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August 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Necks: Unfold

The Necks Unfold Ideologic Organ Back when this was released – a double album from The Necks arriving early 2017 I was so excited I blogged in anticipation and then forgot to actually review the album. It happens. And yes, I know there’s already another new (brand new!) Necks album – and ahead of that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2-LP, Album Review, Australia, Body, double-album, Gatefold, Ideologic Organ, Jazz, Mindset, Minimal, Minimalism, Necks, Record, Sex, The Necks, The Necks: Unfold, Trio, Unfold, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 7 – Check Your Neck/s

In honour of tomorrow being the day a new album by The Necks gets released this installment of Five Songs For Friday celebrates the music of one of my all-time favourite groups. This year the Aussie trio celebrates 30 years in the game. Thirty years of taking jazz – and specifically the jazz-trio-format – as a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 7, Aether, Ambient, Australia, Australian, Chris Abrahams, Daylights, Drive By, Five Songs For Friday, Five Songs For Friday # 7, Five Songs For Friday: # 7 – Check Your Neck/s, Instrumental, Jazz, Lloyd Swanton, Mindset, Minimalism, Mosquito, Mosquito/See Through, Open, Piano Bass Drums, Piano Drums Bass, Rum Jungle, See Through, Sex, The Boys, The Boys I, The Necks, Tony Buck, Trio, Vertigo ·

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October 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Necks: Vertigo

The Necks Vertigo Fish of Milk/Northern Spy Records The Necks, 18 albums deep now, and still there’s (always) something different – it’s now instantly familiar, you know the band you’re hearing, you know the sorts of sounds and textures and feels they conjure but every album remains its own thing, quite majestic when – essentially […]
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January 19, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1660

The Necks, Mindset (2011) I first heard The Necks when attending a concert in 2002. It was gob-smackingly good. I sat in the front row, mesmerised. I’d heard about them – done some research since I was reviewing the show. This Aussie trio mostly stuck to the rule of creating one long track – roughly […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Athenaeum, Australian, Chris Abrahams, Daylights, Drive By, Homebush, Jazz, Lloyd Swanton, LP, Mindset, Mosquitto, Quay, Raab, Rum Jungle, See Through, The Necks, Tony Buck, Vinyl ·

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