Posts Tagged Single
Archive
November 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 218
Joan As Police Woman, Eternal Flame [Single] (2006) This world we live in! What a magical place it can be – I just get done chatting to Joan Wasser for my podcast after being a Joan As Police Woman fan for years – since that magical debut album in fact – and seeing a great […]Archive
November 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 220
Sharon O’Neill, Smash Palace [Single] (1982) I’m lucky enough to – finally – have found a copy of the film soundtrack, a gorgeous EP – but ahead of that, I settled for this single: The title track from the film and its soundtrack EP. I met Sharon a few years back and spoke to her […]Archive
October 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 229
Carboard & Computers, The Best Ones [Single] (2016) I was given this – it’s part of a multimedia project more than it’s actually a single (and a remix). So I have one of the poster-prints too and I love the concept as much or more than the music. I do love the music enough too […]Archive
October 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 230
The Electricka Zoo/Badger Sett, Split [Single] (2016) This is a split 7” single the first side is The Electricka Zoo with ‘Fragmentary Alpha Waves’ and the second side is Badger Sett with ‘Eats His Own Brain’; though it’s a Peter King Lathe Cut with no labels on either side, just clear – so you sorta […]Archive
October 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 231
The Beach Boys, Rock And Roll Music [Single] (1976) It’s when you don’t really care about the A-side or the B-side and you own the parent album which has both songs on it anyway (and that’s also not great) that you realise you’re in pretty deep. This is me, in real time, with my latest […]Archive
October 20, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 12 – Oasis, “Wibbling Rivalry”
Oasis, Wibbling Rivlary, 1994 Technically, it’s a single. It was released as a single back in 1994 – even though it’s an interview. I believe it’s the highest-charting “interview” ever. It is Liam and Noel, the Gallagher brothers of Oasis locked in a lunatic-rant against one another. It’s hilarious, embarrassing, stupid and invigorating. It was […]Archive
October 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 233
The Fourmyula, Nature [Single] (1969) I wrote about it in my book – it was, long before that, voted the top of a list of 75 NZ songs. I’ve always loved it – and the band The Fourmyula, they have some psych-rock masterpieces that still seem forgotten/under-discovered in the wider catalogue. But this song carries […]Archive
October 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 234
The Beach Boys, Honkin’ Down The Highway [Single] (1977) I’m on a massive Beach Boys kick right now, if you’re a regular reader of any of my pages you’ll know that already – I come and go with the band in terms of listening, a bit like The Beatles and other artists I care a […]Archive
October 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 238
Savage Progress, Burning Bush [Single] (1984) I have no idea where this came from – funny the things that turn up in a collection. I haven’t bought that many bulk-lots off others, I’ve had a couple of donations of old collections…I can usually track exactly where I am and where I was and why something […]Archive
October 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 239
A message about SAMOA from Air New Zealand Geez, if it wasn’t for the cover image the title might look like a warning or something with those chosen block-capitals. It’s one of those flexi singles – a promotional item from/for Air New Zealand. And the only real info I found about it is in that […]Archive
August 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman