20 Years

Archive

April 2, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

20 Years Ago I Bought My First iPod

It has been 20 years since I bought my first iPod. Such a big deal. It changed how I listened to and played music. For better and for worse. I spent $770 on the pocket-device that no finer grump than Paul Weller once described as being “like a mini fridge. With no fucking beers in […]

Archive

November 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Rick Simpson: Everything All Of The Time – Kid A Revisited

Rick Simpson Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited Whirlwind Recordings British jazz pianist Rick Simpson here reworks Radiohead’s Kid A for jazz – specifically for an acoustic quintet. He’s more than ably assisted by Will Glaser (drums), James Allsop (baritone saxophone), Tori Freestone (tenor sax) and Dave Whitford (bass). They take the album, […]

Archive

August 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 512

Bressa Creeting Cake, Bressa Creeting Cake (1997) I loved Bressa Creeting Cake – only saw them a small handful of times but such a great band. I remember reading about them, first formed as Breast Secreting Cake and then they took on these pseudonyms – becoming Joel “Bressa”, Geoff “Creeting” and Ed “Cake”. So Bressa […]

Archive

March 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Wilco: What’s Your 20? Essential Tracks 1994-2014

Wilco What’s Your 20? Essential Tracks 1994-2014 Nonesuch Look, I wasn’t sure the world needed a Wilco Greatest Hits album – or that one could even/ever work. But this shows the world does need it – and it does work. Still, a bit weird though, right? Naysayers aren’t going to be convinced – largely because […]