The Beths - Chicago, IL 2019 (sbd)

Lincoln Hall 

Chicago, IL
March 6, 2019 

soundboard-sourced webcast capture (quality: Ex-)

01 Whatever

02 You Wouldn't Like Me 

03 Not Running

04 Warm Blood

05 Great No One

06 River Run (Lvl 1)

07 Idea/Intent

08 Lying In the Sun

09 Happy Unhappy

10 chit-chat & thank you's

11 Little Death

12 Less Than Thou

13 applause, crowd

14 Future Me Hates Me

15 Uptown Girl

The Beths:

Elizabeth Stokes - vocals, guitar 

Jonathan Pearce - guitar, vocals 

Benjamin Sinclair - bass, vocals 

Ivan Luketina-Johnston - drums, vocals, tambourine

   

ROB SEZ: I didn't know anything about New Zealand's The Beths until I started this series and Chuck got in touch. Quite the enthusiast, Chuck persuaded me The Beths are the real deal, and he's totally on the money: winsome pop played with rock energy, fronted by Elizabeth Stokes, a charming singer with a sly sense of humor. (If I'd been paying closer attention, I would've already known Neil & Tim Finn are fans.) The Beths deserve an honored spot on anyone's list of "Worthy NZ Bands Old & New." Indykid captured this webcast beautifully, and I ripped the audio. The source is lossy, but it's high quality — so I'm sharing my lossless capture here also. Sample and purchase The Beths' music at Bandcamp, including the just-released live recording Auckland, New Zealand 2020.

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Don McGlashan - Radio NZ Live Sessions 2013-2015

REPOST / UPDATE

  

Radio NZ Sessions 2013-2015

Auckland, NZ

webstream (sound quality VG+ to Ex-)

SAMPLE: "Lucky Stars" (2015 RNZ live session)

     

Most excellent photos by David Watson

01 Bad Blood (solo)

02 Korea (solo)

03 Envy of Angels (solo)

04 Marvellous Year (solo)

05 Harbour Bridge (solo)

06 Lucky Stars (solo)

07 Charles Kingsford Smith (solo)  

08 Last Year's Shoes

09 Face In the Paper

10 Bathe In the River

11 Harbour Bridge

12 Toy Factory Fire

13 This Is London

14 When the Trumpets Sound

15 Charles Kingsford Smith

16 Lucky Stars

17 The Waves Would Roll On

18 Tomorrow Night

NOTES

1-5 = solo session, June 2013

6-7 = solo session, Feb. 2015

8-11 = with band, June 2013 (Wayne Mowat, 'Afternoons' show)

12-13 = DM & Seven Sisters, Music 101 live session, June 2013

14 = with Tom Rodwell, 13th Floor Video Session, April 2015

15-18 = with Chris O'Connor & Tom Rodwell, June 2015

Taite Music Prize Awards

Auckland, NZ

April 15, 2015

webstream (sound quality VG+)

01 Hold On to Your Loneliness

02 Girl, Make Your Own Mind Up 

03 Lucky Stars

04 On My Way to You

05 The Waves Would Roll On

06 When the Trumpets Sound

ROB SEZ: Don was the founder, songwriter, and lead singer of New Zealand's beloved Mutton Birds. Friend of the Finns, Don is every bit as talented as Neil & Tim, but not as well known. He deserves to be an international household name. I buy all of Don's albums without stopping to ask "Is this going to be worth the money?" because I know it will be — and I've never been disappointed. I am stoked to know he's about to drop his latest, Bright November Morning, at the end of October (see below).

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Don's forthcoming album: Bright November Morning — first in 6 years, out Feb. 2022.
Listen to the single "Now's the Place" right now.
Sample or preorder this & his others at Bandcamp.

Read more about the music of Don McGlashan 

at his website or FB

Tim Finn - Live 1989 + 1993

Dallas, TX
April 1989

Tim Finn: best widow's peak in pop 

(venue, exact date unknown)

audience recording (sound quality: VG+) 

01 Young Mountain

02 Not Even Close

03 How’m I Gonna Sleep?

04 Parihaka

05 Tears Inside

06 Birds Swim, Fish Fly

07 I Hope I Never

08 Suicide On Downing Street

09 Show a Little Mercy

The Borderline

London, UK

June 16, 1993

soundboard recording (quality: Ex-, ripped from 

promo-only CD via 'Walk You Home' boot)

01 Hit the Ground Running

02 Persuasion

03 Protected

04 Many's the Time

05 Six Months In a Leaky Boat

06 Walk You Home

07 Charlie

08 Parihaka (incl. Weather With You)

09 Not Even Close

10 Protected

11 All I Ask*

12 Persuasion* (w. Richard Thompson, guitar)

*Tracks 11 & 12 recorded live on Later With Jools Holland in 1993, TV audio

ROB SEZ: Fancy a bit of Finn musical fun? If you're showcasing New Zealand talent (as I'm doing these days at the blog), you can't go wrong with either Finn brother. That said, Neil is more prolific, and it can be hard to find live recordings of Tim in good voice. Here are two for your listening pleasure. As always, my biggest thanks go to the tapers and sharers, whose names are unknown to me. Please enjoy.

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The Gordons - Wellington, N.Z. 1984 (sbd)

Terminus Hotel 

Wellington, New Zealand

July 5, 1984


soundboard recording (quality: VG++)


01 Reactor
02 Quality Control
03 Joker
04 Red Line 

05 Mono Flo
06 Identity
07 Machine Song
08 Adults and Children
09 Lead Room
10 Dreams Are Free*
11 25,000 Years*
12 Mentus Fugit

*song titles for 10 & 11 are guesses, based on the lyrics

ROB SEZ: Once again, I'm featuring a band I don't know much about, except that they're from N.Z., and were part of the Flying Nun crew. They didn't release a lot of music before they folded. Yet The Gordons caused enough of a stir that tapers like crankingamps were paying attention. All thanks to him for recording & sharing this one.

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