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March 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 419
Engine Summer, Trophy Kids (2017) When I (recently) reviewed this album I wrote “Engine Summer is a three-piece out of Chicago and Trophy Kids is a ripper of a record” – and, at first, I wanted to leave it there. Because, you see, the band writes short, sharp blasts of power-pop; all angles. But I […]Archive
March 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 420
Jeff Lynne, Armchair Theatre (1990) I was pleased to find this. Jeff Lynne’s first solo album – arriving right at the end of the very hot streak that saw the Wilburys and all of the albums that Jeff worked on in and around that – Tom Petty, George Harrison, etc. I reckon Armchair Theatre is […]Archive
August 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 6: Joan Baez – “Joan Baez”
Here we go – into the sixties – 1960 in fact. There are quite a few albums from this decade I haven’t heard – but I’m gonna guess that in most cases I’m familiar with the artist; largely due to the plethora of greatest hits compilations. In the late 1980s when the first real 60s […]Archive
February 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Maggie Rogers: Now That The Light Is Fading (ep)
Maggie Rogers Now That The Light Is Fading Debay Sounds LLC/Capitol Records Maggie Rogers was an overnight sensation after Pharrell raved about her song-in-the-making, Alaska; the legend goes – Pharrell delivers a masterclass at a New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music – that half-hour listening session made it to YouTube and midway […]Archive
January 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Dire Straits by Dire Straits: That Fantastic Debut
The album Dire Straits, the debut by British band Dire Straits is one of my favourite records. It’s a casual masterpiece, alternating between the urgency of Down To The Waterline (one of the great album openers by anyone and any record) and the laidback lurch of Water Of Love. There’s bar-room boogie (Setting Me Up) […]Archive
November 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 605
Prince, For You (1978) I’m not in a rush to hear this – all over again – or anything but I was pretty chuffed about some of the Prince albums being reissued on vinyl. This is the only one of his original albums (the debut) that I never owned on vinyl. I was pretty quick […]Archive
October 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Peter Garrett: A Version of Now
Peter Garrett A Version of Now Sony Music Peter Garrett’s first solo album has been cleverly designed to appeal, to remind you all of the sound he brought to Midnight Oil, or that the Oils gave to him; to remind also that he was into politics before he got into politics – and that maybe […]Archive
August 28, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 643
Kris Kristofferson, Kristofferson (1970) Growing up, Kris Kristofferson didn’t figure for me – I knew him, mostly, through his film appearances. I knew he was a singer and – particularly – a songwriter. So I knew him also, I guess, through some of the covers of his great songs. But his own music, his own […]Archive
June 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Two-Bit Waltz: DVD
Two-Bit Waltz Director: Clara Mamet EBF Productions/Matchstick/Monterey Media Clara Mamet, daughter of David, devotee – it’s obvious – of the Wes Anderson/Noah Baumbach films of the last decade, takes a break from being a precocious, entitled 20 year old of privilege to send that up in a film she wrote, directed and acted in. Getting […]Archive
March 1, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 745
Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs (1969) I like Boz Scaggs. But to qualify/clarify it: I loved his most recent album, a real return to this dazzling, lovely early form and apart from that I really only like one or two things. The MOR stuff when he sold heaps…well there’s one or two okay-songs there but it’s […]Archive
May 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman