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July 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Caroline Easther: Lucky
Caroline Easther Lucky Good World Music The winning combo is having something to say – and the right way to say it; having songs and having a voice that push those songs into (the right) place. So it is with Caroline Easther’s solo debut; a long-time-coming project that collects up songs from a musician who has been steadily writing and singing […]Archive
June 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 289
Run-DMC, Walk This Way [Single] (1986) I’m pretty sure I knew this version and knew about Run-DMC before I knew the Aerosmith version and maybe even before I (really) knew about Aerosmith. I certainly got into Aerosmith (for a while) on the back of this. I remember that much. Then it was to Beastie Boys and Public Enemy and all sorts of things on the […]Archive
May 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 305
Sharon O’Neill, Smash Palace (1982) This EP is the soundtrack to the movie Smash Palace – one of the first Kiwi films I can remember seeing and one of the first “adult” films I can remember making an impact on me, I’ve rewatched it a bunch of times and it’s both a great complete story/movie and a virtuoso performance from Bruno Lawrence. The music […]Archive
April 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
I Wrote The Foreword For Jan Hellriegel’s New Book/Album – Sportsman Of The Year
I wrote the foreword to Jan Hellriegel’s new book/album – in my defense I thought I was writing ‘Liner Notes’ – which is fine, the foreword to the book is still part of the liner-notes to the album…you see Jan contacted me and told me she wanted to send me her new album. I think I […]Archive
April 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 319
Aphex Twin, Come To Daddy (1997) This was the very first thing I heard by Aphex Twin – it sent me down a path. I’ve never returned really. Never backed away. It’s all intriguing and invigorating. And the best of it is the best music I’ve ever – ever – heard. And the worst of it is still better than so much. I bought […]Archive
November 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 101: Minor Threat – “Out of Step”
Almost everything I know about Minor Threat is due to listening to and reading Henry Rollins. And being a fan of Ian MacKaye’s approach, agenda and ethos. By which I mean I’m more of a Fugazi fan but Minor Threat has been on the radar for me for a while as a direct result. I’m […]Archive
August 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Tom Fogerty: Excalibur [Reissue]
Tom Fogerty Excalibur Craft Recordings As with the Doug “Cosmo” Clifford reissue Craft Recordings has resuscitated the second solo album by Tom Fogerty – reissued here for the first time on vinyl since it’s original pressing. It’s a charming, low-key affair – mostly Fogerty originals, which we didn’t get to hear much of in his […]Archive
July 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 124 – Bill Direen
Welcome to episode 124 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I was chuffed to finally get to have a good long yarn with Bill Direen; to meet him even. We’d never met though we had corresponded. I had reached out to him a while back to podcast – and […]Archive
June 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 397
Builders, Beatin Hearts (1983) Where did Bill/William Direen come from? I tried to find out a bit more about that just the other week – I had him around for a podcast. It’ll be up soon. It was my first time meeting him. Though I know a lot of his music and have read some […]Archive
March 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young + Promise of The Real: The Visitor
Neil Young + Promise of The Real The Visitor Reprise Neil Young’s 2010s output is going to rival his 1980s for being wilful, stubborn, stylistically diverse – and “non-representative”. The gap is widening between the truly great Neil Young albums too. But you think he gives a fuck? Or ever has for that matter? Right […]Archive
February 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman