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November 1, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Brilliance of Warpaint: One of My Favourite Bands of The Last Decade

I first heard Warpaint when a series of clips was doing the rounds – particularly this song they had called Billie Holiday. Beguiling. Deceptive. Strangely perfect. Hypnotic. Those words describe a lot of the music Warpaint has gone on to make too. I was further hooked from first listens to their debut full-lengther, The Fool. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Heads Up, Jenny Lee Lindberg, jennylee, Kim Gordon, One of My Favourite Bands of The Last Decade, Shannyn Sossamon, Stella Mozgawa, The Brilliance of Warpaint, The Brilliance of Warpaint: One of My Favourite Bands of The Last Decade, The Fool, Warpaint ·

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April 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Kim Gordon: Girl In A Band – A Memoir

Girl In A Band: A Memoir Kim Gordon Dey Street Books/1st Edition edition Kim Gordon was always the “Girl in a Band” – it was the question she was always asked (“what’s it like being…?” and in a doubting sense she saw herself as that; a blatant non-musician. Her being the girl in the band […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Art, Autobiography, Book, Book Review, Girl In A Band, Kim Gordon, Kim Gordon: Girl In A Band - A Memoir, Memoir, Music, Music Book, New York, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore ·

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February 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Take Me To The Land Of Hell

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band Take Me To The Land Of Hell Chimera Music Her heart is dancing and her mind is bouncing. She’s 80 – but it’s been that way for her entire artistic life, she even says so – literally using those words – on Bad Dancer, one of the 13 excellent tracks […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Double Fantasy, John Lennon, Kim Gordon, Milk and Honey, NY, Ono, Plastic Ono Band, Rising, Season of Glass, Sonic Youth, The Beatles, Thurston Moore, Tom Tom Club, Walking On Thin Ice, Yes I'm A Witch, Yoko Ono, Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band ·

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April 4, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1546

Lee Ranaldo, Between The Times And The Tides (2012) I’m a Sonic Youth fan and so I’ve checked out a lot of what the band members have done on their own and with others outside of the group. Lee Ranaldo is great but he can be a tough listen. (That doesn’t make him any less […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2012, Between The Times And The Tides, Blog On The Tracks, Demolished Thoughts, East Jesus, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, LP, Skip Tracer, Slow Boat Records, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore, Vinyl, Xtina As I Knew Her ·

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