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September 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 231: Geoff Stahl

Welcome to episode 231 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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March 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Captain Beefheart: Live in Vancouver 1981

Captain Beefheart Live in Vancouver 1981 Keyhole We’re being deluged with radio broadcasts – it’s a constant treat and here we have Captain Beefheart in one of his final shows. On tour to promote Doc At The Radar Station (from which we hear selected highlights: Hot Head, Ashtray Heart, A Carrot Is As Close As […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1981, Album Review, Arthur Jeffes, Bootleg, Canada, Captain Beefheart, Captain Beefheart: Live in Vancouver 1981, Doc At The Radar Station, Don Van Vliet, Eric Drew Feldman, Jeff Moris Tepper, Keyhole, Live, Radio Broadcast, Richard Snyder, Vancouver, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 178

Wayne & Shuster, Selected Short Subjects (1961) One of the things I love about comedy on vinyl is how dated it is; so you imagine an era when it was The Entertainment – you were invited around to hear the chuckles and join in with them. Maybe a polite dinner, some chat, and then the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1961, Canada, Comedians, Comedy, Frank Shuster, Johnny Wayne, LP, Record, Selected Short Subjects, Skits, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 178, Vinyl, Wayne & Shuster, Whiskey Taster ·

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January 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 204: Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)

Welcome to episode 204 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Anchor, Apple, Canada, Chat, Conversation, Covers, Cowboy Junkies, Interview, iTunes, La Petite Chocolat, Margo Timmins, NZ, NZ Tour, Ontario, Phone Interview, Phono, Promo, Publicity, Songwriting, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweet Jane, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 204, Sweetman Podcast # 204: Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies), Sweetman Podcast: Margo Timmins, Sweetwaters, T Leaf T, The Cowboy Junkies, Touring, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Ducks Unlimited: Get Bleak [EP]

Ducks Unlimited Get Bleak (ep) Bobo Integral Records I haven’t been this hooked on a simple little four-song EP for some time – but I can’t stop listening to Get Bleak, the debut set from Toronto-based Ducks Unlimited.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bobo Integral Records, Canada, David Kilgour, Ducks Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited: Get Bleak [EP], Engine Summer, EP, Flying Nun, Get Bleak, Get Bleak (ep), Johnny Marr, The Chills, The Clean, The Go-Betweens, Tom Mcgreevy, Toronto, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 439

BadBadNotGood, Seasons [Single] (2017) A self-released single – limited to 500 apparently, and sold by the band at their shows. Well, I was in. The show was okay, pretty good, not great but definitely not bad at all – and I’m a fan of BadBadNotGood for their albums and their ethic. These young lads are […]
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February 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: BADBADNOTGOOD (January 31, Wgtn)

BADBADNOTGOOD San Fran Wednesday, January 31 On loan from Laneway – Wellington was lucky to get BADBADNOTGOOD back for a show, some five years after they last docked down our way. In that time the prolific jazz/R’n’B combo has released a few new albums and compilations, singles, remixes, live records and plenty of interesting collaborations […]
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October 1, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Black Mountain (October 1, Wgtn)

Black Mountain Bodega Saturday, October 1 Canadian psych/prog-rockers Black Mountain were an ominous and elating presence on stage with their first New Zealand visit. Four albums and ten years into a career that also includes a soundtrack, EPs and numerous side-projects and seems compelled by the separate histories of folk, prog and metal the band […]
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July 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Phil Boniface: BaixaBlue

Phil Boniface BaixaBlue (Independent/Bandcamp) Phil Boniface was a Canadian-based Kiwi when this was recorded – he may now be back ‘home’ as it were. BaixaBlue is an album of mostly original pieces composed by Boniface. His bass is mostly a gentle, coaxing element – never aiming to be a lead instrument, his compositions sing, for […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Avril 14th, BaixaBlue, Bandcamp, Bass, Breaking The Girl, Canada, Drums, Guitar, Jazz, Phil Boniface, Piano, Quartet, Trio ·

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July 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Wendy Atkinson: The Last Fret

Wendy Atkinson The Last Fret (Independent/Bandcamp) Canadian bassist Wendy Atkinson returns with her third album of solo bass explorations – well, it’s not all “solo”, there’s guitar on three tracks from fellow Vancouver-based art-rock agitator and experimentalist, David Lester (he of Mecca Normal). There’s also some field recordings, toy piano and a few other elements, […]
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April 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 19 – Tami Neilson

Here’s Episode 19 of Sweetman Podcast – my chat with Tami Neilson. I caught up with Tami the morning after she played a terrific gig, accompanied by her phenomenal band. And so we talked about that – and about her time in New Zealand, the progression across the albums. We also talked about how I […]
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November 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 19 – Richard Thompson, Victoria, BC, 2012

Okay, slightly cheating here – slightly. I have not (yet) seen a Richard Thompson concert. But boy would I love to. Been a fan a long time – but the last few years I’ve really been hooked, because I think RT is doing some of his very best work now. I was won over (again) […]
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