Category: Albums

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 29, 2021
2 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
2 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
10 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
3 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
2 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
2 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
14 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
10 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
6 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
16 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
10 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
8 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
6 Comments on 13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 2

Photo credit: all original photos source from respective artists' Bandcamp/Facebook pages)

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13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 1

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 11, 2021
9 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 nedhassan
Post date December 30, 2020
2 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
6 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

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Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 11, 2020
42 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020
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Original image source: Unsplash

Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Activity, Albums of the year, Albums of the year 2020, Algiers, Andrea, ATO Records, Bad Amputee, Bambara, Baxter Dury, Bella Union, Bruxa Maria, Cohn Corporation, CS + Kreme, Daniel Avery, Dead Oceans, Destroyer, Dine Alone Records, Dis Fig, Dogleg, Domino Recordings, Drag City, Drive-By Truckers, Einstürzende Neubauten, Emil Amos, Emma Ruth Rundle, Epic Records, Epitaph Records, Ex-Easter Island Head, FACS, Family Jukebox, Fiona Apple, Flying Nun Records, Fotocrime, Heavenly Recordings, Holy Sons, Hominid Sounds, Hyperdub, Illian Tape, Illian Tapes, Jehnny Beth, Julianna Barwick, Keeley Forsyth, Kevin Martin, Kranky, Land Trance, Matador Records, Merge Records, Miashma Recordings, MJ Guider, Moses Boyd, Muzz, Ninja Tune, Northern Spy Records, Nuclear Blast, P.E., Pallbearer, Phantasy Sound, Phil Elverum, PIAS, Potomak, Profound Lore, protomartyr, Sacred Bones, Serengeti, Shabazz Palaces, Six Organs of Admittance, Sony Records, The Bats, The Bug, The Flaming Lips, The Innocence Mission, The Leaf Label, The Microphones, The Necks, The Trilogy Tapes, Thou, Thrill Jockey, Torres, Touché Amoré, Triple Crown Records, Trouble In Mind, Uniform, Walter Martin, Warp, Western Vinyl, Wharf Cat Records, Wreikmeister Harmonies, Wrekmeister Harmonies, yves tumor, Zelienople

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Sun 13’s Top Local Releases of 2020

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 7, 2020
7 Comments on Sun 13’s Top Local Releases of 2020

Photo credit: original photo via Unsplash - Markus Spiske

Tags Aimee Steven, Bobhowla, Claire Welles, Douglas Savage, Ex-Easter Island Head, Eyesore & The Jinx, John Witherspoon, Jonny Davis Le Brun, Lonesaw, mai68, MC Nelson, Mitternacht, Psycho Comedy, Rongorongo, sunstack jones, The Shipbuilders, The Tosin Trio