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August 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 269 – Thundercat, Wellington, 2018

It’s funny how sometimes you see a genius – a great talent – and it just doesn’t stick, doesn’t connect, doesn’t mean anything. The first time I saw Thundercat I was a fan – but I hated the show. It was busy when it didn’t need to be and felt very splatter-painting/ish and I just […]
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July 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Flying Lotus: Presents Infinity “INFINITUM” – Maida Vale Session (ep)

Flying Lotus Presents Infinity “INFINITUM” – Maida Vale Session (ep) Warp Records Much as I love the work of Flying Lotus – the work he’s inspired and the work he creates – I find it hard to make it through one of his albums these days; too dense, takes too much time, there’s an emotional […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, EP, Flying Lotus, Flying Lotus: Presents Infinity “INFINITUM” – Maida Vale Session (ep), Gilles Peterson, Maida Vale Session, Presents Infinity “INFINITUM” – Maida Vale Session (ep), Ravi Coltrane, Thundercat, Warp, Warp Records, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Thundercat (March 1, Wgtn)

Thundercat The Festival Club Thursday, March 1 Two years ago, almost to the day, Thundercat came and saw and conquered Wellington and I was profoundly unmoved. I love the guy’s playing – and credits (outside of his own work he’s helped to make Flying Lotus, Kendrick Lamar and Kamasi Washington great, and that’s just for […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), Apocalypse, Arts Festival, Dennis Hamm, Drunk, Festival Club, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: Thundercat, Gig Review: Thundercat (March 1, Justin Brown, Live, Live Music, Live Review, March 1, NZ Festival, The Festival Club, Them Changes, They Beyond/Where The Giants Roam, Thundercat, Thursday, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

NZ Festival 2018: Check Out The Full Programme

Wellington’s NZ Festival takes place over February/March of 2018 – earlier tonight the full programme was announced – along with theatre, comedy, dance, visual arts – a separate Writers Week and many multi-discipline acts there’s a stunning music line-up. David Byrne, Thundercat, Grizzly Bear, Perfume Genius, Anne Sofie Von Otter, The Staves and Cecile McLorin Salvant w/ […]
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March 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Thundercat: Drunk

Thundercat Drunk Brainfeeder The West Coast Get Down collective really made their mark with Kamasi Washington’s triple, The Epic. Famously, the sessions for that album resulted in a handful of other albums – in fact they’re still coming; the group set themselves the goal of wasting no time, so every day they turned up and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brainfeeder, Drunk, Kamasi Washington, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Stephen Bruner, The Epic, Thundercat, Thundercat: Drunk, West Coast Get Down ·

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February 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Thundercat (February 3, Wgtn)

Thundercat San Fran Wednesday, February 3 Thundercat is a freak! He’s got the jazz-noodling from the 70s/80s down pat; he’s like all of your favourite session stars from the fusion era and (slightly) beyond – and all at once. He’s like the best example of the worst nightmare that is the session guys running away […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2015, Bass, February 3, Flying Lotus, Gig Review: Thundercat (February 3, Jazz, Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar, Laneway, San Fran, Stephen Bruner, Thundercat, Wednesday, Wgtn ·

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July 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Thundercat: The Beyond/Where The Giants Roam

Thundercat The Beyond/Where The Giants Roam Brainfeeder Thundercat – aka Stephen Bruner – has contributed to a handful of the very best albums in recent years, collaborating with Kendrick Lamar, Flying Lotus and Kamasi Washington (which means he’s already played on the best album of 2015) and if his leathery-liquid bass lines have been a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brainfeeder, EP, Flying Lotus, Herbie Hancock, Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar, Mini-Album, Stephen Bruner, The Beyond, The Beyond/Where The Giants Roam, Thundercat, Where The Giants Roam ·

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October 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Flying Lotus: You’re Dead!

Flying Lotus You’re Dead! Warp Records Limited Every two years since 2006 Stephen Ellison returns with new music under his Flying Lotus alias. Every two years he ups his game, relocates the playing field, changes the rules – and those already in the know and already following look for clues in the leaked tracks and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Black Unity, Flying Lotus, Herbie Hancock, Stephen Ellison, Thundercat, You're Dead! ·

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