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March 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Non-Redemption Songs: A Bob Each Way

This is a post about non-redemption songs. About songs that don’t seek salvation and don’t even want your buy-in for justification. This is about the brave writers who know how to flirt with a bit of evil; paint some character-sketches where the bad guy wins: gets the girl and the car, takes the money, maybe […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Bob Each Way, Cody ChesnuTT, Darcy Clay, Non-Redemption Songs, Non-Redemption Songs: A Bob Each Way, Randy Newman, Steely Dan, Warren Zevon ·

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December 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Cody ChesnuTT’s Bizarre and Brilliant Headphone Masterpiece: A Weird But Classic Debut (Double) Album

Released in 2002 it was Cody ChesnuTT’s debut – arriving, seemingly, out of nowhere, the album is a Big Serve: 36 tracks, two discs, everything from Brother With An Ego which is less than 15 seconds long – through to 6 Seconds which lasts for around four and a half minutes. Cody ChesnuTT became known […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Weird But Classic Debut (Double) Album, Cody ChesnuTT, Cody ChesnuTT’s Bizarre and Brilliant Headphone Masterpiece, Cody ChesnuTT’s Bizarre and Brilliant Headphone Masterpiece: A Weird But Classic Debut (Double) Album, Demo, double-album, Funk, Headphone Masterpiece, Hip-Hop, Home Recording, Soul, The Headphone Masterpiece, The Roots, The Seed ·

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June 17, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Multi-Love

Unknown Mortal Orchestra Multi-Love Jagjaguwar Ruban Nielson’s one-man-band for-the-studio/turned-trio-live project Unknown Mortal Orchestra has had an enviable career, release-wise; each one perfectly building on the previous – the first album the surprise re-contextualisation of Nielson’s talents for anyone who knew his skills and place in creating the music of The Mint Chicks, and then sequel […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Cody ChesnuTT, II, Multi-Love, Prince, Ruban Nielson, Sly Stone, Tame Impala, The Mint Chicks, UMO, Unknown Mortal Orchestra ·

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October 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Cody ChesnuTT Is Under The Spell of a Spiritual Handout

I have Cody ChesnuTT on the line. And he’s lovely. You can tell that straight away. Very polite. I can tell that because he uses my name right back to me. He says, “I’m doing great, Simon, I’m doing really good” (when I ask him how he’s doing). And he says things like “the thing […]
Posted in Blog, Interviews · Tagged Auckland, Bodega, Cody ChesnuTT, Interview, Landing On A Hundred, Live, NZ Tour, The Headphone Masterpiece, Tuning Fork, Wellington ·

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September 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Cody ChesnuTT: Landing On A Hundred

Cody ChesnuTT Landing On A Hundred Redeye Label Cody ChesnuTT’s first full-lengther in a decade, his second album proper, we’re lucky to have it I guess. It’s the result of a Kickstarter campaign, at least in part, to fund it. And it’s the result of a clawing comeback. ChesnuTT released The Headphone Masterpiece, a strange, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Black Skin - No Value, Cody ChesnuTT, Curtis Mayfield, Landing On A Hundred, Stevie Wonder, Terence Trent D'arby, The Headphone Masterpiece ·

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