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August 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
John Carpenter: Anthology – Movie Themes 1974-1998
John Carpenter Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 Scared Bones Records John Carpenter – like John Waters – finds himself at 70 years of age and with one of the sideline aspects of his filmmaking career now being the new main revenue stream. For Waters it’s writing and delivering his one-man-show, for Carpenter it’s music. They’re both […]Archive
May 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Kody Nielson: Birthday Suite
Kody Nielson Birthday Suite Flying Nun Ruban and Kody Nielson – together, or alone – the work is always interesting, always worth hearing. I’ve loved all of the Unknown Mortal Orchestra material and the thought of them reunited to perform live is terrific of course. The other great thing is that the work is all […]Archive
February 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Stef Animal: Top Gear
Stef Animal Top Gear Fishrider Records This is pretty brilliantly fucking baffling I tell ya! Okay, wait, maybe not the best start to a review ever – so I’ll quickly qualify: I really love this, the debut full-lengther from Stef Animal (The Golden Awesome).Archive
October 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 480
Ennio Morricone, The Thing [OST] (1982) I’ve always been into John Carpenter films – and a big part of it is the music, whether it’s by Carpenter or not. I love his scores. I saw The Thing when I was about 12 or 13 – one summer, a trip to Gisbourne; we’d rent loads of […]Archive
October 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Cave Circles: Apricity (ep)
Cave Circles Apricity (ep) Wonderful Noise Japan Here’s Riki Gooch working (again) under his Cave Circle alias – it’s been a busy time for releases just recently with Cave Circles’ 12”, My Heart Is A Beating Drum and then the recent cassette tape release under another of his working aliases, DJ OBOE.Archive
October 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
John Carpenter: From Filmmaker to Musician
It recently made the various entertainment pages that Guillermo del Toro went on an “epic Twitter rant” about how great John Carpenter is. Basically it was one film director praising another – but the tone was around how Carpenter is often written off for working in shlock/horror/sci-fi, as if the work isn’t as important because […]Archive
August 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein: Stranger Things, Vol. 1 [OST]
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein Stranger Things, Vol. 1 [OST] Lakeshore Records It seems the one thing anyone lured in by Netflix’s Stranger Things can agree on – the music was a triumph; scene-setting, propulsive, era/genre-evoking, it worked stunningly as a masterful prop and part of the manipulation. The score comes courtesy of Kyle Dixon […]Archive
May 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
John Carpenter: Lost Themes II
John Carpenter Lost Themes II Scared Bones Records The last time John Carpenter made a sequel it was Escape From L.A. and it traced around the premise of Escape from New York but was panned, it had no real feel of its own – didn’t need to happen and was a decade and a half […]Archive
February 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Adam Fresco
Adam Fresco works in film, theatre and TV as a writer, director, producer, performer and professional acting coach. Born in London, he arrived in Auckland a decade ago, having worked in professional British Theatre and TV. The Director of DramaTrain.co.nz and Producer for Imagine Studios NZ, Adam is a self-confessed film nut. He regularly reviews […]Archive
January 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Zombi: Shape Shift
Zombi Shape Shift Relapse Drummer A.E. Paterra and keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist Steve Moore are back as Zombi – and back for the first time in nearly a decade making music in the same room together. Here, with their latest album we’re reminded of their film-score fixation (Mission Creep feels like something by John Carpenter as interpreted by […]Archive
December 4, 2015 by Simon Sweetman