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April 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 201 Tora Tora Tora 2018

The big highlights were all musical ones for me this year. We played first up in the late afternoon sun. Tim and I had travelled over together, talking old times and catching up. We have all this history. He had been the drummer that replaced Caroline in the earliest days of the band and then […]

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December 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ballad of The Finn Brothers: A Musical Life Between Them

Neil and Tim Finn. The Finn Brothers. We think of them as a pair. We group them together even when they are off making music independently. They have made two albums together under the family surname. Prior to that they have worked together in two bands, Tim appeared on just the one Crowded House album […]

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November 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Great Kiwi Albums You Must Revisit: # 13 Finn

I’ve always loved the Finn album, the first collaborative pairing of Neil and Tim Finn; just the brothers (Dave Dobbyn plays bass on one song on the album, beyond that all the instrumental duties are handled by Neil and Tim). The album was released in 1995 – I can remember being excited about its release, […]

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March 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 734

Split Enz, Time and Tide (1982) One of the first original albums I heard by Split Enz – compilations were what turned me onto the band, in particular my mum’s copy of Enz of an Era. When my brother – the first in the family to turn to CDs – returned from university with an […]