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May 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Anna van der Leij

Anna van jer Leij works with “the fantastic folks at Chamber Music New Zealand”, and they’re touring The New Yorker music critic and author Alex Ross with New Zealand mezzo soprano Bianca Andrew and STROMA – an ensemble made up of a selection of NZSO players and pianist Emma Sayers. They mostly perform modern chamber […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Alex Ross, Anna van der Leij, Bianca Andrew, Bjork, Chamber Music, Chamber Music New Zealand, Classical, Emma Sayers, Five Albums, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Anna van der Leij, Glass: Piano works, Gloria Cheng, Le Tombeau de Couperin Sheherazade:, Linn Records, Ma Mere L’Oye, Maurice Ravel, NZSO, Ok Computer, Phantasm, Philip Glass, Piano, PR, Promo, Radiohead, Ravel, Special Guest, Spotify, Stroma, The Edge of Light: Messiaen and Sarriaho, The Rest Is Noise, Tye: Complete Consort Music, Vikingur Olaffsson, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Simon Ogston

Simon Ogston is an Auckland-based producer, director and camera-operator.  Among other things, Simon has made a number of feature-length films about New Zealand bands.  These include Rumble & Bang, Gone With The Weird, Antarctic Angels and the Unknown Blues and Sheen of Gold. His latest film is about Bill Direen, A Memory of Others and it screens at this year’s New […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Memory of Others, Antarctic Angels and The Unknown Blues, Back To The Future, Bell Bird Pictures, Bill Direen, Cherry 2000, Director, Doco, Documentary, Film, Film Festival, Filmmaker, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Simon Ogston, Gone With The Weird, http://www.bellbirdpictures.co.nz/, Movie, Movies, NZ International Film Festival, Raising Arizona, Rumble & Bang, Sheen Of Gold, Simon Ogston, Special Guest, The Trump Presidency ·

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March 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: DJ T-Rock

Travis Lee Eller a.k.a. DJ T-Rock is an Actor, Writer, Director Turntablist and Music Producer and is also half of the duo DJ T-Rock and Squashy Nice. Born in the mountains of North Carolina, he arrived in LA over fifteen years ago, having toured the world as a professional DJ and appearing on over thirty […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Actor, DJ, DJ T-ROck, DJ T-Rock and Squashy Nice, Film, Filmmaker, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: DJ T-Rock, Hip-Hop, Juice, Movies, North by Northwest, Once Upon A Time In The West, Special Guest, The Sounds In Their Heads, The Warriors, Travis Lee Eller, Turntablism, Turntablist, Warriors, Why Records, Writer, Young Frankenstein ·

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July 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Josh Hetherington

Josh Hetherington is a DJ (Josh On Decks), photographer, Super 8 filmmaker and musician. His current band, Show Me Where It Hurts will release their new EP this weekend, Friday, July 29 with a launch at The Thirsty Dog in Auckland, Saturday, July 30, 8pm featuring special guests Cold Harvest Trust. Previously, he was the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Auckland, Blood And Chocolate, Bobby Womack, Brian Eno, Cold Harvest Trust, Discreet Music, DJ, Elvis Costello, Eno, Five Albums, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Josh Hetherington, Guest Post, High Priestess of Soul, Light upon the Lake, LP, Nina Simone, No Lake, Primrose Green, Records, Ryley Walker, Show Me Where It Hurts, Special Guest, Spike, Super 8, Thirsty Dog, Thorazine Shuffle, UMO, Vinyl, Whitney ·

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July 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Dan Wilcox aka Sweep

When Dan Wilcox isn’t writing country, blues and folk music on his guitar whilst crooning beneath the Raglan moon, he’s performing, producing, recording and DJ’ing as dub / reggae / rap / rock / electro / dance alter-ego Sweep. Here are five albums he’s loving right now… A little backstory on me first: I used to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged (Do Not) Stand In The Shadows, Bonobo, D.N.A., Dan Wilcox, Delaney Davidson, Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams, DJ, DJ Sweep, Five Albums, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Dan Wilcox aka Sweep, Gravity, Jamie xx, Late Night Tales, LateNightTales, Louis Baker, Marlon Williams, Mix, Neil Young, Pacific Heights, Sad But True- The Secret History Of Country Music Songwriting, Shapeshifter, Singer/Songwriter, Special Guest, Sweep, The Stillness, V/A ·

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May 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Vorn Colgan

Vorn Colgan has been New Zealand’s best-kept musical secret for so long now that it seems almost a shame to spoil it.  He has been writing and releasing albums under the Vorn moniker to critical acclaim and commercial non-plussed-ness since 1999, as well as contributing to the work of indie legends such as Dangerpin, The Sproutts and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 8mile, A Hard Day's Night, Dangerpin, Drowning By Numbers, Eight Mile, Elvis Presley, Film, Film Review, Films, Five Films That Stay With Me: Vorn Colgan, Gold Medal Famous, Kids, LoudQUIETLoud, Maniac, Mean Girls, Monty Python, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, MOON, Movie Review, Movies, Music, Musician, Newtown, One Trick Pony, Pixies, Prince, Pulp Fiction, Purple Rain, Reservoir Dogs, Saturday May 14, Special Guest, Taranaki, The Breakfast Club, The Lord of The Rings, The Sound of Music, The Sproutts, This Is It, Vorn, Vorn Colgan, Wellington, Wellington Sea Shanty Society, Wgtn ·

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April 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Mali Mali

Mali Mali (a.k.a. Ben Tolich) is a songwriter and performer from Auckland, NZ. He’s about to go on tour in support of his new album As A Dog Dreams, his second album following Gather ‘round the Gooseclock (2013) and t​​he Brotherly EP (2010). Here are five albums he’s loving right now… 1 – Damien Jurado, Visions […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Album, Albums, As A Dog Dreams, Ben Tolich, Benji, Brotherly, Brothers and Sisters of The Eternal Son, Damien Jurado, Five Albums, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Mali Mali, Gather 'Round The Gooseclock, Mali Mali, Mark Kozelek, Radiohead, Record, Sigur Ros, Special Guest, Stolen Violin, Sun Kil Moon, Temperate Touch Tropical Gears, The Brotherly EP, The King of Limbs, The Middle East, Valtari, Visions of Us on The Land ·

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March 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Will Wood

Will Wood is a singer/songwriter with two albums to his name – Broken Man from 2014 and the brand-new Magpie Brain & Other Stories. He is about to head off around the country to perform a series of shows with poet and MC Tourettes. Here are five albums he’s loving right now… 1 – The […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aesop Rock, Broken Man, Five Albums, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now: Will Wood, Freddy Fudd Pucker, Hourglass Wine, Magpie Brain & Other Stories, Shelethon, Shepherd's Delight, Singer/Songwriter, Special Guest, Team Dynamite, The Deslondes, The Vietnam War, Tourettes, Will Wood ·

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March 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Guest Post: Gig Review – Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds and his Greatest Hits (Akld, March 26) [by Jesse Mulligan]

Brian Wilson The Civic; Auckland Saturday, March 26 I didn’t get to see Brian Wilson’s Pet Sounds show – but I’m pleased to be able to offer this review of the show and ruminations on Brian and the songs by special guest reviewer, Jesse Mulligan. What can you possibly expect when you go to a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Akld, Al Jardine, Auckland, Beach Boys, Blondie Chaplin, Brian Wilson, Gig Review, Greatest Hits, Guest Post, Guest Post: Gig Review - Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds and his Greatest Hits (Akld, http://jessemulligan.co.nz/, Jesse Mulligan, March 26) [by Jesse Mulligan], Pet Sounds, Radio NZ, SMiLE, Special Guest, The Beach Boys, The Civic ·

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March 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Philip Matthews

Philip Matthews is a senior reporter with Fairfax Media in Christchurch and is a former film reviewer with the NZ Listener. He blogs about films at Second Sight and is on Twitter as @secondzeit. Here are Five Films That Have Stayed With Him… 1 – Solaris: This is such an intensely sorrowful film. If I was […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged @secondzeit, 1956, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1992, A Man Escaped The Shawkshank Redemption, Andrei Rublev, Andrei Tarkosvky, Blue Velvet, Christchurch, David Lynch, Eraserhead, Fairfax Media, Film, Film Review, Film Reviewer, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Philip Matthews, http://secondstogo.blogspot.co.nz/, Inland Empire, Lost Highway, Martin Scorcese, Mirror, Movie Review, Movie Reviewer, Movies, Mulholland Drive, NZ Listener, Paul Schrader, Philip Matthews, Remake, Robert Bresson, Second Sight, secondstogo.blogspot.com, Solaris, Special Guest, Stalker, Steven Soderbergh, Taxi Driver, The Amityville Horror, The Exorcist, The Shining, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Travis Bickle, Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Vertigo, William Friedkin ·

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February 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Adam Fresco

Adam Fresco works in film, theatre and TV as a writer, director, producer, performer and professional acting coach. Born in London, he arrived in Auckland a decade ago, having worked in professional British Theatre and TV. The Director of DramaTrain.co.nz and Producer for Imagine Studios NZ, Adam is a self-confessed film nut. He regularly reviews […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 8 1/2, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Acting Coach, Adam Fresco, All That Jazz, Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet, Braindead, Brazil, Bruce Campbell, Cabaret, Casino, Citizen Kane, Cloud Atlas, Dancer In The Dark, David Lynch, Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead, Die Hard, Director, DramaTrain, DramaTrain.co.nz, Duck Soup, Elephant Man, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, F.W. Murnau, Film Review, Films, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Adam Fresco, Flicks.co.nz, Freaks, Hard Boiled, In Bruges, Inception, Jaws, John Carpenter, John Woo, Lenny, Leon, Lesson of the Evil, Luc Besson, Marathon Man, Monty Python, Movie, Movie Review, Mulholland Drive, Oldboy, Pink Floyd The Wall, Planet FM's Kick Arts, Producer, Quentin Tarantino, Requiem For A Dream, Sam Raimi, Seven Psychopaths, Sleeper, Special Guest, Spellbound, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, Terry Gilliam, The Battle of Brazil, The Dead Zone, The Devil's Rejects, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeosie, The French Connection, The Hitcher, The King of New York, The Life of Brian, The Lobster, The Thing, The Wizard of Oz, This Is Spinal Tap, Throne of Blood, Velvet Goldmine, Weekend, Wild at Heart, Wolf Creek 2, Woody Allen, Writer ·

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February 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Jimmy Jones

Jimmy Jones is a landscape gardener, constructor, designer etc.  He arrived in Sydney 17 years ago via Dunedin, Nelson, Motueka and well NZ in general. He’s never written about music or played in a band but has been surrounded by music, musicians, engineers, producers, writers et al since he was a teenager. His brother Damian […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Streetcar Named Desire, All About Eve, All About My Mother, Apocalypse Now, Australia, Barry Gifford, Bill & Ted, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Burden of Dreams, Cafe Meow, Carnivale, David Lynch, Eraserhead, Film, Film Review, Films, Fitzcarraldo, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Jimmy Jones, George Carlin, Heart of Darkness, Hearts of Darkness, Inland Empire, Jimmy Jones, Jodorowsky, John Waters, Kika, Klaus Kinski, Lost Highway, Mick Jagger, Movie Review, Movies, Mulholland Drive, Santa Sangre, Sante Sangre, Special Guest, Sydney, Werner Herzog, Wild at Heart ·
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