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Singles

Activity: Text the Dead – “exploring the outer limits”

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Post date September 22, 2021
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Activity (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Activity, Western Vinyl

Album Reviews

Dr. Joy: Dr. Joy – “beautifully assured and undoubtedly mind-bending”

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Post date September 21, 2021
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Dr. Joy

Tags Animal Collective, Asher Gould-Murtagh, Ben Chasny, Dr. Joy, Matthew "Doc" Dunn, Meg Remy, Mr. Joy, Pink Floyd, Six Organs of Admittance, Suss, syd barrett, Talking Heads, The Cosmic Range, Transcendental Rodeo, U.S. Girls

Features Interviews

Smoke Bellow interview: “Making music is primarily a vehicle to allow us to engage in the conversation”

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Post date September 17, 2021
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Smoke Bellow (photo credit: via artist's Bandcamp page)

Album Reviews Lost Albums

Sofa: Source Crossfire – “a retrospective that covers all bases”

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Post date September 16, 2021
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Sofa (photo credit: Nora Ben Sadoune)

Tags Brad Todd, Breakglass Studios, Coedine, Constellation Records, Don Caballero, Girls Against Boys, Harris Newman, Ian Ilavsky, Jace Lacek, Keith Marchland, Scott Clarkson, Shipping News, The Besnard Lakes, The Jesus Lizard

Features Interviews

Space and Time: In Conversation with Pile’s Rick Maguire

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Post date September 13, 2021
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Pile's Rick Maguire (photo credit: Mark Lapriore)

Tags Alex Molini, Exploding In Sound, Kevin McMahon, Kris Kuss, Pelican Movement, Pile, Rick Maguire

Singles

Nation of Language: A Word & A Wave – “another solid offering”

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Post date September 10, 2021
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Nation Of Language (photo credit: Robin Laananen)

Tags Activity, Ian Devaney, Nation of Language, P.E., Public Practice

Features Interviews

Mope City interview: “the motivation comes from just enjoying it”

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Post date September 9, 2021
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Mope City (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Amaya Lang, Anthony Guerra, Audile Design Studios, Del Lumanta, Dumbells, Kitchen's Floor, Mope City, Mundo Primitivo, Pallet, Peter Beringer, Sachet, Shaun Donovan, Slint, Tenth Court, The Twerps, VIPP

Album Reviews

Low: HEY WHAT – “turbulence and tormented beauty”

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Post date September 8, 2021
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Low (photo credit: Nathan Keay)

Tags Alan Sparhawk, BJ Burton, Bon Iver, charli xcx, Low, Mimi Parker, Sub Pop, Sunn O)))

Album Reviews

Slant: 1집 – “a fly kick to the face”

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Post date September 7, 2021
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Slant (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags black flag, Iron Lung Records, Minor Threat, Oh Sees, slant

Album Reviews

The Bug: Fire – “the sound of now”

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Post date September 3, 2021
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The Bug (photo credit: Caroline Lassire)

Tags Dis Fig, FFSYTHO, Flowdan, Irah, Justin Broadrick, Kevin Martin, King Midas Sound, Logan_Olm, Moor Mother, Nazamba, Ninja Tune, Roger Robinson, The Bug, ZONAL

Film News

Robin Richards shares new song from forthcoming OST – watch/listen

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Post date September 1, 2021
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Robin Richards and Clara Casian

Tags Clara Casian, Dutch Uncles, Robin Richards

13 Questions

13 Questions with Asher Gould-Murtagh

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Post date August 31, 2021
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Asher Gould-Murtagh (photo provided by the artist.

Tags Animal Collective, Asher Gould-Murtagh, Blob Records, Dr. Joy, Jefferson Airplane, Kali Horse, Matthew 'Doc' Dunn, Mother Tongues, Mr. Joy, Praises, Roy, Zones

Album Reviews

XIMES: POLYHEX 2: Hallelujah Anyway – “New World psychedelia”

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Post date August 30, 2021
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XIMES (photo provide by the artist)

Tags David Wurth, Deathbird Stories, Dub Cthonic, Fading Tapes, Jim O'Rourke, Oren Ambarchi, Spaceman 3, Sun Ra

Features Interviews

Sam Gill interview: “It’d be quite good if we were to get ruled by dolphins”

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Post date August 27, 2021
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Sam Gill (photo credit: Simon Kirk)

Tags Eimear Kavanagh, Feral Wheel, Huw Roberts, Ned Crowther, Oscar Wilde, Rongorongo, Sam Gill, The Everly Brothers, The Fernweh

Album Reviews

Clara Engel: Dressed in Borrowed Light – “a serene journey”

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Post date August 25, 2021
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Clara Engel (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Clara Engel

News

Mess Esque share new single from forthcoming album – watch/listen

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Post date August 24, 2021
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Mess Esque (photo credit: Kishore Ryan)

Tags Bedroom Suck Records, dirty three, Drag City, Helen Franzmann, Lucy Dyson, Mckisko, Mess Esque, Mick Turner

Album Reviews

Deafheaven: Infinite Granite – “a band at their most self-effacing”

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Post date August 20, 2021
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Deafheaven (photo credit: Robin Laananen)

Tags American Football, Chris Johnson, cocteau twins, Daniel Tracy, Deafheaven, George Clarke, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Kerry McCoy, M83, Mike Kinsella, Sargent House, Shiv Mehra, The Armed, the cure, Touché Amore, Wolf Alice

Features Interviews

Restless Leg interview: “we’ll be doing this for as long as it keeps on being fun”

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Post date August 18, 2021
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Restless Leg (photo credit: Joshua Morris)

Tags Adam Taylor, Ben Chamie, Bluebottle Kiss, Fiona Whalley, Infinite Broke, Jamie Hutchings, Jared Harrison, Jefferson Airplane, Lou Reed, Pavement, Peabody, Restless Leg, Spaceman 3, The Clean, The Electorate, Tim Kevin, Vanessa Berry, velvet underground, Victoria

Album Reviews

Lingua Ignota: SINNER GET READY – “devastating emotional burden”

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Post date August 13, 2021
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Lingua Ignota

Tags Alexis Marshall, big brave, Emil Amos, Holy Sons, Kristin Hayter, Lingua Ignota, nick cave, Sargent House, Seth Manchester, Steve Von Till, The Body

Features Interviews

David Colohan interview: “some landscapes suggest their own sound”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 12, 2021
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David Colohan (photo credit by Enda Trautt)

Tags A-Ha, Alice Coltrane, Cruel Nature Records, David Colohan, dirty three, Fennesz, Holt, Jewelled Antler Collective, Loren Connors, Neil Young, Shirley Collins, Tangerine Dream, Tim Hecker, Townes Van Zandt, United Bible Studies, Will Oldham