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December 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: I’ll Be Your Mirror – A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico
Various Artists: I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico Verve It’s been a wee while since I’ve found a great Various Artists tribute album – one that doesn’t feel try-hard, one that doesn’t run out of steam. So I was pleasantly surprise by this, feeling – on paper – it […]Archive
October 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: PAURA – A Collection of Italian Horror Sounds From The CAM Sugar Archive
Various Artists: PAURA: A Collection of Italian Horror Sounds From The CAM Sugar Archive CAM Sugar / Distributed by Decca Records, a division of Universal The Italian horror movie boom set the tone for many of the best moments in Hollywood’s slashers – and the music continues to inspire two generations of filmmakers; Quentin Tarantino […]Archive
July 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: The Way of Darkness – A Tribute to John Carpenter
Various Artists: The Way of Darkness: A Tribute to John Carpenter Rustblade John Carpenter – not only an influential filmmaker but a hugely influential musician. In fact, in the horror genre it’s really him on the top of a synth-mountain. With Tangerine Dream perhaps scaling the final peak just behind eh…Archive
April 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Jordan Rakei: Late Night Tales
Various Artists: Jordan Rakei: Late Night Tales Late Night Tales One of the beautiful things about the Late Night Tales brand – and the strength of it as a quality-measure and concept – is that you’ll listen to compilations built by a name you’ve previously not known or really had no interest in. I know […]Archive
February 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: For The Love Of You
Various Artists: For The Love Of You Athens of the North The Athens of the North reissue label always takes you down a new wormhole, finds the sweet spot, opens the door, mixes the metaphor and spins your head with its lush simplicity; its super cool, super sweet ideas. So try this one! A compilation […]Archive
February 15, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Music For Falling (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Various Artists: Music For Falling (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Perceval Press Living in Wellington 20 odd years ago we all found out first hand about The Renaissance Man that is Viggo Mortensen. The actor was here for the interminable Lord Of The Rings trilogy but couldn’t rest at only that; soon he was hosting poetry […]Archive
February 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: True Colours, New Colours
Various Artists: True Colours, New Colours Warners Of all the cruel jokes in the world, tribute albums tend to be a specially crafted insult. But this one, this is different. This one is brazen as all fuck. Warner Music decided to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Split Enz’ dynamic and dynamite True Colours – our […]Archive
December 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Fatboy Slim: Back To Mine
Various Artists: Fatboy Slim: Back To Mine Back To Mine The Back To Mine series of mix-albums, first started in 1999, offers dance music for after-hours sips rather than for in-the-zone hips; these are the tunes you listen to at the end of the night, the idea being this would be the ‘private mix’ from […]Archive
December 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Khruangbin: Late Night Tales
Various Artists: Khruangbin: Late Night Tales Late Night Tales This is the one in the series I’ve been most looking forward to this year – for many reasons I guess, chief amongst them is the fact that I’m a pretty big fan of Khruangbin – as I was saying right here just recently.Archive
October 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 28
V/A, Hit Wave 82 (1982) These Various Artists compilations…I used to have so many of them – they’re worthless too, all battered up and bear-soaked and tattered covers but they’re fun. And I still collect them up a bit. Though not as much as I once did. They were fun fillers for DJing – you […]Archive
October 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman