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September 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Ratso: Stubborn Heart

Ratso Stubborn Heart Lucky Number Records He’s about to turn 70 and “Ratso” has just released his debut album. Maybe you know him by his given name, Larry Sloman. He wrote about Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue and is widely published as a journalist and author, including co-writing two best-selling memoirs by Howard Stern, as well […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Author, Biographer, Bob Dylan, Debut Album, Dying On The Viny, John Cale, Journalist, Kinky Friedman, Larry "Ratso" Sloman, Larry Sloman, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Ratso, Ratso: Stubborn Heart, Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands, Stubborn Heart, Writer, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Head Like A Hole to Re-Release and Tour 13: NZ Tour (May, 2017)

Head Like A Hole has just announced a deluxe vinyl re-release of their classic debut album, 13. To celebrate the band will tour the country in May, full dates below and for more background see here. April 29 – AUCKLAND, Ding Dong Lounge * (Exclusive warm up show) May 4 – TAURANGA, 11 Totara Street […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 13, 2017), 25th Anniversary Tour, Debut Album, Head Like A Hole, Head Like A Hole to Re-Release and Tour 13: NZ Tour (May, HLAH, LP, New Zealand, NZ Tour, Vinyl ·

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February 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Revisiting Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman: Tracy Chapman’s Classic Self-Titled Debut

A couple of weeks back we’re driving back into Wellington, having been up the coast. It was a long Sunday drive and we had been playing a bunch of Sunday afternoon music in the car: Paul Buchanan’s Mid Air, Mark Lanegan’s I’ll Take Care Of You, Lawrence Arabia’s The Sparrow, Paul & Linda McCartney’s Ram, […]
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October 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 618

The Monkees, The Monkees (1966) I’ve always loved The Monkees – I remember, vividly, the summer that the TV show came on the telly when I was little. It was a series of re-runs – but it was the first time in my life the TV show was around. Part of a wave of 60s […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1966, Debut Album, First Album, Gonna Buy Me A Dog, Hey Hey We're The Monkees, LP, Monkees, Record, The Monkees, The Vinyl Countdown # 618, Theme Song, TV Show, Vinyl ·

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February 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 751

Into Orbit, Caverns [Test Pressing] (2015/6) What a treat this was! The guys from Into Orbit came by to have a chat for the podcast – and they gifted me one of the Test Pressing copies of their soon-to-be-realised vinyl (of 2014’s debut album, Caverns). You can pre-order the record now for just $25 – […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2015, 2016), Caverns, Debut Album, Ian Moir, Into Orbit, LP, Paul Stewart, Post-Rock, Sweetman Podcast, Test Pressing, The Vinyl Countdown # 751, Vinyl ·

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June 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary #12 The Moon

At the end of 1984 the Spines was humming again. Ross Burge and Wendy Calder were both back in the band and it was time to record our first album. Neill Duncan suggested Capture Studios in Gisborne, run by his old mate Maurice Priestly. We took the train. Jayrem Records gave us a budget for […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Debut Album, Guest Blog, Jayrem, Jon Mcleary, Music, Neill Duncan, Ross Burge, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary #11 The Moon, The Moon, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 12, Wendy Calder, Writing ·

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April 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Dean Wareham: Dean Wareham

Dean Wareham Dean Wareham Double Feature There aren’t many who can boast the consistency of Dean Wareham; certainly not from anyone who has been in the game as long as he has – through Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean & Britta and across soundtrack work and now a (belated) solo career. But boast is one thing […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Britta Phillips, Dean & Britta, Dean Wareham, Debut Album, Eponymous, Galaxie 500, Jason Quever, Jim James, Luna, My Morning Jacket, Papercuts, S/T ·

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October 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Mountaineater: Mountaineater

Mountaineater Mountaineater Banished From The Universe Dunedin’s Mountaineater has a weight of expectation behind it, on top of it, all around it, some two years in the making – and finally we have the band’s debut self-titled full-length album. But Mountaineater arrived as a known quantity essentially, because this is the post-HDU project for singer […]
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