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December 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
To See The Really Great Gigs You Must Travel: Overseas Highlights
Earlier this year I missed seeing The Cure, I missed a band I always wanted to see. But there’ll always be a few you don’t get to. I’ve seen more than most. Also, I was on holiday in America. So I couldn’t really complain – and didn’t. Also that same night I scored one of […]Archive
October 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Remembering The Go-Betweens: Such A Band
I always say that the very best thing about reviewing music is the discovery – the joy in that discovery; it’s wonderful to get to share that too. You kiss a lot of frogs though. So it’s always special when something really sticks. When something arrives to you – it really does feel like a […]Archive
March 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 741
Sleater-Kinney, The Woods (2005) I always liked Sleater-Kinney right from when I first heard them/first read about them even…but I think I liked the idea of them as much as the music. Right up until I heard this. This – their final album in their original run – is the masterpiece. I’m sure of that. So […]Archive
March 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Sleater-Kinney (February 29, Akld)
Sleater-Kinney The Powerstation, Auckland Monday, February 29 There was a feeling, definitely, that it was just good to be there – to see them. Whatever happened it was going to be okay…this was palpable right from the energised, well-meaning and ultimately very good opening set from Wellington’s Mermaidens. When Sleater-Kinney took to the stage (“jetlagged […]Archive
February 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Carrie Brownstein: Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl
Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl: A Memoir Carrie Brownstein Riverhead Books This feels like the perfect music-memoir, or musician’s memoir – since you get the emotional baggage around the band, the development of the artist, the aims and ambitions, from naivety through to the second-wind of a reunion run. But we’re not bogged down […]Archive
January 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 769
Sleater-Kinney, No Cities To Love – Deluxe (2015) It was the first great record of last year – even if it took me a wee while to get some thoughts down about it. I had the album, the review-link, late in 2014 and I thrashed those songs across the summer break this time last year. […]Archive
June 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Sleater-Kinney: No Cities To Love
Sleater-Kinney No Cities To Love Sub Pop Records There’s a certain type of ‘reunion/comeback’ record that sounds so much the same as the artist’s old/earlier work that there’s really no point in hearing it – it’s usually a case of the times moving on, leaving that particular sound in the dust. A current example is […]Archive
December 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 972
Sleater-Kinney, One Beat (2002) What a great group. Love Sleater-Kinney. Couldn’t afford/justify springing for the full box-set of all the records – but was enjoying the sampler-CD far too much to just have that. Decided I had to take the plunge – get one. That’s the way it always starts. There’ll be more to follow. […]Archive
September 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Album Preview: Sleater-Kinney – Start Together
Next month Sleater-Kinney will be discovered/rediscovered by many. Sub-pop is re-releasing the band’s seven-album catalogue in a Ltd Ed (3000 copies) box-set. Coloured vinyl, a 44-page hardcover book and a limited edition print. You’ll also be able to get the albums as standalones on black vinyl and/or CD. I’ve been listening to a sampler CD […]Archive
October 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman