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February 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Billy Bragg: Bridges Not Walls (ep)
Billy Bragg Bridges Not Walls – EP Billy Bragg/Cooking Vinyl The fucking Brexit nonsense and the rise of Trump and general non-thinking must be exciting to someone like Billy Bragg. I’m not trying to be churlish, but imagine how easy it is for him to write songs around that? Well, actually, it has proved fine […]Archive
February 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 438
Jo Meares, King Of The Crystal Mountain (2014) I didn’t know Jo Meares until a week ago – ain’t music great like that? Now, suddenly, I’m interested. He’s great. He’s great because of this one album (so far). There are more for me to maybe hear but right now this is all I need. This […]Archive
December 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 192 2017
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December 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Heed The Call! (Whakarono, Nga Tamariki)
Various Artists: Heed The Call! (Whakarono, Nga Tamariki) Soul, Funk & Disco from Aotearoa, 1973-1983 Vostok It’s been threatened for a while, and now, finally – it’s here. The best, the only compilation of great Kiwi funk soul and disco from the seventies. Heed The Call! (Whakarono, Nga Tamariki) has been compiled by John Baker […]Archive
November 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Richard Thompson’s Dream Attic: A Firm Favourite
I’ve been a Richard Thompson fan for a while. At first he was someone I read about, and I knew he was revered; I trialled some of his material but struggled to find much that actually matched up with the raves. But in recent years I’ve found the good oil – and there’s plenty. You can take […]Archive
November 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Truly Bizarre: The Story of ‘How Bizarre’
How Bizarre is 20 years old. In fact a little older now even. When I was asked to write a book about important/favourite songs I was encouraged to make it a personal selection but there was a list supplied of obvious contenders. Top of that list was How Bizarre.Archive
October 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Robert Plant: Carry Fire
Robert Plant Carry Fire Nonesuch Robert Plant’s solo evolution – what a marvel. He’s still a great singer, an even better songwriter (with each album) and there’s a Know Thyself-aspect to his continued refinement – for in some ways he’s made the same album four times now across the last decade; always just different enough […]Archive
October 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 15: The Mamas & The Papas – “If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears…”
It was easy to get sick of Monday Monday and California Dreaming – big, big songs (brilliant songs) but when the sixties revival kicked in these were the sorts of songs that were ubiquitous – or close enough. I liked The Mamas & The Papas because my mum played a cheap Greatest Hits tape in […]Archive
October 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Digests: Album Reviews from 2017’s Third Quarter
I am not writing as many album reviews as I used to – 2013, 2014, 2015 and even 2016 were all very big years for album-review writing for me. I wrote hundreds. Sometimes 40 or 50 a month. For many reasons I’m not doing anywhere near that now – I have a weekly podcast I’m […]Archive
September 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 500
Cyndi Lauper, I Drove All Night [Single] (1989) I have the parent album but this is the hot song – its b-side is Maybe He’ll Know which is good, but it’s from an earlier record…I do love Cyndi Lauper, the first two albums particularly, but this one too – and a few of the things […]Archive
August 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman