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April 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 162 – Paul Crowther

Welcome to episode 162 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 in your Spotify library. I recorded this conversation back in January in Auckland. […]
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March 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Vangelis: Nocturne – The Piano Album

Vangelis  Nocturne: The Piano Album  Decca  The best textural work in music springs from – or works in support of – great melodies. Greek composer Vangelis has been at the forefront of great textural synth work with his incredible soundtracks (Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire, 1492: Conquest of Paradise) and non-soundtrack work too.  But for every indelible melody – and we need […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Album Review, Ambient, Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire, Classical, Decca, Mood, Nocturne, Nocturne: The Piano Album, Prog, Soundtrack, Spiral, Synth, The Piano Album, Vangelis, Vangelis: Nocturne - The Piano Album, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 70: Throbbing Gristle – “D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle”

I might like the idea of Throbbing Gristle as much – or more – as the actual music. Pioneering industrial group, as much an actual piece of art, a concept, as a ‘band’. That said I’ve enjoyed their 20 Jazz Funk Greats a great deal. And yet I haven’t dipped much more of a toe […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1978, 20 Jazz Funk Greats, Art, D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle, D.o.A., Industrial, Prog, Seventies, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 70: Throbbing Gristle – “D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle”, The Third And Final Report of Throbbing Gristle, Throbbing Gristel, Throbbing Gristle – “D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle” ·

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May 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

We Need To Not Talk About Muse (Again)

I’d rather not talk about Muse – it’s far more interesting than, say, talking about Muse. But there was a handful of requests for a review of the new album back then in 2015. Then I was told I had to justify feeling that way…vitriol, I was told, was not insight. Fairplay. Here goes: If […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Coldplay, Drones, Green Day, Muse, Prog, Queen, Radiohead, Review, We Need To Not Talk About Muse, We Need To Not Talk About Muse (Again), You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 55: Tangerine Dream – “Phaedra”

I had never really listened to Tangerine Dream and I don’t know why. I mean, beyond the fact that there’s nearly 200 albums across 50 years or whatever; hard to know where to start. Well, get this, I started, just recently, with a movie soundtrack from the 1980s – a completely random thing, just some […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1974, Ambient, German, Krautrock, Moog, Near Dark, Phaedra, Prog, Sequencer, Seventies, Soundtrack, Tangerine Dream, Tangerine Dream - "Phaedra", The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 55: Tangerine Dream – “Phaedra”, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 50: Hawkwind – “Space Ritual”

“Not this band – they’re always on. CRAP!” “What about some Hawkwind or Marillion!?!” That’s my reference point. For Hawkind. (And I guess Marillion). I’ve never – knowingly – bumped into either band since hearing about them on that episode of The Young Ones. I hold The Young Ones as dear to my heart as my […]
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May 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Comet Is Coming: Death To The Planet (ep)

The Comet Is Coming Death To The Planet (ep) The Leaf Label Following on from an earlier EP and full length album, British jazz-prog-dance trio The Comet It Coming returns to hit it right out of the park with this brand new four-track, 25-minute space-jam exploration EP.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, British, Dance, Death To The Planet, Death To The Planet (ep), EP, https://thecometiscoming.bandcamp.com/album/death-to-the-planet, Jazz, Jazz Festival, Prog, The Comet Is Coming, The Leaf Label ·

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April 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Allan Holdsworth

Allan Holdsworth has died. He was 70. A great guitarist and composer and if he wasn’t your favourite guitar player there’s every chance that many of your favourite guitarists looked to Holdsworth or took something from his sound and approach. A wizard. A hero to the shredders, a guy who took jazz in new directions […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Allan Holdsworth, Eulogy, Fusion, Guitar, Guitarist, Prog, R.I.P., R.I.P. Allan Holdsworth ·

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March 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 574

Robert Wyatt, Rock Bottom (1974) So nice – I bought it twice! By which I mean I already have this 2-for-1 (Rock Bottom and Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard) and then I decided I had to have the album on its own, as it was originally released. I got onto Robert Wyatt and this album […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1974, LP, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Prog, Record, Robert Wyatt, Rock Bottom, Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard, Sea Song, The Vinyl Countdown # 574, Vinyl ·

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March 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Nudge: Dark Arts

The Nudge Dark Arts Keen For A Nudge LTD. This is album number two for Wellington trio The Nudge. I’ve admired this band’s musicianship – all great players individually, and collectively – without ever being hugely connected to/engaged with their music. By that I mean I never actually heard the debut album but I was […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bring Me Your Love I, Bring Me Your Love II, Bring Me Your Love III, Dark Arts, Iraia Whakamoe, James Coyle, Kiwi, Lotus, Mike Oldfield, NZ, Pink Floyd, Prog, Psychedelic, Robert Wyatt, Ryan Prebble, Santana, The Balance Change, The Nudge, The Nudge: Dark Arts, Vinyl, Wellington ·

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January 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 592

Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Best of Emerson Lake & Palmer (1980) Less to do with the news of Keith Emerson and Greg Lake dying last year (though in both cases sad news, sure) and more to do with me being won over when I spot the LP-versions of old favourite CDs or tapes from […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, Carl Palmer, Compilation, Emerson, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Greg Lake, Instrumental, Keith Emerson, Lake, LP, Palmer, Prog, prog-rock, Record, The Best Of, The Best of Emerson Lake & Palmer, The Vinyl Countdown # 592, Trilogy, Vinyl ·

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December 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Silent Lucidity: A Place I Like To Hide

In 1990 a song was released called Silent Lucidity. Essentially it is answer to the question could anyone take the career of Pink Floyd more seriously than Pink Floyd? Enter Queensryche. The progressive metal act formed in 1981 and had released three albums and an EP before 1990’s Empire (which featured Silent Lucidity). Two years […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1990, Empire, metal, Operation: Mindcrime, Power Ballad, Prog, Queensyche, Silent Lucidity: A Place I Like To Hide, Song Lyrics ·
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