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July 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Yeahyeahabsolutelynoway!: Ah..
Yeahyeahabsolutelynoway! Ah.. Wizard Tone Records Adelaide power-jazz trio Yeahyeahabsolutelnoway! features drums (Stephen Neville) and two guitars (Sam Cagney, James Brown) and on their most recent full-lengther, Ah.., they ran the gamut from slinky, cocktail-hour groove pieces (Doubt) to post-rock-meets-prog/fusion workouts (Do – The Liquefactionist Jig).Archive
June 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 120 – Sam Cutler
Welcome to episode 120 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Sam Cutler was tour manager for The Rolling Stones during their infamous 1969 tour of America, he went on to work for The Grateful Dead. You can see him in a small handful of documentaries focussed on that era […]Archive
March 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 423
The Holy Soul, Fortean Times (2015) When Country Music TV was a staple in my flat a few years ago – part of a rival cable system that could never quite compete with the then-mainstay – I used to think about how awful a lot of the Australian music was – the stuff we were […]Archive
March 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Sometimes You Kick, Sometimes You Get Kicked
the INXS Kick album is 30 years old. I remember it so well. (Still dig it – Side One especially). It’s linked to when I had my first overseas trip. To the Gold Coast and Sydney. I’d saved my pocket money for a Walkman. My folks were going to buy me some jeans. Basketball boots […]Archive
March 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 427
Winifred Atwell, “Winnie” – Winifred Atwell in Concert (1976) Another recent/ish opshop-find for me, and someone asked me where/when I found out about Winifred Atwell. And I don’t really know. Probably some reissue CD comp from working in the store back in the day; I used to love trying out (almost) whatever came into the […]Archive
March 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Adam Page: Promise
Adam Page Promise Wizard Tone Records Australian multi-instrumentalist Adam Page here offers a very personal record, a very different sort of album from him – a set of solo pieces performed by Page using a variety of Native American Flutes – all expertly crafted by Todd Chaplin of Southern Cross Flutes in NZ.Archive
February 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 431
Darren Cross, _Xantastic (2016) I’m still working through a small pile of records from a recent trip to Australia. Darren Cross has made music under a few different names/guises – firstly as Gerling, also as The E.L.F. and most recently as one half of JEPANDDEP – and I am digging their new album quite a lot. But […]Archive
February 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 433
The Holy Soul / Bowerbirds, That’s All / Give It [Single] (2009) The 7” single format. A great format. Right? One song to announce an artist, to be defined by, to represent – one song to kick off the party, to kick out the jams. How about the split single? Even better: two chances, technically. […]Archive
February 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 436
JEPANDDEP, THEY’VE BEEN CALLED (2017) It’s funny how it can go sometimes. I had heard of JEPANDDEP and certainly know Darren Cross from his music over many projects (bands, solo and this duo, the odd side-project too). He’s a talented guy. But I couldn’t get into this album when presented with the files. I received […]Archive
February 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 438
Jo Meares, King Of The Crystal Mountain (2014) I didn’t know Jo Meares until a week ago – ain’t music great like that? Now, suddenly, I’m interested. He’s great. He’s great because of this one album (so far). There are more for me to maybe hear but right now this is all I need. This […]Archive
February 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman