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February 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 218 – L’Orchestre D’Hommes Performs Tom Waits, Wellington, 2016
It’s Arts Festival time – last night I went to my first show of the 2018 festival, and I think this (click there for the full review from the time) was possibly the last thing I saw at the previous festival; maybe second-to-last… I was sitting there last night cursing the wind that was impacting […]Archive
March 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: L’Orchestre D’Hommes-Orchestres performs Tom Waits (March 18, Wgtn)
L’Orchestre D’Hommes-Orchestres performs Tom Waits Shed 6 Thursday March 17 – Saturday March 19 L’Orchestre D’Hommes-Orchestres is a four-piece of multi-instrumentalists, often described as four one-man-bands, augmented by a duo of percussionists, singers and deadpan comediennes, The New Cackle Sisters. On a theatrical set of found instruments (a suitcase opening and closing) and quirky circus-fare […]Archive
March 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Both Sides Now – Julia Deans sings Joni Mitchell (March 13, Wgtn)
Both Sides Now: Julia Deans sings Joni Mitchell Shed 6 Friday, March 11 – Sunday, March 13 Julia Deans (formerly of Fur Patrol) is an incredible singer. As well as continuing to work as a songwriter and original artist (new album out in the next few months, her long-awaited second) she has also made a […]Archive
March 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Verlaines (March 9, Wgtn)
Verlaines Shed 6 Wednesday, March 9 In 1982 The Dunedin Double was released, a double EP featuring the music of four Flying Nun groups, this year’s festival is celebrating that landmark recording with two of the bands from that compilation appearing across two evenings. The first night saw The Chills run through their pure pop, […]Archive
August 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Tame Impala to Tour NZ: Two Shows (Nov, 2015)
Tame Impala will bring their twist on psychedelic pop across the ditch in November for two shows – Tuesday, November 24 at the Logan Campbell in Auckland and Wednesday, November 25 at Wellington’s Shed 6. For both shows the support act is Silicon – the new solo project of Kody Neilson. Tickets will be available […]Archive
April 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Jurassic 5 (April 8, Wgtn)
Jurassic 5 Shed 6, Wednesday, April 8 Jurassic 5 is an American hip-hop group that formed in the early 1990s, broke through in the early 2000s and had called it a day by 2007. Since 2013 the group has been touring again, the same members, celebrating their feel-good brand of hip-hop which relies on four-part […]Archive
March 31, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Gary Clark Jr. (March 29, Wgtn)
Gary Clark Jr. Shed 6, Wellington Sunday, March 29 Gary Clark Jr. has an impressive set of blues influences but he used them to release the frankly horrific major-label studio debut, Blak and Blu. The idea of seeing the American blues protégé live has to be the decider. He’s been called a saviour, compared to […]Archive
January 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman