Author: Simon Kirk

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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

Albums Features

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

Album Reviews

The Mountain Goats: Getting Into Knives – “a band invigorated”

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Post date October 23, 2020
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The Mountain Goats (photo credit: Jade Wilson)

Tags Aerosmith, Andrew Eldritch, Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, John Darnielle, Matt Ross-Spang, Merge Records, The Cramps, The Mountain Goats

Singles

Aimèe Steven: Today

Aimèe Steven (photo credit: via artist's Facebook page)

Tags Aimee Steven, Jacaranda Records

News Singles

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Announce New Album and Liverpool Date for 2021: Listen to New Single Here

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Post date October 21, 2020
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (photo credit: Ian Shiver)

Tags Alec Ounsworth, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, CYHSY, district, Secretly Distribution

Singles

The Bug Ft Dis Fig: You – “Something uniquely fragile”

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Post date October 19, 2020
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The Bug Ft Dis Fig

Tags Dis Fig, Dylan Carlson, Earth, Felicia Chen, Kevin Martin, King Midas Sound, Roger Robinson, The Bug

Singles

Eyesore & The Jinx: Accidental Weller – “Smile, shake your head, and laugh”

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Post date October 17, 2020
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Eyesore & The Jinx (photo credit: via the aritst's Bandcamp page)

Tags BBC 6 Music, Eggy Records, Eyesore & The Jinx, Jeff Bezos, Josh Miller, steve lamacq

Album Reviews

Touché Amoré: Lament – “Songs that completely explode in sound”

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Post date October 16, 2020
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Touché Amoré (photo credit: George Clarke)

Tags Andrew Hull, Clayton Stevens, Elliot Babin, Jeremy Bolme, Manchester Orchestra, Nick Cave and Bad Seeds, Nick Steinhardt, Ross Robinson, Touché Amoré

13 Questions

13 Questions with Sing Leaf

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Post date October 15, 2020
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Sing Leaf (photo credit: Kate Killet)

Tags David Como, Gordon Koang, Greeta Van Fleet, Sandro Perri, Sing Leaf, The Doors, Tom O’Neill

Album Reviews

Crippled Black Phoenix: Ellengæst – “Subversive interpretations of hard-rock”

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Post date October 14, 2020
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Crippled Black Phoenix (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Anathema, Belinda Kordic, Crippled Black Phoenix, Daniel Änghede, Fotocrime, Gaahl, Gorgoroth, Jonathan Hultén, Justin Grieves, Pink Floyd, Ryan Patterson, Tribulation

Album Reviews

Zelienople: Hold You Up – “a timely welcome into this world”

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Post date October 13, 2020
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Tags Bark Psychosis, Bedhead, Brian Harding, Labradford, Low, Matt Christensen, Mike Weis, MJ Guider, Slint, Spotify, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Yo La Tengo, Zelienople

Album Reviews

FACS: Void Moments – “hellish walls of sound”

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Post date October 12, 2020
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FACS (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page)

Tags Alianna Kalaba, Brian Case, Cat Power, Disseapears, FACS, Noah Leger, Troubled In Mind, We Regazzi

Albums Features

The Charlatans’ Some Friendly 30th anniversary: “a close representation to the very idea of psychedelia”

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Post date October 8, 2020
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Tags Blur, Deafheaven, hacienda, Martin Blunt, oasis, primal scream, Rob Collins, Suede, the charlatans, Throbbing Gristle, tim burgess, Tim’s Twitter Listening Party

13 Questions

13 Questions with Battery Operated Orchestra

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Post date October 6, 2020
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Battery Operated Orchestra

Tags Battery Operated Orchstra, Briggite Rose, Chris bLACK, Katsen, Kraftwerk, Nina Hagen, The Beatles

Singles

Hellena: Crazy – “Fortune favours the brave”

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Post date October 5, 2020
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Hellena

Tags Chelsea Wolfe, Chris Common, Emma Ruth Rundle, Hellena, Lana Del Rey, Marissa Nadler, Pelica

Album Reviews

Country Westerns: Country Westerns -“filled with tales accepting the misgivings of life”

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Post date September 29, 2020
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Country Westerns (photo credit: via the band's Facebook page)

Tags Brian Kotzur, Bruce Springsteen, Chavez, Country Westerns, David Berman, Eleventh Day Dream, Fat Possum, Gaslight Anthem, Gentleman Jesse, Joel Plunkett, Matt Sweeney, Sabrina Rush, Silver Jews, State Champion, The Holy Steady, The Replacements, The Weight)