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March 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Hal Blaine

Hal Blaine has died. The session drumming legend was 90. What a life. What a legacy. If he wasn’t the most prolific sessioneer skinsman he was certainly the most successful of the busy-schedule players. A part of one of the greatest groups of all time – The Wrecking Crew (not a band as such, a collective […]

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December 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

T54: In Brush Park

T54 In Brush Park Flying Nun Records There’s bits of David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights and Bailter Space all within the first two minutes of opening track, Nails Painted. Welcome to In Brush Park, the debut full-lengther from Christchurch’s T54. Again with the Kilgour feel on Life is Swell, slightly mumbled lyrics, guitars that […]

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September 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Surf City: We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This

Surf City We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This Fire Records I liked the first Surf City album and the earlier EP, because for all the obvious Velvet Underground/Sonic Youth-type influences it felt like the band had – or was arriving at – its own sound. So it’s a bit of a […]