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Salisman & His Celestial Bodies Interview: “We are always working on new material”

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Post date November 25, 2022
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Salisman & His Celestial Bodies

Tags Chris Tate, Creation Records, Cruel Nature Records, d_rradio, Jason Peirce, Jon Raedeke, Paul Foreman, Salisman & His Celestial Bodies, Salisman & His Hermetic Order, slowdive, Soft Speaker, spiritualized, Swervedriver, Travis Salisbury

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Soulside: A Brief Moment in the Sun

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Post date November 24, 2022
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Soulside (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Alexis Fleisig, Bobby Sullivan, Boss, Dischord Records, Eli Janney Girls Against Boys, Fugazi, Ian MacKaye, Jeff Nelson, Johnny Temple, Minor Threat, Mission of Burma, Paramount Styles, Rain Like the Sound of Trains, Scott McCloud, Seven League Boots, Sevens, Soulside, Spontaneous Earth

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Gold Dust: The Late Great Gold Dust

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Post date November 22, 2022
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Gold Dust (photo credit: Laura Mason)

Tags Ben Chasny, Centripetal Force, Dinosaur Jr., Gold Dust, J. Mascis, Matt Valentine, primal scream, Stephen Pierce, The Byrds, the charlatans, Wet Tuna

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The Collegiate: In Conversation with Simon Ward

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Post date November 21, 2022
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S. Ward

13 Questions

13 Questions with The Double Happiness

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Post date November 18, 2022
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The Double Happiness

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Richard Dawson: The Ruby Cord

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Post date November 17, 2022
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Richard Dawson (photo credit: Kuba Ryneiewicz)

Tags Bulblis, Christopher Moore, Circle, dirty three, Domino, Jonathan Franzen, Mary Lattimore, Philip K. Dick, richard dawson, Robert Rankin, Sally Pilkington, Shakespeare, Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins, Weird World

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Through A Room: An Interview with Bill Nace

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Post date November 15, 2022
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Bill Nace_(Photo credit: Ryan Collerd)

Tags Aaron Dilloway, Bill Nace, Bitchin Bajas, Body/Head, Chris Corsano, Cooper Crain, Daniel Higgs, Drag City, Kim Gordon, Okkyung Lee, Steve Gunn

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Weirdo Rippers #2

Tags Blanket Swimming, Christina Vantzou, Cruel Nature Records, Elrond, Kranky, Music for a Nightmare, Rocket Recordings, Shit and Shine, Stuart Cook, Waxing Crescent Records

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Droneroom Interview: “I prefer it if someone else tells me what they hear and see”

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Post date November 11, 2022
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Ivan The Tolerable: The Aleph

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Post date November 10, 2022
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Houseplants' Oli Heffernan (photo provided by the artist)

Tags D.G Compton, Echodelick Records, Houseplants, Ivan The Tolerable, Jim White, Leighton Crook, Library of the Occult, Mick Turner, Oli Heffernan, Sun Ra

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Tonal Intoxication: In Conversation with The Lord’s Greg Anderson and Petra Haden

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Post date November 9, 2022
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The Lord † Petra Haden (photo credit: Steven Perilloux)

Tags Bernard Herrmann, Bill Frissell, Earthings?, Engine Kid, Ennio Morricone, Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, John Carpenter, John Williams Ian Astbury, Mike Watt, Petra Haden, Southern Lord Recordings, Sunn O))), That Dog, the cult, The Lord, The Twilight Singers, Tito & Tarantula

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Gigi Masin: Vahiné

Gigi Masin (photo credit: Anna Semenova)

Tags Alan Sparhawk, Gig Masin, Kompakt, Language of Sound, Low, Mimi Parker, Modern Love

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Kenneth James Gibson Interview: “Surroundings are important”

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Post date November 7, 2022
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Kenneth James Gibson

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All Structures Align Interview: “We’re happy with how that contrast worked out”

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Post date November 4, 2022
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All Structures Align (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Adam Ineson, All Structures Align, Bedhead, Bilge Pump, Deliluh, Haress, hey colossus, Hood, Ivan The Tolerable, June of 44, Neil Turnpin, Nub, Tim Ineson, Wrong Speed Records, Yann Tiersen

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Brutus: Unison Life

Brutus

Tags Brutus, Hassle Records, Peter Mulders, Refused, Sargent House, Stefanie Mannaerts, Stijn Vanhoegaerden, The Armed

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Archers of Loaf: Reason in Decline

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Post date November 2, 2022
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Archers of Loaf (photo credit: from the artist's Bandcamp page).

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Label Watch: Strange Mono

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Post date November 1, 2022
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Strange Mono

Tags Benjamin Schurr, Brian Reichert, Dan Angel, Dan Timlin, Drew Saracco, Jake Lenderman, Josh Meakim, Luna Honey, Maura Pond, Nyxy Nyx, Rachel Gordon, Sean Sprecher, Strange Mono, Tim Jordan

Singles

Le Gateaux Bateaux / The Last Sound: LGB///TLS

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Post date October 31, 2022
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Tags Animal Collective, Barry Murphy, Cruel Nature Records, Le Gateaux Bateaux, Magnetize, Nwyvre, Rollers/Sparkers, Sound Breaking Sky, Stephen, Sun City Girls, The Last Sound, Whirling Hall of Knives

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Sparta: Sparta

Sparta (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags At the Drive-In, Blur, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Coldplay, Guy Berryman, Inside Out Music, Jim Ward, Keeley Davis, Matt Miller, oasis, Paul Hinojos, Rodriguez-López, Sleepercar, The Mars Volta, Tony Hajjar

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Ellis Swan: 3am

Ellis Swan

Tags Devendra Banhart, Ellis Swan, Labradford, Martin Rev, Quindi Records

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Dead Cross: II

Dead Cross (photo credit Becky DiGiglio)

Tags black flag, BUÑUEL, Davie Lombardo, Dead Cross, Faith No More, Gabe Serbian, Ipecac Recordings, Justin Pearson, Michael Crain, Mike Patton, Misfits, Mr Bungle, Retox, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, The Locust, Tomahawk

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Weirdo Rippers #1

Original image source: Unsplash (photo credit: Namroud Gorguis)

Tags BRB>Voicecoil, Cinchel, Halina Rice, Injazero Records, Nickolas Mohanna, Omnibadger, Ordos MK.0, Soft Music, Sophia Subbayya Vastek, Stuart Cook, Trouble In Mind, Waxing Cresent Records

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The Cult: Under the Midnight Sun

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Post date October 20, 2022
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The Cult - Under the Midnight Sun

Tags Billy Duffy, Black Hill Records, Boris, Ian Astbury, the cult

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The Lord † Petra Haden: Devotional

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Post date October 19, 2022
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The Lord + Petra Haden - (photo credits: Al Overdrive (The Lord) and Steven Perilloux (Petra Haden)

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Jessica Moss: Galaxy Heart

Jessica Moss

Tags BIG | BRAVE, Bill Callahan, Broken Social Scene, Carla Bozulich, Constellation, dirty three, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hawk and a Hacksaw, Hotel2Tango, Jessica Moss, Jim White, Sarah Davachi, Springtime, Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Thierry Amar

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Empty House Interview: “It came about as a quick idea”

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Post date October 17, 2022
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Empty House

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Claire Welles: Package Holiday

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Post date October 14, 2022
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Claire Welles

Tags Claire Welles, Jane Weaver, Kendall Calling, Madonna, Robert Pollard, tim burgess

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OFF!: Free LSD

OFF! (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags ...trail of dead, Autry Fulbright II, …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, black flag, Black Sabbath, Burning Brides, Circle Jerks, Dimitri Coats, Fat Possum Records, Herbie Hancock, Hot Snakes, Justin Brown, Keith Morris, Mario Rubalcaba, OFF!, Redd Kross, Steve McDonald, Thundercat

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Nightingales: The Last Laugh

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Post date October 12, 2022
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The Nightingales

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Bill Callahan: YTI⅃AƎЯ

Bill Callahan (photo credit: Hanly Banks Callahan)

Tags Bill Callahan, Drag City, Emmett Kelly, Jim White, Matt Kinsey, Sarah Ann Phillips, Smog

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Karen & Peter Interview: “The writing is grounded very powerfully in the music”

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Post date October 10, 2022
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Karen & Peter

Tags Benjamin Myers, George Orwell, Haruki Murakami, Ivan The Tolerable, Jaded Azurites, Karen & Peter, Karen Schoemer, Mike Griffin, Mike Watt, Minutemen, Mortuus Auris & the Black Hand/ MAbH, Oli Heffernan, Peter Taylor, Sky Furrows, SST, Tape Drift

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Track Premiere: Ghostwoods’ ‘Terminal Bliss’

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Post date October 8, 2022
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Ghostwoods (photo credit: Sam Scoufos)

Tags 4000 Records, Andrew Garton, Bohren & der Club of Gore, dirty three, Ghostswoods, James Halloran, James Lees, Karl O’shea, Mark Angel, Noir et Blanc, Rohan Seekers, Silver Sircus

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Floating Points: In Conversation with Esmerine’s Bruce Cawdron

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Post date October 7, 2022
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Esmerine (photo credit: Osha Cawdron)

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All Structures Align: Distance and Departure

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Post date October 6, 2022
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All Structures Align (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Adam Ineson, All Structures Align, Bedhead, Bilge Pump, Deliluh, Haress, hey colossus, Hood, Ivan The Tolerable, June of 44, Neil Turnpin, Nub, Tim Ineson, Wrong Speed Records, Yann Tiersen

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Karin Park: Private Collection

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Post date October 5, 2022
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Karin Park (photo credit: Geert Braekers)

Tags Andrew Liles, Årabrot, Benedetta Simeone, Jehnny Beth, Karin Park, Kjetil Nernes, Lustmord, Nurse With Wound, Pelagic Records

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The Bobby Lees: Bellevue

The Bobby Lees (photo credit: from the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Bully, Dead Cross, Haruki Murakami, Ipecac Recordings, Kendall Wind, Macky Bowman, Mike Patton, Nick Casa, Sam Quartin, The Bobby Lees, The Cramps, The Gun Club, The Reigning Sounds

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Cowman: Slaughter

Cowman - Slaughter

Tags Band of Susans, Benjamin Heal, Big Black, birdbath, Coaxial, Cruel Nature Records, Godflesh, Hitobashira-ni, Mori Mori

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Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden: I get along without you very well

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Post date September 30, 2022
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Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden (photo credit: Miki Anagrius)

Tags Angelo Badalamenti, Anna von Hausswolf, Bark Psychosis, Ellen Arkbro, Filip Graden, Gary Graden, GRM, Johan Graden, Kölner Philharmonie, Sarah Davachi, The Barbican, Thrill Jockey

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Total Eclipse: An Interview with Oren Ambarchi

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Post date September 29, 2022
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Oren Ambarchi (photo credit: Trianos Pakioufakis)

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TANKENGINE: TANKENGINE TANKENGINE TANKENGINE EP

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Post date September 28, 2022
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TANKENGINE (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)