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January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Schizophonics: People In The Sky

The Schizophonics People In The Sky Pig Baby Hailing from San Diego, The Schizophonics have the right stuff – instantly. There’s a lot of pretenders hiding deep inside the retro psych/garage/punk movement/s (hey, there’s a lot of pretenders hiding everywhere…I’m probably one myself!) but fuck me if this doesn’t just explode from the get go […]

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February 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 103 – Richard Langston

Welcome to episode 103 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I sat down for a chat with Richard Langston. We’ve met and talked a few times over the years but this was the first time I’d attempted to get his full story – journalist, poet, broadcaster, music enthusiast, television […]

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January 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 26: The Electric Prunes – “I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night”

It seems odd – to me anyway – that I had never previously hear this. I mean the song, sure. I know that. A staple from Nuggets, I often play it at DJ sets – and the Nuggets compilation has been a big deal in my life for a while. And yet I just simply […]

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November 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Kick Out The Jams: The MC5 Song and Album in Context

Musically The MC5 – with their name conjuring the mental image of Detroit’s assembly line routine for car manufacturing – were the antidote to that other famous Detroit sound of the 60s: Motown. And the Motor City Five bought sleazy, sludgy riffs and a raw rock heart to their live performances. To put the song […]

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May 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 702

V/A, Lookey Dookey/Talking Trash (2000) One of several 50s/60s garage-rock/r’n’b comps I’ve gathered in recent years. I probably started hooking up with these things when I started doing 6-8 hour DJ sets at a couple of bars; in most cases they were compilations I recognised from when I worked in the CD store and knew the […]

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September 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Nobunny & The Hussy (September 13, Wgtn)

Nobunny & The Hussy San Fran Saturday, September 13 Nobunny (born Justin Champlin) skipped out onto the floor – playing in front of the stage, a circle of fans hovering in to sweat it up as he charged through hurtling garage rock and trash/no-wave with The Hussy. He skipped out in trademark underpants (circa Dirty […]

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March 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

A Band Called Death: DVD

A Band Called Death Directors: Mark Christopher Covino & Jeff Howlett Madman A hit from last year’s film festival – in fact from several film festivals worldwide, A Band Called Death is now available on DVD. My feelings about this film remain much as they were when I reviewed the film experience. But I thoroughly […]