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March 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 138: Limp Bizkit – “Chocolate Starfish and The Hot Dog Flavored Water”
A lot of this world’s problems and most of its very bad music comes from white dudes with daddy issues. And I was reminded of that finally listening to Limp Bizkit’s breakthrough album. I was reflecting on how lucky I was to be completely above (and beyond) nu-metal in all its numb-skull variations. I was ‘too […]Archive
January 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 118: The Young Gods – “L’eau Rouge (The Red Water)”
You arrive at The Young Gods due to name-drops and connections including David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails and Swans – and maybe they sound, at least a little bit anyway, like all three of those artists combined. Okay, you might have arrived at them back in the day without being prompted but for me it […]Archive
July 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 387
V/A, Natural Born Killers [OST] (1994) I liked the film – an Oliver Stone rewrite/trashing of a Quentin Tarantino script. Well, I reckon it works well, or worked – it’s been a while since I’ve seen it. But I’ve always loved the soundtrack. I still have my CD – still play it in the car, […]Archive
March 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
When The Reunion Tour Bears A Strange and Rotten Fruit: The Dreaded Comeback Album
When David Lynch appeared in a recurring role cameo role on the TV show Louie his character uttered a wonderful line, “You have to go away to come back”. I think about that a lot. I’m really happy for anyone who enjoyed seeing the Pixies in 2017 – especially, I guess, the people that had […]Archive
March 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Songs Sung Blue: Everybody Knows One…
People love Johnny Cash’s version of the Nine Inch Nails song, Hurt because of the timing; that video, his wife had died – then Johnny died shortly after. Complications resulting from a broken heart. It’s a good song, a good version. But the original is better. I know I’m not alone in thinking that – […]Archive
December 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Love & Mercy [OST]
Various Artists: Music From Love & Mercy: The Life, Love and Genius of Brain Wilson Capitol The film is wonderful, a favourite from this year and one of the key ingredients is this score and accompanying soundtrack. The score is created by Atticus Ross, I say created (as well as composed) because he weaves moments […]Archive
December 4, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
MG: MG
MG MG Mute MG is Martin Gore, or Martin L. Gore if you prefer – he obviously prefers MG – naming both himself and the album that. You know him from his work with Depeche Mode, and here, on an entirely synth-driven, entirely instrumental album you’ll recognise those textures, those intro/outro ideals from that band’s […]Archive
October 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 5 – Big Day Out, Auckland, 2000
I’ve never been a fan of The Big Day Out – given it a lot of grief, really. But I have (mostly) enjoyed the events I attended, only went to four Big Day Outs. That was enough. I don’t like the bleed between stages, the lack of preparation, the fly-by-night audience of see-and-be-seen-scene bullshit. This, […]Archive
October 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: Gone Girl [OST]
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Gone Girl [Soundtrack From The Motion Picture] Columbia Rolling out over two dozen tracks and 90 minutes you can see – or rather hear – instantly that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ score for David Fincher’s new film Gone Girl is a crucial element, an essential piece in/of the puzzle […]Archive
June 25, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Coil/Nine Inch Nails: Recoiled
Coil/Nine Inch Nails Recoiled Cold Spring It was always pretty clear that Trent Reznor was influenced by Coil – one of the important experimental/industrial outfits. There was the videos that Coil’s Peter Christopherson made for Nine Inch Nails in the early 1990s but then Reznor announced it overtly when he named his side-project after Coil’s […]Archive
December 2, 2013 by Simon Sweetman