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August 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 63

Carpenters, Ticket To Ride (1970) Bought a few Carpenters records recently – already had a few, but trying to pick up the ones I don’t have. In part it was because I was talking about the band for a radio show – which is done now. You can click that link to check it out […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1970, All I Can Do, Carpenters, Covers, David N. White Gallery, Debut, Duo, Karen, Karen Carpenter, LP, Mr Fox's Shop, Offering, Peppa Pig, Pop, Record, Richard, Richard Carpenter, RNZ, Second-Hand, Siblings, The Carpenters, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 63, Ticket To Ride, Vinyl ·

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August 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Ben Lee: Quarter Century Classix

Ben Lee Quarter Century Classix New West Records I’ve always wanted to like Ben Lee more than I think I actually do. And I’ll always give an album of cover-versions an extra chance. So I’m an all-day sucker right here when Ben Lee decides to release a collection of his favourite indie-pop songs that are […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 25 Years, Album Review, Alt, Ben Lee, Ben Lee: Quarter Century Classix, Cover Versions, Covers, Indie, Pop, Quarter Century Classix, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gigs I Saw in 2019

I probably saw fewer gigs – and reviewed fewer gigs – in 2019 than any other year. That’s kinda nice. I also paid for a few shows too; more than other years. That’s also nice – liberating…although I’m so conditioned to writing a review to process the show that I still turn out the reviews […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, April, Auckland, August, Book, Classical, Comedy, Concert, Concert Review, December, February, Festival, Gig Review, Gigs, Gigs I Saw, Gigs I Saw in 2019, Hawke's Bay, January, Jazz, July, June, Live Gig, Live Gig Review, Live Review, March, May, Music, Musician, November, October, Poet, Pop, Rock, September, Wellington, Year in Review, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 217

The Rolling Stones, Flowers (1967) I almost never feel like listening to The Rolling Stones these days – possibly because I’ve heard it all and heard it all for too long and too often. They were a band I really cared about for the longest time, but now it’s very rare I can make it […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1960s, 1967, B-Sides, Flowers, LP, Pop, Rarities, Record, Singles, Small Faces, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 217, Vinyl ·

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September 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 186: Dean Chandler

Welcome to episode 186 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Album, Anchor, Anchor/FM, Apple, Apple Podcasts, Before Friday, Bic Runga, Brady Blade, Buddy Miller, Chat, Conversation, Dean Chandler, Debut, Emmylou Harris, Godfrey de Grut, Interview, iTunes, Music, Musician, Off The Tracks, Podcast, Pop, Rhian Sheehan, Self-Titled, Singer/Songwriter, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 186, Sweetman Podcast # 186: Dean Chandler, The CD Store, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Vox Lux: DVD

Vox Lux  Director: Brady Corbet  Madman  Vox Lux comes from actor/director Brady Corbet. It’s the 30-year-old’s second full-length feature and it’s something of a Sunset Blvd. for the me/#metoo generation; a 21st century masterpiece.   Spanning 1999-2017 and narrated – brilliantly, exacerbating the fable-like quality of it – by Willem Dafoe, the film tells the coming of age and then comeback of Celeste Montgomery. Played […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Brady Corbet, DVD Review, Film Review, Jude Law, Madman, Movie Review, Natalie Portman, Pop, pop star, Scott Walker, Sia, Vox Lux: DVD, Willem Dafoe, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 287

Dolly Parton, Great Balls of Fire (1979) Dolly, Dolly, Dolly…I’ve probably bashed everyone over the head with Dolly Parton lately – listening to almost everything she’s ever done (some 63 studio albums) for a recent chat on the radio about how Dolly is great. But here’s the funny thing, I own precisely two Dolly LPs. A cheap TimeLife compilation with the obvious hits […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Country, Crossover, Dolly, Dolly Parton, Great Balls of Fire, Help!, LP, Pop, Record, RNZ, Star of the Show, The Vinyl Countdown # 287, Vinyl ·

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April 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 143: Christina Aguilera – “Stripped”

Even though she-e-e-eeeeeeeeeeeee———-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee is very good, I thi-e-e-eeei-iiiiii-eeeee-iiiii-eeeee—nnnnk it isn’t the right time to be just discovering Christina Aquilera. And I course I’m not just discovering her, I was aware-e-air-e-aire-e-aire-aire-aire-aire-airrrrr of her and her oversing-e-in-e-ing-e-ing-eing at the tie-e-ime-e-ime-e-ime-e-ime-e-ime-e-ime. But I can’t say I’ve ever heard a full album by her. Until now-e-ow-e-ow-eow-eow-e-ow-eow-eow-e-ow-e-ow. Stripped is sorta ironically titled too – as it’s carrying far too much. The […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Stripped”, 00s, 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 2000s, 2002, Beautiful, Christina Aguilera, Christina Aguilera - “Stripped”, Oversinging, Pop, The 1001 Albums, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 143, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 143: Christina Aguilera - “Stripped” ·

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March 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 137: Britney Spears – “…Baby One More Time”

I never listened to this at the time – but I couldn’t avoid the videos for the big singles, particularly the title track. It was everywhere. This was a teen sensation – and it was pitched in all the right ways (or wrong ways if you think about it) to a broad audience. Britney Spears, former child star, was […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1990s, 1999, Baby One More Time, Britney, Britney Spears, Britney Spears - “...Baby One More Time”, Fantasy, Nineties, Oops I Did It Again!, Pop, Teenager, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 137, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 137: Britney Spears - “...Baby One More Time”, Video ·

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February 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 335 

Hothouse Flowers, Don’t Go [Single] (1988) Hothouse Flowers – good band! Saw them live a couple of times, once still in their ascendancy and then many years on. They still sounded great. Good show. Very capable. But it was a school night. In a wee pub down the road. And no one seemed to really give a fuck – […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980s, 1988, Dire Straits, Don't Go, Eighties, Hothouse Flowers, Ireland, Irish, LP, Pop, Record, Saved, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 335, Vinyl ·

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December 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 112: The Triffids – “Calenture”

I so love the album Born Sandy Devotional that even if The Triffids did nothing else of value at all I’d still tell you they’re one of my favourite bands. Turns out they made a small handful of perfectly imperfect albums and I’m still getting to them. I hadn’t heard Calenture – which has changed […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged # 112, 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1980s, 1987, 80s, Australia, Australian, Born Sandy Devotional, Calenture, David McComb, Eighties, OZ, Pop, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 112:, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 112: The Triffids, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 112: The Triffids – “Calenture”, The Triffids, The Triffids – “Calenture”, Triffids ·

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December 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 208 Pete Shelley

Late 2009. The Spines at that time were Les Knight on bass, Riki Gooch on drums and me. We had just recorded the Bloodmonster album and I was about 50 and drinking a lot at Bodega – a period of renaissance for the band. I’d always been a fan of the Buzzcocks in the early […]
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