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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, […]
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June 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

B.B. King & Eric Clapton: Riding With The King (Deluxe Edition)

B.B. King & Eric Clapton Riding With The King (Deluxe Edition) Reprise Records You know those reviews that accompany retro/reissue/archival releases, all breathless with excitement…lost classic this, forget all about it that, underrated at the time…finally revealed as a true classic… Yeah…this is not one of those…
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March 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Tricky: 20, 20 (ep)

Tricky 20, 20 (ep) False Idols Tricky is one of the most distinctive, idiosyncratic voices in modern music across the last quarter century. You hear in every release how he’s taken from – and given to – the worlds of hip-hop, trap, grime, electro, pop and so many hybrid genres and then out into the […]
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January 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Jakob’s 20th Anniversary (3 NZ Shows)

Details have been announced today that Jakob will play three shows across the North Island of New Zealand in celebration of the band turning 20. That’s twenty years of some of the best music – wondrous sonic excavations and explorations. Jakob 20th Anniversary Tour Saturday 27th January, The Cabana, Napier Saturday 3rd February, Kings Arms, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged $20, 20th Anniversary, Auckland, Hawke's Bay, Jakob, Jeff Boyle, Napier, North Island, NZ Tour, Podcast, Three Shows, Tour Announcement: Jakob's 20th Anniversary (3 NZ Shows), Twenty, Wellington ·

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August 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 6: Joan Baez – “Joan Baez”

Here we go – into the sixties – 1960 in fact. There are quite a few albums from this decade I haven’t heard – but I’m gonna guess that in most cases I’m familiar with the artist; largely due to the plethora of greatest hits compilations. In the late 1980s when the first real 60s […]
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April 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Maria Bamford: 20%

Maria Bamford 20% Comedy Central Maria Bamford is a hard-working comedian – she might try her best to deny it, suggesting her with her latest comedy album that she’s only running at a fifth of her capability – but the yards are there in the rear-view mirror. And in a year or two where she’s […]
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August 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Random Record Crate # 20

Time for another Random Record Crate playlist – this one comes from, well, a random record crate – a bunch of things I’ve been playing lately, or meaning to play lately, some of the last stuff I DJ’d before I went away, some new records recently purchased and some old favourites I’ve played over the […]
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November 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Win Tickets To Nick Cave Film Screening and Q&A (Auckland)

Thanks to Trigger Publicity I have one double pass to the Auckland screening of the Nick Cave film 20,000 Days On Earth (click there for my review of the movie). This is a special screening where Nick Cave will appear and host a Q&A directly after the film. To be in to win leave a […]
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January 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1199

Matmos, The Marriage of True Minds (2013) Just the other night (it was a Thursday) I went to see Matmos – really great band. And it was wonderful. It was everything I expected – and then with a few things there that I guess I didn’t quite expect too. My review of the show will […]
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