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March 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Anne Sofie von Otter w/ NZSO (March 15, Wgtn)
Anne Sofie von Otter w/ NZSO MFC Thursday, March 15 Anne Sofie von Otter is one of the great operatic singers of her generation. A master. Such lightness – but strength. There’s a great joy she conveys, in the very act and art of singing. And of course she’s capable of the full range of […]Archive
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 […]Archive
January 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Selecter & The Beat (January 25; Wgtn)
The Selecter & The Beat Opera House Thursday, January 25 Two tones of 2-tone bands on the one bill and it seems The Beat and The Selecter take it in turns to headline; Pauline Black bounds onto the stage, her energy palpable instantly. It’s The Selecter’s turn to start the night, it’s hot and the […]Archive
March 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Bonobo To Perform One NZ Show: Auckland (July 2017)
Niche, Paint It Gold and George FM present BONOBO Simon Green – who records and performs as Bonobo – will play one show in New Zealand at Auckland’s Town Hall, Thursday, July 27. He was last in Auckland a couple of years ago for a DJ set but this will be a performance with the […]Archive
December 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: The Great Kiwi BBQ, San Fran, Thursday, December 29, 2016
Well, we do this every year or two – The Great Kiwi BBQ – I take some records down to the San Fran, all Kiwi music from all sorts of eras, fads, trends – and I play them in whatever order I feel like. And so it was last night, a good night and a […]Archive
December 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Great Kiwi BBQ: DJ Set
I love this time of year – and I particularly love this time of year in Wellington. It’s quiet. And you can get a park anywhere, and no one is in a rush. In fact it’s almost a ghost-town, in the best possible way… Most years around this time I put on a Great Kiwi […]Archive
December 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: On A Thursday Night
Just the other week I played a few songs in and around sets by the Spines and Terror of the Deep. It was a fun night, a great gig and I looked back at that setlist of tunes I rolled out and figured it would make an okay playlist. Maybe a really good playlist… Click […]Archive
December 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 139 The Bodge
I’ve got this foot pedal called Dr. Overlord and it has a mind of its own It’s very old and wont take batteries – you have to plug it into the wall but it has a valve in it The trick is to let it warm up for a good while and then it starts […]Archive
December 1, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: Bodega, Spines w/ Terror of the Deep, Thursday, December 1, 2016
The gig was Spines with Terror of the Deep at Bodega and I was just glad to be there. But asked, too, to play some records before and between and after. Great sets from both bands – really great sets. And here are the sets I squeezed out, playing records by other people: some of […]Archive
November 28, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Preview: Spines at Bodega w/ Terror of the Deep (Thurs, Dec 1)
Rounding off their 35th year as an entity Wellington’s great Spines will be at Bodega on Thursday, December 1 to blast a set of old and new tunes. Joining them will be the great Terror of the Deep. I’ll also be playing some records on the decks in-between and after bands. Most likely a bit […]Archive
November 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman