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March 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Cold Sweat Music: Ghastly-Wonderful Stuff…
Scott Walker’s, Bish Bosch – I could barely make sense of it. But I love it. It was late. I was up, alone, headphones in, checking out the album – all I’d had to go on previously was this clip. And that’s the most energetic/lively piece on the album. The rest of it has the […]Archive
October 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Thinking about Scott Walker: Music Without Compromise
Even when I’m not listening to Scott Walker I’m (almost) always thinking about him. I realised this recently revisiting this excellent book of writings about Walker. I realised this recently when someone asked me to name one great recent/ish music documentary and without pause for second thought I pounced on 30 Century Man. I hunt […]Archive
April 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Ed Kuepper: Lost Cities
Ed Kuepper Lost Cities Prince Melon Records Ed Kuepper shows no signs of slowing – and here there’s a hue to his voice that’s reminiscent of Climate of Hunter-era Scott Walker; basically Scott but not full-warble. Kuepper’s songs are little highway ghosts – as on Fever Dream which feels like the very perfect evocation of […]Archive
August 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Best Guitarist in The World: # 8 – Mark Knopfler
I remember one time at school some guy told me “the best guitarist in the world is Mark Knopfler”. I laughed at him. Not entirely sure why – I’ve always been a fan. But it just didn’t sit with me – and to give this full context, this was way back – mid-80s, when Knopfler […]Archive
July 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Swans: Not Here/Not Now
Swans Not Here/Not Now Young God Oh shit, I wouldn’t have a clue how to write about Swans – particularly the recent albums. I loved The Seer – well, I was frightened by it, intrigued, I felt like it pulverised me but in the end it was love, yes. And yet I did not write […]Archive
April 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Jim Wilson: A Tinker’s Cuss # 14
Yesterday morning at 6:30am I arrived to walk Mt Eden Hill in Auckland City. It was dark and misty and there was dew on the ground. These are ideal circumstances for me as Auckland can get mighty hot and I miss the cool and damp mornings of Christchurch and Dunedin. In the car park there […]Archive
January 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Chris Abrahams: Memory Night
Chris Abrahams Memory Night Room 40 Chris Abrahams is best known for his work with The Necks – their most recent album, Open, was my album of the year for 2013; or at least one of my albums of what was an amazing year of music. But Abrahams also has a solo career – and […]Archive
August 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Lustmord: The Word As Power
Lustmord The Word As Power Blackest Ever Black As Lustmord Brian Williams has created a strain of industrial and dark ambient music that creeps along like a horror soundtrack one minute, then slowly, surely, it opens itself up – unfolding – to reveal the beauty (and still the darkness) of sublime classical music, of minimalism, […]Archive
June 26, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Knife: Shaking The Habitual
The Knife Shaking The Habitual Mute US Corporation Swedish brother/sister synth-pop/electronic duo The Knife releases a belated follow-up to the fan-winning Silent Shout. It’s fair to say, surely, that a lot of people found The Knife on the back of the Jose Gonzales cover of Heartbeats. Anyone still hoping they’ll write another song for Jose […]Archive
May 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Vivid Festival: Sydney, May 24-June 10, 2013
I’m soon to jump on a plane and head to Sydney where I’ll be covering the opening weekend of the Vivid Festival – a festival of “lights, music and ideas”. I’ll take in a few talks, the future of photojournalism, the demands of writing content for the digital world. I’ll see the Sydney Harbour Bridge […]Archive
January 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman