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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 Most of that collection has now been replaced by vinyl – and/or Mp3s.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
Dobie: We Will Not Harm You
Dobie We Will Not Harm You Big Dada Records Anthony Alexander Campbell, better known as Dobie,, finally gets around to following up The Sound of One Hand Clapping but of course he’s known for work with Tricky, Rodney P and Soul II Soul among others – the reputation has allowed him some freedom. But the […]Archive
April 25, 2012 by Simon Sweetman