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February 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Music of Talking Heads: A Perfect Set of Worlds

I was introduced to the music of Talking Heads when the band was at its commercial peak. But to say I was introduced is not quite correct. I think, actually, the music announced itself. I’m talking the big hits – Road To Nowhere, And She Was, Burning Down The House, that sort of thing. For […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged '77, A Perfect Set of Worlds, African, And She Was, Bernie Worrell, Brian Eno, Burning Down The House, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Fear Of Music, Fela Kuti, Jerry Harrison, Little Creatures, More Songs About Build, My Life In The Bush of Ghosts, Naked, Once In A Lifetime, Pop, Psycho Killer, Remain In Light, Road To Nowhere, Speaking In Tongues, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, The Music Of Talking Heads, The Music of Talking Heads: A Perfect Set of Worlds, Tina Weymouth, True Stories ·

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April 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Phil Collins: Face Value (Deluxe Edition)

Phil Collins Face Value (Deluxe Edition) – Take A Look At Me Now: Reissue Series Rhino Records/Warners I still think Face Value – here reissued, as part of a thoughtful career-overview/overhaul reissue campaign – is a classic album. I’m sure of it. I’ve always liked it. I’ve had a couple of goes at defending/appraising the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blog On The Tracks, Brian Eno, Deluxe Edition, Droned, Drum Machine, Drums, Earth Wind & Fire, Eno, Face Value, Face Value (Deluxe Edition) – Take A Look At Me Now: Reissue Series, Genesis, Hand In Hand, Horns, I Missed Again, If Leaving Me Is Easy, In The Air Tonight, McCartney II, Motown, My Life In The Bush of Ghosts, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Reissue, Soul, Stuff.co.nz, Take A Look At Me Now, The Beatles, The Roof Is Leaking, The Vinyl Countdown, This Must Be Love, Tomorrow Never Knows ·

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June 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

E N T: P.T.T.V (Post-Traumatic-Tele-Vision)

E N T P.T.T.V – Post-Traumatic-Tele-Vision (Independent/Bandcamp) E/N/T is Nathan Taare – and this, his latest, is a follow-up/continuation of the work on Central Complex. He’s as much sound-artist as musician, and the creeping/creepy, menacing works here are trans-genre in nature and approach, in fact post-genre, they trudge slowly, beat-less, through punk, noise and lo-fi […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album, Album Review, Bandcamp, Central Complex, Collage, E N T, E N T: P.T.T.V (Post-Traumatic-Tele-Vision), EP, My Life In The Bush of Ghosts, Nathan Taare, P.T.T.V, Post-Traumatic-Tele-Vision, Sound Artist, Soundscape ·

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October 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Naked Island: Naked Island

Naked Island Naked Island Peak Oil Naked Island is the name of the band-project and album – a collaboration between Felicia Atkinson (Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier) and Brian Pyle (Ensemble Economique). I wasn’t familiar with Atkinson’s work going into this but I do know Ensemble Economique. I couldn’t tell you where one person’s work […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brian Eno, Brian Pyle, Byrne and Eno, David Byrne, Ensemble Economique, Felicia Atkinson, Fripp and Eno, Je Suis Le Petit Chevalier, My Life In The Bush of Ghosts, Naked Island, Northern Exposure, Peak Oil, Sasha & John Digweed ·

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September 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

E N T: Central Complex

E N T Central Complex Independent/Bancamp E N T is a live band and a bedroom (solo) project – the common ground is that Nathan Taare is in control, whether leading a noise-punk ensemble or piecing together sound-splices of field recordings with deep ambient musical feels to accompany. Taare’s EP/mini-album Central Complex was created from […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brian Eno, Central Complex, E N T, Eno, EP, Mini-Album, My Life In The Bush of Ghosts, Nathan Taare ·

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May 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Eno & Hyde: Someday World

Eno & Hyde Someday World Warp Records If you have/had huge expectations around this – a “dream pairing” as everyone is saying – the collaborative album by Underworld’s Karl Hyde and Brian Eno you might well be disappointed. This is an album that has plenty of promising starts but never ever nails it; never hits […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brian Eno, David Byrne, Eno, Eno & Hyde, Karl Hyde, My Life In The Bush of Ghosts, Remain In Light, Someday World, Talking Heads, Underworld ·

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October 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1262

Brian Eno & David Byrne, My Life In The Bush of Ghosts (1981) My LP is the 2006 reissue, a double-LP with all the extras, but to be honest I stick with the original album, I’ve barely made it through the extras more than once – don’t think I’ve played all four sides of it […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1981, 2006 reissue, Ambient, Brian Eno, David Byrne, LP, Mea Culpa, My Life In The Bush of Ghosts, Talking Heads, Vinyl ·

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