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June 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around
It’s funny how we change – almost imperceptibly. We don’t see it in ourselves, we have to at least pull over. Stop to look. And listen. And feel. 20 years ago or so I was driving to Wellington with one of my mates and one of his friends and the three of us were going […]Archive
April 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Rick-Rolling Through My Tape Collection: Remembering The Generation of Cassette Tapes
I own Rick Astley’s Whenever You Need Somebody on tape. I bought it when it was released. I found that old tape just recently. (I have it on vinyl as well – nutcase!) Buying tapes – it dates you. I mowed lawns to earn money to buy tapes. Then I’d listen to the new tape […]Archive
March 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
girlboss: Body Con
girlboss Body Con [ep] Ball of Wax Records A couple of years back I saw girlboss – then just a duo – and I’ve been waiting for some recordings ever since. Now, it’s a full band – still based around the singing and songs of guitarist/vocalist Lucy Botting, but augmented not only by Douglas Kelly’s […]Archive
November 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
How Do You Find Music? How Does Music Find You? How Has That Changed?
Do you ever stop to consider the changes that have been made to the way you find music? Is your approach still the same? Surely it’s changed, you’ve changed formats, the formats have changed – in terms of delivery approach, in terms of regularity, in terms of how and when you receive them – as […]Archive
November 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 470
Bob Dylan, Infidels (1983) One of the first Bob Dylan albums I heard – and owned – I had the cassette tape first, graduated on to the CD. Never had the LP – until just very recently. But always loved this. Killer set of songs, amazing band, packed with legends – and it has the […]Archive
October 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
DJ OBOE: DJ OBOE
DJ OBOE DJ OBOE (Independent/Bandcamp) Riki Gooch is a drummer, produce and beatmaker. He’s been both band-leader and sideman and a DJ in various guises. He’s been making music under various aliases (Eru Dangerspiel, Cave Circles, Nil-Nil) across the last decade and a half and has been behind the kit (and sometime the MPC/sampler) for […]Archive
January 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The First Five: What Were The First Albums You Ever Owned?
First off, I have to admit that I’m guilty of thinking that I had great musical taste early on. Very mainstream of course. But then, I was eight. The only person I know of that was kicking it underground and living the hedonistic lifestyle at nine years of age was Drew Barrymore. And look what […]Archive
March 28, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Butcher Brown: GrownFolk
Butcher Brown GrownFolk Thrash Flow The Butcher Brown sound is mellow and warm and lovely – a floating feeling as background dinner-jazz is dirtied up just enough; some grit applied so that before your eyes (well, ears) you’re transported into the world of instrumental hip-hop. These are real-time, really played live loops – the sorts […]Archive
September 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman