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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

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Holy Sons: Puritan Themes

Holy Sons

Tags Anthony Paterra, Emil Amos, Holy Sons, Kris Kristofferson, Thrill Jockey

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I Am Providence: The Voice of Death

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 31, 2025
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I Am Providence - The Voice of Death

Tags Amanda Votta, Cruel Nature Records, Deep Fade, Godflesh, Korperschwache, Roy K Felps, Skinny Puppy, The Spectral Light

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Rafael Toral: Traveling Light

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 29, 2025
3 Comments on Rafael Toral: Traveling Light

Rafael Toral (photo: Vera Marmelo)

Tags Bill Frisell, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Drag City, Jim O'Rourke, José Bruno Parrinha, Moikai, Rafael Toral, Rodrigo Amado, The Necks

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The Necks: Disquiet

The Necks (photo: Dawid Laskowski)

Tags Bark Psychosis, Chris Abrahams, Einstürzende Neubauten, Lloyd Swanton, The Necks, Tony Buck

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Jim White: Inner Day

Jim White (photo: Anna White)

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Michael Beach: Big Black Plume

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 20, 2025
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Michael Beach (photo: via artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags bob dylan, Comets On Fire, Cory Hanson, Ed Kuepper, Exsanguinated Roommate, Fiona Kitschin, Gareth Liddiard, Goner Records, Maddy Macfarlane, Michael Beach, Mick Turner, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Paul Foreman, Saints, Sonic Youth, Tropical Fuck Storm, Utrillo Kushner

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Exsanguinated Roommate: Healing Trends

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 13, 2025
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Exsanguinated Roommate - Healing Trends

Tags Chris Tate, Cruel Nature Records, Exsanguinated Roommate, Jimmy Campbell, Jon Raedeke, Lee Mathers, Paul Foreman, Radiohead, Soft Speaker, The Coral

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Snakeskin: We Live In Sand

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 10, 2025
4 Comments on Snakeskin: We Live In Sand

Snakeskin (photo: Mohamad Abdouni)

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The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are the Ghost Nation

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 7, 2025
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The Besnard Lakes (photo: Isabel Rancier)

Tags Full Time Hobby, Gabriel Lambert, Jace Lasek, Kevin Laing, Mercury Rev, Olga Goreas, Pink Floyd, Roy Orbison, Sheenah Ko, The Besnard Lakes

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Kieran Hebden + William Tyler: 41 Longfield Street Late ’80s

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 25, 2025
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Kieran Hebden + Wiliam Tyler (photo: Sean Cook)

Tags Bonnaroo Festival, Eat Your Own Ears Recordings, Fennesz, Fourt Tet, Fridge, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Kieran Hebden, William Tyler

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Bitchin Bajas: Inland See

Bitchin Bajas

Tags Bitchin Bajas, Bob Holmes, Cooper Crain, Dan Quinlivan, Josh Abrams, Natural Information Society, Rob Frye, Roger Clark Miller, Sun Araw, Suss

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Suede: Antidepressants

Suede (Dean Chalkley)

Tags BMG, Brett Anderson, Francis Bacon, Fred Otash, J.G. Ballard, James Ellroy, Mat Osman, Neil Codling, oasis, Pulp, Raymond Chandler, Richard Oakes, Simon Gilbert, Suede

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Whitney K: Bubble

Whitney K (photo: Tess Roby)

Tags Avalon Tassonyi, Ben Vallee, Bill Callahan, Bruce Springsteen, Fire Records, James Jonathan Clancy, Josh Boguski, Konner Whitney, Lou Reed, Michael Halls, Talia Boguski, Whitney K

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Prolapse: I Wonder When They’re Going To Destroy Your Face

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 9, 2025
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Prolapse (photo: Geboren Wustmann)

Tags Canned Heat, Cat Stevens, FACS, Linda Steelyard, Mick Derrick, Moonshake, Prolapse, Tapete Records, The Ex, The Fall, William Burroughs

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Deftones: Private Music

Deftones

Tags Abe Cunningham, Chino Moreno, deftones, Frank Delgado, Fred Sablan, Sergio Vega, Stephen Carpenter, The Prodigy, Warner

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Burn Into Sleep ~ Dream Skills: I Carried You For Years And The Deers Are Still Hungry

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 29, 2025
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Burn Into Sleep - I Carried You For Years And The Deers Are Still Hungry

Tags Andrew PM Hunt, Autechre, David McLean, Dialect, Donald McLean, Ex-Easter Island Head, Lauren McLean, Pan Sonic, Ryū Murakami, Sawans, Tombed Visions

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Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin: Ghosted III

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 26, 2025
2 Comments on Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin: Ghosted III

Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin

Tags Andreas Werliin, Drag City, Fire!, Johan Berthling, Oren Ambarchi

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Pile: Sunshine and Balance Beams

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 23, 2025
3 Comments on Pile: Sunshine and Balance Beams

Pile (photo: from artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Alex Molini, Candace Clement, David Berman, Exploding In Sound, Kris Kuss, Pile, Rick Maguire, Seth Manchester, Sooper Records, spiritualized

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Cass McCombs: Interior Live Oak

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 19, 2025
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Cass McCombs (photo: Silvia Grav)

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Thalia Zedek Band: The Boat Outside Your Window

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 18, 2025
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Thalia Zedek Band (photo: via artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Beth Heinberg, Chris Brokaw, Come, Dave Curry, E, Gavin McCarthy, gun club, Karate, Karen Sarkisian, Live Skull, Mel Lederman, Richard Ford, Thalia Zedek, Thrill Jockey, Uzi, Winston Braman, Zedek

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CIVIC: Chrome Dipped

CIVIC (photo: Marcus Coblyn)

Tags ATO Records, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Civic, Ed Kuepper, Eli Sthapit, gun club, Jim McCullough, Lewis Hodgson, Mark E. Smith, Power Trip, Radio Birdman, Roland Hlavka, simon bonney, The Damned, The Saints, The Stranglers, Total Control

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The Armed: THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 8, 2025
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The Armed (photo: Luke Nelson)

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Cherub Weaponry: Flower of Dreaming

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 7, 2025
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Chreub Weaponry (photo: via artists' Bandcamp pages)

Tags Cherub Weaponry, Colin Alexander Fisher, Don Caballero, I/O, Maxwell Patterson, Pet Retina, Really Loud Free Jazz

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Greet Death: Die in Love

Greet Death (photo: Kat Nijmeddin)

Tags Deathwish Inc., Greet Death, Harper Boyhtari, Jackie Kalmink, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jim Versluis, Kurt Russell, Logan Gaval, Michael Myers, The Cranberries

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Sandra’s Wedding: Arturus Rex

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 5, 2025
1 Comment on Sandra’s Wedding: Arturus Rex

Sandra's Wedding (photo: from the artist's Facebook page)

Tags Blur, Joseph Hodgson, Manic Street Preachers, Michael Head, oasis, Paul Heaton, Pulp, Sandra’s Wedding, Sarah Records, Suede

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The Spectral Light: Obliteration

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 30, 2025
5 Comments on The Spectral Light: Obliteration

The Spectral Light (photo: provided by the artist)

Tags Amanda Votta, Cruel Nature Records, Deep Fade, Godflesh, Jon Free, Neddal Ayad, Skinny Puppy, The Floating World, The Spectral Light

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Moon: The Green Lilac Park

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date July 29, 2025
2 Comments on Moon: The Green Lilac Park

Tags beatles, Green Lilac Park, mccartney, mick dolan, Moon, Pink Floyd, review, yorkie

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Almost An Island: Almost An Island

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 29, 2025
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Almost An Island (photo: provided by the artist)

Tags Bell Gardens, Brian McBride, BVDUB, Cynthia Bernard, David Cuetter, James Bernard, Julianna Barwick, Kenneth James Gibson, Past Inside the Present, Stars of the Lid

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Tavare: Too Small To Be So High

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 16, 2025
4 Comments on Tavare: Too Small To Be So High

Tavare (photo: Davide Maione)

Tags Aidan Baker, Angela Muñoz, Cruel Nature Records, Dinosaur Jr., God Unknown Records, Ida, J.Mascis, Katuktu Collective, Mimi Parker, Nadja, Nunofyrbeeswax, Soft Noise Collective, Tavare, Tristen Bakker

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U.S. Girls: Scratch It

U.S. Girls (photo: from artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags 4ad, Bruce Springsteen, Charlie McCoy, Crosby, D. Watusi, Dillon Watson, Domo Donoho, Jack Lawrence, Jack Name, Jo Schornikow, Meghan Remy, Patti Smith, Savoy Motel, Still and Nash, The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, Tina Norwood, U.S. Girls

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Purelink: Faith

Purelink

Tags Akeem Asani, Angelina Nonaj, Ben Paulson, Brian Leeds, Concave Reflection, CS + Kreme, Kindtree, Loraine James, Millia, Mount Kimbie, Pan-American, Peak Oil, Purelink, Tommy Paslaski

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Tropical Fuck Storm: Fairyland Codex

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 2, 2025
7 Comments on Tropical Fuck Storm: Fairyland Codex

Tropical Fuck Storm (photo: Jamie Wdziek)

Tags Chris Abrahams, Erica Dunn, Fiona Kitschin, Fire Records, Gareth Liddiard, Jack London, James Joyce, Jim White, Lauren Hammel, Springtime, Tropical Fuck Storm

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Zakè | Spieth | Guentner: Arcadia

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 1, 2025
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zakè | Spieth | Guentner

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Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts: Talkin to the Trees

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 24, 2025
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Neil Young (photo: Daryl Hannah)

Tags Anthony LoGerfo, bob dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Corey McCormick, Crazy Horse, Micah Nelson, Neil Young, Reprise Records, Spooner Oldham, The Boss, The Chrome Hearts

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Haress: Skylarks

Haress (photo: Vogon Laundromat)

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RIBS: Junk Dynasty Leaderboard

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 16, 2025
2 Comments on RIBS: Junk Dynasty Leaderboard

RIBS (photo: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags At the Drive-In, Birds of Avalon, Carl Saff, Charles Bukowski, David Mueller, Drag Sounds, Faang Street, Finn Cohen, Haruki Murakami, Josh Germeroth, Mike Wallace, Missy Thangs, RIBS, The White Octave, Third Uncle Records, velvet underground, Verity Den

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Activity: A Thousand Years In Another Way

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 11, 2025
1 Comment on Activity: A Thousand Years In Another Way

Activity (photo: Ebru Yildiz)

Tags Activity, Bri DiGioia, Cormac McCarthy, Don Winslow, James Ellroy, Jeff Berner, Jess Rees, Moderat, Steven Levine, Travis Johnson, Western Vinyl

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Unstable Shapes: Delicate Machinery

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 9, 2025
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Unstable Shapes (photo: via artist's Bandcamp page)

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The Gotobeds: Masterclass

The Gotobeds (photo: from artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags 12XU, Bottomless Pit, Cary Belback, Eli Kasan, Gavin Jensen, Silkworm, The Gotobeds, Tim Midyett, Tom “TFP” Payne