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June 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: There’s Worse People

Time for another playlist. I made this one last night – it’s called “There’s Worse People” because that line came out during the day and I want to remember it for a song or a poem or…something, so I title this playlist There’s Worse People. If you’d like to read into the contents of the […]

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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 […]

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March 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Royksopp’s Melody A.M. and their Late Night Tales: Late Night Driving Favourites

I forgot all about Royksopp. I loved their debut, Melody A.M. – I was working in a music store at the time and new music was arriving, daily. (Obviously). It was a good time to be working in music retail – for a start there were still customers. And though, very swiftly, the various taglines […]

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March 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

HÆLOS: Full Circle

HÆLOS Full Circle Matador Get ready to be told, elsewhere that HÆLOS sound like the xx, when, if they even do, it’s the xx of the awful and dreary lightning-does-strike-once second-album, not that lush debut. Actually, HÆLOS – awful font and stylised lettering and all – sounds like a throwback to 90s trip-hop – there […]

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April 25, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1518

Tricky, Maxinquaye (1995) It was $50. And so I left it in the shop for a week to consider it. I figured that if it was gone when I went back it was not to be. If it was still there I’d think about it. But that’s bullshit – if it was gone I woulda […]