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Hubert Selby Jr. Infants: Good Evening, Pricks! It’s the Hubert Selby Jr. Infants

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 31, 2023
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Hubert Selby Jr. Infants (photo: from the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Andrew Bushe, Bitch Magnet, Brian McMahan, Hands Up Who Wants to Die, Hubert Selby Jr. Infants, Jamie Grimes, Kunal Nandi, Lou Barlow, Pete Searcy, Peter McNally, Sebadoh, Slint, Squirrel Bait, Squirrel Bait., Unwound

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fhae: sombre thorax

fhae (photo: Amber Ramsay)

Tags 4000 Records, cocteau twins, Efrim Menuck, Elizabeth Fraser, Ellena Ramsay, fhae, Grouper, Julianna Barwick, Lichen Slow, Malcolm Middleton

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Purling Hiss: Drag on Girard

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 29, 2023
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Purling Hiss (photo: Kathryn Lipman)

Tags Ben Leaphart, Big Star, Birds Of Maya, Crazy Horse, Drag City, Mike Polizze, Neil Young, Pat Hickey, Purling Hiss, The Men

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deathcrash: Less

Deathcrash (photo: Kaye Song)

Tags American Football, black country new road, Black Midi, Bondo, Coedine, Deathcrash, Greet Death, Low, Sweet Williams, Tiernan Banks, Untitled (recs)

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Liturgy: 93696

Liturgy (photo: Jessica Hallock)

Tags Leo Didkovsky, Liturgy, Mario Miron, Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, Refused, Thrill Jockey, Tia Vincent-Clark

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Sleaford Mods: UK Grim

Sleaford Mods

Tags dry cleaning, Florence Shaw, Jane's Addiction, Mark E. Smith, Perry Farrell, Rough Trade, sleaford mods

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Hands Up Who Wants To Die: Nil All

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 20, 2023
2 Comments on Hands Up Who Wants To Die: Nil All

Hands Up Who Wants To Die (photo: Tom McDermott)

Tags David Pajo, Fonoradar, Hands Up Who Wants to Die, Human Worth, Killdozer, Scratch Acid, Sleeping Giant Glossolalia, Slint

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Bondo: Print Selections

Bondo

Tags Bondo, Doug Scharin, Duster, June of 44, Low, Quindi Records, Slint

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Cober: Beautiful Dissent EP

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 10, 2023
2 Comments on Cober: Beautiful Dissent EP

Cober - Beautiful Dissent

Tags Cober, East Cape Calling, Sheila Bommakanti

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The Necks: Travel

The Necks (photo from artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton, Northern Spy Records, Primavera, The Necks, Tony Buck

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Robert Forster: The Candle and the Flame

Post author By Sean Beardmore
Post date February 27, 2023
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Robert Forster (photo credit: Stephen Booth)

Tags Adele Pickvance, bob dylan, david bowie, David Byrne, Go-Betweens, Goon Sax, John Steel Singers, Jonathan Richman, Karin Baumler, Loretta Forster, Lou Reed, Louis Forster, Luke McDonald, Robert Forster, Scott Bromiley, Tapete Records, Tom Verlaine

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Southpacfic: Radar Road EP

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 24, 2023
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Southpacific (Photo: Dean Tomlinson)

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Algiers: Shook

Algiers (Photo: Ebru Yildiz)

Tags Algiers, Backxwash, Big Rube, Billy Woods, Franklin J. Fisher, Future Island, Jae Matthews, Lee Bains III, Lee Tesche, Mark Cisneros, Matador Records, Matthew Tong, Nadah El Shazl, Run the Jewels, Ryan Mahan, Samuel T. Herring, Zach de la Rocha

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BIG|BRAVE: nature morte

BIG|BRAVE

Tags big brave, Big|Brave, John Bonham, Mat Ball, Robin Wattie, Seth Manchester, Tasy Hudson, The Body, Thrill Jockey

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Pile: All Fiction

Pile

Tags nick cave, warren ellis, Pile, Exploding In Sound, Rick Maguire, Alex Molini, Kriss Kuss

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs: Land of Sleeper

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 15, 2023
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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (photo credit: Ania Shrimpton)

Tags Adam Ian Sykes, Black Sabbath, Bonnacons of Doom, Ewan Mackenzie, Iron Maiden, John-Michael Hedley, Kate Smith, Matt Baty, pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs, Pigs x 7, richard dawson, Rocket Recordings, Sally Pilkington, Sam Grant

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Bruxa Maria: Build Yourself A Shrine and Pray

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 13, 2023
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Bruxa Maria

Tags Bear Bites Horse Studios, Big Lad, Bruxa Maria, Dave Cochrane, Gaffa Bandana, Gill Dread, Jennie Howell, Kulk, Paul Antony, Remote Viewing, Riot Season, Robbie Judkins, Wayne Adams

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The Men: New York City

The Men (photo credit: Ryan Marino)

Tags CBGB, Crazy Horse, Fuzz Club, Johnny Ramone, Mark Perro, Nick Chiericozzi, Ramones, The Men, The Replacements, War On Drugs

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Michael Plater: Ghost Music

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 6, 2023
3 Comments on Michael Plater: Ghost Music

Michael Plater (photo credit: Amy McKenny)

Tags Cornish Wreckers, Crime and the City Solution, dirty three, Ellis Swan, Fawnia Mountford, Ghosts of Electricity, Hypostatic Union, John Hannon, Michael Plater, Patrick DeWitt, Paul Warner, Simon Ward, Stafford Glover, Swans, The Northern Lighthouse Board, The Old Colonials, Tony Millman Mark Kluzek

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Remote Viewing: Modern Addictions

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 3, 2023
2 Comments on Remote Viewing: Modern Addictions

Remote Viewing

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Loscil // Lawrence English: Colours of Air

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 2, 2023
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Loscil // Lawrence English (photo credit: CWS Marshall)

Tags Kranky, Lawrence English, loscil, Room40, Scott Morgan, The Old Museum

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Rabbit Hash: Don’t Mistake My Enthusiasm for Impatience

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 27, 2023
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Rabbit Hash - Don’t Escape My Enthusiasm for Impatience

Tags Blake Conley, Droneroom, Marginal Glitch Records, Pete Fosco, Willy Vlautin

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Meg Baird: Furling

Meg Baird (photo credit: Rachael Cassells)

Tags Baird Sisters, Bill Callahan, Comets on Fire. Ethan Miller, Drag City, Espers, Heron Oblivion, Howlin’ Rain, Mary Lattimore, Meg Baird, Natalie Mering, Sharon Van Etten, Steve Gunn, weyes blood

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The Spectral Light: 10000 Stars EP

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 16, 2023
1 Comment on The Spectral Light: 10000 Stars EP

Tags Amanda Votta, BIG ׀ BRAVE, East Cape Calling, Lost Hiss Recordings, Neddal Ayad, The Desolation Singers, the does, The Floating World, the goslings, The Spectral Light

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Winterwood: Wind Music

Winterwood (photo credit: from the artist's Facebook page)

Tags Barnaby Oliver, East Cape Calling, Florina Casettes, Holly Winterwood, photo(sphere), Winterwood, Zac Winterwood

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Worriedaboutsatan: Falling But Not Alone

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 9, 2023
1 Comment on Worriedaboutsatan: Falling But Not Alone

Worriedaboutsatan

Tags Aidan Baker, Andy Stott, Capac, Gavin Miller, Jon Hopkins, Massive Attack, Nadja, Pijn, Sulk Rooms, This Is It Forever, Tom Ragsdale, Wolves and Vibrancy, Worriedaboutsatan

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Björn Magnusson: Nightclub Music & Ethereal Faith

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 3, 2023
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Björn Magnusson

Tags Björn Magnusson, bob dylan, Danny Hole, Dean & Britta, Keith Richards, Kid Congo Powers, Luna, Nikki Sudden, Richard Hell, Sean Eden, Specter Fix Press, Suicide, Tapiwa Svosve, The Rolling Stones

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Baker Ja Lehtisalo: Crocodile Tears

Post author By Simon Kirk
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

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

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Lensmen: Somewhere Somewhere

Post author By Simon Kirk
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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Middleman: Cut Out the Middleman EP

Post author By Simon Kirk
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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Soulside: A Brief Moment in the Sun

Post author By Simon Kirk
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

Post author By Simon Kirk
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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Richard Dawson: The Ruby Cord

Post author By Simon Kirk
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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Ivan The Tolerable: The Aleph

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 10, 2022
1 Comment on Ivan The Tolerable: The Aleph

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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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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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

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 2, 2022
4 Comments on Archers of Loaf: Reason in Decline

Archers of Loaf (photo credit: from the artist's Bandcamp page).

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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