Posts Tagged Mark Lanegan
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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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
September 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman