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April 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Blowback Flashback: A Tricky Album That Is Not At All Difficult To Love
There I was in the car on a Friday night, wondering when the right time was to enter the Te Rauparaha Arena to see The Original Wailers (conclusion: I’m not sure there was a right time) and I was chatting with my friend (who I will refer to here as Nik; because I always have before). We were talking about Tricky […]Archive
August 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 523
Massive Attack, Mezzanine (1998) I remember seeing the video for Teardrop – and stopping in my tracks. It was a Saturday morning, it was peak-era for MTV and the whole integration of music/videos for me; you watched music TV, you took it in, it was how you found out about new stuff. I was probably […]Archive
May 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s): Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life
I recently posted this – a list of “Ten important metal albums”. And I started it off by linking to this – “Ten important hip-hop albums”. I mentioned then that I would be doing a series of these, across genres, and I repeated the opening paragraph from the hip-hop post. So now I’m going to […]Archive
February 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Five Albums From 1995: The Year I Left Home
In 1995 I moved to Wellington, ostensibly for university, but in reality it was to start an enormous CD collection. Most of that collection has now been replaced by vinyl – and/or Mp3s. That’s because 1995 is closer is more than 20 years ago now. But at the time I was buying up music, having […]Archive
February 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Massive Attack: Ritual Spirit (ep)
Massive Attack Ritual Spirit (ep) Melankolic Recordings Limited This brand new EP by Massive Attack is only four songs – but it offers so much more, it comes as part of an announcement of a bevy of new music, another EP to follow and a full-lengther straight after that. It’s a big statement – in […]Archive
December 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Dean Blunt: Black Metal
Dean Blunt Black Metal Rough Trade I never know quite what to think with Dean Blunt – but I know I like what he’s up to. I found The Redeemer an intriguing and often wonderful record and the latest, Black Metal, is an all-new template, the latest version of his best work. Since his work […]Archive
September 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Tricky: Adrian Thaws
Tricky Adrian Thaws !K7 I love the world you enter whenever there’s a new Tricky album – it’s utterly unmistakable, it’s his own sound, a swirling vortex of post-punk and whatever’s left of trip-hop and always there’s just a hint of a future-sound to whatever he releases. Tricky keeps himself current by a) updating his […]Archive
January 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Orrin: Nocturnal
Orrin Nocturnal Dunn Deal Orrin is an 18-year old rapper with a big baritone voice and Nocturnal is his second album, but he doesn’t come out popping all quick-fire, high-pitched, whiney, trying so hard with rhymes, his trick is to lay right back let it sink in slowly. In fact, if you imagine Jamie xx […]Archive
July 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Tricky: False Idols
Tricky False Idols False Idols/!k7 Tricky’s tenth studio album is his first on his label (also called False Idols). It kicks off with Somebody’s Sins, it’s his version of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme mantra using the Patti Smith refrain of “Jesus died for somebody’s sins/But not mine”. Adept as a covers artist, Tricky also knows […]Archive
June 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Kanye West: Yeezus
Kanye West Yeezus Virgin Records He might think he’s Jesus – or bigger than – Yeezus even (whatever that actually is?) – but on New Slave you hear him boast that he’s bigger than his own race, presumably better too. He also, in saying it’s better to be a dick than a swallower, manages to […]Archive
May 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman