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August 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: August 2020
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into it or so… In […]Archive
August 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Lana Del Rey: Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass [Audiobook Edition]
Lana Del Rey Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass [Audiobook Edition] Audible I’m new to Lana Del Rey appreciation. I wasn’t ever a fan. Until I heard – and heard again (and could not shake) her most recent album, the brilliant Norman Fucking Rockwell! That happened. I was late to the party, but enthusiastic about […]Archive
July 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Lana Del Rey Norman Fucking Rockwell! Polydor Records In the past I have not liked the music of Lana Del Rey. And I have cracked open that walnut with a sledgehammer. In reviews of both Ultraviolence and Honeymoon I was near-apoplectic, like I was the only one that really got it – the fraud of […]Archive
November 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jesca Hoop: STONECHILD
Jesca Hoop STONECHILD Memphis Industries Jesca Hoop’s previous record – Memories Are Now – was her gold-standard; it moved her from the one-to-watch list to the one-to-listen-to pile. And in my case it was the one-to-listen-to-on-repeat pile. One of the best albums of 2017 for me. By quite a way. It was a perfect study […]Archive
May 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Britta Phillips: Luck Or Magic
Britta Phillips Luck Or Magic Double Feature For the last two decades Britta Phillips has partnered with Dean Wareham to provide a great range of music across the “dream-pop” spectrum, first as half of Luna, and then as the duo Dean & Britta. There they mixed covers and originals and worked on commissioned soundtracks for […]Archive
June 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman