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January 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 186

Art Blakey and The Jazzmessengers, Album of The Year (1981) One of my first drum heroes was Art Blakey and his wonderful JazzMessengers – of which there were several incarnations. I’ve really only had stuff from the classic line-up but I knew that in the 1980s he brought in a few other new soon-to-be big […]
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October 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 221 – Faith No More, Wellington, 1995

When I first saw Faith No More in Wellington (1993) it was (and still is) one of the greatest gigs I’ve seen. And when Faith No More released its new album in 1995, King For A Day – Fool For A Lifetime, I was amped; anticipating the album and very excited to find they’d be […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1995, 1997, 95, Album of the Year, Angel Dust, Concert, Faith No More, FNM, Gig, King For A Day...Fool For A Lifetime, Live, Live Gig, Mt Cook, Newtown, Showbuildings, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 20 – Faith No More, Stubs: # 221 – Faith No More, Ticket, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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February 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

A Question For Those (Still) With A CD Collection: What’s Your Best Bonus Disc?

I know, I know – “no one pays for music! Not anymore…” – but for those of you who have (or even had) a CD collection I’ve got a question for you. It’s right there actually (already). In the title of this post. And the reason I ask is because…I was doing some CD-tidying the […]
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October 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The case / lang / veirs collaboration: Probably The Album of The Year

It’s not often that a collaboration of superstars actually works, actually delivers on any hype. For every Traveling Wilburys there’s a SuperHeavy. Most “supergroups” start off with that bold claim and shortly after the term “short-lived” is added. But we’re suckers for it. The idea that big name musicians from different eras or bands or […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Album of the Year, Album Review, case, case / lang / veirs, Glenn Kotche, k.d. lang, lang, Laura Veirs, Neko Case, Probably The Album of The Year, Rob Burger, The case / lang / veirs collaboration, The case / lang / veirs collaboration: Probably The Album of The Year, Tucker Martine, veirs ·

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December 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: Jakob – A Xmas Gathering (Cabana, Napier)

Jakob released one of the best albums of the year (I haven’t done my list yet but you know it’s going to be on there; I love that album) and I spoke to guitarist Jeff Boyle and got to help in telling some of the story around how this album wasn’t just of this year, […]
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October 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1257

Faith No More, Album of The Year (1997) It’s the reissue; 180g, coloured vinyl, limited edition/numbered – and all of that is fine, and yes, it’s still not Angel Dust (but that will be mine; oh yes, that will be mine…) I’m very happy to have this record though, because I dig Faith No More, […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 180g, Album of the Year, Angel Dust, Coloured Vinyl, DJ, Faith No More, FNM, LP, Motel, Naked In Front Of The Computer, Reissue, Stripsearch, Vinyl ·

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July 12, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1336

Daft Punk, Random Access Memories (2013) Certainly one of the albums of the year for me, if not the album of the year. So, only recently mind, I bought the double-vinyl. And it does sound lovely, and works well across this format too given it is something of a big-serve album, a lot to take […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2013, Album of the Year, Contact, Daft Punk, Drums, Get Lucky, Giorgio By Moroder, John "JR" Robinson, LP, Omark Hakim, Random Access Memories, Vinyl ·

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