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April 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Phil Spector’s Greatest Hits

Okay, okay, Phil Spector is obviously a despicable – and probably fully cancelled – individual. But the music he made, stood over, demanded from people…that’s not going anywhere. Some of it is some of the best music ever. Almost all of it is worth savouring. I recently found a very cool single-LP greatest hits album – […]
April 19, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Graham Brazier’s Top 20 (1978)

Someone shared a picture of Graham Brazier on social media the other week. It was from 1978, from Rip It Up and it featured a list by The Braz of his Top 20 songs. What a list. I decided we needed this out in the world to listen to right now – so I made it up as […]
March 7, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Tears For Fears Sampler

The brand new album by Tears For Fears is their first record together in 17 years. It’s there for you to check out in that link. I’ve given it a couple of listens, some of it is really great. Some of it is just okay. Some of it is a bit WTF? But I’ll charge […]
March 4, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: A Year of Little Somethings….

Every week – as part of my Substack newsletter I share a weekly playlist. A Little Something For The Weekend. That’s what I call it. It’s there on my Spotify for anyone to check out of course. But it arrives in your inbox when you subscribe to the newsletter. Every Friday, a new playlist. The same rule […]
March 2, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Mark Lanegan Sampler (R.I.P.)

R.I.P. Mark Lanegan. What a shock. He was just 57. If you click that link you can read my eulogy post. It will also take you to my absolute and all-time favourite Lanegan solo album. But the gravel-throated heart-and-soul singer was more than just a solo artist. He was a frequent collaborator. He was in […]
January 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Playlists By Writers

Just the other day this Stephen King playlist took my interest. A story of King’s ultimate selection. I had to hear this. And wow. Some pretty great choices. Now I have Stephen King’s favourite music to listen to when I’m reading a Stephen King book. Or as I’m writing. It won’t ever make me write […]
January 9, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Monday Monday

Time for a new playlist to share. Time also to start work for the year. Monday, eh. Well, I made this special “Monday” playlist a few weeks back – I think it’s time to share it. Just some songs I like. A few ‘Monday’ mentions in there – but the vibe all up is one […]
June 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: There’s Worse People

Time for another playlist. I made this one last night – it’s called “There’s Worse People” because that line came out during the day and I want to remember it for a song or a poem or…something, so I title this playlist There’s Worse People. If you’d like to read into the contents of the […]
June 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Shut Up And Listen

Time for another playlist. I made this one a few days back – 40 songs, just under three hours of music. No real theme here, just a bunch of songs I like and thought might sound good altogether. That’s it. But I wanted to share it around – in case anyone else liked what they […]
June 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Make A Jazz Noise

I make a few playlists – some to share, many are just for myself. Well, they’re all to share because they’re on Spotify and anyone can find them or can follow my account to get the updates etc. But what I mean is sometimes I’m specifically making a playlist for an audience – whereas other […]
January 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: “It’s Been Five Years” David Bowie Tribute

I’ve done a few Bowie tribute DJ sets over the years, including when he was alive. But last weekend marked the fifth year since his passing – so I rolled out another five-hour DJ set.  I’ve already shared the setlist but figured you might want to have a listen to these tunes in this order. Someone said […]
September 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: The Death Of Music Journalism – Songtrack

I’m releasing my debut collection of poetry on October 12. It’s called The Death of Music Journalism – and unsurprisingly features a lot of references to music. When I published my first book, On Song, back in 2012, the number one question/complaint was Where’s the accompanying CD? (We still had CDs back in 2012). It was way too expensive to […]
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