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March 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 141
Bruce Springsteen, The River (1980) Of all the Bruce Springsteen albums this is the one I’ve tried the hardest to fall in love with – but I just keep hearing a double-stuffed, overly long set of pub-rock jam that don’t have the necessary pay-off. Sure, there are some good songs. Absolutely. Including a couple of […]Archive
January 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 191
Randy Newman, Born Again (1979) It’s a little over a month to go before Randy Newman’s first ever NZ shows – so all my Randy Newman albums (soundtracks, collabs, even records by other that feature Newman compositions – a heap!) are there by the stereo. I’ve worked through them all recently because I did a […]Archive
November 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Lucy Dacus: 2019 [EP]
Lucy Dacus 2019 (ep) Matador As far as stopgap EPs go this is very good. It’s a bunch of single tracks collected up and gathered here under a clever-enough theme (holidays; a different song for each holiday, mix of covers and originals) but it ultimately exists to make sure people don’t forget about Dacus in […]Archive
November 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Aoife O’Donovan: In The Magic Hour Solo Sessions (ep)
Aoife O’Donovan In The Magic Hour Solo Sessions (ep) Yep Roc Records Aoife O’Donovan’s 2016 album In The Magic Hour was one of the best of that year for me – easily. As is the case when O’Donovan records – she makes magic. But here on an EP of the stripped back solo sessions from […]Archive
September 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Short Story: If Bruce Springsteen Wrote Wichita Lineman
Well, Billy was a lineman working for the man down in Darlington County And he’d drive the main road, heart in his mouth, chrome wheeled, fuel injected, Searchin’ in the sun for another overload and steppin’ out over the line One day, he heard Mary singin’, yeah she was singin’ in the wire, All about […]Archive
September 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The Bruce Springsteen Grinning-Statue Show
Bruce Springsteen is a craftsman, hell of a writer but fuck all that chest-puffing and that stupid-ass grin. Gimme Paul Kelly with his mortician’s grimace, his songs for the ages and the usual Australian lack of self-doubt. It’s not a competition but Bruce Springsteen is auditioning for his own statue, and Paul Kelly is doing […]Archive
August 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Cowboy Junkies: All That Reckoning
Cowboy Junkies All That Reckoning Latent Records For over 30 years now the Cowboy Junkies has been allowing its music to waft past, set to permanent slow-burn, they’re like an alt-folk Crazy Horse. Theirs is a deceptively angry music too, that soft coo of Margo Timmins’ voice could, so often, be telling you the most sweet and beautiful […]Archive
December 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Springsteen On Broadway: Film
Springsteen on Broadway Director: Thom Zimny Netflix Bruce Springsteen has been playing the role of Bruce Springsteen for far longer than he was ever actually “Bruce Springsteen”. Now, the same is true of a lot of the famous rock’n’rollers that grew up out of that era and firmly in public. Sir Paul of Macca is […]Archive
September 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 371
Bruce Springsteen, Born To Run (1975) Maybe this is the very best – and the very worst of Bruce Springsteen all in one. I mean, we open with Thunder Road which is his none-more-perfect song; a song So-Springsteen that any of the other “next Bob Dylans” have framed their copies of the lyric sheet with […]Archive
April 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Little Steven: Soulfire
Little Steven Soulfire UMe On an album that features very little resembling either ‘soul’ or ‘fire’ we have erstwhile Southside Johnny/Miami Steve – now better regarded for his acting performances (Sopranos/Lillyhammer) and best known – always – as the “Little Steven” that struts and, er, frets for hours on stage next to The Boss, his […]Archive
April 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman