The Vinyl Countdown # 1688
Dire Straits, On Every Street (1991) I saw Dire Straits on the tour for this album – the band’s last world tour. And man I loved it; I loved Dire Straits at that point in my life; one of my favourite...
View ArticleGig 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...
View ArticleIt 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...
View ArticleFreeman: 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...
View ArticleFive 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleFive Songs For Friday: 33 – 5 O’Clock Worlds
I’m a big fan of the 5pm Friday music; the perfect album – or playlist – something you put on for the walk home for work, maybe to soundtrack the first pour or even let you drift off for a wee quick...
View ArticleWeen: Live At Five In New York ’95 (ep)
Ween Live At Five In New York ’95 (ep) Happenstance Ween. One of the greatest musical entities of the last 30 years. Mad. Weird. Wonderful. Often all three at once. And sometimes very, very bad too –...
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