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January 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 118: The Young Gods – “L’eau Rouge (The Red Water)”
You arrive at The Young Gods due to name-drops and connections including David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails and Swans – and maybe they sound, at least a little bit anyway, like all three of those artists combined. Okay, you might have arrived at them back in the day without being prompted but for me it […]Archive
May 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 114 – Roy Brown
Welcome to episode 114 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Roy Brown – he’s a Hawke’s Bay musician and runs the legendary venue, The Cabana. Roy’s own music career has seen him record albums as part of bands and as a solo act, he’s […]Archive
April 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 51: Mott The Hoople – “Mott”
I’ve never really listened to Mott The Hoople – I mean sure, I know their big David Bowie-penned hit, because, frankly who doesn’t?! It’s great too. And I’ve listened to a bit of what Ian Hunter has done since – including covering his old band. But I guess I’ve just never really listened to them […]Archive
April 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 418
David Bowie, Ashes to Ashes [Single] (1980) Hard to pick one favourite David Bowie song right? Impossible. And no need. Just enjoy so many of them…but I’ll bite. If I had to pick just one – it’s going to be this. Only because it always feels great hearing this – it’s a song you can […]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
October 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Music Snob: Apparently…
There’s an almost anti-intellectualism angle at play when you hear all these whining, soppy or pious points of view that the death of Glenn Frey from the Eagles is as important as David Bowie’s and/or Lemmy’s and/or anyone else who has shuffled off recently. Lives matter. Absolutely. But when we mourn a musician we are […]Archive
September 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 207 – Bowie Tribute, Wellington, 2016
I do wonder about these sorts of tributes – well-meaning, I guess. But buck-gathering too…that’s how I felt as I said too in the review when attending this body’s-still-warm Bowie tribute last year. We all claimed the death of Bowie, it meant so much to everyone, to all of us. Quite why you’d go and […]Archive
August 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Wearing The Inside Out: How Often Have You Actually Destroyed A Record Through Overplay and/or Undercare or Is It Just A Line You Say To Make It Seem Like You Listened To It Heaps?
Last year I spoke to three different people in three different music stores in the first days following David Bowie’s death and all of them have a version of the same story: the majority of people that went in to inquire about Ziggy Stardust or The Man Who Sold The World or Hunky Dory or […]Archive
June 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 549
Jon Hassell/Brian Eno, Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics (1980) I have to thank Sean Donnelly. I was at his place in Auckland last year – recording this episode of the podcast and he referenced this album. That sent me on the quest. I mean, to clarify: I knew the album. I’m not across absolutely […]Archive
March 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
David Bowie’s Most Underrated Album: 1. Outside
People talk about David Bowie’s phenomenal run of albums across the 1970s – and it really is (almost all) great. So much of it is wonderful, sublime, so near to perfect. And depending where you stop on the scale you have the absolute cut-off of Scary Monsters or tolerance/appreciation for Let’s Dance. From there it’s […]Archive
January 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman