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John Witherspoon interview: “there’s something magic about the truth”

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Post date November 27, 2020
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John Witherspoon (photo credit: Rob Mulder)

Tags Alec Brits, Baxter Dury, bob dylan, Bob Harris, Bruce Springsteen, George Sephton, Jeff Tweedy, John Witherspoon, Katie Nicholas, Kevin Morby, nick cave, Noel Gallagher, oasis, richard dawson, Shane Black, Steven Gerrard, Wilco

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The Bug Ft Dis Fig: In Blue – “sounds that drift like fog”

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Post date November 25, 2020
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The Bug Ft Dis Fig

Tags Dis Fig, Felicia Chen, Hyperdub, Kevin Martin, The Bug

13 Questions

13 Questions with Ian Daniel Kehoe

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Post date November 24, 2020
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Ian Daniel Kehoe

Tags Ed Roberson, Ian Daniel Kehoe, Julia Jacklin, Tamara Lindeman, The Weather Station

Album Reviews

The Bats: Foothills – “jangle-pop splendour”

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Post date November 23, 2020
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The Bats

Tags Bailter Space, Flying Nun Records, Kaye Woodward, Malcolm Grant, Paul Kean, Robert Scott, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, The Bats, The Clean

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Hellena interview: “I am extremely proud of this work”

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Post date November 20, 2020
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Hellena

Tags Chris Common, Denis Efimenko, Emma Ruth Rundle, Hellena, Ian Prowse, Lana Del Rey, Marissa Nadler, Pelican

Album Reviews

Jesu: Terminus – “a collage of the past”

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Post date November 18, 2020
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Jesu

Tags Avalanche Recordings, Godflesh, Jesu, JK Flesh, Justin Broadrick, Low, my bloody valentine, Pale Sketcher, Red House Painters, Sunn O))), Techno Animal

Album Reviews

Nothing: The Great Dismal – “tending to their emotional side”

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Post date November 17, 2020
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Nothing (photo credit: Ben Rayner)

Tags my bloody valentine, Nothing, Relapse Records

Album Reviews

Guy Andrews: Permanence & [MT][NT][ET] – “a detailed history of an individual”

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Post date November 16, 2020
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Guy Andrews (photo credit: Mick Frank)

Tags Ben Frost, Fennesz, Ghostpoet, Guy Andrews, Houndstooth, Massive Attack, Tim Hecker

Album Reviews

Jeff Tweedy: Love Is the King – “sleepy-eyed serenades”

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Post date November 13, 2020
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Jeff Tweedy

Tags dBpm Records Inc, Jeff Tweedy, Sammy Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy, Wilco

13 Questions

13 Questions with Dead Animals

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Post date November 12, 2020
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Dead Animals (photo credit: Deividas Toleikis)

Tags Dead Animals, Death Cab For Cutie, Depeche Mode, IDLES, Jimi Hendrix, Nathaniel Reid, nine inch nails, trent reznor

Features Interviews

Bruxa Maria interview: “One should not have to like someone’s art before they can see or accept the value it has to others”

Bruxa Maria (photo credit: Julie R Kane - @FStopQueen)

Tags Bruxa Maria, Dave Cochrane, Gilld Dread, God, Head of David, Left Hand Cuts Off The Right, Robbie Judkins, Terminal Cheesecake

Album Reviews

Pallbearer: Forgotten Days – “heavy-handed dirges”

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Post date November 5, 2020
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Pallbearer (photo credit: Jacob Slaton and Ebru Yildiz)

Tags Algiers, Black Sabbath, Brett Campbell, Devin Holt, Nuclear Blast, Pallbearer, Randall Dunn, Steve Von Till, Uniform

Album Reviews

Kevin Morby: Sundowner – “beauty to be found”

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Post date November 4, 2020
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Kevin Morby (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page)

Tags Bruce Springsteen, Dead Oceans, E Street Band, Kevin Morby

News

John Witherspoon announces full details of debut album

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Post date November 2, 2020
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John Witherspoon (photo credit: Katie Nicholas)

Tags Alex Brits, Baltic Triangle, John Witherspoon, The Cabin

Album Reviews

Mr. Bungle: The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo – “feverish circle pit anthems”

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Post date October 30, 2020
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Mr. Bungle (photo credit: Eric Larsen)

Tags Anthrax, Corrosion of Conformity, Dave Lombardo, Dead Cross, Faith No More, Fantomas, Mike Patton, Mondo Cane, Mr. Bungle, Rhea Perlman, Rollins Band, S.O.D., Scott Ian, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Tomahawk, Trevor Dunn, Trey Spruance

Album Reviews

Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou: May Our Chambers Be Full – “a union for any progressive metal follower to treasure”

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Post date October 30, 2020
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Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou (photo credit: Craig Mulcahy)

Tags Andy Gibbs, Bryan Funck, Emma Ruth Rundle, Sacred Bones, Sargent House, Thou

Album Reviews

Hen Ogledd: Free Humans – “throwing down the gauntlet”

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Post date October 29, 2020
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Hen Ogledd (photo credit: via artist's Facebook page)

Tags brexit, Bulbils, david bowie, Dawn Bothwell, Domino Recordings, Hen Ogledd, K Records, Keeley Forsyth, nine inch nails, Rhodri Davies, richard dawson, Sally Pilkington

Features Interviews

Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 1

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Post date October 27, 2020
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Holy Sons' Emil Amos (photo credit: Casey Proctor)

Album Reviews

SUMAC: May You Be Held – “like trying to escape from tangled barbed wire”

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Post date October 26, 2020
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SUMAC (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Aaron Turner, Baptists, Brian Cook, Faith Coloccia, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, House of Low Culture, ISIS, Jodis, Keiji Haino, Mammifer, Nick Yacyshyn, Old Man Gloom, Russian Circles, Split Cranium, Sumac, Summer Of Seveteen, Swans, These Arms Are Snakes

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PJ Harvey’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 20th anniversary

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Post date October 24, 2020
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Tags Big Day Out, david bowie, Low, Mick Harvey, pj harvey, Radiohead, Richard Kingsmill, Rob Ellis, Thom Yorke, Triple J, Victor Van Vugt