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May 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

We Need To Not Talk About Muse (Again)

I’d rather not talk about Muse – it’s far more interesting than, say, talking about Muse. But there was a handful of requests for a review of the new album back then in 2015. Then I was told I had to justify feeling that way…vitriol, I was told, was not insight. Fairplay. Here goes: If […]
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February 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

One Song To Make You Late: A Song Like No Other

Just another day surfing the net, collecting up the ephemera, the flotsam and jetsam that gets posted and passed around, linked to and laughed over. And then, there it was, a screen-shot of an iPhone. And I had to share it. It was obviously not at all true. But you kinda wanted it to be […]
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October 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Bands With Fans I Hate: It’s Not Them…it’s THEM!

You can’t love everything. I’m not only dubious about and suspicious of people who claim to not hate any bands, I can’t value their idea of liking a band, if they like everything – or say that they do. I’ve always maintained the list of bands I love is longer than the list of bands […]
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June 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Muse: Drones

Muse Drones Warner Bros. Fuck this is awful. Like, imagine Green Day went ahead and tried to make a Queen album – not a News of The World or Sheer Heart Attack or A Night at The Opera type of album, more a Hot Space or Innuendo or Made in Heaven-type of album. Fuck this […]
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May 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

No Broadcast: No Broadcast

No Broadcast No Broadcast (Independent/Bandcamp) In theory I shouldn’t like No Broadcast, there’s a lot of the traits and tropes I’m often disappointed by: ethereal intros that lead to almost nowhere, toms that sound throttled as opposed to tuned, bass guitar that’s played like rhythm guitar only, but that’s all just surface stuff. For all […]
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