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March 3, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Cat Power: Covers
Cat Power Covers Domino Record Co. This is Cat Power’s third collection of covers. You could almost argue that 2000’s The Covers Record – which is not only one of Cat Power’s best records but one of the low-key classics of that era – started not only all this but this type of covers-fad in […]Archive
February 18, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
A.A. Williams: Songs From Isolation
A.A. Williams Songs From Isolation Bella Union When British singer/songwriter A.A. Williams arrived – seemingly from nowhere (you know, that place where all the graft and hard work is done) – I was immediately impressed by Forever Blue. People said ‘Chelsea Wolfe’ – and that’s okay, because they meant it as a compliment. I saw […]Archive
January 25, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Nell & The Flaming Lips: Where The Viaduct Looms
Nell & The Flaming Lips Where The Viaduct Looms Bella Union A 14 year old has recorded a set of Nick Cave covers with the Flaming Lips. It came about because, as a 10 year old girl, Nell Smith would stand in the front row at Lips shows, dressed as a parrot. Wayne Coyne once […]Archive
December 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Bill Charlap Trio: Street of Dreams
Bill Charlap Trio Street of Dreams Blue Note The jazz piano trio is a thing of beauty – a real test of interplay and musicianship, and of course the mercurial time-stretch between all of this; players working their own magic as a way to channel a collective good – a communal sound that feels as […]Archive
December 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: I’ll Be Your Mirror – A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico
Various Artists: I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico Verve It’s been a wee while since I’ve found a great Various Artists tribute album – one that doesn’t feel try-hard, one that doesn’t run out of steam. So I was pleasantly surprise by this, feeling – on paper – it […]Archive
September 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Red Spot Rhythm Section: Won’t Back Down – A Roots Tribute To Tom Petty
Red Spot Rhythm Section Won’t Back Down: A Roots Tribute To Tom Petty Red Spot Rhythm Section Of all the cynical, cash-in, hitch-your-wagon ‘tribute’ albums, I was blown away by the audacity – and utter shit-ness – of this. A “Roots” Tribute to an artist that never asked for it, and wouldn’t have wanted it […]Archive
August 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Patricia Barber: Clique
Patricia Barber Clique Impex Records Vocalist and pianist Patricia Barber has both honeyed-warmth and icy-cool in her voice. It’s ageless too. And some two decades on from her last set of standards, Clique arrives as a reminder of all that was special about listening to her music – discovering it in the last 90s and […]Archive
August 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Dee Gees / Foo Fighters: Hail Satin / Live
Dee Gees / Foo Fighters Hail Satin / Live Roswell Records, Inc., under exclusive license to RCA Records This is how the Foo Fighters chose to commemorate 25 years of existence. Tongue in cheek, but also painfully earnest covers of disco-era Bee Gees. They called themselves the Dee Gees which is probably hilarious. They called […]Archive
August 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Moby: Reprise
Moby Reprise Little Idiot, under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin Let’s recap: Moby – not the most technically brilliant musician/producer – almost gives up music after a run of so-so techno albums. Then flukes paydirt by capturing if not the turn of millennium zeitgeist than at least the advertising dollar. Then he gets […]Archive
August 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Adam Nussbaum: Lead Belly Re-imagined
Adam Nussbaum Lead Belly Re-imagined Sunnyside One of my favourite records from recent years was the somewhat surprise-debut from Adam Nussbaum. The stalwart sideman has been the safest pair of hands – with either sticks or brushes – behind a great many legends (John Scofield, Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman, Paul Bley, John Abercrombie) but for […]Archive
July 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman