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December 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Best Gigs Of The Year: The Top 10 Gigs I Reviewed in 2017
Every year I see some great shows – and 2017 offered up plenty. There were loads of great shows I missed (Paul McCartney – though I saw him in 1993 at least) and others that someone else will tell you was the best where I thought it was fucking absurd (Future Islands). Still, all up, […]Archive
July 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Steve Gunn (July 14, Wgtn)
Steve Gunn Caroline Friday, July 14 American guitar wizard Steve Gunn was in town for a small show, part of his first New Zealand tour – Gunn is known for (and because of) his work with Kurt Vile and from there to a handful of records that alternate between solo, acoustic excursions and band projects […]Archive
July 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
“Keeping It Interesting Is No Issue”: On Steve Gunn Finding His Voice/s
Steve Gunn, American guitar wizard – one of many exciting talents currently cutting their own path away from the early influence of John Fahey – says that once he discovered music he “kinda gave up everything else that was going on as a kid”. He was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Philadelphia – […]Archive
August 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Steve Gunn & Black Twig Pickers: Seasonal Hire
Steve Gunn & Black Twig Pickers Seasonal Hire Thrill Jockey Steve Gunn, part of a crop of recently discovered – exciting – guitarists, they tend to poke the guitar’s nose out in search of other places to go in and around the tune, I’m talking William Tyler, Ryley Walker, James Blackshaw, even Kurt Vile – […]Archive
July 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
William Tyler: Modern Country
William Tyler Modern Country Merge Following on from the record where people started to really take notice and particularly from the more recent EP here William Tyler has made another set of recordings that take on such a road-trip feel as to seem like they were recorded from the passenger seat of a moving vehicle, […]Archive
June 25, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Cian Nugent & The Cosmos: Born With The Caul
Cian Nugent & The Cosmos Born With The Caul NO QUARTER Alongside those wonderful albums released last year by Steve Gunn and also Chris Forsyth sits this – it’s Cian Nugent’s debut with his 4-piece band The Cosmos and it’s just three tracks – each one seemingly growing out of the one previous. We start […]Archive
May 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Black Dirt Oak: Wawayanda Patent
Black Dirt Oak Wawayanda Patent Mie Not a band as such – this project is, if you like, a “supergroup”, it’s a collection of musicians that have recorded at Black Dirt Studio – here Jason Meagher captures some amazing collaborations, players like Steve Gunn and Nathan Bowles (Pelt), Dave Shuford (D. Charles Speer) and Justin […]Archive
January 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
William Tyler: Impossible Truth
William Tyler Impossible Truth Merge Records William Tyler has already shown his gifts as a guitar player for hire (Will Oldham, Kurt Wagner, Silver Jews, Candi Staton) and with his impressive if slightly hesitant solo debut, Behold The Spirit. That album is still worth hearing – and having – but it’s his latest, Impossible Truth […]Archive
August 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman