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May 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 169: Jon Toogood

Welcome to episode 169 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  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 library. This one is a conversation with Jon Toogood. […]
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October 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Jo Meares: Back To The World

Jo Meares Back To The World Bandcamp/Independent This new one from Australian-based singer/songwriter Jo Meares was recorded across the last two years in Sydney and Melbourne – two different bands contributing to the final album, the Melbourne crew and the Sydney crew.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Australia, Back To The World, Bandcamp, Independent, Jo Meares, Jo Meares: Back To The World, Melbourne, Sydney, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Cold Irons Bound: Don’t Lose Your Mind

Cold Irons Bound Don’t Lose Your Mind Cold Irons Bound Formed from the ashes of two Canberra bands this now Melbourne-based four-piece is, if you want a simple tagline, The Australian Jayhawks. That’s how they come over  on Highside, the subtly exhilarating opener of Don’t Lose Your Mind, the band’s second album. From there it’s to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Australia, Cold Irons Bound, Cold Irons Bound: Don’t Lose Your Mind, Don't Lose Your Mind, Melbourne, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 108 – James Buttery

Welcome to episode 108 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Here’s a chat with a guy called James Buttery. He’s a record collector. He’s the co-host of a brand new podcast called The Good, The Bad & The LP. He’s also the host of a YouTube channel where he […]
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January 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Jess Locke: Universe

Jess Locke Universe Pool House Records The opening line of the album opener, “When I say you drive me to drink/I’m the one that puts the bottle to my lips” – sounds like Guyville-era Liz Phair interpreting Denis Johnson but Jess Locke’s drawled-out ode to personal responsibility (Drive To Drink) takes on its own shape […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Courtney Barnett, Fazerdaze, Jess Locke, Jess Locke: Universe, Liz Phair, Melbourne, Universe ·

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October 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 210 – Patti Smith, Melbourne, Australia 2017

When it was announced that Patti Smith would be playing Horses in its entirety I wanted to be there. No New Zealand show though. I found that out from Patti Smith herself. Surreal, huh? I wrote a short piece for my then daily-blogging fix, about how someone should bring Smith to NZ. I talked about […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), April, Aus, Australia, Australia 2017, Easter, Gig, Gig Review, Horses, Lenny Kaye, Live Music, Melbourne, Patti Smith, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 210 – Patti Smith ·

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May 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 61 – Phil Judd

Welcome to episode 61 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, L’affare and Yeastie Boys. This one is a conversation with Phil Judd. Founding member of Split Enz, creator of the mighty Mental Notes album, and its wonderful cover image too, Judd should need no introduction. But I’ve given him […]
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April 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Patti Smith (April 16, Melbourne)

Patti Smith and her Band perform ‘Horses’ Hamer Hall, Melbourne; Vic. Sunday, April 16 It was billed as Patti Smith’s last tour of Australia and it was also a run-through of the classic album, Horses. So expectations were high. It was palpable, the theatre filling up in the half-hour ahead of show-time, a reverence, and […]
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October 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #160 – Albare iTD, Wellington, 2013

The press-release sure talked up this guy, Albare. An Australian guitarist – jazz, apparently. Well, I bit. I went along. Hopeful. Instead every song started – and stopped – with a hammer-on sold to him on the none-more-black market by Nigel Tufnel. I had posted a Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now by Albare and […]
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October 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Lisa Crawley: Up In The Air (ep)

Lisa Crawley Up In The Air (ep) Lisa Crawley Music/Bandcamp I’ve always liked what Lisa Crawley is about – dedicated player, hard-working musician. Good voice and songs and adaptable, always looking for new ways to present old ideas, her songs rooted in pop classics, she has the instinct but she’s reframing them, dressing them up, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, EP, Kiwi, Lisa Crawley, Melbourne, NZ, Up In The Air, Up In The Air (ep) ·

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September 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Shaun Kirk: Steer The Wheel

Shaun Kirk Steer The Wheel (Independent/Bandcamp) Look, this album is a huge improvement – it actually sounds like music. The Playstation guitar tone and shitty songs on his recent EP suggested an all-time low just about, music’s nadir, not just Australian “blues” music’s nadir, not just Shaun Kirk’s nadir, it was almost the worst thing […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Australia, Australian Blues Scene, Blues, GIving, Giving EP, Melbourne, NZ Tour, Shaun Kirk, Steer The Wheel ·

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March 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Husky: Forever So

Husky Forever So Liberation/Subpop Sometimes it’s funny the way in which an album finds you. I’m not sure I would have ever checked out Husky were it not for the news that they were opening for Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Now of course they are no longer doing that – for the NZ shows […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2011, Album Review, Forever So, Husky, Liberation, Liberator, Melbourne, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Subpop ·

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