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February 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto: Quartermass Seven

Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto Quartermass Seven Madlib Invazion I always rather liked Little Barrie, certainly the group’ s debut from around 15 years ago was a nice slice of British Blues Boom retro feels; all part of that wider retro-rock renaissance but there was something ever so slightly psychedelic about Little Barrie and they […]
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November 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Megan Thee Stallion: Good News

Megan Thee Stallion Good News 300 Entertainment It’s hard to believe that this is Megan Thee Stallion’s debut album. And I mean that in purely musical terms – 2019’s “mixtape” Fever felt like an album-quality collection, and was a broad announcement; my introduction. I loved that set of songs, played it often – it gave […]
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November 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Kodama 木: Yamabiko [EP]

Kodama 木 Yamabiko [EP] dreaming of distant worlds Yamabiko is an album of layered synth-sounds, all at once introspective and otherworldly, this is music to keep close to your chest but it also expands the mind; music that combines the ambient blueprint laid out by Brian Eno with the glitch/dissonance/disintegration ideals and ethereal soundscape patterns […]
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November 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

George Benson: Weekend In London

George Benson Weekend In London Provogue In 1978 George Benson released Weekend In L.A. It’s one of my all-time favourite records; one of the albums of my childhood. We grew up with it in our house – and we loved both the guitar instrumentals (the title track) and the funky band workouts (On Broadway). We […]
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November 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 21

Village People, Macho Man[Single] (1978) I guess I’m neither a Village People fan nor a non-fan. They’re just the band you know – because some of their songs were everywhere for a while and occasionally continue to be in many places. Certainly the case with this song. And the gym one with the letters. We […]
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October 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 39

Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass (2020) Well, 2020 has thrown up some strange curveballs but I didn’t figure it would be the year I finally owned a Lana Del Rey record. I won’t go too much into it but I guess it all started late last year when I heard her […]
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October 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 42

Led Zeppelin, In Through The Out Door (1979) I’ve warmed to this – though it’s still and probably quite easily the weakest of the albums Led Zeppelin released while still a unit. That, though, doesn’t mean it’s bad. At first I really only cared about All My Love – but there’s far more than just […]
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June 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 104

Fleetwood Mac, Need Your Love So Bad [Single] (1969) A Facebook chum messages. Says he’s found a double-up in his collection and would I like to have it. It’s only Need Your Love So Bad by Fleetwood Mac. Of course I’d fucking love it! It arrives – and it plays just fine. Any tiny little […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [45], 1969, Album, Blues, British, Chris Moody, EP, Fleetwood Mac, Need Your Love So Bad, No Place To Go, Record, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 104, Vinyl ·

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June 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 110

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Sing Sing Sing [Single] (1975) Something like this pops out at you and you grab it. A fiver. Done deal. A mono version of one of the most famous Benny Goodman staples – well three, really but the side A lead single is the one right. And I guess I […]
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May 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Danzig: Danzig Sings Elvis

Danzig Danzig Sings Elvis Cleopatra Records You could be forgiven for having the thought that Glenn Danzig wasn’t happy enough with the trolling job of parody videos and the homoerotic piss-take cartoon Henry & Glenn: Forever + Ever so decided to finish the job himself by releasing this album of (earnest) Elvis Presley covers.
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January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Black Smoke Trigger: Set It Off [EP]

Black Smoke Trigger Set It Off (ep) Black Smoke Trigger Black Smoke Trigger is a band from Napier. They took their sound to America – got the legendary Michael Wagener to produce. In the 1970s and 1980s Michael Wagener produced so many of the records you loved or nearly loved – artists from Alice Cooper […]
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December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Deep Purple: Live in Newcastle 2001

Deep Purple Live in Newcastle 2001 EARMUSIC Deep Purple has readied a brand new album for 2020, apparently. So, either beware or be excited. At any rate, to get us to that date the band has started to pour out a few archival sound-desk recordings; you know the thing – “authorised bootlegs” – a clearing […]
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