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December 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Mavis Staples: If All I Was Was Black
Mavis Staples If All I Was Was Black Anti/Epitaph What a decade it’s been for Mavis Staples – riding on a high note ever since 2007’s We’ll Never Turn Back with a constant victory-lap of touring and this now deep collaboration with Jeff Tweedy’s Wilco. It hasn’t all been amazing, I couldn’t get too excited […]Archive
June 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Jeff Tweedy: Together At Last
Jeff Tweedy Together At Last Amazon Digital Services, LLC A stripped back set of band songs performed by the chief – the singer/songwriter – that’s the plan for Tweedy’s first proper solo album – and it works just fine. Very well in fact, particularly because after a lovely opening stroll through Via Chicago, its groove […]Archive
May 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Buckle Up: Ten Important Country Albums In My Life of Listening
I started this thing a while ago where I decided I was going to name ten albums important to me (and important for me) in a particular musical genre. I started with hip-hop (see here). And then I decided to do my list of seminal and sentimental metal albums (see here). And most recently it […]Archive
December 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Tortoise (December 3, Wgtn)
Tortoise San Fran Saturday, December 3 What a treat to see Tortoise – finally. (I missed their previous show – one of those ones, many years ago now, but people still reference it). The Chicago quintet has been making its post-rock, essentially genre-less amalgams of jazz-meets-indie-via-minimalism-and-now-synth-pop for a quarter century. Slowly, but surely the sound […]Archive
September 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Wilco: Schmilco
Wilco Schmilco Anti./Epitaph I had a wee hissy-fit the first couple of times I listened to this – Tweedy is out front and centre and almost all of the songs are acoustic-driven, so where’s the really great guitar of Nels Cline (I mean it is there but just not doing what I want it to […]Archive
June 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
case / lang / veirs: case / lang / veirs
case / lang / veirs case / lang / veirs ANTI/Epitaph It’s always really something when the final product delivers on the obvious hype around the project. Here Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs have collaborated – made, if you must, “a supergroup” (you get the feeling they’d hate that tag – deserved though […]Archive
November 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #165 – Billy Bragg, Wellington, 2014
There aren’t many people I’ve seen more than once where I can say that every gig was great and each one was (noticeably, crucially) different. But Billy Bragg is one. For sure. Seen him three times now, every gig is to promote a new album – which helps. But also the line-up/format. First time was […]Archive
November 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Tweedy: One NZ Show (March, 2016)
Tweedy is the father/son duo of Jeff Tweedy and Spencer Tweedy. Jeff we know from Wilco – Spencer, from being Jeff’s son. I wasn’t at all impressed with their debut album as a duo but I’m fully into the idea of seeing them live – because the show is promising a mix of the material […]Archive
August 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Best Guitarist in The World: # 11 – Lindsey Buckingham
You never even used to see this guy considered for The Best Guitarist lists…and, actually, maybe you still don’t, come to think of it…but I reckon something changed when the core version of Fleetwood Mac, the classic FM-music version of the group, reformed for Bill Clinton’s inauguration and started a victory-lap tour of sorts. (One […]Archive
March 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Wilco: What’s Your 20? Essential Tracks 1994-2014
Wilco What’s Your 20? Essential Tracks 1994-2014 Nonesuch Look, I wasn’t sure the world needed a Wilco Greatest Hits album – or that one could even/ever work. But this shows the world does need it – and it does work. Still, a bit weird though, right? Naysayers aren’t going to be convinced – largely because […]Archive
March 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman