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February 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Marlon Williams Showcase: Make Way For Love Gets Previewed in Sydney, Monday, January 29, 2018

I was in Sydney for a few things – a chat on the radio, a Foo Fighters/Weezer gig, but mostly to catch up with friends and family. It turned out to be a more “work-related” long weekend than anticipated. Some meetings with various industry people – chatting about books and things and meeting two key […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Singer", 2018), Aldous Harding, Australia, February, Jan, January 29, Make Way For Love, Make Way For Love Gets Previewed in Sydney, Marlon Williams, Monday, Roy Orbison, Songwriter, Sydney, The Big O, The Marlon Williams Showcase, The Marlon Williams Showcase: Make Way For Love Gets Previewed in Sydney, The Unfaithful Ways, Universal ·

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June 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Glen Campbell: Adiós

Glen Campbell Adiós UMe Recorded during the same sessions that resulted in See You There and deliberately held back to be released as a final album in his lifeftime, Adiós is about as lovely (bittersweet, of course) as a late-stage Glen Campbell record could be. Weepy guitars and strings that cling to the arrangements and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adiós, Album Review, Bob Dylan, Country, Glen Campbell, Guitar, Jimmy Reed, Jimmy Webb, Swansong, UMe, Universal, Vince Gill, Willie Nelson ·

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June 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Florence + The Machine: How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

Florence + The Machine How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Universal Records THE NEW FLORENCE + THE MACHINE ALBUM IS BIG! NOT SURE IT’S REALLY BLUE, NOR BEAUTIFUL DESPITE ITS TITLE – BUT IT IS BETTER THAN THAT SECOND ALBUM, OR THE UNPLUGGED ALBUM, IT JUST SEEMS TOO LONG SINCE THAT DEBUT, AND WHERE THAT […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Florence & The Machine, Florence Welch, How Big How Blue How Beautiful, Universal ·

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September 12, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Lorde: The Love Club EP

Lorde The Love Club EP Universal Music Any article that tells you anything about Lorde – and really what is there to know, ultimately? –  feels like hype transliterated. She’s 16 don’t you know? Well, actually, we do know because everyone tells us. She made this music in her bedroom at home – alone, went […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Lorde, Royals, Tennis Court, The Love Club EP, Universal ·

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July 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Jamie Cullum: Momentum

Jamie Cullum Momentum Island/Universal I’m quite sure that Momentum is Jamie Cullum’s best album but that doesn’t mean I’m all that enthused by it or even close to enamoured with it. The only reason I know there are/were other Jamie Cullum albums is because of my past life as a retailer, bagging up all the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Island, Jamie Cullum, Jamie Oliver, Michael Buble, Momentum, Twentysomething, Universal ·

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July 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Jay-Z: Magna Carta Holy Grail

Jay-Z Magna Carta Holy Grail Universal Music It’s good. You know, I think a lot of people decided it couldn’t be because this billionaire didn’t deserve even more success; didn’t deserve to make money by cynically distributing the album with a new (clever) deal that could only work for one or two names in music. […]
Posted in Blog · Tagged Album Review, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Magna Carta Holy Grail, Universal ·

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April 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

James Blake: Overgrown

James Blake Overgrown Island Republic You will read a gushing review of this album, the new one by James Blake on any other corner of the internet. But I can’t do that. I can’t lie. You see I tried – once again. I tried with this album – just like I tried with the debut. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Dubstep, Eno, James Blake, Overgrown, Universal ·

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April 7, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Willy Moon: Here’s Willy Moon

Willy Moon Here’s Willy Moon Island Records Group/Universal There was an iPod ad, featuring Willy Moon’s apparent retro-chic and his song Yeah Yeah and now there’s an album. He’s a Kiwi but he’ll put on an almost-British accent in an interview it seems, since he’s lived in the UK for a few years. Watch the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Here's Willy Moon, Island, Jack White, Universal, Willy Moon, Worst Album of 2013, Yeah Yeah ·

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June 10, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1969

Paul Simon, So Beautiful Or So What (2011) This is – easily – my album of 2011. We’re only halfway through the year but I can’t see anything beating it. It’s easily the album I’ve listened to the most. I wrote this – and I think that’s just about all of my thoughts about the […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Blog On The Tracks, Love And Blessings, Paul Simon, So Beautiful Or So What, Universal, Vinyl ·

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