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February 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gat This: My Top 10 ‘Guitar’ Albums

A while ago I described something/someone as “guitar music” and was chortled at from all directions; there’s no such thing as guitar music. This is not a genre. This is no way to explain or define music. Andres Segovia and Derek Bailey and Jimi Hendrix and Django Reinhardt and Eddie Van Halen have all made amazing music by approaching the same instrument (or versions of […]

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October 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Classic Albums I Can’t Ever Listen To Again: #12 Pearl Jam, Ten

With the news that Pearl Jam is (sadly) returning from a pleasant, but clearly not long enough, hiatus – there’s  a new album and an American tour – I thought I’d look at the band’s debut album and why I can’t listen to it. Possibly a stretch even considering this a classic, but the flannelette […]

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May 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

John Murry: The Graceless Age

John Murry The Graceless Age Rubyworks/Bucketfull of Brains The full-length debut from John Murry, The Graceless Age, is a stunner. It’ll be one of the albums of the year for me. I’m sure of that. Sold, instantly, I knew it had something from the vital first seconds of the first track, it’s continued to reward. […]