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February 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: BADBADNOTGOOD (January 31, Wgtn)
BADBADNOTGOOD San Fran Wednesday, January 31 On loan from Laneway – Wellington was lucky to get BADBADNOTGOOD back for a show, some five years after they last docked down our way. In that time the prolific jazz/R’n’B combo has released a few new albums and compilations, singles, remixes, live records and plenty of interesting collaborations […]Archive
October 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Ikebe Shakedown: Stone By Stone
Ikebe Shakedown Stone by Stone Ubiquity Afrobeat-informed soul-jazz instrumentals, always good stuff right? And then you think about how when people try to fill an album with them – unless it’s the real stuff – you can get a bit bored. But the Brooklyn-based Ikebe Shakedown have got that sound down – it’s a bit […]Archive
September 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Calypso – Musical Poetry in the Caribbean 1955-1969
Various Artists: Calypso: Musical Poetry in the Caribbean 1955-1969 Soul Jazz Calypso might be a dirty word to some, dredging up images of a drunken Beach Boys audience trying to really feel it – or a Jimmy Buffett crowd hoping to get a bit funky – but that’s what happens when people who don’t understand […]Archive
April 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Inner City Beat!
Various Artists: Inner City Beat: Detective Themes, Spy Music and Imaginary Thrillers 1967-1975 Soul Jazz Records Remember that UltraLounge series – strange and wonderful fringe-jazz, exotica, esoterica…well this is like one of those if David Holmes had compiled it; the latest from the ever-reliable Soul Jazz label shines the torch down on these leftover crumbs […]Archive
March 31, 2013 by Simon Sweetman