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February 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Authors I Admire: # 14 Nik Cohn
It’s hard naming favourite music writers, like being forced to pick a favourite band I guess. You don’t always want to listen to The Beatles or much as Kendrick Lamar might take your fancy you can’t just listen to only that. It’s the same with great writers – you get different things from different people. […]Archive
August 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 29 – Sylvie Simmons
Welcome to episode 29 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. This one is a chat with Sylvie Simmons – that’s Sylvie Simmons the music writer, Leonard Cohen biographer and MOJO staff writer, legendary rock writer who was on the tour bus with Black Sabbath and Van Halen, who published the first interview […]Archive
July 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Tour Diary: # 3 – Past The Mission – I Don’t Believe I Went Too Far…
Chinatown lured us back with its promise of cheap shit. Even some Lip Shit. Passed on that. But we did buy some of the I HEART SAN FRANCISCO-type memorabilia; you can justify it when you’re disguising it as a kid’s t-shirt purchase. We also went to the Eastern Bakery for something called a butter and […]Archive
May 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 21 – Jesse Sheehan
Here we are now with episode 21 of the podcast. A conversation with Jesse Sheehan. He’s a young guy with talent. I knew that when I first heard him – he has that effect. He’s most certainly one to watch I reckon. And in fact I have found some of his life performances jaw-droppingly good. […]Archive
November 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Sylvie Simmons: Sylvie
Sylvie Simmons Sylvie Light In The Attic Sylvie Simmons’ songs are like whispered kisses, Howe Gelb’s thoughtful production means these songs almost arrive as if sung down the phone line, all that’s missing is the crackle of the fire – and you can certainly imagine that. This is Sylvie Simmons’ debut album. She’s best known […]Archive
September 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Authors I Admire: # 5 Sylvie Simmons
I started reading about music when I was 10. That’s about when I started really obsessively listening to music too – buying tapes and reading music magazines. Then it was to bios – I read about The Stones and The Beatles and some of it went over my head but that was okay, I would […]Archive
August 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1066
Serge Gainsbourg avec Alain Goraguer Et Son Orchestre, No. 2 (1959) I really don’t have a memory of “discovering” Serge Gainsbourg – nor did I “grow up with” his music. Sylvie Simmons’ bio was formative, but I read that having already experienced some of the music; I think Serge was simply a name that was […]Archive
January 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Darran Anderson: Histoire de Melody Nelson (33 1/3)
Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson (33 1/3) Darran Anderson Bloomsbury Academic It’s not the job of the wee books in the wonderful 33 1/3 series to give you a potted biography – they might also do that, but the chief concern is the album over the artist. We often find the two are inseparable […]Archive
January 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 11: Kraftwerk, Sydney 2013
Here’s something that never happens – well, has never happened before – EVER – for me. I was flown over to Sydney to see Kraftwerk. Earlier this year. Man! It was the best. I’d have to think of the first Kraftwerk gig as the best of the year in 2013. One of the best ever. […]Archive
October 28, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Lou Reed
There are things you never think you’ll write – never plan, never want to. This is one of those. I never wanted to interview Lou Reed (but of course I’d have given it a go), never planned to see him live (I mean I’d have gone if he’d been in my town when I was, […]Archive
June 9, 2013 by Simon Sweetman