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The Chats: Get Fucked

The Chats

Tags Bargain Bin Records, Cosmic Pyschos, Courtney Barnett, Eamon Sandwith, Josh Hardy, Matt Boggis, Minor Threat, Robert G. Barrett, sleaford mods, The Chats

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Some Gift: An Interview with Enablers

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 29, 2022
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Enablers

Tags Chris Summerlin, dAVID hAND, Enablers, hey colossus, Joe Goldring, Joe Thompson, Kevin Thomson, Neurot Recordings, Sam Ospovat, Swans, Wrong Speed Records, Years

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Haress Interview: “I really think the record is a product of its environment”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 26, 2022
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Haress (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

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TENCHPRESS: Tombmagic

TENCHPRESS - Tombmagic

Tags Clinic, Cruel Nature Records, Sparks, Tenchpress, Wrong Speed Records

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Winterwood: Exploratory Guitar: Falling Tide

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Post date August 24, 2022
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Winterwood (photo credit: provided by the artist)

Tags East Cape Calling, Holly Winterwood, Labradford, Mark Nelson, Pan-American, Sunn O))), The Necks, William Tyler, Winterwood, Zac

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Tall Dwarfs: Unravelled: 1981–2002

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 23, 2022
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Tall Dwarfs (photo credit: Barbara Ward)

Tags ACDC, Alec Bathgate, Bailter Space, Chris Knox, Daniel Johnston, Flying Nun, Gareth Liddiard, Merge Records, Stephen Malkmus, Tall Dwarfs, The Beatles, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Gordons, Toy Love, velvet underground

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New Energy: In Conversation with Twine’s Thomas Katsaras

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 19, 2022
2 Comments on New Energy: In Conversation with Twine’s Thomas Katsaras

Twine

Tags Alex G, Alicia Salvanos, dirty three, Jackson Pagett, Jason Molina, Michael Hurley, Pavement, Primavera A La Ciutat, Primavera Sound, Ricky Albeck, Ricky Albeck & The Belair Line Band, Songs: Ohio, Thea Martin, Thomas Katsaras, Twine, Unwound

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Russian Circles: Gnosis

Russian Circles (photo credit: William Lacalmontie)

Tags Brian Cook, Dave Turncrantz, Kurt Ballou, Mike Sullivan, Russian Circles, Sargent House

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Through the Debris: 19 Years with Pelican’s Australasia

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 17, 2022
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Pelican (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Aaron Turner, Bryan Herweg, Earth, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hydra Head, Larry Herweg, Laurent Schroeder-Lebec, Neurosis, Pelican, Sandford Parker, Sunn O))), Thrill Jockey, Trevor Shelley de Brauw

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Breathless: See Those Colours Fly

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 16, 2022
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Breathless (photo credit: Kevin Westenberg)

Tags Ari Neufeld, Breathless, Damon & Naomi, Dominic Appleton, Galaxie 500, Gary Mundy, Kramer, Tenor Vossa Records Ltd, The Church, THis Mortal Coil, Tristram Latimer Sayer

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Let’s Breathe Again: 2022 with Matt Christensen so far

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 15, 2022
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Matt Christensen (photo provided by the artist)

Tags Arrow Mullins, Brian Harding, Marcier Shapiro, Matt Christensen, Neil Young, Richard Ford, slowdive, Willy Vlautin, Zelienople

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Southpacific: Constance

Southpacific - Constance

Tags Bethany Curve, Graeme Fleming, Highspire, Joachim Toelke, Kranky, my bloody valentine, Phil Stewart-Bowes, Seefeel, SoPac, Southpacific, The Bowery Electric, Turnbuckle Records

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Chat Pile: God’s Country

Chat Pile (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page).

Tags Captain Ron, Chat Pile, David Yow, Godflesh, Head of David, Kal Marks, Luther Manhole, Max Allan Collins, Raygun Busch, Sin, Sister of Mercy or Band of Susans, The Flenser

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50 Foot Wave: Black Pearl

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 10, 2022
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50 Foot Wave (photo credit: Steve Gulick)

Tags 50 Foot Wave, Bernard Georges, Fire Records, Kristin Hersh, Rob Ahlers, Throwing Muses

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COW: The Darkness Gets You Down

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 9, 2022
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COW (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page)

Tags COW, Doug, Gintis, Grandaddy, Jason Baxter, Kyle Lee, Mai 68 Records, Pavement, Web

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Lifeguard: Crowd Can Talk EP

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 8, 2022
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Lifeguard (photo credit: from the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Asher Case, At the Drive-In, …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Born Yesterday Records, Horsegirl Penelope, Isaac Lowenstein, Kai Slater, Lifeguard, Lowenstein, Mission of Burma, Squirrel Bait, Unwound

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The Lord: Forest Nocturne

The Lord (photo credit: Al Overdrive)

Tags Alice In Chain, Atilla Csihar, BIG | BRAVE, Brad Wood, Engine Kid, Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, John Carpenter, Labradford, Mayhem, Neon Christ, Robin Wattie, Southern Lord Recordings, Stephen O’Malley, Sunn O))), The Lord, William Duvall

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T. Gowdy: Miracles

T. Gowdy (photo credit: Stacy Lee)

Tags Constellation Records, Rafael Anton Irisarri, T. Gowdy, The Sight Below, Timothy Gowdy

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Sea Change: In Conversation with Kal Marks’ Carl Shane

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 3, 2022
4 Comments on Sea Change: In Conversation with Kal Marks’ Carl Shane

Kal Marks (photo credit: Stephanie Andreana)

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The Utopia Strong: International Treasure

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 2, 2022
1 Comment on The Utopia Strong: International Treasure

The Utopia Strong (photo credit: David Ryder Prangley)

Tags Bark Psychosis, gRAILS, Kavus Torabi, Mike York, Randall Dunn, Rocket Recordings, Steve Davis, Sunn O))), The Utopia Strong