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May 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Phosphorescent: Muchacho

Phosphorescent Muchacho Dead Oceans Under the name Phosphorescent, American singer/songwriter Matthew Houck has built a career – with six albums so far –  that sees him regularly receiving the hushed-tones and revered-raves that cult fans, completists and critics hurl at the likes of Richmond Fontaine’s Willy Vlautin, Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters’ Mark Kozelek, American [...]

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February 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1420

The Neville Brothers, Yellow Moon (1989) This is the album that introduced me to The Neville Brothers. My parents, shortly after we acquired our first CD player, purchased this – it was, in fact, I’m sure, the very first CD they paid full-price for; $35, something like that. And it was new to the whole [...]

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September 23, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1836

Brian Eno, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (1983) One of the great pleasures and treasures of interviewing musicians is getting to talk to them about music; not just their music but music – in general. It’s often inspiring, always interesting, sometimes quite exciting and – well – it beats talking to yourself. Recently Dave Dobbyn very [...]