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March 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Record Store Day 2013: Slow Boat Records

Record Store Day continues to grow – bringing in new punters each year along with the old faithful. Record Store Day is a chance for people to experience the “community” idea behind independent record stores. I sure learned a lot about music from time on the floor in record stores (on both sides of the counter). [...]

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December 3, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Bob Scott

Robert (‘Bob’) Scott plays in The Clean and The Bats and started with Electric Blood in 1978 in East Taieri. He went to Art School in 1980 and left shortly after to pursue music full time. Over the last 10 years he has been painting quite a lot and selling a few too. He is [...]

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November 12, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1763

V/A, Pink Flying Saucers Over The Southern Alps (1991) So many good things here – The Chills, The Verlaines, Headless Chickens, Bailter Space, Chris Knox, Skeptics, The Clean, The Bats, David Kilgour, J.P.S. Experience, 3Ds and Straitjacket Fits. And more. This Flying Nun compilation from the 1991 was one that I never owned – I [...]

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August 3, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1906

The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) I’ve told you already that my favourite VU album is Loaded; it was the first VU album I heard in its entirety – but my introduction to The Velvet Underground was still the debut album – because I first heard songs from the debut album. So [...]

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July 30, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1909

The Clean, Mister Pop (2009) Mister Pop was one of the first brand-new albums I purchased on vinyl – I’d always purchased old (tried-and-true) albums but new material was – still – demoed on CD in most cases. But that changed with Mister Pop. Before the CD was sent to me to review I just [...]