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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Afternoon, Album Review, Album Reviews, Archive, Jesse Mulligan, Music, My RNZ Album Reviews for 2017, New, Podcast, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Review, RNZ, RNZ Album Reviews for 2017, Talk, Wedn, Wednesday, Wellington · 3 Replies ·

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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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November 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings At The Speed of Sound (Reissue)

Paul McCartney & Wings Wings At The Speed Of Sound (Reissue) Universal I’m surprised he didn’t rename the album Paul McCartney & Wings At The Speed of Sound however, here we go, the McCartney/Wings reissue series rolls on and here’s one of my favourites from the Wings catalogue, the group’s fifth album, Wings At The […]
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March 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Neil Young: Live At The Cellar Door

Neil Young Live At The Cellar Door Reprise It’s fairly obvious, you would think, that the rambling, stuttering Archive series is for Neil Young Obsessives – right? So it could only be a casual fan, or someone newly pulled into the fold that might complain that the latest, Live At The Cellar Door, was recorded […]
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