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August 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Lockdown Hiatus
For just the third term – in six years – Sweetman Podcast is having a cuppa tea, and then a lie-down. Level 4 lockdown doesn’t make the kind of podcasting I do at all possible. Plenty of podcasts in the sea, maybe far too many – and a lot of them are so good at delivering video […]Archive
May 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt: Made Out of Sound
Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt Made Out of Sound Palilalia I love Bill Orcutt. He hits at the guitar in a way that makes me think of heroes like Marc Ribot and Sonny Sharrock. There’s wildness in his way – he tears at the strings and the ugly side of a beautiful melody is instantly […]Archive
May 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Luke Adam Hawker: Together
Together Luke Adam Hawker Kyle Books The pandemic took its toll – and is taking it still and because we survived lockdown (and it was brief) many of us have moved on and back to our lives and it was all just a mild inconvenience. We were lucky. And we were supported by our government […]Archive
May 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Best of 24 – 2020: DVD
WWE Best of 24 – 2020 WWE Madman This best of 24 DVD set collects up a few capsule documentaries from the WWE Network’s show 24 – the last couple of years the network has been anthologised with a compilation set cherry-picking some of the best content.Archive
April 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 282 – Laurie Anderson: Here Comes The Ocean, Wellington, 2020
It was only last year – and already it seems so long ago. It was that rare occasion of the Festival planning some culture-clash thing and getting it absolutely right. Laurie Anderson was a guest curator – she did a bunch of shows and talks and it all culminated in this performance (click there to […]Archive
April 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Mali Mali: Kill and Throw (ep)
Mali Mali Kill and Throw (ep) Home Alone Records Ben Tolich has been recording (and touring) as Mali Mali for the last decade. A handful of albums, each its own insular world, each almost impossibly perfect as finite statement – a set of songs that could have been imagined up in isolation without ever hearing […]Archive
January 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Lewis Black: Thanks For Risking Your Life
Lewis Black Thanks For Risking Your Life TLB Records Available as a video (streaming) or old-fashioned CD/comedy album, Lewis Black must have just snuck in with one of the last ‘proper’ comedy specials ahead of the pandemic. As you see from the cover he was masked up – and his audience was socially distanced, he […]Archive
January 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger: Force Majeure
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger Force Majeure International Anthem Recording Co. Here’s something really beautiful that has come directly from Covid-19. There have been many lockdown performances and attempts at sharing and connecting from artists – and now we’re starting to receive the ‘traditional’ recordings from those ad-hoc shows. Live to Instagram or Facebook, Zooming […]Archive
December 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Laura Marling: The Lockdown Sessions (ep)
Laura Marling The Lockdown Sessions (ep) Chrysalis Records Limited, in partnership w/ Partisan Records Though it was sometimes a challenge batting away the various Lockdown-streamed home-concerts; famous musicians beaming themselves in with their ‘all in this together’ vibe delivered from the comfort of their opulent house…it was also a time of great giving, of rare […]Archive
December 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem The Kiwi Way
Yes, there’s been a pandemic, and it’s still going by the way, and yes unemployment is surging, with many Covid casualties and the lockdown creating inertia and many anxieties and even a devious excuse for some workplaces to downscale and milk bailouts then force redundancies; several stores and businesses have simply closed their doors – […]Archive
September 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman