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August 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

My Life In Seven Songs

Song 1: Once In A Lifetime, Talking Heads The drums push forward, the bass pulls back and this isn’t really a song, it’s a bunch of ideas falling over themselves, cascading, oscillating, evading melody in favour of finding a groove. The words are catchphrases, evangelical, delightful. A tune existing in its own space, in its […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 7, Aphex Twin, Guns n Roses, Lenny Kravitz, My Life, My Life In Seven Songs, Netherworld Dancing Toys, Seven, Seven Songs, Talking Heads, The Cure, The Roots ·

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February 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

A Question For Those (Still) With A CD Collection: What’s Your Best Bonus Disc?

I know, I know – “no one pays for music! Not anymore…” – but for those of you who have (or even had) a CD collection I’ve got a question for you. It’s right there actually (already). In the title of this post. And the reason I ask is because…I was doing some CD-tidying the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Question For Those Still With A CD Collection, A Question For Those Still With A CD Collection: What’s Your Best Bonus Disc?, Album of the Year, Bonus, Bonus Disc, Bonus Discs, CD, Compact Discs, Dream Attic, EP, Faith No More, Greatest Hits, Live, Nick Cave, Pure Cult, Remix, Richard Thompson, The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, The Cult, The Cure, What’s Your Best Bonus Disc? ·

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January 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Albums With Sad Songs ‘Say So Much’: What Are Your Favourite “Sad” Albums?

Last night was the night. I played Neil Young’s Tonight’s The Night album. A brand new, sealed vinyl. Ripped it open. Sat next to the turntable as it played; watching the slight wiggle as the platter rotated. That wobble beneath the surety of the needle. Neil told his stories, eulogising Bruce Berry, the working man, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan, Deerhunter, Faith, Grandaddy, Halcyon Digest, In Rainbows, In The Wee Small Hours, In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning, John Lennon, King of Limbs, Lou Reed, Magic And Loss, Neil Young, Pink Moon, Plastic Ono Band, Radiohead, Shoot Out The Lights, Songs of Love and Hate, The Albums With Sad Songs ‘Say So Much’: What Are Your Favourite “Sad” Albums?, The Cure, The Sophtware Slump, Tonight's the Night, What Are Your Favourite “Sad” Albums? ·

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December 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

To See The Really Great Gigs You Must Travel: Overseas Highlights

Earlier this year I missed seeing The Cure, I missed a band I always wanted to see. But there’ll always be a few you don’t get to. I’ve seen more than most. Also, I was on holiday in America. So I couldn’t really complain – and didn’t. Also that same night I scored one of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged America, Live Gigs, Live Music, Paul Williams, Peter Gabriel, Prince, Robby Krieger, Sleater-Kinney, Sting, The Cure, The Doors, To See The Really Great Gigs You Must Travel: Overseas Highlights, Travel ·

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February 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 97 Post-Punk

The early eighties in Wellington was the best place and the soundtrack for me was what I suppose you would call post punk. It was a new type of music and I loved it – Echo and XTC, Furs and the Cure, Magazine and Joy Division, Dexy’s and Only Ones, Stranglers and Members, Japan and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1980s, Art, Barry Jenkin, Beat Rhythm Fashion, Buzzcocks, Dexys Midnight Runners, Echo and The Bunnymen, Gang of Four, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Heaven Up Here, Hoodoo Gurus, Hunters and Collectors, Japan, Jon Mcleary, Joy Division, Life in The Fridge Exists, Magazine, Music, Naked Spots Dance, New Romantics, Over The Wall, Painting, Pere Ubu, post-punk, Robert Smith, Shoes This High, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Spines, The Cure, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 97 Post-Punk, The Gordons, The Mekons, The Members, The Only Ones, The Skeptics, The Spines, The Steroids, Toy Love, Violent Femmes, War Stories, War Stories # 97, Wellington, Wire, Write Studio, Writing, XTC ·

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November 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: Bodega, Saturday, November 7, 2015 – UK 79

It was a tribute night – three very good tribute bands playing the music of The Cure, The Clash and Joy Division at Bodega and in-between and before and after I was playing a few records to try to suit the mood, and start and end the party. And it was a good time. The […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015 – UK 79, Bodega, DJ, DJ Set, DJ Setlist, DJ Setlist: Bodega, Joy Division, New Order, Nov 7, November, November 7, Permanence, post-punk, Punk, Records, Saturday, Setlist, Splintered In Her Head, The Clash, The Cure, Tribute, Vinyl, Wazzo Clash ·

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October 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: UK 79, Bodega, Saturday, November 7, 2015

Coming up at Bodega there’s a post-punk tribute night celebrating Britain’s finest hour (year) in music. UK 79 will feature the music of Joy Division, The Clash and The Cure as performed by experienced covers bands Permanence (Joy Division), Wazzo Clash (The Clash) and Splintered In Her Heard (The Cure). It’s $15 on the door […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1979, 2015, Bodega, Covers, DJ, Gig Preview, Gig Preview: UK 79, Joy Division, November 7, Permanence, post-punk, Promo, Saturday, Simon Sweetman, Splintered In Her Head, The Clash, The Cure, Tribute, UK 79, UK79, Vinyl, Wazzo Clash, Wellington ·

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June 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 877

The Cure, A Forest [Single] (1980) I do love The Cure – but if I’m honest, dedicating a night to playing only songs by The Cure was hard work, I felt suddenly over The Cure, despite the huge and often wonderful catalogue. I guess I’ve never been a huge/true Cure fan, I’m a tourist. I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 12", A Forest, Another Journey By Train, Green Vinyl, LP, Record, Robert Smith, Single, Stunn, The Cure, The Vinyl Countdown # 877, Vinyl ·

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December 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: December 31st – New Year’s Eve at Bodega

What a great line-up – DJs in the Burgundy Room playing party tunes all night and DJs and bands upstairs in the main room including a DJ set from Nick Harte of The Shocking Pinks, DJ Serpico (aka Ryan from Minuit) a Cure covers set from Splintered In Her Head, Brave New Void, Tomato Willis, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2014/2015, Bodega, December 31 2014, DJ, DJ Set, Ghost Wave, Gig Preview, Gig Preview: December 31st – New Year’s Eve at Bodega, January 1 2015, Joy Division, Live Music, Minuit, New Year's Eve, Permanence, Shocking Pinks, Splintered In Her Head, The Cure, Wellington ·

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November 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: Bodega’s Burgundy Room, Saturday, November 8, 2014

My first time playing records down in Bodega’s Burgundy Room – and what a great space that is. I started around 1am – after the Splintered In Her Head recreation of three albums by The Cure back to back – so played a little wind-down party. Was great fun. Loved it. Great crowd too. All […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1980s, 2014, Bodega, DJ, DJ Set, DJ Setlist, DJ Setlist: Bodega’s Burgundy Room, LP, November 8, Records, Saturday, Saturday November 8, Splintered In Her Head, The Burgundy Room, The Cure, Vinyl ·

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October 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Mountaineater: Mountaineater

Mountaineater Mountaineater Banished From The Universe Dunedin’s Mountaineater has a weight of expectation behind it, on top of it, all around it, some two years in the making – and finally we have the band’s debut self-titled full-length album. But Mountaineater arrived as a known quantity essentially, because this is the post-HDU project for singer […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bailterspace, Debut Album, Dunedin, Flying Nun, HDU, Jakob, Maggot Brain, Mountaineater, NZ, Pornography, Post-Rock, The Cure, The Gordons, The Skeptics, Tool, Tristan Dingemans ·

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September 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Mountaineater: Album Preview

I’ve been listening to an advance-copy of the upcoming album release from Mountaineater. It’s superb – I’ve been gushing about it a wee bit over on the Blog On The Tracks Facebook page; to me it feels inspired, at least in part, by the early albums from The Cure. But in saying that I was […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Advance Stream, Album Preview, Gutterball, HDU, Mountaineater, Pornography, Post-Rock, The Cure ·
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