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August 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 175 Epidural

It was John’s idea initially. He’s an old friend and drinking buddy and an excellent sound engineer and musician in his own right. He came to a Spines practice with his laptop and some good mics and tried to record us rehearsing. It was like a dry run. Our time in the practice space is […]

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August 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: San Fran, Spines Epidural Album Release, Friday, August 11, 2017

What a great night to be part of – the release of the excellent new Spines album, Epidural with music from the band and Tyson Smith. And you can check out that brand new album right here. I was there as a fan – and I enjoyed the show – but I also got to […]

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December 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 90 The Spines 2015

We had a pretty good year as it unfolded. It started with a big profile on the band’s first decade in Audioculture – the NZ music online archive. Strongly written by Gary Steel with interesting insight into those early line-ups and the records we made. Great to be officially represented in an historical and cultural […]

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December 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Tyson Smith: The Hollow Tree

Tyson Smith The Hollow Tree (Independent) Tyson Smith has been knocking around Wellington for most of the last decade – before that it was Christchurch, and a stint overseas soaking up almost any kind of music he could. He’s been Hollie Smith’s guitarist and has played in almost any kind of context, as solo artist, […]