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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. […]Archive
March 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 60 – Bon Iver, Wellington, 2012
I’m often asked why I bother to go to the show if I don’t like the band. Two words: Bon Iver – or is it really one? “Bonnnyveer”. I loathed the second album – didn’t much like the first one either, hated that disappear-off-to-a-cabin backstory. I don’t care for the whiney songs, the dribbly voice […]Archive
September 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Tom The Lion: Sleep
Tom The Lion Sleep Wrasse Records Tom The Lion – what a shit name. Here’s new album, Sleep – and it’s a bit too Coldplay to get the big tick, but on the Coldplay-spectrum it’s down at that almost-acceptable area, early-Turin Brakes, that sort of thing… There’s also clearly been some inspiration from those new-fangled […]Archive
August 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
S. Carey: Range of Light
S. Carey Range of Light Jagjaguwar It’s interesting listening to S. Carey’s album, Range of Light and knowing it was recorded at Justin Vernon’s studio after Carey had toured with Vernon’s band. For Range of Light feels, and not to its detriment, like the material from Vernon’s first Bon Iver album if recorded in the […]Archive
August 28, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Sheep, Dog & Wolf: Egospect
Sheep, Dog & Wolf Egospect Lil’ Chief Sheep, Dog & Wolf is the recording alias of Daniel McBride. Better mention he’s 19 too because everyone else seems to think that’s super important. Egospect is his debut full-lengther – a clusterfuck of too-clever-for-their-own-good ideas-masquerading-as-songs; ideas stolen wholesale from attending Dirty Projectors and Bon Iver shows, most […]Archive
May 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman