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May 11, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
On: Neil Young’s Decade
The first time I thought about what a decade meant – what it truly, actually means – is when I heard Neil Young’s compilation, called “Decade”. It’s a double tape, or CD – and a triple album. I first heard it when I was about 12 or 13, a decade on I was still hooked. […]Archive
April 18, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Discovering Weld
My nephew has just turned 14. He flew down to see us – he’s been flying as an unaccompanied minor for around half of his life. He’s no longer a minor. Just a dude on a plane. This reminded me of my first time on a plane by myself. I’m not sure they had unaccompanied […]Archive
January 30, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Barn – Neil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band, A Brotherhood, A Barn: Film
Barn: Neil Young & Crazy Horse – A Band, A Brotherhood, A Barn Director: DHLoveLife A Shakey Pictures Production Neil Young is in the news for taking his music off Spotify – his stand against the company’s platforming of Joe Rogan’s podcast. Rogan masquerades as a free-thinker and entertains conspiracy theories, which has seen him […]Archive
October 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Neil Young Admiration Society
I’m a Neil Young fan. A fact I’ve never hidden. I write about him a lot here – and in other places. He’s been a source of fascination for me for over 30 years now. My jaw was on the ground when I first heard him. So part of processing him and his music is […]Archive
April 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: April 2021
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. I’ve been doing it for about five years now. Most months. This was my first time in for 2021. This month I talked about two records made under lockdown restrictions. First up was the latest by Tindersticks and I played their cover […]Archive
March 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young: Young Shakespeare
Neil Young Young Shakespeare Reprise Neil Young is really cleaning out his closet of late – another big box-set from his archives (Vol. II) finally arrived after many years of chat. And Way Down In The Rust Bucket was very recently released too. That’s a Crazy Horse gig from 1990.Archive
March 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Tindersticks: Distractions
Tindersticks Distractions City Slang Tindersticks may not have set out to make “A Lockdown Record” with the remote and remotely recorded Distractions (there were earlier band sessions, ahead of the new rules that came in under pandemic’s total fucking chaos) but the end result sure sounds like A Lockdown Record. Brilliantly so.Archive
March 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Way Down In The Rust Bucket
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Way Down In The Rust Bucket Reprise This version and era of Crazy Horse is well-represented by official live albums – but Neil Young fans have loved passing around a bootleg of this particular show, now available officially as part of the never-ending story that is Neil Young’s Archives.Archive
November 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Laurel Canyon: DVD
Laurel Canyon Director: Alison Ellwood Canyon Films, LLC / Madman It’s hard to see this as anything more than a boomer circle-jerk: Oooh, we had the best music didn’t we… Laurel Canyon is this near-mythical place in songs, in albums, in bands’ biographies. It is real. It was a place; a place where a large […]Archive
November 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Return To Greendale
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Return To Greendale Reprise I like Neil Young most of the time. Or even love Neil Young’s music most of the time. But I think I like him best when he’s being wilfully obscure, or chasing his own vision more directly than the handful of times when he’s just Making […]Archive
September 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman