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March 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Sufjan Stevens (March 6, Wgtn)
Sufjan Stevens MFC Sunday, March 6 Sufjan Stevens wowed with his last visit to Wellington, but where that was a neon-splatter thrill-ride of shriek-jazz noise-rock culminating in a massive circus-like balloon and confetti dump, his festival performance this year is a different sort of intensity. A showcase for last year’s career-masterpiece album, Carrie & Lowell, […]Archive
March 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sufjan Stevens: Carrie and Lowell
Sufjan Stevens Carrie and Lowell Asthmatic Kitty It isn’t so much that Sufjan Stevens has put a foot wrong, more that he’s been too nimble, too keen to put feet all over the place, to stretch far and wide, to keep wiggling, always moving…(not all that often grooving too, mind). But it’s been hard for […]Archive
October 21, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
New Zealand Festival: 26 Feb-20 March 2016 (Wellington)
Wellington’s New Zealand Festival saw the launch of its 2016 line-up earlier tonight. Plenty of highlights, so be sure to check the link there for the details – Miranda July will perform a keynote that’s part-lecture/part-performance and will take the audience through her artist-career from struggling enthusiast to short-story writer, filmmaker and novelist. There’s events […]Archive
August 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Sisyphus: Sisyphus
Sisyphus Sisyphus Asthmatic Kitty/Secretly Canadian Sufjan Stevens – one of those artists it’s hard to keep up with. Technically it’s been four years since his last album – but that’s “full-length album” under the name Sufjan Stevens. There was another host of Christmas songs in another boxed-set of Eps, some classical/ish music and this – […]Archive
August 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
S. Carey: Range of Light
S. Carey Range of Light Jagjaguwar It’s interesting listening to S. Carey’s album, Range of Light and knowing it was recorded at Justin Vernon’s studio after Carey had toured with Vernon’s band. For Range of Light feels, and not to its detriment, like the material from Vernon’s first Bon Iver album if recorded in the […]Archive
February 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Revival Hour: Scorpio Little Devil
The Revival Hour Scorpio Little Devil Antiphon Okay, I might have arrived a bit late to the party – but almost every song on The Revival Hour’s debut full-lengther, Scorpio Little Devil kinda feels like it has arrived a bit late for the party; party over and it’s to Lynch-ian karaoke/cabaret then. Hold Back, the […]Archive
December 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Freelance Whales: Diluvia
Freelance Whales Diluvia Mom + Pop Music Who has time for a “grower” these days? Just when I thought I didn’t – I’ve been working through as many albums as I can this year, finding so many to love too – turns out I do actually. You see I keep coming back to Diluvia by […]Archive
August 28, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Sheep, Dog & Wolf: Egospect
Sheep, Dog & Wolf Egospect Lil’ Chief Sheep, Dog & Wolf is the recording alias of Daniel McBride. Better mention he’s 19 too because everyone else seems to think that’s super important. Egospect is his debut full-lengther – a clusterfuck of too-clever-for-their-own-good ideas-masquerading-as-songs; ideas stolen wholesale from attending Dirty Projectors and Bon Iver shows, most […]Archive
June 30, 2011 by Simon Sweetman