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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?Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
January 18, 2012 by Simon Sweetman