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July 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Shayne Carter: Dead People I Have Known

Dead People I Have Known  Shayne Carter VUP I started this book before there were any reviews of it anywhere – I was loving it. Like everyone! But shelved it to get to other things. And then (finally) finished it just after every single review had been printed or posted. Lots of great column inches in celebration […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Autobiography, Book, Book Review, Bored Games, Dead People I Have Known, Dimmer, DoubleHappys, Dunedin, Memoir, Music, Shayne Carter, Shayne Carter: Dead People I Have Known, Straitjacket Fits, The Adults, VUP, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 29 – Dunedin 

A big week for Dunedin – for various reasons happy and sad. Shayne Carter’s excellent memoir is on the shelves. The Martin Phillipps and The Chills doco is out and about and worth seeing – but sadly it’s R.I.P Malcolm Black. So some tribute posts to some of my favourite Dunedin songs – or at least songs from artists connected to that city. 
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 5, A.P.S., Chris Knox, David Kilgour, Dimmer, Dunedin, Five, Five Songs For A Friday, Five Songs For Friday, Five Songs For Friday:  29 – Dunedin, Five Songs For Friday: 29, For Today, Friday, Liberal Backlash Angst, Malcolm Black, Netherworld Dancing Toys, Oncoming Day, Shayne Carter, Straitjacket Fits, The Chills, The Clean, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, You Forget ·

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August 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Shayne P. Carter (August 19, Wgtn)

Shayne P. Carter and Band Bodega, Wellington Friday, August 19 Shayne Carter is now recording and touring under his own name – specifically Shayne P. Carter. He has his first solo album out early next month and so first a nervous four-date tour to showcase a small handful of songs from the keyboard-based album and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2016), August 19, Blow, Bodega, Degrees of Existence, Dimmer, DoubleHappys, Friday, Gary Sullivan, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: Shayne P. Carter (August 19, Guitar, I Believe You Are A Star, James Duncan, Live Gig, Live Music, Melt, Offsider, Piano, Shayne Carter, Shayne P. Carter, Shayne P. Carter and Band, Straitjacket Fits, There My Dear, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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April 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 107 Mr Inch/JPSE

When the second wave of Flying Nun bands (Straitjacket Fits, Snapper, JPS Experience…) hit in the latter half of the eighties, I would often do solo support when they passed through Wellington. It made sense; I was on the label with the Spines and could offer up a strong set on my own with no […]
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April 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Carter/Morley/Yeats: Two Gigs (Akld/Wgtn) April, 2016

Audio Foundation presents Carter/Morley/Yeats in Wellington and Auckland – late April, 2016. The incendiary trio of Shayne Carter, Michael Morley and Robbie Yeats has been blowing minds over the last two years with their rare performances. First formed to play an impromptu set at a friend’s wedding, the band has recently played a bunch of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2016), Akld, Auckland, Audio Foundation, Bored Games, Carter, Carter/Morley/Yeats, Carter/Morley/Yeats: Two Gigs (Akld/Wgtn) April, Dimmer, Double Happys, Dunedin, Gate, Gig Annoucement, http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQD93VFof4, Michael Morley, MOON, Morley, Nowhere! Festival, NZ, PR, Promo, Robbie Yeats, Shayne Carter, Straitjacket Fits, The Dead C, Tour Announcement, undertheradar.co.nz, Verlaines, Wellington, Wgtn, Yeats ·

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March 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: Shayne Carter [Solo] – San Fran, Thursday, April 2, 2015

Shayne Carter – you know him from Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer, from his time as part of The Adults and of course the early days, DoubleHappys, Bored Games – he’s one of New Zealand’s greats, that sneer, the brood, a guitar hero too. And all of the songs he’s had a hand in. Remarkable career. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, April 2, Bored Games, Dimmer, DoubleHappys, Easter, Gig Preview, Gig Preview: Shayne Carter [Solo] – San Fran, San Fran, Shayne Carter, Shayne P. Carter, Solo, Straitjacket Fits, The Adults, Thursday, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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August 3, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1906

The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) I’ve told you already that my favourite VU album is Loaded; it was the first VU album I heard in its entirety – but my introduction to The Velvet Underground was still the debut album – because I first heard songs from the debut album. So […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Andy Warhol, Brian Eno, European Son, John Cale, Loaded, Lou Reed, Sonic Youth, Straitjacket Fits, Straitjacket Fits' Blow, The 3Ds, The Clean, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Vinyl ·

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