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March 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Nudge: Dark Arts
The Nudge Dark Arts Keen For A Nudge LTD. This is album number two for Wellington trio The Nudge. I’ve admired this band’s musicianship – all great players individually, and collectively – without ever being hugely connected to/engaged with their music. By that I mean I never actually heard the debut album but I was […]Archive
July 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Woo: Awaawaa
Woo Awaawaa New General Catalogue/Palto Flats Renewed interest in the buried catalogue of British brothers, Mark and Clive Ives – recording under the name Woo, has seen a dig through the archives as well as the reissuing of the albums. Following on from the wonderful When The Past Arrives – a collection that’s still on […]Archive
August 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 837
Mike Oldfield, Hergest Ridge (1974) I never thought all that much of this one when I was buying up Mike Oldfield albums. I wanted to check out whatever he’d done, but this one never really stuck. Funny, because now I’d rather listen to it than Tubular Bells; totally (over) done. Strange how that works sometimes. […]Archive
May 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 76 – Soweto String Quartet, Wellington, 1997
Once I was moneybags! Once. It probably ended on this night actually – I remember shouting two friends to this gig, on a whim really. I had one of the albums by the Soweto String Quartet and I was into it enough to want to see the show – it was also at a time […]Archive
January 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Jonathan Snipes & William Hutson: Room 237 [OST]
Jonathan Snipes & William Hutson Room 237 [OST] Death Waltz Recordings The documentary film Room 237 was wonderful – absurd, of course, but so well put together. And such a wonderful mood, tapping into the spirit of Kubrick (you get the feeling he woulda chuckled) – and a big part, instantly, of framing that mood, […]Archive
October 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1017
V/A, The Exorcist [OST] (1974) People think of Tubular Bells when they think of The Exorcist (music-wise, anyway). But to me what makes that work – and I’d rather listen to the bits of Tubular Bells that dot in and around the rest of the Exorcist soundtrack than I would listen to it as a […]Archive
October 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Siinai: Supermarket
Siinai Supermarket Splendour Here’s something – a “concept album” about the supermarket experience, it’s called Supermarket and it’s wordless, a subversive mix of post-rock (and post-ambient for that matter) grooves; dance music for the head. We open with a touch of Pink Floyd’s circular-sounding motifs across En-trance and Shopping Trance – you can certainly see […]Archive
July 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Remember Remember: Forgetting The Present
Remember Remember Forgetting The Present Rock Action Records This Scottish ensemble continue on in their all-instrumental way with third album, Forgetting The Present; their best. A mix of Album Leaf-esque near-whimsy and gorgeous, textural kaleidoscopes – always with just a hint of folk-ish intent, so even with the groove swirls and builds in support of […]Archive
July 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
La Casa Di Omicidio: La Casa Di Omicidio
La Casa Di Omicidio La Casa Di Omicidio Active Listener Records Well you could happily believe the story – that this is some rare/unearthed horror film soundtrack. But La Casa Di Omicidio is new music and musicians Noah Poole and Jeff Rose were clearly raised on the music of Goblin and John Carpenter, the horror […]Archive
June 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Robert Haigh: Darkling Streams
Robert Haigh Darkling Streams Primary Numbers Robert Haigh has been creating beautiful music under a handful of guises for many years now. I first encountered his music when, as Omni Trio, he became the touchstone for me – and is to this day, actually – for a type of ambient drum’n’bass. He explored enough nooks […]Archive
April 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman