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February 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 243 – Yawning Man, Wellington, 2020
First gig of 2020. And I forgot to write a review. That sounds lazy doesn’t it. I write the reviews just for this site, for me – and for you if you’re reading them. And school holidays proved quite tricky to be timely with content. It’s been hard enough getting back into writing album reviews […]Archive
May 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Preview: Bob Log III with Labretta Suede & The Motel 6 (Wgtn, May 9, 2019)
Tomorrow night I’m looking forward to seeing the legendary Bob Log III he’s on a tour of New Zealand with Labretta Suede & The Motel 6 and tomorrow night, Thursday, May 9, finds them in Wellington at Valhalla. I’ve been a fan of Mr. Log since I first heard his albums Trike and Log Bomb. That was in the early […]Archive
December 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 142 The Spines – 2016
1981 – “It was a terrible song but The right name for this band” 2016 – This being our thirty-fifth anniversary I was hoping to get to play a lot of gigs and things always shape up differently than you had planned… In the summer we played at a few carnivals and parks. There was […]Archive
April 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 108 Valhalla
It was a house on the Terrace that we found when we learned the big warehouse space that we called home was about to be torn down. Old and stucco, full of earthquake cracks and rundown but with a majestic view of the city. Valhalla was painted in spidery writing on the façade. There was […]Archive
October 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Head Like A Hole: Two Shows (Dec, 2015)
Head Like A Hole has two final shows for 2015, just announced. The band will play Wellington’s Valhalla on Friday, December 11 and Palmerston North’s The Royal, Saturday, December 12. There’s plenty planned for 2016 – an album of covers and a vinyl reissue of the band’s debut full-lengther on the horizon. Tours in support […]Archive
July 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Dillinger Escape Plan: Two NZ Shows (Aug 2015)
American hardcore act, The Dillinger Escape Plan has announced two New Zealand shows in August. They’ll be playing Auckland’s Kings Arms, August 25 and the following night, August 26 in Valhalla, Wellington. An intense band, capable of covering electronica and melding jazz, punk and metal influences to make an experimental and pulsing music, The Dillinger […]Archive
April 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman