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January 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Weezer: Weezer (The Teal Album)

Weezer Weezer (The Teal Album) Crush Music/Atlantic That Weezer has survived to make a dozen albums simply means they’ve recorded nine or ten albums more than necessary. Any of you getting raged and ready to defend Maladroit or Make Believe or to say any of the other self-titled/colour albums should be saved due to a single song like Pork and Beans or whatever, […]
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April 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 11 – Five Favourite Cover Versions

Many years back – a decade ago at least, I reckon, the editor of the then-Real Groove magazine asked me to compile a list of five favourite cover versions; he never ended up using it but wrote back to tell me he thought my list was weird but cool. I liked that. You hardly ever […]
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June 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Off The Tracks has Got It Covered: DJ Set

Here’s a bit of fun – well, hopefully…in thinking of a new idea for a regular DJ night I thought that something around the idea of covers would be a bit of  a blast – leaves it open for all genres and labels; something for all tastes. It means favourites can be repeated – via […]
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