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December 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 7
Sleaford Mods, Mork N Mindy [Single] (2020) I wasn’t a Day One Sleaford Mods Fan. I know that. I didn’t hate them. But I think it probably wasn’t going to be for me to rate them. Then I listened properly. A couple of albums into their career, not even sure what it was that made […]Archive
November 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Megan Thee Stallion: Good News
Megan Thee Stallion Good News 300 Entertainment It’s hard to believe that this is Megan Thee Stallion’s debut album. And I mean that in purely musical terms – 2019’s “mixtape” Fever felt like an album-quality collection, and was a broad announcement; my introduction. I loved that set of songs, played it often – it gave […]Archive
October 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Beastie Boys: Beastie Boys Music
Beastie Boys Beastie Boys Music Capitol There are at least two other (very good) Beastie Boys compilations on the market and still (and always) available and the best one is absolutely The Sounds of Science an anthology that features as many unreleased songs as it does ‘hits’. And that’s the one that soundtracked several of […]Archive
September 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 37 – Ma$e, “Welcome Back”
Ma$e, Welcome Back 2004 Mase. He was the new protégé after Biggie bought it. And back when Puff Daddy was blowing smoke up other people’s arses, not just his own. Mase hit in big with Harlem World and with his guest appearances in the late 1990s. Then he went soft. Welcome Back was his “comeback” […]Archive
December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 199: Dominic Hoey
Welcome to episode 199 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 […]Archive
August 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Missy Elliott: ICONOLOGY (ep)
Missy Elliott ICONOLOGY (ep) Goldmind / Atlantic The problem with disappearing in this age is someone arrives to take your place. Much as I’ve missed Missy over the last decade and a bit (nearly 15 years since her last full album, only a handful of singles and collaborations to satiate) I’ve seen Azealia Banks come […]Archive
August 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Kate Tempest: The Book of Traps and Lessons
Kate Tempest The Book of Traps and Lessons American Recordings/UMG Kate Tempest has been dazzling audiences with both words for the page and words meant for a stage – via volumes of poetry, plays, a novel and albums – and most often there’s been a rage to her voice that is palpable. She delivered one of the finest shows […]Archive
August 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love: #2 – Miles Davis, “Doo-Bop”
Miles Davis, Doo-Bop, 1992 Okay, it might not be the worst Miles Davis album but it’s up there. It has to be. Simply because no other Miles Davis album has a track on it where someone steps up and raps: Let’s kick a verse for my man called Miles ‘Cause seems to me he’s gonna be ’round for a long […]Archive
August 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 265
Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique (1989) Just recently I wrote about this album and some of what it means to me – got quite into the idea of this being 30 years old. It was and is one of my favourite albums. Still. Always. I love everything from the Beastie Boys – but this was always ‘The One’. And yet my original […]Archive
June 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A: DVD
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A Director: Steve Loveridge Madman The Amy Winehouse documentary was devastating – of course. But what was amazing about it – as is the case with documentary subjects that came of age across the last two decades – was the gathered footage. Home videos, goof-offs, early social media…Archive
June 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman