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June 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Peter Garrett to appear at WORD Christchurch Event – Shifting Points of View: Sept 10 (2017)
WORD Christchurch is pleased to announce Peter Garrett: Big Blue Sky, as part of its Shifting Points of View series held in association with Christchurch Arts Festival. In between Midnight Oil’s two New Zealand concerts, the band’s charismatic frontman Peter Garrett makes a special intimate appearance on 10 September to talk about his creative and political life, […]Archive
May 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The Nightwatchman
There he is at the crease, no runs on the board, but he won’t be ignored – as he aims for the middle and never heads too far down the pitch. He is always able, just, to dig it out from the block-hole, best foot forward, which is obviously right. He’s left with the bat, […]Archive
May 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Ministry: NZ Tour (Sept 2017)
The mighty Ministry returns to New Zealand with two shows in September (Christchurch/Auckland). First time in New Zealand in over 20 years. Brutal and beautiful and so worth hearing and seeing. Dates and venues and ticket info all as below: MINISTRY: New Zealand 2017 Tour Dates Wednesday 20th September – Christchurch – The Foundry Friday 22nd September – Auckland – The […]Archive
October 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Digests: The Best of 2016’s Album Reviews – September
Back in Wellington for the whole month after a couple of months of being in a few different places and on holiday and so on. Very much a head-down/bum-up sort of a month but most of the energy went to the podcast. That said I still found time to get in a few reviews, book […]Archive
June 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Writers on Mondays: July-September 2016
Once again the popular Writers on Mondays sessions by Victoria Univeristy’s International Institute of Modern Letters will take place at Wellington’s Te Papa Museum (Level 4, Te Marae) from 12.15-1.15pm on Mondays from July 11 to September 26. The sessions are free and will feature writers in conversation discussing upcoming and already published works. It’s […]Archive
June 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds: Two NZ Shows (September 2016)
Kid Congo Powers (b. Brian Tristan) has the very great claim to fame as founding memer of The Gun Club, and a musical tourist who stopped by in The Cramps and Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds too. There are other musical projects – The Divine Horsemen, Die Haut and The Angels of Light. His […]Archive
October 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Digests: The Best of 2015’s Album Reviews – September
A quiet month here in September, a few hosting issues didn’t help – but we’ve moved on, literally. A new host, and so far much better, faster… But I didn’t review a lot of albums in September. Still, lots of posts all up, plenty to look through so some of the gems might have got […]Archive
July 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
SJD Presents ‘Saint John Divine’ with Strings Attached: Two NZ Shows (Sept/Oct 2015)
SJD’s fantastic Saint John Divine album will be presented live in Auckland and Wellington with a string quartet. For both shows the very special guest is Shayne P. Carter. These shows will take place on Thursday September 3 in Wellington at the Paramount and in Auckland’s Mercury Theatre the following month, Saturday, October 10. The […]Archive
July 16, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Anika Moa w/ SJD: NZ Tour (Sept/Oct 2015)
Anika Moa hits the road for a NZ Tour this September and through to the start of October – and she’ll be taking SJD with her. Sean Donnelly will be playing solo acoustic (his first time around the country in this guise, fantastic). Moa will be taking with her the songs and styles from her […]Archive
June 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
A Place To Bury Strangers: One NZ Show (Sept, 2015)
In September of 2015 Auckland will host the return of Brooklyn noise trio, A Place To Bury Strangers. The band has tour New Zealand previously (including a mesmerising set in Wellington). They’re not to be missed. Since that 2013 appearance in New Zealand, A Place To Bury Strangers has been touring relentlessly – and there […]Archive
October 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman