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March 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Give My Regards To St. Mary Street
We lived in Thorndon – St Mary Street – for just over six years. It was the first house we owned. A wee cottage. We loved it so much. There were great kitchen parties and music was always a feature. We moved in the day Ray Charles died. I know this because when I was collecting boxes […]Archive
April 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Peggy Gou: Once (12″ EP)
Peggy Gou Once (12” EP) Ninja Tunes South Korean-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer Peggy Gou is making (sound) waves within house music and electro – those faceless, anonymous beat-filled genres where the best music can seem so fleeting but the truly timeless tunes have that something special: the right hook and groove; personality.Archive
December 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 189 Holloway Road
We rented it for a start – a small house on Holloway Road and a piece of history. Old George, who lived a few houses down and whose father had famously lived well past a hundred, told me that Winston McCarthy had grown up in our house and it had also been a shop at […]Archive
November 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #170 – Hugh Laurie, Wellington, 2014
Hugh Laurie singing Dr. John is like John Key serving a romantic dinner – however well-intentioned you just can’t feel comfortable with the end result. That was (part of) what I said in my review. And I really enjoyed the show actually. A surprise, because Hugh Laurie, charming though he is, was excruciatingly bad to hear […]Archive
August 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Theo Parrish: Footwork (ep)
Theo Parrish Footwork Sound Signature Ahead of the full-lengther here’s a new 2-track EP from Theo Parrish. Only two tracks – but 20 minutes of groove; that makes it worth mentioning – Parrish has roots in Chicago’s early house scene and Detroit’s classic techno feel and he combines those separate vestiges to make is own […]Archive
July 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Vermont: Vermont
Vermont Vermont Kompakt Germany You might know Danilo Plessow from his Motor City Drum Ensemble moniker. You might know , both are talented house music producers. Together they are Vermont – and this self-titled album project is a calming and lovely late-night/early-early-morning set of ambient ideas that has very little to do with house music […]Archive
July 6, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Disclosure: Settle
Disclosure Settle Interscope Records/Universal Disclosure is a British electronica duo, brothers Guy (22) and Howard (19) Lawrence. I mention their ages because – well – I’m impressed with the range of sounds on this album, their debut. There’s a depth here that shows the brothers have embraced enough about music and technology from their lifetime […]Archive
May 8, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Hugh Laurie: Didn’t It Rain
Hugh Laurie Didn’t It Rain Warner Bros. It would be so much easier if this album was really good or almost necessary – but it is neither. It’s well-intentioned, in fact it’s positively bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and the playing is slick (probably too slick), the arrangements are precise, the song selection is smart. So ducks […]Archive
April 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman