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March 24, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Sonic Youth: In/Out/In
Sonic Youth In/Out/In Three Lobed Recordings I sometimes get sad thinking there’ll be no more music by Sonic Youth. But then I remember all of the great music the band made across 40 years – lasting longer than anyone with the name ‘Sonic Youth’ might ever hope and straddling the mainstream and the weirder/artier side, […]Archive
January 20, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Lee Ranaldo: In Virus Time [EP]
Lee Ranaldo In Virus Time [12 “ Single] Mute My favourite ex-member of Sonic Youth to check in on, always, is Lee Ranaldo. Because what he does never feels like posturing. And because you have to follow him across poetry and photographs, improv and band jamming, solo acoustic singer/songwritery pursuits and all manner of music. […]Archive
August 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Thurston Moore: Spirit Counsel
Thurston Moore Spirit Counsel Daydream Library For some 40 years now Thurston Moore’s guitar has been making noise in public. Sometimes it’s in the shape of a song, other times it couldn’t seem more removed. With a band or solo, as a guest or with guests of his own – it’s a dizzying discography and […]Archive
November 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 143 – Chris Wilson (Gold Medal Famous)
Welcome to episode 143 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/FMyou can get the […]Archive
January 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Banding Together By Branding Together: On Band T-Shirts
What is it with wearing T-shirts of bands to gigs by other bands? We know you like music. You’re at a live concert! Relax and be happy – sing the words that you do know (poorly and out of tune) back in the direction of the guy or girl who wrote them and knows them […]Archive
January 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 763
Sonic Youth, Washing Machine (1995) I became a fan of Sonic Youth by reading about them: Guitar World, an excellent article where the guitarists talked about anti-guitar hero antics and notions, namedropped a bunch of great things (some I’d heard, some I hadn’t) and just generally made me want to hear their music. And I […]Archive
April 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Kim Gordon: Girl In A Band – A Memoir
Girl In A Band: A Memoir Kim Gordon Dey Street Books/1st Edition edition Kim Gordon was always the “Girl in a Band” – it was the question she was always asked (“what’s it like being…?” and in a doubting sense she saw herself as that; a blatant non-musician. Her being the girl in the band […]Archive
October 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Lee Ranaldo and The Dust: Acoustic Dust
Lee Ranaldo and The Dust Acoustic Dust El Segell del Primavera Publishing I’ve said it before and I’ll here say it again – whatever happens with Sonic Youth it’s been pleasing hearing from Lee Ranaldo – still the improvisations and experimentation but he’s knocked out a couple of pretty great records already, song-based records that […]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
February 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Take Me To The Land Of Hell
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band Take Me To The Land Of Hell Chimera Music Her heart is dancing and her mind is bouncing. She’s 80 – but it’s been that way for her entire artistic life, she even says so – literally using those words – on Bad Dancer, one of the 13 excellent tracks […]Archive
January 26, 2014 by Simon Sweetman