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August 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 523

Massive Attack, Mezzanine (1998) I remember seeing the video for Teardrop – and stopping in my tracks. It was a Saturday morning, it was peak-era for MTV and the whole integration of music/videos for me; you watched music TV, you took it in, it was how you found out about new stuff. I was probably […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1998, Inertia Creeps, LP, Massive Attack, Mezzanine, Music Video, Record, Teardrop, The Vinyl Countdown # 523, Tricky, Trip-Hop, Video, Vinyl ·

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May 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Control: When An Old Anton Corbijn Interview Gets Chopped And Screwed For Somebody Else’s Mixtape Of An Article

I spoke in a recent episode of the podcast about a time when I interviewed the great Anton Corbijn ahead of the release of his movie control. It was a piece that had been commissioned by The Listener. In the time between accepting the assignment and delivering to deadline the Arts Editor had quit, his […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Anton Corbijn, Captain Beefheart, Control, Control: When An Old Anton Corbijn Interview Gets Chopped And Screwed For Somebody Else’s Mixtape Of An Article, Editing, Editor, Freelance, Interview, Joy Division, Music Video, Photographer, photos, Podcast, Some Yo Yo Stuff, The Listener, When An Old Anton Corbijn Interview Gets Chopped And Screwed For Somebody Else’s Mixtape Of An Article ·

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March 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: Beautiful Collision

Bic Runga had forgotten there was to be a video shoot at her house that morning – the place was a mess. She tried calling to cancel but – no luck. A mild panic, and then, ‘fuck it, we’ll just dress the house as it is and deal with it’. They put casks of wine […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beautiful Collision, Bic Runga, Hilary Barry, Music Video, Short Story, Short Story: Beautiful Collision ·

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June 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Preview: Black Minnaloushe Video Release

Wellington’s Black Minnaloushe will be playing a gig at Meow, Saturday, July 5. It’s to celebrate the release of the video for the song A Little Bit A Part Of Me from the band’s long-player, Vacant Lot. I was a fan of the album so I’m looking forward to this show – it’ll be a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Little Bit A Part Of Me, Amiria Grennell, Andrew Carey, Black Minnaloushe, DJ Set, Ffolks, Gig Preview, Live Gig, Meow, Music Video, Promo, Saturday July 5, Talking Heads, Vacant Lot, Video Release, Wellington ·

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April 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: THUNDERLIPS

THUNDERLIPS was born in 2012 to image-crazed uber-men Sean Wallace and Jordan Dodson. THUNDERLIPS drinks scotch for breakfast and eats dry coffee grounds. THUNDERLIPS uses hot sauce as eye drops and wears leather socks. Based in Auckland New Zealand, THUNDERLIPS’ method is to prepare meticulously, and then introduce chaos on-set. Here are three videos representative of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany, Special Guests · Tagged Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Jordan Dodson, Music Video, Sean Wallace, Special Guest, THUNDERLIPS ·

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March 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jan Hellriegel: New Video/Short Film

Jan Hellriegel has a brand new video for her latest song, Bottom of my Heart. Billed as both music video and short film you can click here to watch. The song is a co-write with Greg Johnson, Hellriegel recently talked about 2014 as The Year of the Co-Write. Great song, this. I like it a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bottom Of My Heart, Greg Johnson, Jan Hellriegel, Music Video, New Video, Short Film, The Year of the Co-Write, YouTube ·

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