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February 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 173

Neneh Cherry, Raw Like Sushi (1989) One of those albums I’ve always loved but never really owned. We were all over it at school – it was everywhere. Someone – or several people – had tape copies. I guess I had it on CD for a while – but it disappeared in the haze. I […]
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November 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Aphex Twin: Peel Session 2

Aphex Twin Peel Session 2 Warp Records It’s anniversary time for Warp Records – 30 years, unreal! So various digs in the vault are happening, including the release of this – Aphex Twin’s second Peel Session from around the time of the peak years (’95) where he was still thrilling with drill’n’bass but also working […]
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August 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 265 

Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique (1989) Just recently I wrote about this album and some of what it means to me – got quite into the idea of this being 30 years old. It was and is one of my favourite albums. Still. Always. I love everything from the Beastie Boys – but this was always ‘The One’. And yet my original […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1989, 30th Anniversary, B-Boy Bouillabaisse, Beastie, Beastie Boys, Beasties, Boys, Hip-Hop, LP, Paul's Boutique, Rap, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 265, Vinyl ·

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August 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 267 

Beastie Boys, The In Sound From Way Out! (1996) I’m never not loving the Beastie Boys – but right now I’m right back into them, the 30th Anniversary of Paul’s Boutique had me sharing some memories – just how important this band has been in my life. And this instrumental compilation – which sorta deeply legitimised them, as producers and players and tastemakers, was a big part […]
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August 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Happy 30th Birthday Paul’s Boutique 

I’ve been listening to the Beastie Boys  for most of my life. My friend Aaron Thompson introduced me  to them – he had a tape of their first album which I think belonged to his older brother. (His older brother was best mates with racing car driver Greg Murphy – and sometimes we’d get a […]
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December 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Living Colour (December 13; Wgtn)

Living Colour San Fran Thursday, December 13 Living Colour formed in New York in the mid-80s and across the late-1980s and into the mid-1990s they achieved their biggest fame with an impressive run of albums that started in 1988 with debut, Vivid and rolled through 1990’s Time’s Up and 1993’s Stain. From there thee was […]
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July 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Suzanne Vega (July 28, Sydney)

Suzanne Vega Enmore Theatre, Newtown; Sydney, Australia Saturday, July 28 Suzanne Vega is celebrating the 30th and 25th anniversaries of, respectively, the albums Solitude Standing and 99.9Fd. Or as she explained cleverly at the start of the show, selections from the albums. No fear of a trick though, that meant most of each album – […]
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November 28, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 603

Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill (1986) Easily one of the most important, influential albums for me – one of the things I could point to and say “I discovered this!” Actually, my friend Aaron had it first. Probably from his older brother. But as soon as I heard it I was sold. I remember exactly […]
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