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March 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Mdou Moctar: Blue Stage Session
Mdou Moctar Blue Stage Session Third Man Records Third Man Records is easily the best thing Jack White’s ever done – and for proof we need only look at at things like this, limited edition, direct-to-vinyl recording sessions that showcase the best of popular and fringe acts. Here Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar lets his spidery, psychedelic-jam guitar loose over crawling spirals of drum rhythm. His hypnotic weave of desert blues and new-frontier […]Archive
June 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: # 15 – Enduring Favourites, Revisiting Legends…
Been a while since I’ve done a Five For Friday so I’m going old-school – old, old school – in the sense that everything here is something I’ve loved for a long time – these artists are in my special list of all-time favourites; in a lot of cases I come and go, give them […]Archive
June 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Prince: Purple Rain (Deluxe) [Expanded Edition]
Prince Purple Rain (Deluxe) [Expanded Edition] NPG Records/Warner Bros. This is the one people have been waiting for – particularly since the sad news last year. Prince was readying this release – it was planned to happen in his lifetime, it was further delayed across the last year – its 30th Anniversary well and truly […]Archive
April 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Kitsch or Classic: What is Your Favourite 1980s Soundtrack Album?
Here’s a very simple question for you – what is the best 1980s film soundtrack? What is your favourite? I ask this because I’ve only recently realised that I am something of a collector of film soundtracks – particularly ones from the 1980s. Obscure, obvious and all points between. You want it (or most likely […]Archive
September 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Mick Wall: Prince – Purple Reign
Prince: Purple Reign Mick Wall Trapeze Three months after the shock death of Prince Mick Wall releases this biography, well it purports to be a biography – there’s nothing new here and nothing for any Prince fan to learn. The book begins with the 911 call which seems particularly cold. But this is Mick Wall […]Archive
May 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Vorn Colgan
Vorn Colgan has been New Zealand’s best-kept musical secret for so long now that it seems almost a shame to spoil it. He has been writing and releasing albums under the Vorn moniker to critical acclaim and commercial non-plussed-ness since 1999, as well as contributing to the work of indie legends such as Dangerpin, The Sproutts and […]Archive
April 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
DJ Setlist: PRINCE – A Tribute Night, Meow, Friday, April 29, 2016
It was a tribute night to the Purple One following the news that’s still so hard to take even as it continues to sink in, and the loss seems more astounding by the day. I teared up this afternoon rewatching the clip of Prince slaying all with his solo at the end of the all-star […]Archive
April 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 708
Prince, Graffiti Bridge (1990) The film – a fucking mess, aiming at being some sort of “spiritual” sequel to the Purple Rain movie – was bloody hard to sit through a second time, the first time I was young and such a fan I went with it, even though it was ludicrous. But I’ve always […]Archive
February 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Mdou Moctar: Arounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai
Mdou Moctar Arounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai [Original Soundtrack Recording] Sahel Sounds It’s easy enough – and fair enough – to have a lighthearted chuckled around some of the absurdities of this project – a remake of Prince’s Purple Rain movie in a language with no word for ‘Purple’; crowd-funded and starring the guitarist that penned […]Archive
July 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Best Guitarist in The World: # 3 – Prince
I’ve just started reading a book about the making of Purple Rain (the movie and album) – and I mean just started. I’m only a handful of pages in. The author is gushing about Prince’s guitar playing. I can tell it’s gonna be a good book. But I have this thought – geez, Prince could […]Archive
September 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman