Category: Album Reviews

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Crippled Black Phoenix: Sceaduhelm

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 8, 2026
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Crippled Black Phoenix (photo: from the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Belinda Kordic, Crippled Black Phoenix, Deep Purple, Fotocrime, Justin Greaves, Justin Storms, Lucy Marshall, Pink Floyd, Ryan Patterson, Season Of Mist, Wes Wasley

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Helllhound: Here in the Valley

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 5, 2026
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Helllhound - Here in the Valley

Tags Cadmar Fitzhugh, Constellation Tatsu, helllhound, Jessica Pratt, Judee Sill, Julie Byrne, Nailah Hunter

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Robert Poss + E-Clark Cornell: Kepler’s Choice

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 29, 2026
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Robert Poss + E-Clark Cornell

Tags Band of Susans, Branca, Brian Eno’s Music for Airports, E-Clark Cornell, Jarek Leskiewicz, latome2, No Sides Records, Opollo, Rhys Chatham, Robert Poss, Sunn O)))

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Matt Christensen: Skeleton Vs Flesh

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 22, 2026
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Matt Christensen (photo credit: Tim Breen)

Tags Brian Harding, In A Waterfall In A Wood, Matt Christensen, Neil Young, Tim Breen, Zelienople

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Poison the Well: Peace in Place

Post author By David X
Post date April 20, 2026
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Poison the Well -(photo: Sarai Kelley)

Tags Boards of Canada, Chris Hornbrook, Derek Miller, Ferret, Finch, Greg Puciato, Jeffrey Moreira, Less Than Jake, Poison the Well live, Rancid, Ryan Primack, Sharptone, Sleigh Bells, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Trustkill, Victory

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Winterwood: In the Night Garden

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 9, 2026
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Winterwood (photo credit: provided by the artist)

Tags East Cape Calling, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Holly Winterwood, john peel, Sheila Bommakanti, Suss, The Fall, Winterwood, Zac Winterwood

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Verity Den: IX XVI MMXXV Instrumentals: Live and Improvised

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 8, 2026
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Verity Den

Tags Bardo Pond, Casey Proctor, Colin Swanson-White, Cory Rayborn, Drag Sounds, FACS, Haruspex Palace, Mike Wallace, Reed Benjamin, Seefeel, Three Lobed Recordings, Trevor Reece, Tropical Fuck Storm, Verity Den

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Sunn O))): Sunn O)))

Sunn O))) (photo: Charles Peterson)

Tags Anna von Hausswolff, Anthony Pateras, Brad Wood, Greg Anderson, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Max Richter, Stephen Moore, Stephen O'Malley, Sub Pop, Tim Midyett, Tos Nieuwenhuizen

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Neurosis: An Undying Love for a Burning World

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 30, 2026
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Neurosis (photo: Bobby Cochran)

Tags Aaron Turner, Dave Edwardson, ISIS, Jason Roeder, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Noah Landis, Scott Kelly, Steve Albini, Steve Von Till, Sumac

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Emil Amos / Steve Moore: Zone Blue

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 27, 2026
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Emil Amos & Steve Moore (photos: Shawn Brackbill L, Mike Boyd R)

Tags Alex Hall, Anthony Paterra, Casey Proctor, Emil Amos, Goblin, gRAILS, Kelly Pratt, Lilacs & Champagne, Ryan Oldham, Steve Moore, Tyler Trotter, Verity Den, Zak Riles, Zombi

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Pan-American: Fly the Ocean in a Silver Plane

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 24, 2026
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Pan-American (photo: supplied by the artist)

Tags Anjou, cHELSEA bRIDGE, Chuck Berry, Jo Stafford, Kranky, Labradford, Mallory Linnehan, Mark Nelson, Michael Grigoni

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Kim Gordon: Play Me

Kim Gordon (photo: Moni Haworth)

Tags Bill Nace, Body / Head, Matador Records, Sonic Youth, William Gibson

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Elori Saxl & Henry Solomon: Seeing Is Forgetting

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 17, 2026
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Elori Saxl & Henry Solomon (photo: original images via respective artists' Bandcamp pages)

Tags Elori Saxl, Henry Solomon, Outside World, Suss, Tangerine Dream, True Panther Records

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Bill Orcutt: Music in Continuous Motion

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 13, 2026
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Bill Orcutt

Tags Bill Orcutt, Chris Corsano, Ethan Miller, Palilalia, Steve Shelley, Tashi Dorji, Zoh Amba

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Fotocrime: Security

Fotocrime (photoi: Nick Thieneman)

Tags Amber Thieneman, Bands of Susans, Big Black, Coliseum, Crippled Black Phoenix, Fotocrime, Head of David, killing joke, Ryan Patterson, Suicidal Tendencies, Sumac, Young Widows

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Lillian Hexing: The Sound of Spiders Hatching

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 6, 2026
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Lillian Hexing (photo: Ryan Marshall)

Tags Anchoress, Anna Lucia Nissen, Asha Wells, Celestine Forever Hexing, Ellen Schloff, Fiadh Productions, Henry Birdsey, Ivy Z, James Plotkin, Jean Rivera, Julia Hexing, Lillian Hexing, Mother Goody Hexing, Old Saw, Starlight Hexing Family, Valerie Hexing

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Cleared: Lustres

Cleared (photo: provided by the artist)

Tags Haptic, Labradford, Locrian, Luggage, Michael Vallera, Room40, Steven Hess

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Bill Callahan: My Days of 58

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 27, 2026
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Bill Callahan (photo: Bill McCullough)

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Julinko: Naebula

Julinko

Tags Amanda Votta, Anna von Hausswolff, Deep Fade, Giulia Parin Zecchin, Julinko, Maple Death Records, pj harvey

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Scott McCloud: Make It To Forever

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 20, 2026
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Scott McCloud (photo: Kottie Paloma)

Tags Agrio, Girls Against Boys, God Unknown Records, Paramount Styles, Scott McCloud

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Converge: Love Is Not Enough

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 16, 2026
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Converge (photo: Jason Zucco)

Tags Ben Koller, cONVERGE, Des Kensel, Epitaph Records, High on Fire, Jacob Bannon, John Lennon, Kurt Ballou, Nate Newton, Old Man Gloom, Paul McCartney, Zach Weeks

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Rafael Anton Irisarri: Points of Inaccessibility

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 13, 2026
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Rafael Anton Irisarri (photo: Iulia Alexandra Magheru)

Tags Abul Mogard, Black Knoll Editions, Fennesz, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jaco Schilp, Karen Vogt, Rafael Anton Irisarri, The Sight Below

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Tashi Dorji: Low Clouds Hang, This Land is on Fire

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 9, 2026
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Tashi Dorji (photo: Matias Corral)

Tags Ben Chasny, big brave, Bill Frisell, Bill Orcutt, Drag City, dronreroom, Mat Ball, Rafael Toral, Tashi Dorji, William Tyler

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Alliance Rose Croix: Alliance Rose Croix

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 5, 2026
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Alliance Rose Croix

Tags Alliance Rose Croix, Bell Witch, Blake Conley, Cruel Nature Records, Droneroom, Dylan Desmond, Magpie Corsa, Nonconnah, Sunn O)))

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Nightingale Floor: Five Stagings

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 30, 2026
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Nightingale Floor (photo: Laura Spark)

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Paolo Tortora: Waves of Fading Memories

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 28, 2026
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Paolo Tortora - Waves of Fading Memories

Tags Fennesz, Japanese Gum, Paolo Tortora, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Thomas Ragsdale, Torto Editions

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Old Saw: The Wringing Cloth

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 19, 2026
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Old Saw - The Wringing Cloth

Tags Addison Starkweather-Price, Ann Rowlis, Earth, Harper Reed, Henry Birdsey, Ira Dorset, J.M. Eagle, Jim Cutler, Lobby Art Edition, Old Saw, Peter Catchpole, Pullman, Winged Wheel

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Pullman: III

Pullman

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Winged Wheel: Desert So Green

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 6, 2026
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Winged Wheel (photo: Katy McElroy)

Tags 12XU, Cory Plump, Fred Thomas, Idle Ray, Lonnie “Palmtree” Slack, Matthew J Rolin, Powers / Rolin Duo, Spray Paint, Tyvek, Water Damage, Whitney Johnson, Winged Wheel

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HAYWARDxDÄLEK: HAYWARDxDÄLEK

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 18, 2025
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Charles Hayward x MC Dälek (photo: MC Dälek)

Tags Charles Hayward, MC Dälek, Relapse Records, The Bug, this heat, Will Brooks

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Alta Vista: Won’t Believe in Dust

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 10, 2025
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Alta Vista (photo: by @scary___stevens - IG)

Tags Alexander Scriabin, Andy Danstrom, Bill Orcutt, Chet Zenor, Chris Corsano, Dave Rempis, Douglas McCombs, Eleventh Dream Day, Folkus, Groppler Zorn, Hannah Frances, Jakob Heinemann, Ryley Walker, Squirrel Flower, Whitney, You Are the Garden

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Maud Zeinoun: For The Waves I Rode / And The Ones That Broke Inside Me

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 8, 2025
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Maud Zeinoun

Tags Maud Zeinoun, Ruptured Records

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No Violet: No Violet

No Violet (photo: Peter Miles)

Tags Dajo Pajo, Deep Fade, Ellie Godwin, No Violet, Peter Catada, Peter Miles, Portishead, Stephen Kerrison, Toby Stewart, Totality

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Julie’s Haircut: Radiance Opposition

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 1, 2025
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Julie's Haircut (photo: Antonio Viscido)

Tags Andrea Rovacchi, Andrea Scarfone, Anna Bassy, Bonnacons of Doom, can, faust, Julie’s Haircut, Luca Giovanardi, Nicola Caleffi, Pallbearer Industry, Radiance Opposition, Superlove, Ulisse Tramalloni, Weird Beard

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Tortoise: Touch

Tortoise (photo: Todd Weaver)

Tags Dan Bitney, Doug McCombs, International Anthem, Jeff Parker, John Herndon, John McEntire, Nonesuch, Tortoise

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John Witherspoon: One Of Them

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date November 25, 2025
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Tags John Witherspoon, music, new-music, One Of Them, review, reviews, writing

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Glyders: Forever

Glyders (photo: Shaina Hoffman)

Tags Bitchin Bajas, Blue Oyster Cult, Cooper Crain, Drag City, Eliza Weber, Joe Seger, Joshua Condon, Marc Bolan, Mike Donovan, Prison, Weak Signal

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The Bats: Corner Coming Up

The Bats (photo: via artist's Facebook page)

Tags Flying Nun, Grant McLennan, Kaye Woodward, Malcolm Grant, Paul Kean, Robert Forster, Robert Scott, The Bats

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Uamh: Prairie Smoke

Uamh - Prairie Smoke

Tags Fiadh Productions, Uamh, Urisk Uaine

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Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo: In the Earth Again

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 7, 2025
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Chat Pile and Hayden Pedigo (photo: Bayley Hanes)

Tags Blake Conley, Chat Pile, Computer Students ™, Computer Students™, Hayden Pedigo, Layne Staley, Raygun Busch, Stin