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Engine Kid announce 6xLP box set for RSD

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Post date April 9, 2021
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Engine Kid (photo credit: Jon Cook)

Tags Art Behrman, Chris Vandebrooke, Engine Kid, Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, Iceburn, John Goodmanson, Record Store Day, RSD, Southern Lord, Steve Albini, Sunn O)))

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Oxford Drama interview: “Someone once said that we make music for shy people”

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Post date April 7, 2021
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Oxford Drama

Tags Oxford Drama

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! – “another defiant march”

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Post date April 1, 2021
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor (photo credit: Yannick Grandmont)

Tags Constellation Records, Efrim Manuel Menuck, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jace Lacek, Light Conductor, The Besnard Lakes, Thee Mighty Hotel2Tango

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Beak> share new song and video – watch/listen here

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Post date March 31, 2021
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Beak> ( photo credit: Daniel Patlán)

Tags Beak>, Echo Panda, NRMAL® Festival

Features Interviews

Sara Wolff interview: “It’s always so strange when you put songs into the world”

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Post date March 30, 2021
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Sara Wolff (photo credit: Marieke Macklon)

Tags Fiona Apple, Furry Hug, Henrio, Laura Marling, Nil00, Radiohead, Rozi Plain, Sara Wolff, St. Vincent, The Tosin Trio, Threshold Festival

Albums Features

The Absurdity of Fandom: Slint’s Spiderland 30th anniversary

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Post date March 29, 2021
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Slint (photo credit: Will Oldham - taken from Spiderland's original artwork)

Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Brian McMahon, Britt Walford, David Pajo, Evergreen, gRAILS, Holy Sons, Low, Polvo, Slint, The Breeders, The For Carnation, Todd Brashear, Tortoise, Touch and Go Records, Tyler Trotter, Watter, Zak Riles

Album Reviews

Tomahawk: Tonic Immobility – “normal service resumed”

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Post date March 26, 2021
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Tomahawk (photo credit: Eric Livingston)

Tags Duane Denison, Ian Williams, Ipecac Recordings, John Stanier, Mike Patton, Mr. Bungle, The Jesus Lizard, The Mark of Cain, Tomahawk, Trevor Dunn

Albums Features

Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #1

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Post date March 24, 2021
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Jane Weaver (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Album Reviews

Gaffa Bandana: Fraught in Waves – “hazardous fury”

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Post date March 23, 2021
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Gaffa Bandana (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Bruxa Maria, Gaffa Bandana, Gill Dread, Human Worth, Mike Patton, Part Chimp, Tim Cedar

Album Reviews

Cult Of Luna: The Raging River EP – “metal you can dance to”

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Post date March 22, 2021
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Cult of Luna (photo credit: from the artist's Facebook page)

Tags Cult Of Luna, hey colossus, ISIS, Mark Lanegan, Red Creek

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King Hannah announce U.K. tour

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Post date March 18, 2021
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King Hannah (photo credit: Lucy McLachlan)

Tags Bruce Springsteen, City Slang, district, King Hannah, mazzy star, pj harvey

Features Interviews

The Underground Youth interview: “I had the idea to create this more orchestral sound”

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Post date March 17, 2021
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The Underground Youth (Miriam Marlene Waldner)

Tags Craig Dyer, Dashiell Hammett, Fuzz Club Records, hey colossus, The Underground Youth

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Vapour Theories: Celestial Scuzz – “hymnal psychedelia”

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Post date March 16, 2021
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Vapour Theories

Tags Bardo Pond, Brian Eno, Fire Records, John Gibbons, Loren Connors, Michael Gibbons, Vapour Theories

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor announces full album broadcast

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Post date March 12, 2021
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor (photo credit: Yannick Grandmont)

Tags Constellation Records, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Karl Lemieux, Philippe Leonard, Suoni Per Il Popolo

Album Reviews

Prison Behaviour: Snake Fever EP – “soundscapes to accompany your worst nightmares”

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Post date March 11, 2021
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Prison Behaviour (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Cavalier Song, Kraftwerk, Lonesaw, Mark E. Smith, Mark Greenwood, new order, Prison Behaviour, Suicide, Swans

Features Interviews

The Besnard Lakes interview: “there is always a bit of serendipity when we make our albums”

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Post date March 10, 2021
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The Besnard Lakes (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Fantasticboom, Fat Cat, Flemish Eye, Full Time Hobby, Jace Lacek, Mark Cuthbertson, Olga Goreas, Prince, The Besnard Lakes, The Zoo, Welkom in de Blaak

Singles

FACS: Strawberry Cough – “blustery atmospherics”

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Post date March 8, 2021
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FACS (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page)

Tags Brian Case, Electrical Audio, FACS, Sandford Parker, Trouble In Mind

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Steve Von Till announces new ambient and spoken word albums – listen to lead single

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Post date March 6, 2021
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Steve Von Till (photo credit: James Rexroad)

Tags Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Steve Von Till

Features Interviews

Lifeguard interview: “We are definitely influenced by both Fugazi and Unwound”

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Post date March 5, 2021
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Lifeguard

Tags Fugazi, FACS, Brian Case, Lifeguard, Unwound, Kai Slater, Asher Case, Disappears, Isaac Lowenstein, Horsegirl, Penelope Lowenstein, Dwaal Troupe, Chunklet Industries

Singles

Exclusive: Yammerer release new single, ‘The Beachgoer’ – listen here.

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 4, 2021
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Yammerer

Tags Pissed Jeans, Restless Bear Records, Thee Oh Sees, Yammerer