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February 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 222 – Foo Fighters, Sydney, 2018
It wasn’t that I was desperate to see the Foo Fighters again – although I was curious (call it a perverse ‘professional curiosity’ if you like…) I saw the Foos when they had only just formed and were rather good. I saw them again, two albums later, as part of a Big Day Out. And they were quite shit. […]Archive
January 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Foo Fighters & Weezer (January 27, Sydney)
Foo Fighters & Weezer ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park; Sydney, Australia Saturday, January 27 The Foo Fighters are a strange beast – they have been in existence some 22 years. Started, as a solo project by Dave Grohl, a dumping ground for demos he’d been building up in Nirvana’s final moments and then in the […]Archive
May 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Virginia Hanlon Grohl: From Cradle To Stage
From Cradle to Stage: Stories From The Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars Virginia Hanlon Grohl Seal Press Nepotism meets meta-prank – or something? – as Dave Grohl’s mother rolls out a book just in time for Mother’s Day…Archive
January 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Plugging Back In To Nirvana: Revisiting MTV Unplugged In New York
So I just watched Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged In New York on DVD. This is a classic concert – an important concert to me. I’m not sure how great it is as I have a rather biased view towards Nirvana. I’m not their biggest fan. I think Kurt Cobain was often a bit of a twit. […]Archive
January 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 763
Sonic Youth, Washing Machine (1995) I became a fan of Sonic Youth by reading about them: Guitar World, an excellent article where the guitarists talked about anti-guitar hero antics and notions, namedropped a bunch of great things (some I’d heard, some I hadn’t) and just generally made me want to hear their music. And I […]Archive
December 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 35 – Them Crooked Vultures, Wellington, 2010
It was the night after AC/DC – and there must have been a lot of people that went to both shows; all excited too. And I had written a pretty positive review of AC/DC as it was a good stadium show – they did what they do. And well. And then there I was the […]Archive
September 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Olivier Libaux: Uncovered Queens of the Stone Age
Olivier Libaux Uncovered: Queens of the Stone Age Inertia Records/Border Here the main man from Nouvelle Vague does the decent thing – an act of kindness for humanity – and makes a wee set of silk purses from the sows’ ears Queens of the Stone Age call songs. If you know his trick, his Bossa […]Archive
July 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Queens of the Stone Age: Like Clockwork
Queens of the Stone Age …Like Clockwork Matador Records Good lord this new Queens of the Stone Age record is fucking boring init? I assume it’s the rather shite state of rock that has allowed for Josh Homme and his floating crew that he bands together now and then to make records and have them […]Archive
March 25, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Sound City: A film by Dave Grohl
Sound City Director: Dave Grohl Gravitas Ventures The documentary Sound City will be gushed over by many simply because Dave Grohl is the director and narrator; it’s his pet-project. It is – for the most part – a well-intentioned look at the titular recording studio, a hovel that helped to create some of rock’s enduring […]Archive
November 25, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1743
Bob Mould, Workbook (1989) I’m not sure where I got this from – or when. But I’m glad I have it. I was a fan of Sugar first and then some of Bob Mould’s solo stuff and then Husker Du – that’s just how it worked for me. I loved Sugar for a long time […]Archive
May 23, 2011 by Simon Sweetman