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December 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 148: Joan Baez
Welcome to episode 148 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Here’s something a little different for the podcast. A conversation with legendary singer, songwriter, protester, activist and icon Joan Baez. Now, although this is the first-time broadcasting this – it is not a brand new conversation. It was recorded […]Archive
January 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: PJ Harvey (January 25, Wgtn)
PJ Harvey MFC Wednesday, January 25 No opening act – thankfully! – and at just after 8pm PJ Harvey and the all-male 9-piece backing band of multi-instrumentalists take to the stage with side-drummers shuffling them on in a near-funereal march. Backlit, save for a spotlight on the star, it’s to half a dozen songs straight […]Archive
January 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Roger Waters The Wall: DVD
Roger Waters The Wall Directors: Roger Waters & Sean Evans Rue 21 Productions/Universal Pictures I was barely joking when I wrote that I’d never be able to listen to The Wall by Pink Floyd, my first – obvious/logical – choice in an ongoing list of “Classic Albums” I never want to hear again. But that […]Archive
October 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Gary Clark Jr: Live
Gary Clark Jr. Live Warner Bros. I’ve just about never been as gutted as when I heard Gary Clark Jr’s debut studio album. Just awful. He had this rep – and there was loads of evidence, an earlier EP, YouTube clips, cameos, anecdotal evidence piled up; he was the man. The future of blues guitar, […]Archive
August 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
ZZ Top: Live at Montreux 2013
ZZ Top Live at Montreux 2013 Eagle Vision USA What a rarity – same line-up since 1969, pretty much oblivious to trends, still knocking it out of the park and with a recent record as good as almost anything else in their catalogue here’s ZZ Top with a faultless setlist. If you never liked them […]Archive
June 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Duran Duran: Unstaged
Duran Duran: Unstaged Director: David Lynch Transmission Films David Lynch directing Duran Duran in a concert film! Oh Wow! Amazing! A weird, dream pairing (or is that weird-dream pairing?) Anyway, have whatever thoughts you want and hold on to them because to actually watch this is to plunge yourself down for a long haul short […]Archive
December 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Helmet (December 20; Wgtn)
Helmet Bodega Friday, December 20 American band Helmet had its original run across the mid-90s and then disbanded. Page Hamilton (vocals, guitar) reformed the band, with a floating cast of members in 2004. Since then there have been decent albums but the fans still hang on for the magic from 1990’s Strap It On, 1992’s […]Archive
October 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever: New Series
I’ve started a new series of pieces called It Was The Best Gig Ever. The good folk at Phantom Billstickers are publishing them weekly over at their Facebook page. Here’s the first entry. I wrote about my first international gig, seeing Eric Clapton in Auckland, 1990. Each week I’ll add a new story – a […]Archive
August 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Aerosmith: Rock For The Rising Sun
Aerosmith Rock For The Rising Sun Eagle Rock Entertainment/Shock I like/d a few Aerosmith songs I guess, sure. You kinda have to really – but a whole DVD of them? Well, I tried. This concert film, recorded in 2011, has the band in Japan, returning to continue their tour after Japan’s devastating tsunami and in […]Archive
July 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Charlatans: Mountain Picnic Blues
The Charlatans Mountain Picnic Blues – The Making of Tellin’ Stories Start Productions/Southbound You know, watching this DVD I was struck with the almost overwhelming feeling of just how monumentally boring I find the music of The Charlatans. I couldn’t really summon any enthusiasm for this – even though I know the Tellin’ Stories album […]Archive
May 28, 2013 by Simon Sweetman