 or 50 a month. For many reasons I’m not doing anywhere near that now – I have a weekly podcast I’m […]Archive
October 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Father: Theatre
The Father Direction: Ross Jolly (written by Florian Zeller; translated by Christopher Hampton) Circa Theatre; Circa One (Oct 14 – Nov 11) The Father manages that rare feat: to be profoundly moving and deeply, often darkly, hilarious. Florian Zeller’s script is a masterpiece, the writing just about perfect, an examination of the cruelty of aging […]Archive
September 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Nadia Reid: Preservation NZ Tour (Oct 2017)
Nadia Reid returns to tour New Zealand in October. The songs from her wonderful Preservation have been taken abroad and now return to local stages. She’s played the music from that album (and from the also-brilliant earlier record) a bunch of times now – at home and away. And she’s a spellbinding performer. These shows […]Archive
September 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Bic Runga: Drive 20th Anniversary Tour (Oct/Nov 2017)
Bic Runga’s classic debut album, Drive turned 20 last month. I still have my original CD copy, signed by Runga when she visited the music store I had, at that time, just started working in – I’d been there a matter of just a few weeks. And she was a big, important star on the […]Archive
August 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Southern Fork Americana Fest 2017: Auckland 7-15 October
The Great South Pacific Tuning Fork, 95bFM and Under The Radar with support from Jim Beam, are proud to announce the lineup for the Southern Fork Americana Fest 2017 as it returns full steam for its fourth year. Taking place at The Tuning Fork from the 7th-15th of October, this year’s festival is jam packed with some of the very best names in […]Archive
June 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Lionel Richie and Nile Rodgers (CHIC) to Play Two NZ Shows: Akld and ChCh (Oct, 2017)
It’s called the All The His tour and it’ll be a great, great show. Lionel Richie is a terrific live act, all those great songs from his solo albums and the Commodores years. He’s also one of my all-time favourite interviews. And a great show he played in Wellington in 2011. He’s no stranger to […]Archive
May 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Me First + The Gimme Gimmes: Two NZ Shows (Oct, 2017)
The great punk supergroup Me First + The Gimme Gimmes (featuring Lagwagon frontman Joey Cape on the rhythm guitar, Australian rock legend, Lindsay “The Doctor” McDougall of Frenzal Rhomb on lead guitar, Lagwagon drummer and Fat Wreck utility superhero Dave Raun on the skins, with bass duties occupied by Bad Religion’s Jay Bentley, and rounded out by incomparable crooner Spike Slawson) touch […]Archive
March 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Alison Moyet To Play Three NZ Shows: World Tour (Oct, 2017)
Alison Moyet’s just announced World Tour in support of her new album will see her visiting New Zealand for the first time in many years – with three shows, Wellington’s MFC, October 13, Auckland’s ASB Theatre, October 14 and Christchurch’s Isaac Theatre, October 16. It’s been 30 years since the former Yazoo member and solo […]Archive
February 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #199 – Robbie Williams, Wellington, 2015
It was going to be so easy…just a quick stroll down the road from my home, to a venue I was looking forward to experiencing; Robbie Williams wasn’t someone I was ever a fan of – but just from working music-retail (and reviewing) I knew his material, most of it anyway. Maybe he’d be the […]Archive
November 1, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Digests: The Best of 2016’s Album Reviews – October
A busy month, October. Lots of posts. I got into a bit of theatre-reviewing, there were some conversation and blog-post type things – not just the straight reviews. We debuted a new special guest with Retro Record Reviews and still lots of record reviews too – including plenty of albums by big names in the […]Archive
October 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman