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February 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: BADBADNOTGOOD (January 31, Wgtn)
BADBADNOTGOOD San Fran Wednesday, January 31 On loan from Laneway – Wellington was lucky to get BADBADNOTGOOD back for a show, some five years after they last docked down our way. In that time the prolific jazz/R’n’B combo has released a few new albums and compilations, singles, remixes, live records and plenty of interesting collaborations […]Archive
September 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: 19 – Album-Length ‘Songs’
It’s been a while – and since the big news for a lot of people this week was the announcement that Sleep will be playing NZ shows next year (for the first time ever) I thought, in honour of the album Dopesmoker we could look at four single-track albums; album-length songs. So here goes…Archive
August 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
So Good It Sent Me To Sleep: Albums To Nod Off To (In A Good Way)
I’m often asked if I ever sleep – usually in the form of a Facebook message or a question on Twitter, sometimes it arrives in an email, from a person I don’t really know but I can sense the concern is genuine. I’ve also been asked how I sleep – as in with all the […]Archive
February 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: # 7 – Check Your Neck/s
In honour of tomorrow being the day a new album by The Necks gets released this installment of Five Songs For Friday celebrates the music of one of my all-time favourite groups. This year the Aussie trio celebrates 30 years in the game. Thirty years of taking jazz – and specifically the jazz-trio-format – as a […]Archive
June 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Avishai Cohen: Into The Silence
Avishai Cohen Into The Silence ECM Not to be confused with the bass-player Avishai Cohen this is the latest album by the trumpeter Avishai Cohen. It’s an elegiac set of reflections on the passing of his father. The band is phenomenal and so deeply respectful towards the material and so aware of each other’s playing […]Archive
October 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Necks: Vertigo
The Necks Vertigo Fish of Milk/Northern Spy Records The Necks, 18 albums deep now, and still there’s (always) something different – it’s now instantly familiar, you know the band you’re hearing, you know the sorts of sounds and textures and feels they conjure but every album remains its own thing, quite majestic when – essentially […]Archive
July 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Nils Frahm: Music for the Motion Picture Victoria
Nils Frahm Music For The Motion Picture Victoria Erased Tapes I haven’t seen the (German) film Victoria but it sounds (at least) interesting – a 12-page script with mostly improvised dialogue created in a single take, one long shot. I’d see it anyway for Nils Frahm’s score which – for anyone interested in his work […]Archive
April 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Dawn of Midi: Dysnomia
Dawn of Midi Dysnomia Thirsty Ear Recordings Following a self-released debut studio and live album, Brooklyn trio Dawn of Midi struck through with this, their second album proper, the first thing many will hear from the band, especially for New Zealand audiences – we’ll be seeing the group as part of Wellington’s Jazz Festival in […]Archive
January 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Glacial: On Jones Beach
Glacial On Jones Beach Three Lobed Recordings Funny, the tricks the mind plays – or where you allow the mind to go – when listening to free and improvised music; the melodies that find themselves and then find you in and around the noise, that dissonant wash, and then you attach your own memories, your […]Archive
January 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Chris Abrahams: Memory Night
Chris Abrahams Memory Night Room 40 Chris Abrahams is best known for his work with The Necks – their most recent album, Open, was my album of the year for 2013; or at least one of my albums of what was an amazing year of music. But Abrahams also has a solo career – and […]Archive
November 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman