Recovery Sessions at the Southern Cross: 13/09/15 DJ Set
This Sunday, September 13, I’m back playing some records at The Southern Cross, for their weekly Recovery Sessions, 3-6pm. The weather’s warming, that garden bar’s a great prospect. Last time I played...
View ArticleDJ Setlist: Recovery Sessions – Southern Cross, Sunday, September 13, 2015
I was back down at The Cross to play a few tunes. Nice vibe on a sunny Sunday afternoon. I played from 3-6pm. A bit of old soul and some 80s tunes too – then into the 90s and 00s. Fun set. I enjoyed...
View ArticleTom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Southern Accents In The Sunshine State
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Southern Accents In The Sunshine State: 1993 FM Broadcast – Gainesville, Florida Gossip Here we have a double-live album, from a 1993 concert that was a radio...
View ArticleAhmad Jamal: Live in Marciac, August 5th 2014
Ahmad Jamal Live In Marciac, August 5th 2014 Jazz Village Ahmad Jamal has delivered great albums in recent years – not just good albums, not just...
View ArticleDigests: The Best of 2015’s Album Reviews – September
A quiet month here in September, a few hosting issues didn’t help – but we’ve moved on, literally. A new host, and so far much better, faster… But I didn’t review a lot of albums in September. Still,...
View ArticleGig Review: Joan Baez (October 17, Wgtn)
Joan Baez MFC Saturday, October 17 If I hadn’t already seen Joan Baez offer an extraordinary performance (just two years ago) then I’d be here now saying that her recent gig was incredible. And it was...
View ArticleStubs: #159 – Retrospective: The Songs of David Mulcahy, Auckland, 2015
Gosh, I wanted to like this event, it seemed like such a good idea and I’m a fan of Dave Mulcahy – a supporter. I think he’s greatly talented and there’s (clearly) so much music in him. But he’s no...
View ArticleGig Preview: UK 79, Bodega, Saturday, November 7, 2015
Coming up at Bodega there’s a post-punk tribute night celebrating Britain’s finest hour (year) in music. UK 79 will feature the music of Joy Division, The Clash and The Cure as performed by experienced...
View ArticleBlack Friday 2015: Record Store Day Special Releases
The American Black Friday ritual reaches us all now – if we want to – with specials to hunt out online and in our own shopping. As part of Black Friday the last couple of years there have been an extra...
View ArticleHead 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...
View ArticleDJ Setlist: San Fran, Friday, November 13, 2015 – All Soul Day!
It was Friday The 13th. It was All Soul Day! featuring The Lucid Effect and Sophie and The Realistic Expectations. And I was the DJ in-between and around and before and after…so I played a small...
View ArticleDJ Setlist: The ‘Wonder’ of ‘Stevie’, Southern Cross, Sunday, November 15, 2015
Well, it wasn’t the nice day I’d hoped – and there were a few technical issues getting started, but I said I was gonna play a set of Stevie Wonder tunes and that is what I did. So many good tracks. And...
View ArticleWWE Summer Slam 2015: DVD
Summer Slam 2015 WWE Shock We’re told in the intro that 28 years ago the Summer Slam tradition started. Well, I was there for that first one – at least there in the sense of a viewer. It was an...
View ArticleStubs: #169 – Bic Runga and Tiny Ruins, Wellington, 2015
Look, it was nice – and I said so – but immediately afterward I thought that it was quite a ‘soft’ gig. Which was probably what they were intending, but just safe, really. A bit dull, all up. But then,...
View ArticleGig Preview: The Overdogs at Fringe Bar (Thurs, Nov 26)
Tomorrow night, Thursday, November 26, The Overdogs will play at The Fringe Bar in Wellington. Doors are at 7.30pm with a KOHA – there’ll be an opening set from folk-duo Accord at 8pm with The Overdogs...
View ArticleStubs: #172 – Laura Marling, Auckland, 2015
I don’t really need to be writing about this gig again – so soon – because I wrote enough about it here (and it was very recent; still a recent – decent – memory) but I loved it so much and the real...
View ArticleDigests: The Best of 2015’s Album Reviews – November
Plenty of reviews on Off The Tracks in November – but album reviews not so much. It was more about gigs, DVDs, books too…anything but albums. I did catch up with a few older albums I’d missed writing...
View ArticleGig Announcement: New Year’s Eve at San Fran – December 31st, 2015 – Early...
San Fran, DJ Bill E, Richter City Rebels and Tuatara invites you to celebrate the end of 2015 with two distinct shows under the one roof. A way to start the evening and a way to start the New Year, a...
View ArticleStubs: #175– Ryan Adams, Wellington, 2015
I was a big Ryan Adams fan for quite a while, then not so much, then not at all…but he won me back around, or at least I returned. I liked the self-titled album and that had me keen to see him again...
View ArticleDJ Setlist: Cabana, Saturday, December 19, 2015
A great night at The Cabana in Napier – with three fantastic bands. Jakob’s annual Christmas Party but the opening band was Without Borders (featuring the Jakob rhythm section) and then there was...
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