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April 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Patti Smith (April 16, Melbourne)
Patti Smith and her Band perform ‘Horses’ Hamer Hall, Melbourne; Vic. Sunday, April 16 It was billed as Patti Smith’s last tour of Australia and it was also a run-through of the classic album, Horses. So expectations were high. It was palpable, the theatre filling up in the half-hour ahead of show-time, a reverence, and […]Archive
March 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Revisitation Writes: Prince’s Controversy
One of the first albums I heard by Prince was Controversy; his fourth record. It was released in 1981. He was still on his way to being a giant pop star, the year after Controversy he’d release the 1999 album and the really big hits would start to come. But Controversy built on 1980’s excellent […]Archive
November 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Steely Dan’s Aja: Their Classic
Aja is the one for me – and I was reminded of that just recently, not (just) by listening to it, but by re-reading a very short book about the record, Steely Dan’s sixth. I’m a big fan of Steely Dan’s music – I own all of the albums, I really liked bits of 2003’s […]Archive
October 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Retro Record Reviews by Toby W. McWilliams: # 2 – Supertramp, Breakfast in America
Supertramp’s Breakfast in America Reviewing the classic album today By Toby West McWilliams Released in 1979, Breakfast in America was the sixth album for British prog-pop-rock group Supertramp, and by many accounts their best. It represented the band at their finest and, regrettably, the magic was never quite recaptured on any of Supertramp’s subsequent releases. […]Archive
October 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Retro Record Reviews by Toby W. McWilliams: # 1 – ELO, Time
Time After Time Reviewing an ELO classic, 35 years on By Toby W. McWilliams In July 1981, the Electric Light Orchestra released the retro-futurist rock ‘n’ roll synth-pop opera Time. Although it never surpassed other LPs like Out of the Blue or A New World Record in overall sales, it is still considered by many […]Archive
September 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Rebecca Wallwork: New Kids On The Block’s Hangin’ Tough (33 1/3)
New Kids On The Block’s Hangin’ Tough (33 1/3) Rebecca Wallwork Bloomsbury Academic Rebecca Wallwork is – unashamedly – a fan of the New Kids. She loves the Hangin’ Tough album which is why she has written this Hangin’ Tough book (snobs attracted to the 33 1/3 series will be a bit put out by […]Archive
January 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Tara Murtha: Bobbie Gentry’s Ode To Billie Joe (33 1/3)
Bobbie Gentry’s Ode To Billie Joe (33 1/3) Tara Murtha Bloomsbury Academic Here journalist Tara Murtha goes into full detective-mode as she tells the story not only of the wonderful Ode To Bille Joe record but in her entry to the 33 1/3 series it is as much about the “disappearance” of Bobby Gentry, the […]Archive
October 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #148 – Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity, Sydney, 2013
It can’t be often you get to see two of the best gigs you could ever see in one night – well it happened to me once. Same band too – Kraftwerk playing their classic albums through one by one. Eight albums across four nights, two shows a night and I got to hear the […]Archive
August 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman