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April 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Hardest I’ve Ever Not Worked
People tell you not to read the comments – but you can really learn a lot about yourself. For example: Did you know that I used to earn enough to pay my mortgage by trolling music fans on Stuff? Neither did I. That was definitely news to me. I must have been stuck in that dreary day-job […]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 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Jerry Dantzic: Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill
Billie Holiday at Sugar Hill: With a Reflection by Zadie Smith Jerry Dantzic Thames & Hudson; 1 edition Less a review, more a recommendation – though sometimes one exist for exactly the other – this book of Billie Holiday photographs is a must-see/read for fans of the singer, the era; for fans of beautiful black […]Archive
December 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 96 – Andrew Johnstone from Rip It Up Radio Talks To Me
Welcome to episode 96 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. It’s the summer holidays – I hope you’re enjoying your break. The podcast will continue weekly but for this episode it’s a dip into the archives, in a way. This is a conversation where I was interviewed- a couple […]Archive
December 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
My RNZ Album Reviews for 2017
For the last couple of years I’ve been turning up once a month or so and reviewing a couple of albums on RNZ’s Afternoon Show with Jesse Mulligan. A couple of times there’s been a fill-in host, but mostly it’s been me with Jesse. He’s nice to talk with about music – he seems to […]Archive
December 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young’s Archive Is Online – FREE
It’s not always the best day in the world to be a Neil Young fan – some albums come with a huge clang – but today must count as one of the better days. The much-teased Neil Young Archives exists now, for free, online. Go there and search – and hear – over 50 years […]Archive
September 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young: Hitchhiker
Neil Young Hitchhiker Reprise There he was, 41 years ago, the “lonely visitor”, campaigning a few more songs…he took breaks for weed, booze and blow, apart from that there was just him, Neil Young, and his best producer, David Briggs. Hitchhiker was recorded over one night in 1976 and then – like quite a few […]Archive
October 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Jesus Was A Carpenter: Carpenters Greatest Hits vs. The Carpenters Tribute Album
There is a lot of music that I don’t like. Just as any of you will have your own likes and dislikes. My favourites are always changing – and I’m in the business of always trying to reassess; reappraise. So, on a recent flight I decided I had to listen to the Carpenters. I was […]Archive
October 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Keef’s Life: That Horrible Keith Richards Memoir
The hype surrounding Keith Richards’ memoir (Life) has been bubbling away for a year or so, ever since the announcement of the mega-advance he received. From there it was all about how this would be the “best music book since Dylan’s Chronicles“ and so on. And I believed (a lot of) it, too. Unfortunately, Richards […]Archive
November 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
AFX: Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006-2008
AFX Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006-2008 Warp Records There were all were, just over a year ago – lost without Richard D. James and Aphex Twin and some of his other pseudonyms. And then that Caustic Window album was made available to the mainstream, a flurry of Soundcloud activity was captured across a slurry of accounts. […]Archive
November 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman