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April 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: BOWIE – Waiting In The Sky (Wgtn, April 16)
BOWIE: Waiting In The Sky St. James Saturday, April 16 Keyboardist Eddie Rayner (Split Enz) has assembled a killer band (most notably Brett Adams, formerly of The Mockers and currently of The Bads, on lead guitar) and with five featured lead vocalists (Wellington missed out on Jordan Luck for some reason) the stage was set […]Archive
February 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #188 – City and Colour, Wellington, 2013
This dude called Dallas Green goes under the name City and Colour and he makes okay-music, like you can see what he’s trying to do and it’s nicely put together, good players backing him but every fucking song sounds pretty much the same, like one or two different things only. Anyway, I was going along, […]Archive
December 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #174 – Malcolm McNeill, Wellington, 1999
I was writing gig reviews – and CD reviews – for this little local weekly rag, The Capital Times. It was an early gig for me, I’d done a few other things but this was essentially where I got my start. Learned a few things. I was a freelance contributor, got the gig the way […]Archive
November 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #167 – Jan Hellriegel, Wellington, 2010
I had been a fan of Jan Hellriegel back in the day – when that first album came out we heard it, and liked it. It was a big deal. And then when she released a new album – after a long time away from making music (or at least releasing music) I was into […]Archive
November 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #166 – Tony Joe White, Wellington, 2013
Seeing Tony Joe White back in the late 1990s – and I told you about that, still have the stub – was quite the revelation. I knew of him, knew a bit of his music, and was excited to see him. But it was better than I expected. Then he returned a few times – […]Archive
October 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #152 – Jan Preston’s Life and Music of Winifred Atwell, Wellington, 2010
One time, many years ago Jan Preston called me up and imposed an interview on me – she was a special kind of self-promoter, and I was very new to music writing and felt bamboozled but couldn’t say no (had no idea how to say no) and she was nice-enough even if the approach was […]Archive
September 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Dylan Moran (August 31, Wgtn)
Dylan Moran: Off The Hook St. James Monday, August 31 & Tuesday, September 1 That Dylan Moran can still pivot between tired and tirade – and still deliver – is something to marvel at. It’s shtick, but it’s so deeply honed, so much part of him you can’t tell where he ends and the shtick […]Archive
August 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Show Preview: Dylan Moran (Wellington)
Dylan Moran is currently mid-way through his 2015 NZ Tour. Christchurch and Auckland shows are down and tomorrow it’s Hamilton’s turn before two Wellington shows. An extra show has been added in the capital, Monday, August 31 and Tuesday, September 1 – with Moran performing at Wellington’s St. James Theatre. I’ve seen Dylan Moran a […]Archive
July 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Courtney Barnett returns to NZ: Three Shows (Nov, 2015)
Courtney Barnett first played a New Zealand show less than a year ago. Since then she returned as part of the Laneway festival and now, just announced, she’ll play three shows, her first gigs outside of just Auckland, in November, 2015. On the back of that great double-EP, Barnett has gone on to play shows […]Archive
December 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman