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March 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 419

Engine Summer, Trophy Kids (2017) When I (recently) reviewed this album I wrote “Engine Summer is a three-piece out of Chicago and Trophy Kids is a ripper of a record” – and, at first, I wanted to leave it there. Because, you see, the band writes short, sharp blasts of power-pop; all angles. But I […]
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February 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 36: Chicago – “Chicago Transit Authority”

I know the key songs already – singles, a few of the album tracks too, sixties compilations… And I know plenty of other stuff by Chicago – but I’d never heard this, their debut album right through. Until just recently. It’s a curio, as anything from the past is – ultimately. But there’s a lot in this. So […]
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July 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 533

The Grass Roots, More Golden Grass (1970) I love that sound – from the late 60s and into the early 70s that gets almost “dismissed” as jazz-rock but actually has a folksiness – or folksiness – to it too. A fine example being The Grass Roots. A few years back one of the bootleg sites […]
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December 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Tortoise (December 3, Wgtn)

Tortoise San Fran Saturday, December 3 What a treat to see Tortoise – finally. (I missed their previous show – one of those ones, many years ago now, but people still reference it). The Chicago quintet has been making its post-rock, essentially genre-less amalgams of jazz-meets-indie-via-minimalism-and-now-synth-pop for a quarter century. Slowly, but surely the sound […]
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October 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 614

Chicago, Chicago IX: Chicago’s Greatest Hits (1975) Odd band Chicago. Almost two different bands sandwiched together really. The funk-workout stuff is pretty cool. Some of the cheesy pop is hard to take – some of it is pretty wonderful. I also like the band’s commitment to Roman Numerals. Actually I found out about Chicago via […]
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June 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 883

V/A, Tour of Duty 4 [OST] (1989) I had the first four of the Tour of Duty soundtracks on tape. A huge education – formative stuff. I was young, fascinated by all this music. And to this day the first volume remains a favourite for me, handy for DJ sets, good to play at home […]
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