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November 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Tom Petty’s Music: My Introduction

Damn the Torpedoes was my introduction – and I still think it’s pretty close to being a perfect rock record. It’s also just seeped in nostalgia for me, not just for the actual music but for cassette tapes. And what an intro to the music of Tom Petty. Overall, the catalogue is strong. Most of the […]

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April 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: MOJO Magazine’s 50 Greatest Fleetwood Mac Songs

The latest issue of MOJO magazine features a list of the 50 greatest Fleetwood Mac songs. It’s a pretty great list – taking in all versions of the band and cherry-picking from pretty much every album. So I decided to make a copy of the list for anyone that wanted to hear it – in the order […]

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August 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 29 – Sylvie Simmons

Welcome to episode 29 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. This one is a chat with Sylvie Simmons – that’s Sylvie Simmons the music writer, Leonard Cohen biographer and MOJO staff writer, legendary rock writer who was on the tour bus with Black Sabbath and Van Halen, who published the first interview […]

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November 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 993

V/A, Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz Volume Five: Sunshine Of Your Love (1996) My first thought was that this was worth it for Ella’s version of Sunshine of your Love (which I have elsewhere, but hey) – but actually it’s everything else on this album that appeals – a great comp filled with summery selections. […]

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July 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Hypnotic Eye

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Hypnotic Eye Warner Bros. As good as Mojo was it felt like nobody wanted to hear it. It also felt like Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers trying too hard. Sometimes it’s better to hear them when they’re hardly trying. Hypnotic Eye takes some of the fire of Mojo and applies […]