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January 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Game. Set. List/s: From The Ephemera Files/Piles…

I have been tidying up some of the boxes of ephemera that have followed me from the university hostel, to various flats and then on, a decade ago or so, to my first home. I have been finding all sorts of things – a mini-CD in the shape of a business card for the Wellington […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bailterspace, Chris Isaak, Dave Dobbyn, From The Ephemera Files/Piles…, Game. Set. List/s, Game. Set. List/s: From The Ephemera Files/Piles…, Paper, Paul Kelly, Set, Setlist, Setlists, Superette, Swervedriver, The Angels, The Mutton Birds ·

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April 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Swervedriver to play three NZ Shows with reunited Fur Patrol: June 2016

Swervedriver, and that great swirling, sound they make as shoegaze layers pile atop one another, will return to New Zealand for three shows in June. Friday 17th June – CHRISTCHURCH at Churchills Saturday 18th June – WELLINGTON at Bodega Sunday 19th June – AUCKLAND at The Kings Arms A strong “comeback” album and plenty of time touring […]
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March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Dope Smoker: Marijuana

Dope Smoker Marijauana (Independent/Bandcamp) Just when you thought the album/track Dopesmoker by Sleep was as overt as “Stoner Rock” got, along comes the Welsh band Dope Smoker – that seminal track/album was surely, well, a guiding light – and here’s their fifth album; the title now as blatant as can be, and if you’re somehow […]
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