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September 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 207 – Bowie Tribute, Wellington, 2016

I do wonder about these sorts of tributes – well-meaning, I guess. But buck-gathering too…that’s how I felt as I said too in the review when attending this body’s-still-warm Bowie tribute last year. We all claimed the death of Bowie, it meant so much to everyone, to all of us. Quite why you’d go and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2016), Bowie, Bowie Tribute, David Bowie, David Bowie Tribute, Local Musicians, Review, St James, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 2017, Stubs: # 207 – Bowie Tribute, Tribute, Waiting In The Sky, Wellington ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Alistair Riddell, April 16, BOWIE: Waiting In The Sky, David Bowie, Dominion Post, Eddie Rayner, Finn Andrews, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: BOWIE - Waiting In The Sky (Wgtn, Human Instinct, Jordan Luck, Live Gig, Olympia, Skyscraper Stan, Space Waltz, St James, Stuff.co.nz, Tribute, Zaine Griff ·

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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, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2013, Blog On The Tracks, City and Colour, Dallas Green, Dominion Post, Free Tickets, Gig Review, Giveaway, Live, Live Gig, St James, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #188 – City and Colour, Stuff.co.nz, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1999, Capital Times, Frank Sinatra, Gig Review, Jazz, Live, St James, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #174– Malcolm McNeill, Tribute, Unpublished, Wellington ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2010, All Grown Up, Jan Hellriegel, Live, Live Gig, St James, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #167 – Jan Hellriegel, Wellington ·

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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 – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1997, 2013, Blog On The Tracks, Dominion Post, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Felice Brothers, Gig Review, Interview, Live Gig, Simone Felice, St James, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #166 – Tony Joe White, Stuff.co.nz, TJW, Tony Joe White, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2010, Cabaret, Dominion Post, Gig Review, Jan Preston, Live, Piano, St James, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #152 – Jan Preston’s Life and Music of Winifred Atwell, Wellington, Winifred Atwell ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged August 31, Black Books, Comedy, Dylan Moran, Gig Review, Gig Review: Dylan Moran (August 31, Live Gig, Monday, September 1, St James, Stand Up, Stand-Up Comedian, Tuesday, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Black Books, Comedian, Comedy, Dylan Moran, NZ Tour, Preview, Show Preview: Dylan Moran (Wellington), St James, Stand-up Comedy, Standup, Stuff.co.nz, Wellington ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, Auckland, Bodega, Christchurch, Courtney Barnett, Courtney Barnett returns to NZ: Three Shows (Nov, Foundry, Gig Preview, November, Promo, St James, Tour Announcement, Wellington ·

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December 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Nick Cave (Dec 8, Wgtn)

Nick Cave St James Theatre Monday, December 8 Billed as Nick Cave’s solo show – he in fact performed with nearly half of his regular backing band, The Bad Seeds. And the material was entirely from that band’s catalogue, none of the earlier work or any of the tantalising side-project material from Grinderman or the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Dominion Post, Gig, Gig Review, Live, Monday December 8, Nick Cave, St James, The Bad Seeds, Warren Ellis, Wellington ·

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