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February 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Win A Double Pass to the Eric Clapton Documentary – Life In 12 Bars
To celebrate the New Zealand theatrical release of Life In 12 Bars the new feature-length Eric Clapton documentary Madman NZ has given me five double passes for fans. The film will be screening in New Zealand from February 15-28 at selected theatres. To be in to win it is this simple: Write a comment below […]Archive
April 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Gimme Danger: DVD
Gimme Danger: The Story of The Stooges Director: Jim Jarmusch Dogwoof I wonder if people worry about whether they’re letting the side down by not liking a key book or doco relating to an artist they love. I figure fans want to lap up anything related to the fan-experience. But boring-is-boring. I loathed the Keith […]Archive
March 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
A Showdown: 1984
The showdown is between Eurythmics’ album 1984 (For The Love Of Big Brother) and Van Halen’s 1984, also known as MCMLXXXIV. And I’m not sure I can offer much in terms of a showdown – because all that happened was someone made the suggestion that I compare the two albums and then I fell in […]Archive
November 28, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 603
Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill (1986) Easily one of the most important, influential albums for me – one of the things I could point to and say “I discovered this!” Actually, my friend Aaron had it first. Probably from his older brother. But as soon as I heard it I was sold. I remember exactly […]Archive
November 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sting: 57th & 9th
Sting 57th & 9th A&M Within a day or so of seeing a pretty incredible Sting (and Peter Gabriel) show I read the news that Sting was set to release a rock album; his first in over a decade. I was ready to sign up. Years of that fruit with a lute and bloody orchestral […]Archive
October 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Oasis – Supersonic: Film
Oasis: Supersonic Director: Mat Whitecross Mint Pictures/Nemperor/On The Corner Films It might seem cruel – but it’s the truth: the only Oasis albums that matter, or mattered, or needed to happen, are the first two. The length of their discography since, and teased rumours of a reunion and the watered-down versions of Oasis that are […]Archive
October 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Rocktober
October is “Rocktober” – well, that’s if you ever believed the commercial meathead-rock radio stations. I put together a Rocktober playlist that isn’t at all ironic, it’s made up of songs I dig – but the Rocktober tag is slightly facetious; well it’s not. These songs were the basis of a DJ set I did […]Archive
May 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 702
V/A, Lookey Dookey/Talking Trash (2000) One of several 50s/60s garage-rock/r’n’b comps I’ve gathered in recent years. I probably started hooking up with these things when I started doing 6-8 hour DJ sets at a couple of bars; in most cases they were compilations I recognised from when I worked in the CD store and knew the […]Archive
March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Dope Smoker: Marijuana
Dope Smoker Marijauana (Independent/Bandcamp) Just when you thought the album/track Dopesmoker by Sleep was as overt as “Stoner Rock” got, along comes the Welsh band Dope Smoker – that seminal track/album was surely, well, a guiding light – and here’s their fifth album; the title now as blatant as can be, and if you’re somehow […]Archive
March 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #191 – Rocktober, Concert, Wellington, 2012
Yes, I know there are lots of “Rocktober”-styled events and it usually reminds people of some lame radio station…means about as much as NZ Music Month. But for me Rocktober is about this event where a guy, a local guy who just loves metal and good hard rock, would put on shows – he’d get […]Archive
August 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman