Sitemap - 2017 - Sounds Good!
The Best Gigs Of The Year: The Top 10 Gigs I Reviewed in 2017
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 96 - Andrew Johnstone Interviews Me For Rip It Up Radio
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 22: The Beau Brummels – “Triangle”
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 192 2017
Funky Summer - The Best Music In The World - BBQ Edition, January 5, 2018, San Fran: DJ Set
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 95 - Gavin Rutherford
The Who: The What Where When And Why
Good Gig, Bad Conversation After...
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 191 Something/Anything?
V/A: Heed The Call! (Whakarono, Nga Tamariki)
Stubs: # 217 – Verlaines, Wellington, 2016
Five Songs For Friday: 21 – Peter Gabriel
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 94 - Adam McGrath
Playlist: Great Kiwi Driving Playlist
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib: They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Stubs: # 216 – Howl, Wellington, 2010
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 21: Moby Grape – “Moby Grape”
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 190 David Brent
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 20: Country Joe and the Fish – “Electric Music For The Body And Mind”
Stubs: # 215 – D'Angelo, Wellington, 2016
Aretha Franklin: A Brand New Me - Aretha Franklin With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Gig Review: Pseudo Echo (December 9; Wgtn)
Playlist: Yet Another 80s Playlist
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 93 - Vorn Colgan
It Was The Worst: # 20 Japandroids – A New Low In Live Music
The Ballad of The Finn Brothers: A Musical Life Between Them
Mavis Staples: If All I Was Was Black
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 15: Steely Dan, Wellington 2011
Playlist: Paul McCartney's 1993 Set From Auckland
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 189 Holloway Road
Songwriter Profile: Chris Knox
Ben Greenman: Dig If You Will The Picture - Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince
Neil Young's Archive Is Online - FREE
Gig Review: Paul Kelly (November 30; Wgtn)
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 92 - Scott Blanks
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 19: Astrud Gilberto – “Beach Samba”
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 14: Paul Simon, Auckland 2013
Peter Pan – The Pantomime: Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 6)
Remembering The Wilburys – Especially Vol. 1
Stubs: # 214 – Uri Caine w/ The NZ String Quartet, Wellington, 2016
Richard Thompson’s Dream Attic: A Firm Favourite
Peter Pan - The Pantomime: Theatre
Clapton WAS God: The Last 30 Years…Turgid
Comedy on Vinyl: Stand-Up Comedy LPs
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 188 Go To New York
How Do You Find Music? How Does Music Find You? How Has That Changed?
Stubs: # 213 – The Stranglers, Wellington, 2016
Songwriter Profile: Don McGlashan
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 91 - Shelagh Magadza (Again)
Music on Mastermind: What Would Your Mastermind Specialist Topic Be?
Bottling Up Memorabilia: Remembering That Time I Was Given Bobby Womack’s Water Bottle
Rebecca Solnit: The Mother of All Questions
Stubs: # 212 – Prince, Auckland, 2016
Tour Announcement: Andrew Strong Celebrates His Commitment To The Film And Soundtrack That Made Him
Tour Announcement: Big Boi - Two NZ Shows (March, 2018)
Short Story: Self-Reflexivity Gone Viral
Tour Announcement: Sepultura - NZ Tour (May, 2018)
Truly Bizarre: The Story of 'How Bizarre'
Stubs: # 211 – Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, Wellington, 2016
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 90 - Jules Desmond (Take 1)
Short Story: Notes From The Director’s Notes
Murder On The Orient Express: Film
Jeff Beck: Live At The Hollywood Bowl
Revisiting Stinky Jim’s Stinky Grooves Sessions: One of my All-Time Favourite Mix CDs
Daniel Handler: All The Dirty Parts
Gig Review: GZA/The Genius (November 12; Wgtn)
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 89 - Kirsten McDougall
Back To The Future: The DVD Player as CD Player - Strange Revelation
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 18: Nina Simone – “Wild Is The Wind”
Margo Price: All American Made
Marc Maron & Brendan McDonald: Waiting For The Punch - Words To Live By From The WTF Podcast
Brian Wilson: Playback - The Brian Wilson Anthology
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 17: The Yardbirds – “The Yardbirds” (aka 'Roger The Engineer')
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 186 Bloodmonster
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 88 – Anika Moa
Short Story: A Filtered Theory of Relativity
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: NZ Tour (Dec, 2017)
The Worst Songs You Have To Hear: Ubiquitous and Awful
Short Story: The Pursuit of Freedom
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 185 It Hurts to Laugh and Hurts to Cry Three
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 16: Paul Revere & The Raiders – “Midnight Ride”
Gig Review: Anika Moa (October 28; Wgtn)
Joe Bonamassa: Live at Carnegie Hall - An Acoustic Evening
Meeting Famousness: The See And Be ‘Zine Scene
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 87 – Luke Buda
Five Songs For Friday: 20 – New Discoveries/New Rediscoveries
Movies of My Life # 15: Happiness
On Song: Five Years Old/Five Years On
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 184 Matinee Idle
Stubs: # 210 – Patti Smith, Melbourne, Australia 2017
Garland Jeffreys: 14 Steps To Heaven
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 86 - Claire Mabey & Andrew Laking (Pirate & Queen)
Short Story: Neighbourhood Fragments # 7
Short Story: The Sunset Tree And Me
The Angelica Sanchez Trio: Float The Edge
NZ Festival 2018: Check Out The Full Programme
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 183 It Hurts to Laugh and Hurts to Cry Two
Poem: Always Starting, Never Ending
Playlist: Random Record Crate # 22
Shelby Lynne & Allison Moorer: Not Dark Yet
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 15: The Mamas & The Papas – “If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears...”
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 85 - Stu McKinlay (Yeastie Boys)
Litcrawl 2017: Bringing It All Back Home
Ten Essential Songs: A List I Wrote For Rip It Up A Few Years Ago Now...
Brötzmann/Leigh: NZ Tour (Nov/Dec 2017)
Brent Williams/Korkut Öztekin: Out of the Woods
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 14: Dusty Springfield – “A Girl Called Dusty”
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary #182 In Your Wound
David Gilmour: Live at Pompeii
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 84 - Midge Marsden
The Voice Of Supertramp: Remembering My Chat with Roger Hodgson
Antibalas: Where The Gods Are In Peace
Stubs: # 209 – James Acaster, Wellington, 2016
Digests: Album Reviews from 2017’s Third Quarter
Tour Announcement: Bryan Adams NZ Summer Tour 2018
Stubs: # 208 – Calexico, Wellington, 2016
Film Review: Captain Underpants, The First Epic Movie– Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5)
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 83 - Stuart McKenzie
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 13: Solomon Burke – “Rock 'N Soul”
Stubs: # 207 – Bowie Tribute, Wellington, 2016
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 12: Jacques Brel – “Olympia 64”
Tour Announcement: Vince Staples to Play Two NZ Shows (Jan, 2018)
Tony Allen: A Tribute To Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (ep)
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 181 On The Air - Part Two
Tour Announcement: Future Islands To Play Two NZ Shows (Dec, 2017)
David Rawlings: Poor David's Almanack
Timothy Snyder: On Tyranny - Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century
Five Songs For Friday: 19 – Album-Length ‘Songs’
Marianne Dissard: Cibola Gold - Best of 2008-2015
Litcrawl 2017: Program Announced
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 82 - Wayne Bell
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 11: Ray Price – “Night Life”
Max Richter: Out of The Dark Room
Poem: I Can See Both Sides of It
Tour Announcement: Sleep to Play First NZ Shows (Jan, 2018)
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 180 We Are Strangers
Playlist: Down at The Golden Dawn on Friday from 5-8pm
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 81 - Taimi Allan (CEO, Changing Minds)
Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 18 - Mike D (Michael Diamond)
Gig Review: Midnight Oil (September 9; Akld)
Lotta Dann: Mrs D Is Going Within
Dr. Tennant’s Verbal Highs Podcast: Episode 37 – I’m a guest on a podcast; Lewis Tennant is the host
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 179 On the Radio
Laneway 2018: Lineup Announced
DJ Setlist: The Golden Dawn, 5-8pm Shift, Friday, September 8
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 10: Jimmy Smith – “Back At The Chicken Shack”
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 80 - Hannah Fraser & Jon McLeary (Spines)
Nadia Reid: Preservation NZ Tour (Oct 2017)
Poem: The Shape of Things To Come
Playlist: Random Record Crate # 21
Bic Runga: Drive 20th Anniversary Tour (Oct/Nov 2017)
Short Story: Burnin’ of Dreams
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 178 Steely Dan
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 9: The Everly Brothers – “A Date With The Everly Brothers”
An Inconvenient Sequel - Truth to Power: Film
Robbie Williams Returns To NZ For Two Shows (Feb, 2018)
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 79 - Jonathan Crayford
The Golden Dawn: DJ Set (Friday, September 8)
Roxane Gay: Hunger - A Memoir of (My) Body
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 8: Miriam Makeba - “Miriam Makeba”
Short Story: Down Wylie Avenue
Midnight Oil: Chiko Locallo (B-sides & Rarities)
Steve Braunias: The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 177 The School Social
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 7: Elvis Presley – “Elvis Is Back!”
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox: New Gramophone, Who Dis?
Shelf Life: The Order – or Lack of Order – In Your Record/Tape/Book/CD Collection/s
Beer With Me: The Ongoing Disaster of Drinking Being Matched With Gigs
Playlist: Spines Album Release Party (DJ Set)
So Good It Sent Me To Sleep: Albums To Nod Off To (In A Good Way)
An Explanation To Podcast Listeners: An Apology…
Five Songs For Friday: 18 – Songs From The Week That Was
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 78 - Roy Phillips
Midnight Oil: An Appreciation (& Expectation)
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner? – A Hypothetical: What Musician Would You Invite To A Meal?
Punk This! And Up Yours: Ten Important Punk Albums In My Life
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 176 The Record Covers
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 6: Joan Baez – “Joan Baez”
Lincoln Barr: Trembling Frames
This Is Not A Love Song (List):
The Stone Roses: Overrated and Is This The End of The Third Coming?
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 5: Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio – “At Mister Kelly's”
That Time I Spent ‘A Night In With the feelers’
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 77 - Steve Garden
David Haney: Stix and Stones - Piano And Drum Duets
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 4: Ramblin' Jack Elliott – “Jack Takes The Floor”
Bob James & Nancy Stagnitta: In The Chapel In The Moonlight
Norman Meehan: New Zealand Jazz Life
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 175 Epidural
Stubs: #206 – Sting & Peter Gabriel, Seattle, USA, 2016
DJ Setlist: San Fran, Spines Epidural Album Release, Friday, August 11, 2017
Jon Ronson: The Butterfly Effect
Five Songs For Friday: 17 – (New and Old) Favourite Instrumentals
Southern Fork Americana Fest 2017: Auckland 7-15 October
Ariel Leve: An Abbreviated Life - A Memoir
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 76 - Tamzin Beazley
Marky Ramone’s Blitzkreig: NZ Tour (Nov/Dec, 2017)
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 3: Tito Puente – “Dance Mania Vol.1”
Skjold/Højensgård Project (feat. Tyshawn Sorey): Human Maybe EP
Short Story: Not The Greatest Defense
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 174 Maraetotara Falls
DVD Review: SING – Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5)
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 2: Machito – “Kenya”
A Bad Gig Can Kill Your Love of Good Music: Time Is The Healer – You Can Find Your Way Back…
Short Story: Joan of Archetype
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 1: Fats Domino – "This Is Fats!"
Poem: The Profound Futility of Futile Profundity
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 75 - Gaylene Preston
Playlist: She-Bop 2 – The Best Tunes From The Best Women In Music (DJ Set)
Digests: Album Reviews from 2017’s Second Quarter
Short Story: My Westside Story
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 173 Legal Highs and Lows – Part Two
DJ Setlist: She-Bop 2 – The Best Tunes From The Best Women in Music, San Fran, Friday, July 28, 2017
Song Premiere: When Night Returns by Aleister j. Campbell
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 74 - Melody Thomas
The Songs of Randy Newman: (Part 1)
Big Country: NZ Tour (March, 2018)
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 172 There Goes The View
Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols): NZ Tour (Nov 2017)
Los Straitjackets: What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Los Straitjackets
Stubs: #205 – Roald Dahl's Dirty Beasts & Other Stories, Wellington, 2015
Sean L Maloney: The Modern Lovers' The Modern Lovers (33 1/3)
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 73 - Janna Lapidus Leblanc
The Beach Boys: 1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow
Andrew McCarron: Light Come Shining - The Transformations of Bob Dylan
Bill Direen - A Memory of Others: Film
She-Bop 2 –The Best Tunes From The Best Women in Music: DJ Set
Poem: John Coltrane Is Dead And I Am Alive And What – If Anything – Am I Doing About THAT?!
Courtney Marie Andrews: Honest Life
Remembering Lou Reed's New York Album
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 171 The Supersane
Gig Review: Anika Moa (July 15, Wgtn) - Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 5)
Five Films That Stay With Me: Simon Ogston
Gig Review: Steve Gunn (July 14, Wgtn)
Arve Henriksen: Towards Language
Short Story: My Dinner With Havelock North – Part Two
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 72 - Holly Walker
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
V/A: Mavis Staples – I’ll Take You There: An All-Star Concert Celebration
“Keeping It Interesting Is No Issue”: On Steve Gunn Finding His Voice/s
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 170 On A Daily Basis
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 71 - Norman Meehan
Five Songs For Friday: # 16 – Brand New Music From Old, Old Favourites
Here He Goes Again – David Coverdale of Whitesnake: An Interview by ‘Mark Reid’
Noah Van Sciver: Fante Bukowski Two
DeJohnette/Grenadier/Medeski/Scofield: Hudson
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 169 Sex Can Be Sad
From The Archives: The Tony Joe White Interview
Short Story: We MUST Be The EGGS
Nobody Speak - Trials of the Free Press: Film
Five Songs For Friday: # 15 – Enduring Favourites, Revisiting Legends…
Pledging His Time: Help Darren Watson to Make His Solo Acoustic Record
Gay Talese: The Voyeur's Motel
Got Live Cos I Want It: 10 Important Live-in-Concert Albums In My Life of Listening
From The Archives: The “Weird Al” Yankovic Interview
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 70 - Rodger Fox
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 168 End In Tears
Prince: Purple Rain (Deluxe) [Expanded Edition]
From The Archives: The Jennifer Batten Interview
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 69 - Jeremy Taylor
Short Story: Neighbourhood Fragments # 6
Paul McCartney: One NZ Show (Dec, 2017)
Holly Walker: The Whole Intimate Mess
From The Archives: The Todd Rundgren Interview
Reggae Knights: Ten Important Reggae Albums In My Life
Peter Garrett to appear at WORD Christchurch Event – Shifting Points of View: Sept 10 (2017)
Poem: abruptly ruptured nuptials
Janna Lapidus Leblanc: Four Years In Pictures
From The Archives: One of These Days, I’m Gonna Sit Down And Write Myself a Letter
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 167 Alcohol
Anika Moa’s Chop Chop Hiyaa! Show To Tour NZ: July School Holidays 2017
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 68 - Colin Hogg
Gig Review: Harold López-Nussa Trio (June 11, Wgtn)
ZZ Top: Live - Greatest Hits From Around The World
Gig Review: Bach Beat - Michael Houstoun & The Rodger Fox Big Band (June 11, Wgtn)
Roger Waters: Is This The Life We Really Want?
If You're Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast: Film
Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie: Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie
Gig Review: The Comet Is Coming (June 10, Wgtn)
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 166 Marvel Super Heroes
Gig Review: Seoul Jazz - The Jac & Black String (June 10, Wgtn)
Gig Review: Dianne Reeves (June 9, Wgtn)
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 67 - Jeffrey Paparoa Holman
P. J. O'Rourke: How The Hell Did This Happen? - The Election of 2016
Gig Review: Bill Frisell (June 7, Wgtn)
Lionel Richie and Nile Rodgers (CHIC) to Play Two NZ Shows: Akld and ChCh (Oct, 2017)
Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize Speech
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 165 Out Back of the Bodge – Part Two
Brian Eno: The Drums Between The Bells
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 66 - Danny Mulheron
John Martyn: Head & Heart - The Acoustic John Martyn
Playlist: Vinyl Friday 1980s DJ Set (240611)
From The Archives: A Chat With Jamie Lidell
Pegi Young & The Survivors: Raw
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 65 - Shelagh Magadza
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 164 Me and the Don
Fred Stoller: Five Minutes To Kill
Kirin J. Callinan: Two NZ Shows (July, 2017)
Playlist: The Other 80s (DJ Set)
The Art Of Incongruity: A Chat with Daniel Ash from Bauhaus
Being Wooed by The Nature Boy: My Chat with Ric Flair
Five Songs For Friday: # 14 – Recent Jools Holland Highlights
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 64 - Patrick Gower
Kickstart Her Art: Help Annabel Alpers To Make Another Album
Down At Devil Gate Drive with Suzi Quatro: An Interview by ‘Mark Reid’
Me First + The Gimme Gimmes: Two NZ Shows (Oct, 2017)
Playlist: Boomshack DJ Set (180611)
A Salient Point: Gig-Going Is (Or Should Be) A Rush
Buckle Up: Ten Important Country Albums In My Life of Listening
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 163 The Electric Ballroom
Heart to Hart: 90 Minutes on the Phone with Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart
From The Archives: Midnight Motor Racing
Poem: Ballad In Plain D(efence)
Five Songs For Friday: # 13 – Evening Mope
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 63 - DJ Bill E
The Comet Is Coming: Death To The Planet (ep)
Stubs: #204 – The Winery Tour, Wellington, 2017
Tiny Ruins: Winter Tour (June/July/Aug 2017)
Don Bryant: Don't Give Up On Love
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 162 The Steroid Guys
Finn Andrews (The Veils): Two Solo Shows (June, 2017)
One Of Those Silly ‘Never Quite Covers It’ Lists: Some of The World’s Best Bass Players…
This Is Everything - Gigi Gorgeous: Film
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 62 - Sarah Jane Barnett
Five Songs For Friday: # 12 – Nice New Things
Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s): Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life
Digests: Album Reviews from 2017’s First Quarter
Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm: Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 161 Cosgroves
Gig Review: Gemma Ray (May 6, Wgtn)
Deliriously So: 'Stevie Wonder Is A Musical Genius'
Carving It Out: Backstory and Economy in Songwriting
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 61 - Phil Judd
Old Interview Haunts: Old Interviews Haunt
From Hero to Zero: The Moment When Billy Corgan Lost Me
Write On: Aiming To Keep Going
Bring The Family Is A Classic Album: John Hiatt Should Get The Band Back Together And Re-Record It!
Virginia Hanlon Grohl: From Cradle To Stage
Maya Angelou's One And Only Record: The Fabulous Miss Calypso
Authors I Admire: # 16 Willy Vlautin
The Luck of the Draw: Finding Grant Lee Buffalo (And More)
NZ Music Month: Back From The Dead Again
Guest Post: A Bit Brutal, But Very Truthful [by Tamzin Beazley]
Poem: The Beginning of Music Writing*
Talking With A Living Legend: The Aaron Neville Interview
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 160 The Rodent Guys
Sandrine Revel: Glenn Gould - A Life Off Tempo
Being There: My Liner Notes for 'Making Baby Float'
Metal on Metal - That's What I Crave: Ten 'Gateway Drug' Metal Albums In My Life
Remembering Stevie Ray Vaughan: October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990
Thomas Oliver: Floating In The Darkness
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 60 - Miranda Harcourt
Loving The Smiths: Hoping There’s Never A Reunion
Later…with YOU: Tonight, Matthew, You’re Going To Be Jools Holland
Taking The Power Back: Ten of the Most Important Hip-Hop Albums in my Life
Radio on the TV: My Top 10 All-Time Favourite TV Themes
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 159 The Braille Guys
Harry Nilsson Was The Greatest: Who Is Harry Nilsson?
Katey Sagal: Grace Notes - My Recollections
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 59 - Nik Jarvie-Waldrom
Gig Review: Patti Smith (April 16, Melbourne)
Slipping Away: Great Album Closers From The Rolling Stones
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 158 Hawker Street
Overblown, Overbooked, Terrible Ideas: The 19Graties
Songs of Her Life, Songs For My Life: The Great Songs of Suzanne Vega
Time/Place - Age/Stage: What The Heck Happened To Lenny Kravitz?
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 58 - Lyndee-Jane Rutherford
Bob Marley & Me: Finding My Way To Marley and Then Back In Again
Driving in America: A Soundtrack For Your Voyage(s) in The United States
Poem: A Part Of The Industry of Human Happiness
I Am A Carpenters Fan: To Be Born Again
Joe Pug: Two NZ Shows (July, 2017)
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 157 Liner Notes
The Deal: Playing Live is The Real Test
The State of Play: Fame Goes, Music Remains…
Earworms: The Best and Worst Songs To Have Stuck in Your Head
Kitsch or Classic: What is Your Favourite 1980s Soundtrack Album?
Record Store Day 2017: Southbound Records
News of the World: My Favourite Album by Queen
Five Songs For Friday: # 11 – Five Favourite Cover Versions
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 57 - Myele Manzanza
Jethro Tull: The String Quartets
Record Store Day 2017: Slow Boat Records
An Owner’s Manual For Your Music Collection: Are You The Stereo-Nazi In Your House?
Soundwalk Collective: Killer Road
Smurfs - The Lost Village: Film
Stubs: #203 – Engelbert Humperdinck, Wellington, 2016
Trading: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Donny Hathaway Live: One Of My All-Time Favourite Records…A Masterpiece…
The Best Guitarist in The World: # 13 – Bert Jansch
In & Out: My Understanding of The Doors
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 156 Three Years of Weeks
Ben Ottewell To Play Two NZ Shows: June (2017)
Framing Vinyl: The LP Cover as Artwork
Johnny Cash: Forever Words - The Unknown Poems
Gemma Ray: NZ Tour (May, 2017)
We Need To Talk About Classical Music…Because We Never Have: Our Introduction To Classical Music
The Second Best Guns N’ Roses Album: “The Spaghetti Incident?”
Moments From (Their) Sweet Inspiration: Listening and Listening Again to Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham
Five Songs For Friday: # 10 – Remembering Old Favourite albums
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 56 - Paul McLaney
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 13: The Roots, San Francisco 2012
The Best Covers Album: She Loves You by Twilight Singers
The Sad Story of Bob Welch: Fleetwood Mac’s Most Undervalued Member
WWE: Brock Lesnar - Eat. Sleep. Conquer. Repeat: DVD
To Hear Old Favourites Anew: Five Albums I’d Love To Hear Again For The First Time
Cat Stevens: Three NZ Shows (Dec, 2017)
Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 17 – Levon Helm
Playlist: From “The Greatest Music In The World” DJ Set
According To Terence Trent D’Arby: Re-Introducing The Hardline
Songs About Other Songs: What Are Your Favourites?
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 155 Linz
Short Story: Discovering (My) Duality
Post 'Some' Bills: The Gig Posters You've Saved...Or Wish You Had Saved...
Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Dylan Frater
The Chills: NZ Tour Preview 2017
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 55 - Riki Gooch
DJ Setlist: San Fran presents “The Greatest Music In The World”, San Fran, Friday, March 24, 2017
This Be The Perverse: Just For Larks
Five Songs For Friday: # 9 – The Greatest Music In The World
Chris Rock to perform One NZ Show: Total Blackout Tour (Akld, July 1, 2017)
Authors I Admire: # 15 Ernest Hemingway
Sun Kil Moon to play One NZ Show: Great South Pacific Tuning Fork (May 28, 2017)
The Forgotten Antecedents: The Ones Where Fame Got Away…
Record Store Day 2017: List of Special Releases
Daniel’s Curse: You Do Not Listen To The Artist’s Music On The Day Of The Gig!
What Value Do You Place On Recorded Music?
David Bowie's Most Underrated Album: 1. Outside
Gig Review: Midge Ure (March 18, Wgtn)
Alison Moyet To Play Three NZ Shows: World Tour (Oct, 2017)
Bob Dylan’s New Morning: One Of My Favourite Dylan Albums
Short Story: Beautiful Collision
The Greatest Music In The World: DJ Set (Fri 24/3/17)
Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Black Stabat Mater
Gig Review: Anika Moa (March 18, Wgtn)
The Maestro Morricone: Sixty Years of Glorious Music-Making
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 154 Hail Hail Rock And Roll
The Tools of The Trade: The Musical Instruments That Live With Us
Dear Morrissey: That Time Katy Wrote About How She Could Never Write Morrissey A Letter...
Five Songs For Friday: # 8 – Recent Finds and Reminders; Things I’ve Been Appreciating…
Filth Doesn't Need To Be Filthy: They Did Dirt Better, Smarter In The 30s, 40s and 50s...
Hamish Kilgour Sends An Email: The Poppies Want To Grow A Little Taller
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 54 - Graeme Tuckett
Bonobo To Perform One NZ Show: Auckland (July 2017)
When The Reunion Tour Bears A Strange and Rotten Fruit: The Dreaded Comeback Album
Amy Schumer: The Leather Special
Music Matters: There’s More To Life Than Music…But Life Always Needs A Soundtrack…
Non-Redemption Songs: A Bob Each Way
I Paid To Get In: I’ll Talk If I Want…
Head Like A Hole to Re-Release and Tour 13: NZ Tour (May, 2017)
Jens Lekman: Life Will See You Now
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 153 Homeless
Dave Dobbyn – A Slice of Heaven: 40 Years of Hits Tour (April, 2017)
DJ Setlist: A Pixies Party, Meow, Friday, March 10, 2017
The Majesty of The Muppets: Sesame Street and The Muppet Show
Stuck On The Same Page: The Homily of Jimmy Page Post-Zep
Myele Manzanza: OnePointOne (Live at the Blue Whale)
Songs Sung Blue: Everybody Knows One…
Revisitation Writes: Prince’s Controversy
Stubs: #202 – Joan Baez, Wellington, 2015
Wellington Jazz Festival: 7-11 June 2017
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 53 - Anthonie Tonnon
Tell Me Do You Remember: What Is Your First Musical Memory?
Commiserations and a Pixies After-Party: DJ Set (Fri 10/3/17)
Wedding Music: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Wonderful World of the B-52s: From Rock Lobster to Love Shack and Back
Five Films That Stay With Me: DJ T-Rock
Alexei Aigui: I Am Not Your Negro [OST]
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 152 On a Need to Know Basis
Willie Nelson: Summertime - Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
Cold Sweat Music: Ghastly-Wonderful Stuff…
What Is Your Least Favourite Musical Instrument?
A Bunch of Rumours: Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours
Poem: Oh Lorde It's Hard To Be Humble
Stubs: #201 – Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, USA, 2016
The Undertones: Two NZ Shows – First Time Ever in NZ! (July, 2017)
Royksopp’s Melody A.M. and their Late Night Tales: Late Night Driving Favourites
The Music of Talking Heads: A Perfect Set of Worlds
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 52 - Emily Writes (Again!)
Revisiting Tapestry: Carole King’s Masterpiece
Stubs: #200 – Bug Lab, Te Papa, Wellington, 2017
Buzzcocks: A Great Singles Band
Authors I Admire: # 14 Nik Cohn
No Exit Strategy: Writing Through It
Emily Writes: Rants In The Dark
The Voice Is Gone, Man: When Singers Can No Longer Sing
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 151 Good Sunday
Eight Simple Rules For Getting Reviewed: Advice To First-Album Makers
Owed to Collecting: An Ode To Collecting
Old, White and Soulless: Rockist, Sexist Tales of Debuachery, Depravity and Stupidity
When Actors Kill Music: Just Because You ‘Can’ Sing Doesn’t Mean You ‘Should’ Sing
This Album Is Awful! - I Love It!
Picking The Right Time To Leave: When Leaving A Gig Early Goes Wrong
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 51 - David Long
One Song To Make You Late: A Song Like No Other
Maggie Rogers: Now That The Light Is Fading (ep)
Hating The Pogues: An Appreciation of The Pogues
Jon Toogood – Solo Acoustic: NZ Tour (April, 2017)
Five Albums From 1995: The Year I Left Home
R.I.P. George “The Animal” Steele
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 150 Out Back of the Bodge
Mr Can Be Wrong: My Fleeting Time As A Spin Doctors ‘Fan’
A Question For Those (Still) With A CD Collection: What’s Your Best Bonus Disc?
Short Story: When We're Dreamin'
Tour Announcement: Midnight Oil - The Great Circle Tour
Hearing The Last Album First: How I Arrived At The Blue Nile's High
Revisiting Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman: Tracy Chapman’s Classic Self-Titled Debut
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 50 - Sharon O'Neill
Valentine’s Day Topic – Why Not, Eh? So: What Love Songs Do You Love?
The Death of the Album (has been greatly exaggerated): I Listen To and Review Albums. Still.
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 149 The First Nambassa
What’s The Most You’ve Spent On A Record?
Remembering Bruno: My Bruno Lawrence Story
The Velvet Underground's Loaded: Loaded/Fully Loaded, 45 Years On And Still Going...
Stubs: #199 – Robbie Williams, Wellington, 2015
Five Songs For Friday: # 7 – Check Your Neck/s
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 49 - Paul Ubana Jones
Gig Review: James Taylor (February 5, Napier)
Randy Newman: The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 3
Gig Review: Under A Starry Sky (February 4, Havelock North)
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 148 The Album
Black Sabbath's Paranoid and The Blueprint for Heavy Metal: How Black Is Your Sabbath?
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 48 - James Robinson
Lou Reed’s Mistrial: The Starting Point
Be Afraid…Be Very Afraid…It’s The Double Live Album
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 147 The Terrace - Part One
Five Songs For Friday: # 6 – Five Female Artists With Songs That Made Me Go 'Wow'
“…Supposedly He’s The Nicest Guy…”
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 47 - Debbie Harwood
Gig Review: PJ Harvey (January 25, Wgtn)
She-Bop – All The Best Tunes From The Best Women Making Pop Music: DJ Set
The Start of the San Fran Sound: The West Coast Bay Area Hippie-Dippie 1960s
CCR: Keepin’ On Chooglin’ With Creedence Clearwater Revival Revisited
Playlist: The Great Kiwi BBQ 2016/17
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 146 Hillcrest Normal
Your Worst Song In The World: The One Song Above All Others That Makes Your Toes Curl
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 46 - Victoria Kelly
Alistair’s Music (and everybody’s)
Field Music (Measure): A Work of Genius
Gig Review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (January 17, Wgtn)
Come Back Garageland: All Is Forgiven
Remembering Robert Cray’s Bad Influence: A Sentimental Favourite From A Class Act
Aretha Franklin’s First 12 Sides: You Have To Hear Them
Setting Up The Story Within The Song: What Is Your Favourite Opening Line?
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 145 Recording Rachel
Plugging Back In To Nirvana: Revisiting MTV Unplugged In New York
Pick Just One Song: Your Greatest Hit?
Clampdown: I’m So Bored With The Clash
Hejira: My Infatuation With That Album…
The First Five: What Were The First Albums You Ever Owned?
J Dilla: Jay Dee's Ma Dukes Collection
One Hit Wonders: Your Best and Worst?
Revisiting PJ Harvey’s Masterpiece: Let England Shake
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 45 - Dean Hewison
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 144 Spines Practice
The Albums With Sad Songs ‘Say So Much’: What Are Your Favourite “Sad” Albums?
Banding Together By Branding Together: On Band T-Shirts
Dire Straits by Dire Straits: That Fantastic Debut
How Hip-Hop Got Its Various Starts: A Wee Intro Rap…
Game. Set. List/s: From The Ephemera Files/Piles…
Movies of My Life # 14: The Blues Brothers
The Crush of Love: Musical Crushes
To Her Door: A Favourite (Ever) Song Lyric
John Cale: Leading From The Fringe
Fergus & Geronimo: Revisiting Unlearn
In Memoriam: Darcy Clay (1997-1998)
David Bowie’s 70th Birthday: DJ sets at the San Fran, Sunday, January 8, 2017
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 143 Frida – Part Two