Mark Lanegan

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March 2, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Mark Lanegan Sampler (R.I.P.)

R.I.P. Mark Lanegan. What a shock. He was just 57. If you click that link you can read my eulogy post. It will also take you to my absolute and all-time favourite Lanegan solo album. But the gravel-throated heart-and-soul singer was more than just a solo artist. He was a frequent collaborator. He was in […]

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February 26, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Praying Ground

When you feel lower than a Lanegan lyric and colder than the shoulder that’s been shoved at you by most of the world – you might think there is no place else to go. But this world, albeit crumbling, continues to be remarkable, or at least home to many amazing people. You’ll find yours. Or […]

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February 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan has died. He was just 57. He was so often referred to as ‘a survivor’. A wild teen – alcohol and drugs – and then music was both his salvation and a further promulgation of the maddening haze. He ran with Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley, later he was a good chum of […]

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October 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Mark Lanegan Band: Phantom Radio

Mark Lanegan Band Phantom Radio Heavenly Recordings The standalone release of the No Bells on Sunday EP outshines this brand new full-length album – so much so that when it shows up at the end of Phantom Radio (yep, No Bells comprises the last five tracks here, so no need to hunt it out if […]

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October 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Mark Lanegan Band: No Bells On Sunday (ep)

Mark Lanegan Band No Bells on Sunday Heavenly Recordings No one is going to tell Mark Lanegan to slow down – it might be a couple of years since the last official Mark Lanegan Band studio release – but there was a covers album, a collection of songs with Duke Garwood, the usual handful (or […]

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May 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Sweet Apple: The Golden Age of Glitter

Sweet Apple The Golden Age of Glitter Tee Pee Records When you open a record with a song like Wish You Could Stay (A Little Longer) as is the case here – featuring a trademark scab-torn J Mascis guitar solo and those instantly-recognisable dulcet tones of Mark Lanegan the rest of the album has a […]

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October 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1254

Mark Lanegan, Imitations (2013) Yes, yes, on this same site, right here, just recently, I called this new Mark Lanegan album, “Mildly gorgeous but gently, almost purposefully somnambulant”. And then I went out and bought the LP. Because there’s enough really great stuff on this record to get it over the line – and I […]

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October 6, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Mark Lanegan: Imitations

Mark Lanegan Imitations Vagrant Records I’m not sure about this – I mean I love Mark Lanegan’s voice and the idea of him doing covers clearly appeals; I (still) love I’ll Take Care Of You (in fact it’s my favourite Lanegan album). But here, with a set of songs where Lanegan aims to reflect the […]

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September 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood: Black Pudding

Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood Black Pudding Ipecac Recordings Probably Mark Lanegan needs to be told to slow down – just a bit. But do you fancy that job? I talked to him on the phone once – and nice and all as he was at answering questions, giving just what he needed to – […]