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December 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

M. Ward: Think of Spring

M. Ward Think of Spring Anti I’ve been a fan of M. Ward’s music since I first heard him – and maybe it was his cover of David Bowie’s Let’s Dance that really hooked me in, but I remember loving the whole album, Ward’s originals were always high quality too. Here he covers Billie Holiday, […]

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June 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Mavis Staples: We Get By

Mavis Staples  We Get By  Anti/Epitaph   She is 80 this year. She is remarkable. She is the voice of civil rights. She is one of the voices of the 20th Century and her output across the last decade and a half in particular shows a restless ambition; Mavis Staples doesn’t want to be remembered as being the voice of just the […]

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December 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Mavis Staples: If All I Was Was Black

Mavis Staples If All I Was Was Black Anti/Epitaph What a decade it’s been for Mavis Staples – riding on a high note ever since 2007’s We’ll Never Turn Back with a constant victory-lap of touring and this now deep collaboration with Jeff Tweedy’s Wilco. It hasn’t all been amazing, I couldn’t get too excited […]

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June 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

case / lang / veirs: case / lang / veirs

case / lang / veirs case / lang / veirs ANTI/Epitaph It’s always really something when the final product delivers on the obvious hype around the project. Here Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs have collaborated – made, if you must, “a supergroup” (you get the feeling they’d hate that tag – deserved though […]

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April 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Mavis Staples: Livin’ On A High Note

Mavis Staples Livin’ On A High Note Anti/Epitaph Here’s the latest from Mavis Staples, and a producer-switch, following two charming-enough but sombre Jeff Tweedy-helmed full lengthers. Now we have M. Ward making sure things are sunny and hopeful – and the songwriting credits include Nick Cave, Neko Case and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon among others. […]

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July 3, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Mavis Staples: One True Vine

Mavis Staples One True Vine ANTI Records Well, it had to happen. But we’re there now – certainly. The reintroduction of Mavis Staples – all that hard work, the touring, the superb Ry Cooder-produced “comeback” and now, a Grammy-winner with Jeff Tweedy and this follow-up and here we have it: the sanitised, ultimately rather boring, […]

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April 3, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Coup: Sorry To Bother You

The Coup Sorry To Bother You ANTI- This is the sixth album by The Coup and it’s a welcome return, Boots Riley knows how to provide bounce; these are party anthems that also happen to be political, they’re political treatises that also make you laugh – or should at least raise a smile. Because The […]