Category: Albums

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Weirdo Rippers #5

Primitive Motion

Tags A Guide to Saints, AKP Recordings, Bhajan Bhoy, Cardinal Fuzz, Cisser Mæhl, Feeding Tube Records, Hell on Hearth, Hypnodrone Ensemble, John Atkinson, Primitive Motion, Rocket Recordings, Room40, Smote, Sonic Pieces, Wolves and Vibrancy

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #9

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 8, 2023
2 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #9

Original images sourced from artists' Bandcamp pages.

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Weirdo Rippers #4

Marlene Ribeiro (photo: Renato Cruz Santos)

Tags Adela Mede, Alaskan Tapes, Austin Cash, Brady Kendall, Cruel Nature Records, Ekin Fil, John Haughey, Landing, Marlene Riberiro, Nettwerk Music Group Inc., Night School Records, re:st, Rocket Recordings, Waxing Crescent Records, Winterwood

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Weirdo Rippers #3

Kali Malone with Stephen O'Malley and Lucy Railton (photo credit: Chris Fullard)

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Michael Head’s Dear Scott: My Album of the Year

Post author By stephenpotter
Post date January 11, 2023
1 Comment on Michael Head’s Dear Scott: My Album of the Year

Tags Arthur Lee, John Head, liverpool, Mick Head, Red Elastic Band, Shack, Strands, The Byrds

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Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2022

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 16, 2022
13 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2022
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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

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 14, 2022
5 Comments on Sun 13’s Top Local Releases of 2022

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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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #8

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 28, 2022
7 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #8

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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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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

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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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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #7

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 2, 2022
11 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #7

Albums Quarterly (original images sourced from respective artists' Bandcamp pages).

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

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 15, 2022
5 Comments on Let’s Breathe Again: 2022 with Matt Christensen so far

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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Landing’s Seasons 20th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 22, 2022
1 Comment on Landing’s Seasons 20th anniversary

Landing (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

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Label Watch: Cruel Nature Records

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 27, 2022
12 Comments on Label Watch: Cruel Nature Records

Cruel Nature Records

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #6

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 1, 2022
14 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #6

Photo credit: original images taken from respective artists' Bandcamp pages.

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Label Watch: Trouble In Mind Records

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 25, 2022
7 Comments on Label Watch: Trouble In Mind Records

Trouble In Mind

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Label Watch: Waxing Crescent Records

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 2, 2022
9 Comments on Label Watch: Waxing Crescent Records

Waxing Crescent Records

Tags Camp of Wolves, Dark Sines, Eidolon, Flying Lotus, Kuma, Lying Cat, Phil Dodds, Polypores, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Rowan Fraser, Rupert Lally, Stuart Cook, Sulk Rooms, Taylor Proffitt, Ty Lumnus, Waxing Crescent Records

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #5

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 1, 2022
16 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #5

Photo credit: (from artists' Bandcamp pages)

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Sun 13’s Top Australian Albums of 2021

Post author By Sean Beardmore
Post date December 23, 2021
5 Comments on Sun 13’s Top Australian Albums of 2021

Original image via Unsplash (credit: Silas Baisch)

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Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 17, 2021
31 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021
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Original image via Unsplash (Florencia Viadana)

Tags 20-20-20, AD 93, Aging, Aging ~ Land Trance, Allen Moore, Ben Chasny, big brave, big country, BIG | BRAVE, Bill Orcutt, Black Tempel Pyrämid, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bronzerat, Charlie Butler, Chris Abrahams, Chris Corsano, Circle, Claire Cronin, Comedy Minus One, Constellation Records, Cruel Nature Records, Damon & Naomi, Damon Krukowski, Daniela Weinmann, David Colohan, David Wurth, Deafheaven, Divide And Dissolve, Domino Recordings, Donovan Quinn, Drag City, Dub Cthonic, Eleventh Dream Day, Emil Amos, Emma Ruth Rundle, Ex-Easter Island Head, FACS, Fading Tapes, Fake Fruit, Fat Cat, Fire Records, Flemish Eye, Fly Pan Am, Full Time Hobby, Gaffa Bandana, Glenn Donaldson, Gnod, Goliath Enterprises Limited, Grouper, Holy Sons, Hominid Sounds, Human Worth, International Anthem, Invada Records, Iron Lung Records, Jeff Parker, Jim White, Joyful Noise, Joyful Noise Recordings, Katuku Collective, Kowloon Walled City, Kranky, Kulk, Land Trance, Light Conductor, Lingua Ignota, loscil, Low, Matt Christensen, Matt Sweeney, Mess Esque, Miasmah Recordings, Midwife, Moin, Monastra, Naomi Yang, Neurot Recordings, New Bums, nick cave, Ninja Tune, Odd Beholder, Ohm Resistance, Orindal Records, P.M. Tummala, Palilalia, Patrick R. Pärk, richard dawson, Rock In Your Head, Rocket Recordings, Rough Trade, Sargent House, Simm, Sinnbus, Six Organs of Admittance, slant, sleaford mods, Southern Lord, Springtime, Stuart Cook, Sub Pop, The Besnard Lakes, The Bug, The Flenser, The Reds Pinks and Purples, The Still, Three Lobed Recordings, Tough Love, Tropical Fuck Storm, Trouble In Mind, Vapour Theories, warren ellis, Waxing Cresent Records, Will Oldham, XIMES

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Sun 13’s Top Local Releases of 2021

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 15, 2021
5 Comments on Sun 13’s Top Local Releases of 2021

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 29, 2021
13 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4

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Enablers’ Output Negative Space 15th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 1, 2021
6 Comments on Enablers’ Output Negative Space 15th anniversary

Enablers

Tags Charles Bukowski, dAVID hAND, Emma Ruth Rundle, Enablers, Holy Sons, Human Worth, Joe Goldring, June of 44, Kevin Thompson, Lancashire & Somerset, Low, Neurot Recordings, nick cave and the bad seeds, Pete Simonelli, Rodan, Slint, Steve Von Till, Tom Waits

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #3

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 27, 2021
22 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #3

Photo credit (original images via artists' respective Bandcamp pages)

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All Souls Day: The Burning Universe of Unwound

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 2, 2021
18 Comments on All Souls Day: The Burning Universe of Unwound

Unwound (photo provided by Numero Group)

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Mr. Joy: Yes! Yes! Yes! – “meandering psych-pop beauty”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 15, 2021
4 Comments on Mr. Joy: Yes! Yes! Yes! – “meandering psych-pop beauty”

Mr. Joy

Tags Asher Gould-Murtagh, Blob, Blob Records, Dr. Joy, Harrison Forman, Matthew "Doc" Dunn, Mr. Joy, polyphonic spree, Steven McPhail

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Bikini Kill’s Revolution Girl Style Now 30th anniversary

Post author By Hellen Rostron
Post date July 12, 2021
4 Comments on Bikini Kill’s Revolution Girl Style Now 30th anniversary

Bikini Kill @ The Hollywood Palladium (photo credit: Debi Del Grande)

Tags Bikini Kill, Billie Eilish, Billy Karren, Crass, Greta Thunberg, Kathi Wilcox, Kathleen Hanna, riot grrrl, The Slits, Tobi Vail

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #2

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 30, 2021
24 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #2

(Original images sourced from artists' Bandcamp pages)

Tags 12XU, 3094869 Records DK, Allen Moore, Amenra, American Dream Records, Bar None Records, Carlos Nino, Chris Brokaw, Claire Rousay, CLAMM, Cory Hanson, Cruel Nature Records, David Colohand, Drag City, Editrix, Exploding In Sound, Fake Fruit, Feel It Records, Floatie, Giancarlo Erra, Helvetia, Hieroglyphic Being, Ilian Tape, International Anthem, Jamal R Moss, Joyful Noise, Keeled Scales, Kscope Records, Lemonade Records, Mathematics Communications, Meat Machine, Merge Records, Mind Maintenance, Monastral, New Madrid, Pardoner, Relapse Recordings, Renee Reed, Rock In Your Head, Score, Skee Mask, Smirk, Spread Joy, Sunburned Hand of the Man, The Mountain Goats, The Mountain Movers, Three Lobed Recordings, Trouble In Mind, Unstoppable Sweeties Show

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The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date June 9, 2021
15 Comments on The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made

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The Wonder Stuff: Never Loved Elvis 30th Anniversary – “an unsung masterpiece”

Post author By stevenjdoherty
Post date May 27, 2021
No Comments on The Wonder Stuff: Never Loved Elvis 30th Anniversary – “an unsung masterpiece”

Tags Belinda Carlisle, Clint Mansell, Kirsty MacColl, Madness, Miles Hunt, Never Loved Elvis, pet shop boys, Pop Will Eat Itself, Stuffies, The Waterboys, The Wonder Stuff

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Hello Body: An Introduction into the World of Matt Christensen

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 19, 2021
9 Comments on Hello Body: An Introduction into the World of Matt Christensen

Matt Christensen (photo provided by the artist)

Tags Bulbils, Claire Welles, Guided By Voices, Low, Matt Christensen, Neil Young, richard dawson, Robert Pollard, Zelienople

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The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld 30th anniversary

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date April 2, 2021
1 Comment on The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld 30th anniversary

Tags Alex Patterson, Ennio Morricone, glastonbury, Heaven, Inter-Modo, Jimmy Cauty, Massive Attack, Minnie Ripperton, my bloody valentine, nirvana, Paul Oakenfold, Pete Namlook, primal scream, Rickie Lee Jones, Steve Reich, the orb, The KLF

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The Absurdity of Fandom: Slint’s Spiderland 30th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 29, 2021
32 Comments on The Absurdity of Fandom: Slint’s Spiderland 30th anniversary

Slint (photo credit: Will Oldham - taken from Spiderland's original artwork)

Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Brian McMahon, Britt Walford, David Pajo, Evergreen, gRAILS, Holy Sons, Low, Polvo, Slint, The Breeders, The For Carnation, Todd Brashear, Tortoise, Touch and Go Records, Tyler Trotter, Watter, Zak Riles

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #1

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 24, 2021
21 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #1

Jane Weaver (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

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Stereolab: Electrically Possessed: Switched On Vol. 4 – “pristine and almost hallucinogenic”

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date March 3, 2021
15 Comments on Stereolab: Electrically Possessed: Switched On Vol. 4 – “pristine and almost hallucinogenic”

Stereolab

Tags 13th Floor Elevators, Brian Eno, david bowie, fall, Pere Ubu, Scott walker, Sterolab, velvet underground

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13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 2

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 25, 2021
9 Comments on 13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 2

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13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 1

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 11, 2021
12 Comments on 13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 1

Photo credits: (all original images sourced from artists' Bandcamp pages)

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Sun 13’s Top 20 Metal Albums of 2020

Post author By Nedim Hassan
Post date December 30, 2020
4 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 20 Metal Albums of 2020

Original image source: Unsplash (photo credit: Lili Kovac)

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Sun 13’s Top Australian Albums of 2020

Post author By Sean Beardmore
Post date December 28, 2020
7 Comments on Sun 13’s Top Australian Albums of 2020

Original image credit (Unsplash - Mara Page)

Tags A Swayze & the Ghosts, Blake Scott, Cable Ties, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Gum, Nite Fields, Party Dozen, Peter Milton Walsh The Apartments, RVG, Sleeper and Snake, Snowy Band, Turtle Skull, Wolf & Cub