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April 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Engine Summer: Indiana (ep) 

Engine Summer  Indiana (ep)  Engine Summer  They’re back with more great blasts of clever pop songwriting that seems to come from post-punk (Wire) and the cool indie music of the 90s (Pavement) and the early 00s (The Strokes) but just as likely comes from a deep well within. Three Chicago-ans – Ben Kostecki (bass/vocals),  Ryan Ohm (drums/vocals) and Jeremy Marsan (guitar/vocals) – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Engine Summer, Engine Summer: Indiana (ep), EP, Field Music, Indiana (ep), Pavement, The Strokes, Trophy Kids, Wire, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Engine Summer: Trophy Kids

Engine Summer Trophy Kids Records DK Engine Summer is a three-piece out of Chicago and Trophy Kids is a ripper of a record. I almost want that to be the review. The songs are short, and only tell you what you need to know, so that would be fair enough as a review then right?
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Engine Summer, Engine Summer: Trophy Kids, https://enginesummer.bandcamp.com/album/trophy-kids, Parquet Courts, Pavement, post-punk, Trio, Trophy Kids, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Meeting Famousness: The See And Be ‘Zine Scene

Incredibly Hot Sex With Hideous People – it’s a ‘zine you can scoop up around Wellington; put together by Bryce Galloway (aka Mr. Pudding, aka DJ $1 Record; I first knew him through his work as part of The Wendyhouse). There are over 60 issues of it but the one I fondly recall is Issue […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Anika Moa, Ben Lee, Bryce Galloway, Celebrity, DJ $1 Record, Ewen Chatfield, Famous, Famous People, Incredibly Hot Sex With Hideous People, Meeting Famousness, Meeting Famousness: The See And Be ‘Zine Scene, Mr. Pudding, Nick Cave, Paul Kelly, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, The See And Be ‘Zine Scene, The Wendyhouse, Zine ·

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December 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Pavement: The Greatest Band of the 1990s

The 1990s had several big bands that staked a claim – obviously Nirvana even though they didn’t last longer than half the decade; obviously many people will want to say Pearl Jam because they started in the 1990s and released a few albums across that decade – and carried on from there. And Smashing Pumpkins […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 90s, Alternative, Grunge, Indie, Nineties, Pavement, Pavement: The Greatest Band of the 1990s, R.E.M., The Greatest Band of the 1990s ·

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December 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks: NZ Tour (March 2015)

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks will play four New Zealand shows across three cities in early 2015. The ex-Pavement singer/songwriter and his (new) band The Jicks (they’ve released six albums and have been an entity for over a decade) released one of the first best records of 2014 with January’s Wig Out at Jagbags. Malkmus and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, Auckland, Dunedin, Gig, Indie, Live, March 2015, NZ Tour, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, The Jicks, Tour Announcement, Wellington ·

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August 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Parquet Courts: Sunbathing Animal

Parquet Courts Sunbathing Animal What’s Your Rupture? / Mom and Pop I like this! And the exclamation mark is there because I’m sorta surprised I like this. I mean, sure, it apes Pavement (the band’s name is enough of a clue I woulda thought) and perhaps Malkmus is still talking with his lawyers over one […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Jonathan Richman, Parquet Courts, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, Sunbathing Animal, The Strokes, The Velvet Underground ·

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January 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks: Wig Out At Jagbags

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Wig Out At Jagbags Matador Records I’ve found it hard to care about the albums Stephen Malkmus has released, post-Pavement, with The Jicks (a bit of a floating roster of always-decent players). The first couple, sure. Then that one that Beck produced; hey, they were always worth checking in on […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, The Jicks, Wig Out At Jagbags ·

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April 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Terror of the Deep: Death of the Gideon

Terror of the Deep Death of the Gideon (Independent) Wellington band Terror of the Deep has been around since 2008 and, in the way that you’d hope, each release improves the sound – and direction – of the band; they feel more focussed, more confidant, calm even, with each album/EP. So the latest, Death of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Death of the Gideon, EP, Flying Nun, Indie, Pavement, Permanent Weekend, Pop, Stephen Malkmus, Terror of the Deep, The Chills, The dB's, The Go-Betweens, Velvet Underground ·

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January 18, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1661

  Pavement, Brighten The Corners (1997) I knew Shady Lane and that’s what got me to buy this when it came out. Also, back in 1997, in New Zealand, in the shops I purchased from (and worked in) it was a major novelty to get brand new vinyl. Unless you wanted dance stuff. Dance was […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1997, Brighten The Corners, LP, Music Store, Pavement, Shady Lane, Stereo, Vinyl ·

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