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October 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Villain: DVD

Villain Director: Philip Barantini Vertigo Releasing / Saban Films Craig Fairbrass is a good actor – dependable. He does the British tough guy thing well; baddie or heart of gold gangster, the villain with no soul or the villain trying to go straight. He’s done a bunch of direct to video things in the later […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged British, Craig Fairbrass, Crime, DVD, DVD Review, Film, Movie, Philip Barantini, UK, Villain, Villain: DVD, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 104

Fleetwood Mac, Need Your Love So Bad [Single] (1969) A Facebook chum messages. Says he’s found a double-up in his collection and would I like to have it. It’s only Need Your Love So Bad by Fleetwood Mac. Of course I’d fucking love it! It arrives – and it plays just fine. Any tiny little […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [45], 1969, Album, Blues, British, Chris Moody, EP, Fleetwood Mac, Need Your Love So Bad, No Place To Go, Record, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 104, Vinyl ·

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June 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 259 – James Acaster, Wellington, 2019

It really became impossible for me to review comedy – the Comedy Festival turned very sour, or the acts involved in it did – or both. And then the newspaper wouldn’t send me along because I was too hard to get in the door (not due to my size, btw). And it has become harder […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, British, Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Festival, Comedy Review, Gig Review, James Acaster, Live Comedy, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 259, Stubs: # 259 – James Acaster, Te Auaha, UK, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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February 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Burial: Tunes 2011 – 2019

Burial Tunes 2011 – 2019 Hyperdub Arriving as part of the Hyperdub label’s 15-year celebration this compilation by Burial might at first seem intriguing and/or unnecessary but I for one welcome it.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 12", 2011 - 2019, Aphex Twin, British, Burial, Burial: Tunes 2011 - 2019, Compilation, Dance, Electronica, EP, EPs, Hyperdub, Rival Dealer, Singles, Tunes, Tunes 2011 - 2019, UK, Untrue, William Emmanuel Bevan, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 140: Red Snapper – “Our Aim Is To Satisfy”

I really don’t think I knew anything about this – not only this album but even the band Red Snapper. Now this is weird to me for one reason: Anything even vaguely Acid-Jazz related in and around the years 1997-2003 was entirely my bag. My bag clearly wasn’t big enough to keep this in it…  So it’s time and place […]
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February 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 124: Happy Mondays – “Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches”

 I was just slightly too young to really get into much of the British music from the very late 80s and into the early 90s; there was some, sure. But the whole Second Summer of Love-thing didn’t mean a great deal to me – I liked some music videos I saw on music TV and […]
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January 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

John Cooper Clarke: The Luckiest Guy Alive

The Luckiest Guy Alive John Cooper Clarke Picador “Dr.” John Cooper Clarke is, like our own Sam Hunt, perhaps better known for his voice, for his performances, rather than actual words on the page. Both have published books, been anthologised, and recorded audio – but it’s about the spirit of the performance on the night; […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book, Book Review, British, England, John Cooper Clarke, John Cooper Clarke: The Luckiest Guy Alive, Performance Poet, Picador, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Poetry Volume, Pub Poet, Sam Hunt, Ten Years In An Open Necked Shirt, The Luckiest Guy Alive, UK, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 111: Napalm Death – “Scum”

I’ve been aware of Napalm Death for some time but I’ve done very little listening; I regret not going to see the band when they played here a few years back…I saw a few years, it was probably around a decade now…but yeah…one of those names to tick off an imaginary list or something… I […]
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October 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 97: The Associates – “Sulk”

This one totally passed me by – I mean, obviously, I’m including it here on this list…but I mean I’d never really been aware of The Associates at all. As far as I can tell. I certainly didn’t even know about the album Sulk. And look, I like synth-pop as much as the next person…provided […]
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October 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 96: Venom – “Black Metal”

So, as per the rules of this challenge – going through the book and listening to albums I’ve never previously heard – I just checked out Black Metal by Venom. I am not disappointed that I did. But I also don’t care at all. This could sum up my mood towards a lot of the […]
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October 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 93: Haircut One Hundred – “Pelican West ”

So, the band Haircut One Hundred (or Haircut 100) totally passed me by. I really don’t know them at all. I know the name, I’ve seen it mentioned, the first two songs here felt instantly familiar – probably have heard them out and about, as part of compilations, in DJ sets, etc – but I […]
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October 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 92: Madness – “The Rise & Fall”

It was probably The Young Ones that introduced me to Madness – and madness! And when I watched them, the first few times, I was a (very) young one and I thought it was one big long series of 12 eps, not two separate sets of six eps each. So I was impressed that Madness […]
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