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December 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Laura Marling: The Lockdown Sessions (ep)

Laura Marling The Lockdown Sessions (ep) Chrysalis Records Limited, in partnership w/ Partisan Records Though it was sometimes a challenge batting away the various Lockdown-streamed home-concerts; famous musicians beaming themselves in with their ‘all in this together’ vibe delivered from the comfort of their opulent house…it was also a time of great giving, of rare […]
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December 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem The Kiwi Way

Yes, there’s been a pandemic, and it’s still going by the way, and yes unemployment is surging, with many Covid casualties and the lockdown creating inertia and many anxieties and even a devious excuse for some workplaces to downscale and milk bailouts then force redundancies; several stores and businesses have simply closed their doors – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Christmas, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Kiwi, Lockdown, NZ, Pandemic, Poem, Poem The Kiwi Way, Summer, The Kiwi Way, Xmas ·

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December 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 5

Fiona Apple, Fetch The Bolt Cutters (2020) Lockdown Records. There were a few. This was one of them. An album that arrived while we weren’t going anywhere – beyond daily walks. And an album I spent a lot of time with, since I was inside for most of each day and the stereo was always […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 20/20, 2LP, 2xLP, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Double, Double Vinyl, Fetch The Bolt Cutters, Fiona Apple, Lockdown, LP, New Release, Record, Shameika, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 5, Vinyl ·

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November 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 240: Lucy Roche

Welcome to episode 240 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Anchorfm, Apple, Chat, Class Comics, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Club, Comedy Quest, Comic, Conversation, Covid-19, Fringe Bar, Interview, Lockdown, Lucy Roche, Open Mic, Podcast, RAW, School, Sex Worker, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, Stand-Up Comic, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 240, Sweetman Podcast # 240: Lucy Roche, T Leaf T, The Fringe, Wellington, Wgtn, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: November 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… For […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Afternoons, Album Review, Albums, Cover Versions, Covers, EP, It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry, Jesse Mulligan, Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In), Lockdown, Music, November 2020, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews, RNZ Reviews: November 2020, Sharon Jones, Sleepless Night, What Have You Done For Me Lately, Yo La Tengo ·

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September 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 232: Darren Watson’s Getting Sober For The End Of The World

Welcome to episode 232 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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September 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 231: Geoff Stahl

Welcome to episode 231 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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September 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Neil Young: The Times EP

Neil Young The Times EP Reprise / Amazon Music Neil Young has been one of my favourite voices of lockdown – I quickly got bored with live-streamed house-gigs. Zooming in on musicians attempting to heal the world, make it a better place was fine in our first reaches of housebound panic but it felt, for […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acoustic, Album Review, Archives, Demo, EP, Home Recording, Lockdown, Neil Young, Neil Young: The Times EP, Pandemic, Reprise / Amazon Music, The Times EP, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

WWE Backlash 2020: DVD

Backlash 2020 Madman WWE As a fairweather fan – at best – these days, I was intrigued to catch up with Backlash on DVD not so much for the greatest hyperbole of all time (“The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever”) more for the fact that this was my first wrestling-watching experience in the Covid-era.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Backlash 2020, Coronavirus, Covid-19, DVD, DVD Review, Lockdown, Madman, Pandemic, Pro-Wrestling, The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever, Wrestling, WWE, WWE Backlash 2020: DVD, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Richard Thompson: Bloody Noses (ep)

Richard Thompson Bloody Noses (ep) Beeswing Richard Thompson is never less than brilliant, never less than prolific – for me if it has his name on the spine of the album it’s an instant mark of quality. But in recent years there’s been a lot of closet-cleaning and stocktaking, volumes of Acoustic “Classics” and “Rarities”, […]
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September 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 228: Ben Mulchin (Valhalla)

Welcome to episode 228 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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August 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 226: Eamonn Marra

Welcome to episode 226 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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