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September 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 253
Rare Earth, Willie Remembers… (1972) Rare Earth was the first all-white band to have a hit on the Motown label. They had some hits, even, by covering things by The Temptations – you know basically white-washing the whitest of the black labels. The woke crowd would have a field-day with this shit today. And (probably) […]Archive
December 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: # 4 – Five Great Tracks From Five Great Live Albums
Not all live albums are created equally – many are built in the studio after with overdubs, some just feature crowd-noise endlessly, Neil Young’s brand new live album has him substituting out the crowd for animal noise. There are some great, great live albums out there – where the energy of the crowd is so […]Archive
September 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Freeman: Freeman
Freeman Freeman Partisan Records You may remember him as Gene Ween – from Ween – but now he’s a free man, and if it’s death to Gene Ween, as opening track Covert Discretion sorta suggests, or at least confirms the toll of playing that role, then it’s certainly a case of long live Aaron Freeman […]Archive
January 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 5: Ween, Wellington, 2008
Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo are known respectively as Gene and Dean Ween – silly monikers for serious musicians who have navigated their career from a position below the radar, subverting and mimicking all manner of rock music. To say that Ween is a band that subverts pop music is to miss the point somewhat, […]Archive
May 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: King Tuff (April 30, Wgtn)
King Tuff Bodega Tuesday, April 30 I first heard King Tuff’s eponymous album, released last year in what is often the best way to discover music – it arrived, to review; I knew nothing about it but given the connection to SubPop Records it went straight to the top of the pile. And it became […]Archive
January 2, 2012 by Simon Sweetman