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March 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 248: Nadia Freeman (Miss Leading)

Welcome to Sweetman Podcast. It’s 2021. But I started this year with conversations recorded at the very end of 2020. Now we’re into fresh conversations recorded in 2021. And this is episode 248 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as […]
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February 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 206: Kev Fitzsimons (Anxiety Club)

Welcome to episode 206 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Acting, Anchor, Anchor FM, Anxiety Club, Apple, Black Heart, Chat, Conversation, Covers Band, EP, Francine, Interview, iTunes, Kev Fitzsimons, La Petite Chocolat, London, Music, Podcast, Podcaster, Scotland, Simon Sweetman, Sofa, Songwriter, Songwriting, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 206, Sweetman Podcast # 206: Kev Fitzsimons, Sweetman Podcast # 206: Kev Fitzsimons (Anxiety Club), Sweetman Podcast: Kev Fitzsimons, T Leaf T, Thom Cross, U2, University, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 194

The Big Dish, Prospect Street [Single] (1986) I know nothing about The Big Dish – apart from what I’ve just googled – and this single and b-side, which I’ve just listened to for the first time. Scottish band. And I can hear that instantly and line them up somewhere between Simple Minds and The Blue […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1986, A-side, B-side, EP, LP, Oscar, Prospect Street, Scotland, Simple Minds, Single, Something From Nothing, The Beatles, The Big Dish, The Blue Nile, The Chipmunks, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 194, Vinyl ·

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January 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Ali Whitelock: and my heart crumples like a coke can 

and my heart crumples like a coke can  Ali Whitelock  Wakefield Press  I finished reading Ali Whitelock’s poetry volume the day I heard of Mary Oliver’s passing. I had been savouring the pages of “coke can”, taking my time, reading no more than four poems in a sitting; deep stories, they require a lot of you (in the best possible way), they sit with […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Ali Whitelock: and my heart crumples like a coke can, and my heart crumples like a coke can, Australia, Book, Book Review, Charles Bukowski, Mary Oliver, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Scotland, Scottish, Wakefield Press, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 97: The Associates – “Sulk”

This one totally passed me by – I mean, obviously, I’m including it here on this list…but I mean I’d never really been aware of The Associates at all. As far as I can tell. I certainly didn’t even know about the album Sulk. And look, I like synth-pop as much as the next person…provided […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1980s, 1982, 1983, Associates, Brit, British, Eighties, European, Moritz Von Oswald, Scotland, Sulk, Synth, Synth-Pop, The 1001 Albums, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 97, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 97 The Associates – “Sulk”, The Associates, The Associates – “Sulk”, UK ·

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February 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 29: The Incredible String Band – “The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter”

I am pretty green when it comes to The Incredible String Band. One of those groups I’ve read about more than I’ve listened to. That said, I did read a book about the British psych/folk scene of the 60s/70s and it prompted me to buy a compilation of the String Band’s “hits” – not that […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter", 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1968, Espers, Espers II, Folk, folk-rock, Incredible String Band, Psych, Psychedelic, Scotland, Scottish, Sixties, String, String Band, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 29, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 29: The Incredible String Band – “The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter”, The Hangman's Beautiful Daugther, The Incredible String Band, The Incredible String Band – “The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter”, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Big Country: NZ Tour (March, 2018)

80’s Celtic rockers Big Country make a triumphant return to Perform ‘The Crossing’ plus a special encore of greatest hits. Get ready for all your BIG COUNTRY favourites including In A Big Country, Fields of Fire, Chance, Wonderland, Look Away and more! “The audience were singing their hearts out, jumping around and living every moment to its […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Auckland, Big Country: NZ Tour (March, Cabana, Christchurch, Gig Announcement, March, Napier, NZ Tour, Promo, San Fran, Scotland, The Crossing, Tour Announcement, Wellington ·

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February 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 586

Big Country, Peace In Our Time (1988) A lot of the albums from the 1980s that are in my record collection either first belonged to my folks, my grandparents or an aunty or uncle – or I’ve gone and bought them because I heard them there first. If I haven’t inherited it I’ve sought it […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1988, Big Country, King of Emotion, LP, Peace In Our Time, Record, Scotland, Scottish, The Vinyl Countdown # 586, UK, Vinyl ·

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June 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #99 – Janey Godley, Wellington, 2012

I’ve always enjoyed Janey Godley’s comedy – she’s visited New Zealand a few times, when she first performed here (I reckon around 2008 or so, maybe a bit earlier, maybe a year later) she was nervous and new to comedy and it was more about her life; it worked as simply a monologue show. She’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2012, Autobiography, Book, Comedy, Comedy Festival, Janey Godley, San Fran, San Fran Bath House, Scotland, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, Stephen K. Amos, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #99 – Janey Godley, Wellington ·

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March 18, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 927

Average White Band, AWB (1974) What got me hooked on the Average White Band was seeing Paul McCartney. His band featured a couple of ex-AWB players, and so – you know – then you go digging. It’s like when you recognise a name on a record cover and want to find out what else they […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1974, Average White Band, AWB, LP, Pick Up The Pieces, Record, Record Fair, Scotland, The Vinyl Countdown # 927, Vinyl, Vinyl Affair, You Got It ·

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July 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1072

Nazareth, Greatest Hits (1975) Nazareth. Nazareth? “What the fuck are you doing with a Nazareth album?” – my inner monologue asks. Well, I can’t really answer that. I mean they cover Joni Mitchell’s This Flight Tonight but you get the feeling they might only be doing that because someone told them it’s actually Heart’s song, […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1975, Greatest Hits, Love Hurts, LP, Nazareth, Razamanaz, Scotland, This Flight Tonight, Vinyl ·

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September 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Deacon Blue: The Hipsters

  Deacon Blue The Hipsters EDSEL This is the first Deacon Blue album in over a decade and it’s about as good as you could ever expect – reminding of the band at its peak, reminiscent – instantly – of Deacon Blue and of mid-period Beautiful South (say, Blue Is The Colour through Painting It […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Deacon Blue, Here I Am In London Town, Pop, Robbie Williams, Scotland, Texas, The Beautiful South, The Hipsters, Turn ·

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