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January 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Philip Matthews

Philip Matthews did two stints as arts and books editor at the Listener, and was its film reviewer for a long time, before he went south and took a job as a feature writer for The Press newspaper in Christchurch in 2007. He continues to blog about film at secondstogo.blogspot.co.nz and writes regularly for Gordon [...]
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November 27, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1737

Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker (2000) Got around to buying this LP a couple of years ago. The CD ran its course – and it’s nice to have this back in the collection. It’s one of only a (small) few Ryan Adams albums I care about. He has his Kool Aid-drinking defenders that talk up so many [...]
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September 13, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1852

Jeff Beck, Blow By Blow (1975) An album that will forever be in my Top 10/desert island discs/best-ever list/s. I bought it – the first time – on a whim. I was in to Jeff Beck, mostly from reading about him – and from hearing some of the early material. And I bought this, on [...]
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