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September 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Andrew Fagan: it was always going to be like this
Andrew Fagan it was always going to be like this (Independent/Bandcamp) / Plus1 Andrew Fagan is a poet. Has always been a poet. In and around the albums by the Mockers and his solo fare there were books. And readings. Performance poet. Poet for the page. Taking poems to the people, putting poems on the […]Archive
August 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: August (2) 2019
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… This […]Archive
August 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Kate Tempest: The Book of Traps and Lessons
Kate Tempest The Book of Traps and Lessons American Recordings/UMG Kate Tempest has been dazzling audiences with both words for the page and words meant for a stage – via volumes of poetry, plays, a novel and albums – and most often there’s been a rage to her voice that is palpable. She delivered one of the finest shows […]Archive
March 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Theatre Preview: Your Heart Looks Like A Vagina
Following the sold out debut season in 2017, Dominic ‘Tourettes’ Hoey brings his original autobiographical theatre piece ‘Your Heart Looks Like A Vagina’ back for a return season at The Basement Theatre in Auckland and to Wellington’s BATS Theatre in April. ‘Your Heart Looks Like A Vagina’ is a one man show that will bring […]Archive
August 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 4: Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – “Jack Takes The Floor”
I guess I heard about Ramblin’ Jack Elliott before I ever heard him – and though this album wasn’t known to me before reading this book and starting this challenge I did know a lot of the songs here, either these versions or some of them coming from the sources Ramblin’ Jack mentions (such as […]Archive
May 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Authors I Admire: # 16 Willy Vlautin
In 2012 I was on holiday in San Francisco and I stumbled upon a reading at the famous City Lights bookstore. Well, we were visiting the store, checking it out when I saw a flyer advertising the reading. We were back there later that week. Willy Vlautin was there as a friend of the main act, […]Archive
April 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Soundwalk Collective: Killer Road
Soundwalk Collective and Jesse Paris Smith feat. Patti Smith Killer Road Sacred Bones Records Here’s a genius movie in terms of collaboration – the perfect fit here as Soundwalk Collective (Simone Merli, Kamran Sadeghi and Stephan Carsneanski) chose the perfect subject to honour, the perfect way and the perfect person to help them realise this. […]Archive
August 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Henry Rollins (August 28, Wgtn)
Henry Rollins Paramount Sunday, August 28 Those famous images of musicians giving it their all – locked in one with their instrument – John Coltrane with the saxophone stuck to his lips, Eddie Van Halen with his back arched but fingers hovering over the fretboard, Buddy Rich’s arms a blur of a whirlwind above the […]Archive
July 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Josh Haden: Mysteries of the Pyramids
Josh Haden Mysteries of the Pyramids (Independent/Bandcamp) Josh Haden of Spain (and of the Haden clan that includes the triplet sisters and their father, giant of jazz, the late great Charlie Haden) here offers a set of poems. Available as both a recording and chapbook (even available separately for Kindle) the real magic is in […]Archive
July 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Wendy Atkinson: The Last Fret
Wendy Atkinson The Last Fret (Independent/Bandcamp) Canadian bassist Wendy Atkinson returns with her third album of solo bass explorations – well, it’s not all “solo”, there’s guitar on three tracks from fellow Vancouver-based art-rock agitator and experimentalist, David Lester (he of Mecca Normal). There’s also some field recordings, toy piano and a few other elements, […]Archive
May 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman