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June 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 543

Jakob, Sines (2014) I have written about Jakob a lot – in fact I’ve even written about this album a lot – I reviewed it, I wrote a bit interview/feature as well – later we revisited that and most of the band’s career in a podcast with guitarist Jeff Boyle and there have been a […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2014, Harmonia, Hawke's Bay, HB, Jakob, Jeff Boyle, Kiwi, LP, Napier, NZ, Podcast, Record, Sines, The Vinyl Countdown # 543, Vinyl ·

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December 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Jakob’s Annual HB Xmas Show: 2015

If there’s one thing I love about being stuck in Hawke’s Bay for Christmas – and there might only be one thing, after all – it’s the knowledge that Jakob will be performing a celebratory Christmas show at the Cabana in Napier. It’s an annual event. This year it takes place on Saturday, December 19. And […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 8pm, Cabana, December 19, DJ, Gig Preview, Hawke's Bay, Jakob, Jakob’s Annual HB Xmas Show: 2015, Jason Johnston, Jeff Boyle, Maurice Beckett, Napier, PR, Promo, Saturday, Sines, Vinyl ·

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April 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

2015 Taite Music Prize Winners: Jakob

My congratulations to Jakob, winners of this year’s  Taite Music Prize. Named after the idiosyncratic and respected music journalist Dylan Taite, this prize is one of the few that means anything in New Zealand music. It’s awarded on/for merit – it’s not about sales, or videos, or catchy singles. It’s about music. It’s judged on […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, 2015 Taite Music Prize Winners: Jakob, Award, Best, Dylan Taite, Jakob, Merit, Napier, New Zealand, NZ, Sines, Taite Music Prize, Taite Prize ·

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December 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: Jakob – A Xmas Gathering (Cabana, Napier)

Jakob released one of the best albums of the year (I haven’t done my list yet but you know it’s going to be on there; I love that album) and I spoke to guitarist Jeff Boyle and got to help in telling some of the story around how this album wasn’t just of this year, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2014, Album of the Year, Cabana, Christmas, Gig Announcement, Gig Preview, Gig Preview: Jakob – A Xmas Gathering (Cabana, Hawke's Bay, Jakob, Napier, Post-Rock, Saturday December 20, Sines ·

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October 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jakob: Sines

Jakob Sines Shoot The Freak I’ve been listening to the new Jakob album a lot. More than is often the case before reviewing something. That’s only made the job harder – because I can’t really hear it now without thinking about the album’s back-story, the hurt and struggle, the stop/starts, the rebirth/s of the band. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Jakob, Sines ·

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October 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jakob: What’s so funny about injured hands, dissolving labels and eight years between records?

Jakob is set to return – in just a couple of weeks – with its best album and a tour to follow. This would be news anyway – it is news. Jakob is one of New Zealand’s greatest bands, despite, still, being a hidden weapon of sorts, a secret – a special story: three guys […]
Posted in Blog, Interviews · Tagged dissolving labels and eight years between records?, Hawke's Bay, Interview, Isis, Jakob, Jakob: What’s so funny about injured hands, Jason Johnston, Jeff Boyle, Maurice Beckett, Napier, New Album, October 17 2014, Post-Rock, Sines, Tool ·

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August 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jakob: NZ Tour (October/November)

Following the news of a brand new album, Sines, from Jakob – due soon – the band will perform six nationwide shows, kicking off on Thursday 23 October at The Cabana, in Jakob’s seaside hometown of Napier. The Sines tour continues down the line to Wellington (Friday 24 October at San Francisco Bath House), Christchurch (Friday 7 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blind Them With Science, Jakob, New Zealand Tour, NZ, Post-Rock, Sines, Tour Announcement ·

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July 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Album Preview: Jakob – Sines

Jakob will (finally) release their brand new album, Sines, October 17, 2014. Exciting news. Let me share with you some of the standard press-release guff: Eight years after an explorative post-rock storm that saw them tour the world, JAKOB are back. In an emerging swell, their forthcoming album Sines is a bold and splendorous return to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Album Preview, Jakob, Kiwi, Napier, NZ, Post-Rock, Rhian Sheehan, Sines, Solace ·

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