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January 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Delines: The Imperial
The Delines The Imperial El Cortez Records It’s an easy shot to take – and, hey, I’m all about that! – but this new album by The Delines is easily the finest record I’ve heard so far in 2019! More than that, I’m sure it’ll be on my end-of-year list as one of 2019’s greatest records. It is, from the very […]Archive
December 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 115: Dwight Yoakam – “Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room”
I remember in the very early 1990s or possibly right at the end of the late 80s – might even have been New Year’s Eve programming – seeing a video clip from Dwight Yoakam and I thought it was cool. The rest of the family did not. They are not country music fans. At all. […]Archive
December 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 146: Harry Lyon
Welcome to episode 146 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – 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 in your Spotify library to access each new episode; or via Anchor/FM you can get […]Archive
November 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 144 – Reb Fountain
Welcome to episode 144 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – 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 in your Spotify library to access each new episode; or via Anchor/FM you can get […]Archive
July 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 125 – Russell Self
Welcome to episode 125 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Here I had a chat with Russell Self. He’s a Wellington-based, English-born musician and poet. Russell’s held many jobs, let many more go, he’s been a busker, a troubadour, he recites his own poems and sings covers – he also […]Archive
May 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 406
Fleetwood Mac, The Alternate Tango In The Night (2018) There’s a great moment, in that Fleetwood Mac doco I’ve watched so many times – Fleetwood Mac at 21 – where the interviewer obviously relays a story from Lindsey Buckingham to Stevie Nicks; she either sees the footage or hears from the filmmaker that Lindsey saw […]Archive
May 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 115 – Fane Flaws
Welcome to episode 115 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Here’s a chat I had with Fane Flaws. This was a great conversation – and it was a long time in the making. I hadn’t met Fane, we’d corresponded, I grew up listening to Blerta and The Crocodiles, was […]Archive
May 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 205 Stop the World
I think it took me over ten years to write this song. I know I started on the verses in 1980 after the demise of Negative Theatre. I’d read an interview with Steely Dan where they talked about mu major chords and I played the A, E, A, D, C#m, D, A, E, A pattern […]Archive
April 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
His Evolution Was Never Televised: The Anger and Poetry of Gil Scott-Heron
The first I was really aware of Gil Scott-Heron – and I mean really aware– was hearing Paul Ubana Jones perform an a cappella take on Home Is Where the Hatred Is. (Here’s the Gil Scott-Heron original.) I had heard of Gil Scott-Heron; I knew this famous piece. But hearing Jones speak and sing the words…well, that really made me take notice. The compilation […]Archive
March 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 47: David Ackles – “American Gothic”
Here’s one of those ones – I’d heard the name David Ackles, knew about him, knew – vaguely – what to expect, the sound, etc. I’m sure I’ve heard a few songs here and there but I do know I had never heard this – nor any of his albums right through. And wow, this blew […]Archive
March 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman