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April 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: PRINCE – A Tribute Night, Meow, Friday, April 29, 2016

It was a tribute night to the Purple One following the news that’s still so hard to take even as it continues to sink in, and the loss seems more astounding by the day. I teared up this afternoon rewatching the clip of Prince slaying all with his solo at the end of the all-star […]

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December 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Erykah Badu: But U Caint Use My Phone [Mixtape]

Erykah Badu But U Caint Use My Phone [Mixtape] Apple Music/Control Freaq. It’s been five years between albums – and the new one by Erykah Badu is a mixtape, some covers and rewrites, the phone theme is explored across all 11 tracks and the slight 37-minute running time, the title lifted of course from her […]

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September 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1036

Andy Summers/Robert Fripp, Bewitched (1984) I hadn’t thought about his album in a long time – much less listened to it. But it all came back in those first notes this morning and the delay and effects around those first notes. And then on from there. This was the first “guitar” album that I heard […]

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June 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1358

Prince, Lovesexy (1988) The two things that killed this album – I’m guessing, here – were the cover and the fact that, prepared for the CD-age, it was all one track, one single 45-minute song-medley. If you had the tape or LP that didn’t matter so much. Also of course it followed an incredible run, […]