Cuba Street / September 2021
October 2021 | August 2021-
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Take 5!! #14
- Slow Boat Records
- By crikey, whippersnappers - do we have a treat for you today?! Well yes, we do, actually - a Take 5 of wonderful waiata personally curated by none other than that silvery-voiced songster, Mr Marlon Williams!! Here it is as a Spotify playlist Or, if you'd rather, YouTube links; 1- The Maniapoto Voices "Reo Karere"2- The Soul Stirrers "End Of My Journey"3- James Govan "I've Gone Too Far"4- Waiata Reka "I Have A Plan"5- Jessica Pratt "Back, Baby"Thanks, MW, loving these tunes!!
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Slow Boat Records, Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6040, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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This way, that way
- Thistle Hall Community Venue
- Step right up, step right up!
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Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Take 5!! #13
- Slow Boat Records
- Another day, another finely curated selection of tracks from one of our peerless tastemaker friends - this time, Hong Kong-based electronic music wunderkind Luke Rowell, who you may well know better as as Disasteradio or Eyeliner - check out these cracking tunes! 1- Power Nap "Club Dinos" 2- CoCos "Wo Men Dou Shi Ren" 3- Toshiki Kadomatsu "Step Into The Light" 4- Todd Rundgren "Something To Fall Back On"5- Ji Guang Zhong "Roman Tam"Tremendous - enjoy, everyone!!
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Lockdown Studio Visits #1
- Enjoy Contemporary Art Space
- Enjoy our new series of artist interviews, conducted by Tautai Arts Intern Sophia Amore Coghini, for a cheeky little insight into what several artists got up to this lockdown.
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Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, 211, Left Bank, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Take 5!! #12
- Slow Boat Records
- On guard!! Welcome back to another edition of Take 5!!, where friends of the store and people we admire share the tunes they have been loving at this altogether peculiar time! Today's selector is Kato Records supremo and tastemaker, and former Hasselhoff Experiment ace guitar slinger, Mr Andrew Tolley, with an eclectic selection of bangin' tracks that are floating his boat!! 1- DNA "Blonde Redhead" 2- Betty Davis "F.U.N.K."3- Ike & Tina Turner "A Love Like Yours" 4- Tav Falco & Panther Burns "O How She Dances"5- Mike Rep & The Quotas "This Island Earth" Muchos gracias, Andy - some sterling stuff there - ENJOY!!
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Kink
- Thistle Hall Community Venue
- KINK group exhibition plays with erotica in a variety of mediums from clay to ink and the in-between. An artists collective all expressing an unrestrained perspective on the human form, sensuality, kink, humour, love & sex.
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Thistle Hall, Cuba Street, Mount Cook, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Take 5!! #11
- Slow Boat Records
- Today, folks, a terrific Take 5 selection from one of our absolute faves, Tamaki Makaurau pop-rockers The Beths!! Having had their world domination plans in 2020 cruelly curtailed by that pesky pandemic, they instead doubled down with an extended tour of Aotearoa, including no less than FIVE Wellington performances in three days, along with their emotional homecoming at the Auckland Town Hall, now captured on their soon-come live double LP "Auckland, New Zealand 2020), which we should have in stock just as soon as our biggest city makes it out of Level 4 lockdown...1- The B-52's "Love Shack" (Live at The Pavillion, the Woodlands, TX 1990)2- Momma "Double Dare"3- fanclubwallet "Car Crash in G Major"4- Kathy McCord "I'm Leaving Home (She's Leaving Home)"5- Willie Griffin "I Love You"Thank you, Beths - superb!!
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Take 5!! #10
- Slow Boat Records
- Howdy, crew, today's selection of tuneage comes form one of our oldest pals, a walking encyclopaedia of music knowledge, DJ and host of NZ's longest running club night, the 80's-themed Atomic and 90's-centric Twenty Four Hour Party People, Mr Bill E.
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Take 5!! #9
- Slow Boat Records
- Kia ora, crew - thrilled to share with you today a fresh selection for your listening pleasure, this time from one of our favourite voices on RNZ, Music Producer Yadana Saw.
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Take 5!! #8
- Slow Boat Records
- Happy Monday, everybody! Today's musical pick'n'mix comes from one of our favourite local musicians, Tamaki Makaurau bass player extraordinaire Mr Chip Matthews! Currently holding down the bottom end in Friday's Take Five-r Tami Neilson's band, and with an enviable musical CV including Opensouls, Che Fu's The Krates, Anika Moa, and Eru Dangerspiel, along with teaching and DJing, we are thankful to Chip for taking time out of his busy schedule to share some joy with y'all - hoorah!! 1- Etana "Malaika"2- The Staves "Let Me Down" 3- Hariprasad Chaurasia "Raga Bageshwari" (from Down Melody Lane)4- Chris Stapleton "More Of You"5- Terence Trent D'Arby "If You Let Me Stay"A fascinatingly diverse selection - many thanks, Chip!!
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Take 5!! #7
- Slow Boat Records
- Greetings, all - thrilled to share with you today another episode of Take 5 - this time, from NZ's fave Canadian expat, and undisputed Queen of country fried soul and r'n'b, the very magnificent Ms Tami Neilson! 5 tracks that have been getting her through the lockdown blues - enjoy!!(You can also watch Tami's spectacular performance from late last year at Auckland' s Civic Theatre in its entirety here - featuring special guests Delaney Davidson and Monday's Take Five-r, Nadia Reid!!) 1- Allison Russell "All Of The Women"2- Amythyst Kiah "Black Myself"3- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss "Can't Let Go" 4- Dolly Parton "Smoky Mountain Memories" 5- Fiona Apple "Relay"
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Take 5!! #6
- Slow Boat Records
- Today's selection come from brilliant Ladi 6 collaborator/ DJ/ producer Parks - without thinking too much about it, he just fired through the last five songs he had listened to - we can only marvel at what fine taste he has in these five deep, soulful cuts.
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Take 5!! #5
- Slow Boat Records
- Howdy all, well, with news around potential alert level changes around the rest of New Zealand due today, we thought we would share with you a selection of fave tracks from simply marvellous Ōtepoti-based singer songwriter, and 'Boat fave, Ms Nadia Reid.
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