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June 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
From The Archives: One of These Days, I’m Gonna Sit Down And Write Myself a Letter
I used to get a lot of hate mail – and then that turned into ‘comments’ and now it’s being tagged in an angry Facebook rant, or whatever. Sub-tweeted, but sub-humans…It’s all fair in love and blogging. But I got pretty good at receiving and reading hate-mail and figured I’d be able to pass off […]Archive
February 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #199 – Robbie Williams, Wellington, 2015
It was going to be so easy…just a quick stroll down the road from my home, to a venue I was looking forward to experiencing; Robbie Williams wasn’t someone I was ever a fan of – but just from working music-retail (and reviewing) I knew his material, most of it anyway. Maybe he’d be the […]Archive
October 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Rolling With The Stones: A Lifelong Journey
Growing up the first two Rolling Stones albums I heard were Undercover and Dirty Work. Now, these won’t ever figure highly on lists of favourite Rolling Stones records, but I have a connection to them because, as is often the case with music, the first album/s you hear from a significant artist will remain a […]Archive
September 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Culture Club: Two NZ Shows (Dec, 2016)
Boy George and Culture Club will perform for the first time in New Zealand, two shows, playing Christchurch’s Horncastle Arena on Friday 2nd and Auckland’s Vector Arena on Sunday 4th December 2016. The 80s pop hits Karma Chameleon, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Church of the Poison Mind, The War Song and many […]Archive
September 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Engelbert Humperdinck (August 31, Wgtn)
Engelbert Humperdinck Opera House Wednesday, August 31 Born Arnold George Dorsey, it is under the unlikely moniker of Engelbert Humperdinck that the British middle-of-the-road balladeer has found his fame – now on tour to celebrate 50 years in show business. At 80 he didn’t look a day over 77, and if, in his stage attire, […]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
August 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 646
William Tyler, Modern Country (2016) The day before we went on holiday I picked up this record – I got it because I was a fan of William Tyler already (loved – Impossible Truth and the Lost Colony EP and totally sold on his sound). And so I only had one chance to give it […]Archive
June 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton (June 12, Wgtn)
Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton Opera House, Wellington Sunday, June 12 Lisa Fischer was a Grammy-winnning R’n’B singer in the early 1990s. Unable to push her solo career further or unwilling to be the centre-stage star she has spent most of the last three decades as a backing singer, a quarter-century touring with The Rolling […]Archive
June 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Wayne Shorter (June 8, Wgtn)
Wayne Shorter Opera House, Wellington Wednesday, June 8 Joining the legendary saxophonist were three virtuoso talents, the incredible Brian Blade (drums), the sublime John Patitucci (bass) and the thoughtful Danilo Perez (piano). This quartet has been performing together across the last few years as Shorter leaves his reputation as a composer to the side and […]Archive
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
April 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman