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May 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Music Feature: Prince’s Side-Projects, Collaborations and Songs He Wrote For Other People

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Last year I had nearly an hour to explore the music of George Harrison. I followed that up with a chat about Ringo Starr and played some of his best Beatles drum bits […]

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May 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 311

Kenny Rogers, They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To (1986) The best thing about being given far too many Kenny Rogers albums (no shame in a greatest hits or two – and I even saw him live a quarter-century ago or so and it was okay) is finding the hidden gems, like the song […]

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December 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Cody ChesnuTT’s Bizarre and Brilliant Headphone Masterpiece: A Weird But Classic Debut (Double) Album

Released in 2002 it was Cody ChesnuTT’s debut – arriving, seemingly, out of nowhere, the album is a Big Serve: 36 tracks, two discs, everything from Brother With An Ego which is less than 15 seconds long – through to 6 Seconds which lasts for around four and a half minutes. Cody ChesnuTT became known […]

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May 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Aphex Twin: MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96 (ep)

Aphex Twin MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96 (ep) Warp Records Last year Aphex Twin re-emerged. We had the very worthwhile Syro album, the eventual mainstream release of his Caustic Window project, then there was the ep, Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt. 2 (to my ears some of the very best Aphex work ever – and who […]