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July 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 267 – Calexico, Auckland, 2019

I’ve seen Calexico four times now. Which is a lot. Particularly since I don’t own any of their albums. The first time I saw them was super disappointing – and that’s when I had the most invested in it, I’d heard about a great show they did a few years earlier and I didn’t go. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, Auckland, Calexico, Delaney Davidson, Gig, Live, Live Gig, Live Music, Powerstation, Stub, Stubs, 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: # 267, Stubs: # 267 – Calexico ·

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December 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets to Play One NZ Show (Feb, 2020)

Nick Lowe, producer, songwriter, author and pop culture icon, will return to New Zealand in 2020 for his first show in eight years. Lowe will be touring with Los Straitjackets, a band known for channeling the peak years of the guitar instrumental, and for performing in the famous Lucha Libre fighting masks. Special guest Jim Lauderdale is […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 20/20, Auckland, February 25, Jim Lauderdale, Los Straitjackets, Nick Lowe, Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets to Play One NZ Show, Nick Lowe's Quality Rock & Roll Revue, NZ, Powerstation, Tour, Tour Announcement, Tour Announcement: Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets to Play One NZ Show (Feb, Tuesday, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

PP Arnold to Play One NZ Show: Akld May 20, 2018

95bFM & David Roy Williams Presents…PP Arnold live in concert, Auckland’s Powerstation, Sunday, May 20 – her backing band features Tim Rogers on guitar and vocals, Andy Kent on bass, Russell Hopkinson on drums, James Black on keys and Talei Wolfgramm on backing vocals. Arnold is one of the great voices of the 1960s – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), 95bFM & David Roy Williams Presents, Auckland, May 20, NZ Show, Powerstation, PP Arnold, PP Arnold to Play One NZ Show: Akld May 20, Sunday, Tim Rogers, Tour Announcement, You Am I, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Mockers: Live At The Powerstation

Mockers Live At The Powerstation (Independent) The recent reunion tour of the Mockers was a triumph – here’s the (lasting) proof, the band’s Powerstation gig from its national tour captured on double-CD and DVD. In the time since the band broke up its guitarist Brett Adams went away and became one of the best and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Andrew Fagan, Brett Adams, CD, Chris O'Connor, DVD, Kiwi, Live, Live at the Powerstation, Mockers, Mockers: Live At The Powerstation, NZ, Powerstation, Reunion, The Mockers, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Future Islands To Play Two NZ Shows (Dec, 2017)

Future Islands will play two New Zealand shows, December 2017. And it’ll be a first-time visit to Wellington. Yes, there was a certain viral hit of a song/video/performance – but the Baltimore-based synthpop combo has a five-album strong discography, with many calling their latest, The Far Field their best. Info below for the shows – December 14 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Akld, Auckland, Baltimore, December, Future Islands, Future Islands To Play Two NZ Shows, Gig, Gig Preview, Live, Live Show, Powerstation, San Fran, Synth, Synthpop, The Far Field, Tour Announcement, Tour Announcement: Future Islands To Play Two NZ Shows (Dec, Under The Radar, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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October 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Vince Staples: Two NZ Shows (Dec, 2016)

One of the current superstars of hip-hop, one of the most gifted lyricists of the last half decade, Vince Staples returns to New Zealand for two shows at the end of the year. His masterpiece double-album, Summertime ’06 is bookended by two punchy, smart EPs, 2014’s Hell Can Wait and the recently released Prima Dona. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2016), Akld, Auckland, December, Gig, Gig Preview, Hell Can Wait, Hip-Hop, Live Gig, Powerstation, PR, Prima Dona, Promo, Rap, San Fran, Summertime '06, Tour Announcement, Vince Staples, Vince Staples: Two NZ Shows (Dec, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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March 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Sleater-Kinney (February 29, Akld)

Sleater-Kinney The Powerstation, Auckland Monday, February 29 There was a feeling, definitely, that it was just good to be there – to see them. Whatever happened it was going to be okay…this was palpable right from the energised, well-meaning and ultimately very good opening set from Wellington’s Mermaidens. When Sleater-Kinney took to the stage (“jetlagged […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 10 Cool Things About Sleater-Kinney, 2016), Akld, Auckland, Carrie Brownstein, Corin Tucker, February 29, Gig Review: Sleater-Kinney (February 29, Janet Weiss, Mermaidens, Monday, No Cities To Love, Oh, One Beat, Powerstation, Sleater-Kinney, Stuff.co.nz, The Woods ·

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November 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #172 – Laura Marling, Auckland, 2015

I don’t really need to be writing about this gig again – so soon – because I wrote enough about it here (and it was very recent; still a recent – decent – memory) but I loved it so much and the real reason I’m adding it to the ‘stubs’ file so soon is because […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, Akld, Auckland, Gig Review, Laura Marling, Live Gig, Powerstation, Review, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #172 – Laura Marling ·

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November 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Tweedy: One NZ Show (March, 2016)

Tweedy is the father/son duo of Jeff Tweedy and Spencer Tweedy. Jeff we know from Wilco – Spencer, from being Jeff’s son. I wasn’t at all impressed with their debut album as a duo but I’m fully into the idea of seeing them live – because the show is promising a mix of the material […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2016), Akld, Auckland, Easter, Gig, Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Powerstation, PR, Promo, Solo, Spencer Tweedy, Sukierae, Sunday March 27, Tweedy, Tweedy: One NZ Show (March, Uncle Tupelo, Wilco ·

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October 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Buzzcocks to play Four NZ Shows: 40th Anniversary Tour (March 2016)

The Buzzcocks will return to New Zealand in March of 2016 to play four shows – they’ll be celebrating their 40th Anniversary. Has there been a finer singles band? They surely have to rank up there with the best – razor-sharp pop-punk classics. The setlist will, again, be filled with gems. I saw them in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2016), 40th Anniversary, Allen St, Auckland, Bodega, Buzzcocks, Buzzcocks to play Four NZ Shows: 40th Anniversary Tour (March 2016), Chris Remington, Christchurch, Danny Farrant, Dunedin, Gig, Gig Announcement, March, NZ Tour, NZ Tour Announcement, Pete Shelley, Plus1, Powerstation, PR, Promo, Radio Hauraki, Refuel, Steve Diggle, Tour, Tour Announcement, UnderTheRadar, Wellington ·

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October 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Laura Marling (October 23, Akld)

Laura Marling The Powerstation, Auckland Friday, October 23 Laura Marling’s latest album, Short Movie, is fantastic – but you could be worried she didn’t think so, barely choosing from it to fill her first headlining gig in New Zealand. Instead, Marling chose a range of songs from her five albums to date, and a couple […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Akld, Auckland, Blog On The Tracks, Friday, Gig Review, Gig Review: Laura Marling (October 23, Hollie Fullbrook, Laura Marling, Powerstation, The Powerstation, Tiny Ruins ·

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July 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Fall: Two NZ Shows (Oct, 2015)

“Always different, always the same”, said John Peel. He was talking, of course, about The Fall. The Mighty Fall. And so many people have trotted out that line, appropriated it, repeated it, ever since. And it still fits. And always will. And now The Fall is playing two shows in New Zealand. Solid Entertainment has […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, Always Different, Always The Same, Auckland, Bodega, John Peel, Mark E. Smith, NZ Tour, October, Powerstation, Promo, Solid Entertainment, The Fall, The Fall: Two NZ Shows (Oct, Tour Announcement, Two NZ Shows, Wellington, Yer Granny ·
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