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January 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 117: fIREHOSE – “fROMOHIO”

Not only is this the first time I’ve heard it – it’s also the first fIREHOSE album I’ve ever heard. But I was always interested in the band. Because I’m fairly interested in what Mike Watt gets up to with music. I remember reading about fIREHOSE in the music mags and from there I checked […]
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December 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 217 – Verlaines, Wellington, 2016

Shit this was good. I mean great. I mean really fucking good. Cos for some reason I kinda wasn’t expecting it to be. I love the Verlaines, sure. But I’d seen The Chills the night previous (this was billed as “The Dunedin Double” – though it was arbitrary, no anniversary or anything…) and I just […]
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December 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Pavement: The Greatest Band of the 1990s

The 1990s had several big bands that staked a claim – obviously Nirvana even though they didn’t last longer than half the decade; obviously many people will want to say Pearl Jam because they started in the 1990s and released a few albums across that decade – and carried on from there. And Smashing Pumpkins […]
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December 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Off The Tracks presents All Apologies: 90s Music DJ Set

For my final Friday night session down at The Old Bailey this year – Friday, December 19, it’s going to be an all 90s set: trip-hop, hip-hop, Britpop, grunge, metal, rock, indie, maybe even a bit of New Jack Swing… It’ll be (not quite) all vinyl all night – a bit of CD/Mp3 assistance may […]
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