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November 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 22
The Clash, Rock The Casbah [Single] (1982) I do like The Clash. Sure. Just not as much as most people that like/love The Clash. I do still think they’re a bit overrated and maybe it won’t help my cause at all to suggest that this is one of my favourites by them – which doesn’t […]Archive
October 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 34
Ramones, It’s Alive (1979) The Ramones are likeAC/DCfor me – in that it feels like they’ve always just been there. Doing the same song, serving it in the same way, the same setting. And I’ve been a fan forever but I’m not a hardcore, more a fairweather fan. In the case of both bands I […]Archive
February 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Stranglers (February 14, Wellington)
The Stranglers w/ Mi-Sex Opera House, Wellington Friday, February 14 I saw The Stranglers in 2016 – this version of the band. And it was superb. So much so I wasn’t sure I needed to see the band again (they’ve been back twice since) but then something made me think that it wouldn’t at all […]Archive
January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Schizophonics: People In The Sky
The Schizophonics People In The Sky Pig Baby Hailing from San Diego, The Schizophonics have the right stuff – instantly. There’s a lot of pretenders hiding deep inside the retro psych/garage/punk movement/s (hey, there’s a lot of pretenders hiding everywhere…I’m probably one myself!) but fuck me if this doesn’t just explode from the get go […]Archive
March 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 133: Drive Like Jehu – “Yank Crime”
Elsewhere you might read all about how Drive Like Jehu was this classic, underrated or seminal band and that their second and final album Yank Crime was just absolutely the one – a forgotten or lost classic, a gem, a must-have, a must-hear. Etc… But you will not hear that hear. This is landfill-hardcore of a time and place. That time […]Archive
January 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 117: fIREHOSE – “fROMOHIO”
Not only is this the first time I’ve heard it – it’s also the first fIREHOSE album I’ve ever heard. But I was always interested in the band. Because I’m fairly interested in what Mike Watt gets up to with music. I remember reading about fIREHOSE in the music mags and from there I checked […]Archive
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 […]Archive
December 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 108: Bad Brains– “I Against I”
Of all the albums in this challenge I just feel nothing really about I Against I. I didn’t hate it and I’m not sure I rate it – I’m glad I heard it I spose, so there’s that. And I’ve played it through a few times now to try to hook into something more – […]Archive
November 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 104: The Mekons – “Fear and Whiskey”
I’m a big believer that the right album finds you at the right time, and that’s not just a sneaky way of excusing yourself for not being on-trend. I know about The Mekons – because I know about Jon Langford. But, oddly, given I love not just his art and activism but his music too […]Archive
September 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 89: X – “Wild Gift”
I absolutely expected to hear a few more duds doing this challenge. But shit it’s been good. A lot of great albums I knew about and therefore kinda knew I’d missed and a lot of things I genuinely didn’t know about or certainly didn’t know just how great they would be. I guess there’ll be […]Archive
August 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman