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March 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: Music Feuds
I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But the other day I got the call up to present a Music Feature for the Afternoons show. The topic was Music Feuds – and so I discussed The Beatles/Yoko Ono, Simon & Garfunkel, Marvin Gaye’s divorce from Anna Gordy […]Archive
October 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Oasis – Supersonic: Film
Oasis: Supersonic Director: Mat Whitecross Mint Pictures/Nemperor/On The Corner Films It might seem cruel – but it’s the truth: the only Oasis albums that matter, or mattered, or needed to happen, are the first two. The length of their discography since, and teased rumours of a reunion and the watered-down versions of Oasis that are […]Archive
October 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 2 – Oasis, Wellington, 1998
I liked the first couple of Oasis albums – the third was a giant let-down, crushing. And that was it for me, they never won me back. But I did go see them on the tour behind that shitty third album – mostly because I had a mate who was a huge fan, I think […]Archive
July 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Strokes: Comedown Machine
The Strokes Comedown Machine RCA There it is – clear as day with that cover – another assignment for RCA filed, completed. This is The Strokes’ fifth and final album for RCA; they’ve fulfilled their contractual obligations and they wanted you to know that by choosing a boring rank-and-file cover. (Well, it’s certainly rank at […]Archive
March 31, 2012 by Simon Sweetman