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December 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Best Gigs Of The Year: The Top 10 Gigs I Reviewed in 2017
Every year I see some great shows – and 2017 offered up plenty. There were loads of great shows I missed (Paul McCartney – though I saw him in 1993 at least) and others that someone else will tell you was the best where I thought it was fucking absurd (Future Islands). Still, all up, […]Archive
October 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 210 – Patti Smith, Melbourne, Australia 2017
When it was announced that Patti Smith would be playing Horses in its entirety I wanted to be there. No New Zealand show though. I found that out from Patti Smith herself. Surreal, huh? I wrote a short piece for my then daily-blogging fix, about how someone should bring Smith to NZ. I talked about […]Archive
October 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Always Starting, Never Ending
jesus, FUCK! – Alan Bennett is 83. I better get watching – and reading – his books, his TV, his films, scripts… Shit! There’s too much for me. (I’ve read some, seen some – but there’s much to revisit, and so much to try, to find, to hunt, to line up). A name gets mentioned, […]Archive
April 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Patti Smith (April 16, Melbourne)
Patti Smith and her Band perform ‘Horses’ Hamer Hall, Melbourne; Vic. Sunday, April 16 It was billed as Patti Smith’s last tour of Australia and it was also a run-through of the classic album, Horses. So expectations were high. It was palpable, the theatre filling up in the half-hour ahead of show-time, a reverence, and […]Archive
April 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Soundwalk Collective: Killer Road
Soundwalk Collective and Jesse Paris Smith feat. Patti Smith Killer Road Sacred Bones Records Here’s a genius movie in terms of collaboration – the perfect fit here as Soundwalk Collective (Simone Merli, Kamran Sadeghi and Stephan Carsneanski) chose the perfect subject to honour, the perfect way and the perfect person to help them realise this. […]Archive
January 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: # 6 – Five Female Artists With Songs That Made Me Go ‘Wow’
Tonight I’m playing a bunch of records down at the San Fran – all female artists, mostly a 1980s set I reckon, but I have a few things that spill out either side, so we’ll see where the night goes… So in honour of that – and the amazing PJ Harvey show earlier this week […]Archive
January 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
John Cale: Leading From The Fringe
I was a fan of Lou Reed first; then The Velvet Underground and then John Cale. Truth be told – and I don’t mind admitting it a) I was young b) there was no internet then – for a while I thought John Cale and J.J. Cale was the same person. I was 12 years […]Archive
December 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
A Hard Reign: Patti Smith Proved The Right and Only Choice to Represent Bob Dylan
For all the talk of Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize for Literature being polarising, being an outrage he was well deserving – a legend, a hero, quite outside and away from any Nobel Prize. But he really is the most important, most influential singer/songwriter – the guy who stood highest on the mountain with the brightest […]Archive
June 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 866
V/A, New Wave (1977) I bet this was formative for a lot of people – one of those perfect/imperfect compilations that takes you into a whole new world. Well, it wasn’t for me. But the music on it – most of it – meant a whole lot to me. I just heard it in other […]Archive
February 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Mecca Normal: Empathy For The Evil
Mecca Normal Empathy For The Evil M’lady’s Records/Mecca Normal Canadian duo Mecca Normal have continued on over three decades releasing records that are all cut from their minimalist palette, clean – and then a bit fuzzy – guitar, best served in shards and a passionate spoken/sung punk polemic. It’s business-as-usual then, in a sense, for […]Archive
January 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman