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June 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 399
Madvillian, Madvillainy (2004) So this guy buzzes me the other day, says “What do you make of this record, any good?” And I tell him that Madvillain – the pairing of MF DOOM and Madlib – was golden as far as I was concerned; like a really big deal for me. It arrived when I […]Archive
December 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 191 Something/Anything?
I Saw The Light was the first song I heard and I remember it was at one of those new-fangled Jeans Stores that were cropping up in Hamilton when I was in high school. I was there with my girlfriend and we were having a crafty pash in a dressing booth and the song came […]Archive
September 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Baby Driver [OST]
Various Artists: Baby Driver [OST] Columbia Records It’s a fun film and a big part of that fun is in the soundtrack. Baby Driver is one of those don’t-think-too-hard films filled with car chases and rock’n’roll and soul and its soundtrack album works well as both a character (of sorts) in the film and as […]Archive
August 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 514
The Hollywood “Pops” Orchestra, Stereo Perspectives In Percussion (1968) I’ve had this record for many years – and I have no idea where I got it, handed down I guess…but I’ve always held onto it for the kitsch cover I spose…just recently I’ve started working through a row of LPs that I’ve had forever but […]Archive
June 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
John Martyn: Head & Heart – The Acoustic John Martyn
John Martyn Head & Heart: The Acoustic John Martyn UMC Purists might claim this to be some sort of grave-robbing or merely superfluous; standard anger towards posthumous compilations – but Martyn, a tricky man to pin down, was re-recording his own material in his lifetime; was subject to far too many compilations – some of […]Archive
December 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Live Without A Net: Best or Worst – It’s My Favourite Live Album by The Dead
I was thinking, the other day, about The Grateful Dead, specifically the band’s live album from 1990, Without A Net. It might not be a classic, it might in fact be awful – but it’s one of my favourites…it’s one of my favourite live albums, one of my favourite Grateful Dead collections – and for […]Archive
December 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Todd Rundgren: An Evening With Todd Rundgren – Live At The Ridgefield
Todd Rundgren An Evening With Todd Rundgren: Live at the Ridgefield Purple Pyramid Todd isn’t slowing down – a couple of new studio albums just last year, and now a big show; yet another live album. It depends of course what Todd you get, and the Todd you get is – usually – the Todd […]Archive
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 […]Archive
November 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Santana: Live At The House of Blues – Las Vegas
Santana Live At The House of Blues, Las Vegas Eagle Rock Entertainment As someone utterly embarrassed by some of Carlos Santana’s decisions over the last decade (well, nearly two decades I guess) I was in full support of the “classic” lineup reunion of the band, rather than the ongoing Carlos Santana + Guests Brand. He’d […]Archive
October 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 615
Warpaint, The Fool (2010) For me with Warpaint it really all started here – yes, the EP before this debut album is great (and I got to that after) but it was The Fool that sold me on the sound of the band after the promise of some of the early, vital/viral YouTube clips. Such […]Archive
April 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman