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January 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 184

Purple Mountains, Purple Mountains (2019) It feels a little odd to have this on vinyl – but it was a must. At one point this was very nearly my album of the year; certainly one of my most played in 2019. But then what happened happened. And that meant that I stopped playing it – […]

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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 […]

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November 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: We Bonded Over Sonny Rollins and Faith No More And Lenny Kravitz And So Much More

We lost a good one this week, a soldier no longer reporting for duty – his war over; he wore it as well as he could, I guess. If you asked me to take a guess on who might succumb – and how fucking gross and dumb – I might just have stammered his name. […]

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June 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 66: Suicide– “Suicide”

Another of those bands/albums where I knew about it, knew I was “supposed” to have heard it, etc. But the truth, obviously, is I had not. I did know about Suicide. And Alan Vega. But mostly just from reading books that document the era, from seeing docos, from the history of music… I knew a […]

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March 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 200 The Last Cigarette In The World

I watch another boat in the harbour sail out Sitting on my own in the bay By the time you get to China on that slow ship I’ll have bitten all my nails and crumbled into the carpet   You had no clear idea of what you’re looking for You only knew you couldn’t stay […]

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July 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Anna Calvi: Strange Weather EP

Anna Calvi Strange Weather (ep) Domino Recording Co. I continue to warm to Anna Calvi’s sound. I don’t want to say anything condescending like she’s improving with each release but I loved recent full lengther, One Breath – and this covers EP (that classic stopgap) does build somewhat; bending songs to Calvi’s approach crucially, rather […]