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2022 with Defend Vinyl’s Graham Jones

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Post date December 30, 2022
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Defend Vinyl's Graham Jones (photo credit: via the label's Facebook page)

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2022 with Tall Trees Audio Mastering’s Stephen Kerrison

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Post date December 29, 2022
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Stephen Kerrison

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End of Year Message: The Blur of 2022

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Post date December 23, 2022
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Tags Alan Sparhawk, Angelo Badalamenti, Keith Levene, Low, Martin Duffy, Mimi Parker, Terry Hall

Singles

Exclusive: ZATO release new track – watch/listen

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Post date December 22, 2022
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Zato (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Alex Cordet, Benjamin Chagneux, Celine Rigaux, Fred Masson, OTSO Records, Zato

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Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2022

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Post date December 16, 2022
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Sticky post

Collage by Sam Gill (@samgill82)

Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, 4ad, Aidan Baker, All Structures Align, Andreas Werliin, Archers of Loaf, Bella Union, BMG, Breathless, Broken Spine Records, Brutus, BUÑUEL, Chat Pile, Clouds Hill, Constellation Records, Cooking Vinyl, Cruel Nature Records, Desert Records, Destroyer, Dine Alone Records, Dischord Records, Drag City, Droneroom, Duquette Johnston, Duster, Earl Sweatshirt, Editions Mego, Ellis Swan, Empty House, Enablers, Esmerine, Exploding In Sound, Fat Possum Records, Golden Chariot Records, Gvantsa Narim, Haress, Hassle Records, Houseplants, Irregular Patterns, Jenny Hval, Johan Berthling, Joyful Noise Recordings, Kal Marks, Kenneth James Gibson, Kranky, La Tempesta International, Late Music, Lebenswelt, Lensmen, Loop, Luke Mawdsley, Matt Christensen, Meadows Heavy Recorders, Merge, Merge Records, Miasmah Recordings, Midira Records, Monastral, Mondkopf, Nadja, Nightingales, Nik Colk Void, Numero Group, OFF!, Oneida, Oren Ambarchi, OuZel Recordings / Under My Bed Recordings, Pan-American, Petra Haden, Preoccupations, Profound Lore Records, Quindi Records, Raum, Reactor, Rocio Zavala, Salisman & His Hermetic Order, Sarah Davachi, Sargent House, Sea Power, Single Lock Records, Soft Abuse, Soulside, Southern Lord Recordings, SPINE, Steven R. Smith, Suede, Swami John Reis, Swami Records, Tan Cressida, Tenor Vossa Records Ltd, The Flenser, The Lord, The Mars Volta, The Reds Pinks and Purples, Tiny Global Productions, Tough Love, Win Big Records, Winterwood, Wrong Speed Records, Yellowelectric, Yoshiwara

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Sun 13’s Top Local Releases of 2022

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Post date December 14, 2022
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Tags 9 x 9 Records, Claire Welles, Defend Vinyl, Dune Boy, Good Grief, Hell on Hearth, moongoose, Outsider Art, Pete Benthem & The Dinner Ladies, Polexia!, Puzzle, San Lorenz, Simon Ward, The Welcome Addition, Tits Up

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Baker Ja Lehtisalo: Crocodile Tears

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Post date December 9, 2022
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Tags Aaron Turner, Aidan Baker, Baker Ja Lehtisalo, Broken Spine, Circle, Duster, Ektro Records, Jussi Lehtisalo, Kurt Wagner, Nadja, Pharoah Overlord, Split Cranium

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Black Ox Orkestar: Everything Returns

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Post date December 8, 2022
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Black Ox Orkesta - (Photo credit: Margot Flores Torre)

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Mike Vest Interview: “It’s great to see albums form over time”

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Post date December 5, 2022
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Mike Vest

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The Lord † David Pajo collaborate on new song

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Post date December 2, 2022
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The Lord & David Pajo (photo credit: Nan Ding)

Tags David Pajo, Greg Anderson, kING kONG, Papa M, Petra Haden, Slint, Southern Lord Recordings, The Lord, Tortoise

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Lensmen: Somewhere Somewhere

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Post date December 1, 2022
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Tags Alun Hughes, Dan Fisher, Enablers, Gavin McClafferty, Irregular Patterns, Jason Wilkinson, Lensmen, Pete Simonelli, Swans

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Track Premiere: Less Bells’ ‘A Failure of Horses’

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Post date November 30, 2022
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Less Bells

Tags Kenneth James Gibson, Kranky, Less Bells, Meadows Heavy Recorders

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Middleman: Cut Out the Middleman EP

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Post date November 29, 2022
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Middleman

Tags Ben Spence, Brainrotter Records, fontaines d.c., Fucked Up, Harper Maury, Hüsker Dü, Horsegirl, IDLES, Jonah Falco, Lifeguard, Lily Pym, Middleman, Mission of Burma, Noah Alves, Steve Lemacq, Wipers

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #8

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Post date November 28, 2022
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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
3 Comments on Soulside: A Brief Moment in the Sun

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
1 Comment on Richard Dawson: The Ruby Cord

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

Post author By Simon Kirk
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

Albums Features

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

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

Album Reviews

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
5 Comments on The Lord † Petra Haden: Devotional

The Lord + Petra Haden - (photo credits: Al Overdrive (The Lord) and Steven Perilloux (Petra Haden)

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Jessica Moss: Galaxy Heart

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Post date October 18, 2022
3 Comments on 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”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 17, 2022
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Empty House