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September 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Roger and Brian Eno: Mixing Colours
Roger and Brian Eno Mixing Colours Deutsche Grammophon The brothers have worked together over the years but this is their first full album as a duo. Both have worked extensively in ambient, even easy listening spaces – older brother Brian is better known of course but Roger has been prolific in recent years particularly; the […]Archive
September 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 61
The MG’s, The MG’s (1973) They were always known, of course, as Booker T & The M.G.’s – until they weren’t! In 1973 there was a falling out and Booker T. Jones and Steve Cropper were gone, leaving just the rhythm section. The great Al Jackson Jr (drums) and the wonderful Donald “Duck” Dunn (bass). […]Archive
August 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Thurston Moore: Spirit Counsel
Thurston Moore Spirit Counsel Daydream Library For some 40 years now Thurston Moore’s guitar has been making noise in public. Sometimes it’s in the shape of a song, other times it couldn’t seem more removed. With a band or solo, as a guest or with guests of his own – it’s a dizzying discography and […]Archive
August 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 65
Buddy Morrow And His Orchestra, Big Band Beatlemania (1964) Maybe my Beatlemania streak was shining deep on that day…I saw this and had to have it and do I need it? Fuck no! But do I have it anyway. Hell yes! Actually, the guy in the shop goes, “that one must be a freebie” since […]Archive
August 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Matthew Marshall: Fragments
Matthew Marshall Fragments Rattle I’m part of a small gang singing the praises of Rattle Records. I’m sure they label wants that group to group to grow. I sure did which is why if they keep putting out great product I’ll keep singing their praises.Archive
July 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Roc Marciano: Pimpstrumentals
Roc Marciano Pimpstrumentals Marci Enterprises Roc Marciano has been prolific as both MC and beatmaker over the last decade. Nearly an album a year under his own name as well as collaborations (DJ Muggs) and cameos. And of course those free mixtapes too.Archive
July 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Al Di Meola: Across The Universe
Al Di Meola Across The Universe EARMUSIC Look, I’ve done some things in my life that I’m ashamed of. Obviously. We all have. So I’ll admit it here. Seems the place to do it. I have – in the past – bought albums by Al Di Meola. I even liked two of them. And if […]Archive
July 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 34 – Yanni, “Live At The Acropolis”
Yanni, Live At The Acropolis, 1994 I’m not sure this is a crap album. I’m not sure it ever was. But I do know it was a guilty pleasure of sorts. And I do know a lot of people thought Yanni was crap. Probably without ever listening to him. And this was him at his […]Archive
July 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Diana Ross: Supertonic – Mixes
Diana Ross Supertonic: Mixes Motown Records What a weird thing this is – arriving in the pandemic too, I guess you couldn’t plan for or around that. But with many places in the world in or about to return to a full or full-enough lockdown we have disco-house remixes of Diana Ross classics; the lady […]Archive
July 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Hiroshi Yoshimura: GREEN [Reissue]
Hiroshi Yoshimura GREEN [Reissue] Light In The Attic Hiroshi Yoshimura died of cancer in 2003. He was a Japanese musician, historian, designer and artist; a philosopher of and for the soul in fact – for this polymath so often worked at the intersection of these various trades, playing them equally to create installation pieces and […]Archive
June 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman