The Vinyl Countdown # 1992
Elvis Perkins, Elvis Perkins In Dearland (2009) Ash Wednesday was one of the nice-surprise finds of 2007 for me, reviewing. It arrived one day. I can’t even say that it looked interesting. But I...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1826
Bowerbirds, Upper Air (2009) Katy came home to tell me I had to order her some albums by Bowerbirds. Seeing that they were available on vinyl and CD I decided to get the first album on CD and the more...
View ArticleJohn Murry: The Graceless Age
John Murry The Graceless Age Rubyworks/Bucketfull of Brains The full-length debut from John Murry, The Graceless Age, is a stunner. It’ll be one of the albums of the year for me. I’m sure of that....
View ArticleElvis Perkins: I Aubade
Elvis Perkins I Aubade Mir Image Reproduction Elvis Perkins has made three wonderful – distinct – albums. The first, startling, heartbreaking, wonderful – 2007’s Ash Wednesday, then there was 2009’s...
View ArticleElvis Perkins: The Blackcoat’s Daughter
Elvis Perkins The Blackcoats’s Daughter [OST] Death Waltz Recording Company In the mid/late 2000s Elvis Perkins made a couple of terrific singer/songwriter albums – he was part Paul Simon, part Van...
View ArticleHOME: Theatre
HOME Created by Geoff Sobelle Opera House; NZ Festival (March 7-11) We begin in pitch black – creator of the show, magician, actor, theatre-illusionist Geoff Sobelle appears, he builds a screen. Some...
View ArticleSweetman Podcast: Episode 109 – Elvis Perkins
Welcome to episode 109 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with the great Elvis Perkins. This was a huge thrill to me, I’ve...
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