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March 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 58 – Homegrown, Wellington, 2013
Amazing – I dodged Homegrown last year and it feels like so long ago that I was last there, out of place, wandering about – trying to fill the day, desperately hoping for something in the form of music, settling – because you have to – for a lot less. A lot of less. But […]Archive
January 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Little Dragon (Jan 27, Wgtn)
Laneway Presents…Little Dragon Shed 6 Tuesday, January 27 Swedish electronica/pop group Little Dragon has been a band for nearly 20 years, four friends forming through school connections. They’ve been releasing albums across the last decade, alternating between dark, stirring balladry and upbeat club-happy beat-driven dance-vehicles. But around 2010 the band started to really make dents […]Archive
December 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 29 – The Proclaimers, Wellington, 2002
So, this was one of the first shows I reviewed for the Dominion Post, well, one of the early ones anyway. I guess I’d done a few – a full arts festival and some other gigs too but I was still pretty new to it. And I was into seeing The Proclaimers because the Sunshine […]Archive
October 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Rodriguez (Oct 15, Wgtn)
Rodriguez Opera House Wednesday, October 15 Rodriguez returns just 18 months after his first victory lap on the back of the Searching For Sugar Man documentary. He still has a local pick-up band, nothing resembling stage-craft and his songs – for all the charm and how caught up in the myth and alleged mystery of […]Archive
December 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Helmet (December 20; Wgtn)
Helmet Bodega Friday, December 20 American band Helmet had its original run across the mid-90s and then disbanded. Page Hamilton (vocals, guitar) reformed the band, with a floating cast of members in 2004. Since then there have been decent albums but the fans still hang on for the magic from 1990’s Strap It On, 1992’s […]Archive
January 1, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1691
George Benson, The Love Songs (1985) I prefer the George Benson that, at a young age, played with Miles Davis and lit up the guitar on his own records. And he’s a sweet-voiced singer too, sure. But I also love a bit of the cheese. I can’t dig all of his ballads and I haven’t […]Archive
October 19, 2011 by Simon Sweetman