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May 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Monkees: Good Times!

The Monkees Good Times! Rhino Records Perhaps no one expected that a new album by The Monkees in 2016 would get rave reviews, but Good Times! is deserving of a great gush. For a start it’s fun (with an exclamation mark to remind us – though it almost evokes that famous question-mark from those hippie-times, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 50th Anniversary, Adam Schlesinger, Album Review, Andy Partridge, Ben Gibbard, Death Cab For Cutie, Fountains of Wayne, Good Times, Harry Nilsson, Mickey Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Monkees, Neil Diamond, Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, Peter Tork, Rivers Cuomo, The Monkees, Weezer, XTC ·

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November 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

New Street Adventure: No Hard Feelings

New Street Adventure No Hard Feelings Acid Jazz Formed around the guitar and vocals of Nick Corbin this British five-piece creates a nice line in indie-pop music using classic soul feels and rhythms to propel their original songs. It’s the Paul Weller of Style Council but pushing a Northern Soul feel in place of that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, New Street Adventure, Nick Corbin, No Hard Feelings, Northern Soul, Paul Weller, Soul, Style Council ·

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November 1, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1505

The Style Council, Our Favourite Shop (1985) I really do think  Paul Weller is pretty fuckall in the scheme of things. I quite like The Jam but it’s all a bit classless-Kinks and Small Faces without the sophistication. Weller is nothing that special as a songwriter. Not anymore. And his albums that roll out now every couple of years – […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Our Favourite Shop, Paul Weller, Shout To The Top, Small Faces, The Jam, The Kinks ·

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March 31, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1552

Phil Collins, No Jacket Required (1985) The rules are pretty simple. You are allowed to like Phil Collins for his early work with Genesis (especially when he was a drummer). You are in fact allowed to like him as a drummer. This means you can even go back to Brand X and you can certainly […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, Brand X, Brian Eno, Face Value, Genesis, LP, No Jacket Required, Oasis, Paul Weller, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Robert Fripp, Robert Plant, Vinyl, Who Said I Would ·

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