Categories Albums Features Weirdo Rippers #5 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 24, 2023 No Comments on Weirdo Rippers #5 Primitive Motion Continue reading “Weirdo Rippers #5” 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
Categories Albums Features 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. Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #9” Tags A Records, ATO Records, Billy Nomates, Civic, Cold Comfort, Communicating Vessels, Cruel Nature Records, Don Giovanni Records, East Cape Calling, En Attendant Ana, Eugene Dubon, Fucked Up, H.C. McIntire, Hieronymus Harry, Invada Records, Matador Records, Memphis Industries, Merge Records, Mute Song, New West Records, Ninja Tune, Pale Sketcher, Rozi Plain, Screaming Females, Sweet Williams, The Bad Ends, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Church, The Tubs, Tofujuice, Trouble In Mind, Yo La Tengo, Young Fathers
Categories Albums Features Weirdo Rippers #4 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date February 21, 2023 4 Comments on Weirdo Rippers #4 Marlene Ribeiro (photo: Renato Cruz Santos) Continue reading “Weirdo Rippers #4” 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
Categories Albums Features Weirdo Rippers #3 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date January 20, 2023 3 Comments on Weirdo Rippers #3 Kali Malone with Stephen O'Malley and Lucy Railton (photo credit: Chris Fullard) Continue reading “Weirdo Rippers #3” Tags 1727, 4000 Records, All The Heavens Were A Bell, Andrew Gordon, Blake Conley, Charlie Butler, Chris Herbert, Chris Summerlin, Cruel Nature Records, Droneroom, Dybbuk, Esmé Louise Newman, Fashion Tips, Friend, Ghostwoods, Idealogical Organ, James Halloran, James Lees, James Watts, Kali Malone, Karl O'seah, Lovely Wife, Lucy Railton, Lump Hammer, Mark Angel, Möbius, Mike Vest, Penance Stare, Petrine Cross, Plague Rider, Ramble Records, Rohan Seekers, Stephen O’Malley, Summer/Herbert, Wrong Speed Records
Categories Albums Features 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 Continue reading “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
Categories Albums Features 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 Sticky post Collage by Sam Gill (@samgill82) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2022” 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
Categories Albums Features 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 Continue reading “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
Categories Albums Features 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 Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #8” Tags 4ad, Artifacts & Uranium, Beth Orton, Bill Frisell, Charlie Butler, Daniel Avery, Daniel Rossen, dry cleaning, Duke Garwood, Echodelick Records, Empty House, Fred Laird, God Unknown Records, Horse Lords, Indigo Sparke, James Johnston, Kasper Bjorke, Kompakt, Lunt, Marisa Anderson, Mienakunaru, Mike Vest, Partisan Records, Phantasy Sound, Preoccupations, RVNG Intl., Sacred Bones, Steve Gullick, The Soft Pink Truth, Thrill Jockey, Warp, Weird Beard Records
Categories Albums Features Weirdo Rippers #2 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 14, 2022 3 Comments on Weirdo Rippers #2 Continue reading “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
Categories Albums Features Label Watch: Strange Mono Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 1, 2022 2 Comments on Label Watch: Strange Mono Strange Mono Continue reading “Label Watch: 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
Categories Albums Features Weirdo Rippers #1 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 21, 2022 5 Comments on Weirdo Rippers #1 Original image source: Unsplash (photo credit: Namroud Gorguis) Continue reading “Weirdo Rippers #1” 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
Categories Albums Features 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). Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #7” Tags ((((..)))), A Records, Anne Garner, ANTI, Castle Face, CLAMM, Cruel Nature Records, Dais Records, Dama Scout, Dan Friel, Deathcrash, Don Giovanni Records, Drag City, Editrix, Eli Winter, Ex-Vöid, Exploding In Sound, Friendship, Gwilym Gold, Hand In Hive, Hell on Hearth, Jamal Moss, John McEntire, Julia Jacklin, Kamikaze Palm Tree, Katlyn Auriela Smith, Meat Machine, Merge Records, Modern Love, Municipal Waste, Nuclear Blast, Osees, PX4M, SA Recordings, Sam Prekop, Skep Wax, Slowcraft, Soft Abuse, Spice, Steven R. Smith, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Doomed Bird of Providence, The Mountain Goats, The Orchids, The Real Codington Factory, Three Lobed Recordings, Thrill Jockey, Transgressive Records, Ty Segall, Untitled (recs)
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “Let’s Breathe Again: 2022 with Matt Christensen so far” Tags Arrow Mullins, Brian Harding, Marcier Shapiro, Matt Christensen, Neil Young, Richard Ford, slowdive, Willy Vlautin, Zelienople
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “Landing’s Seasons 20th anniversary” Tags Adam Forkner, Adam Snow, Adrienne Snow, Ba Da Bing! Records, Bowery Electric, Daron Gardner, Dick Baldwin, John Bent, Kranky, Landing, Loop, Low, Perth Amboy, Phyll Jenkinsin, Polvo, slowdive, Spaceman 3, Surface of Eceon, Unwound, Wade Chamberlain, Windy & Carl, Yume Bitsu, Zelienople
Categories Albums Features 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 Continue reading “Label Watch: Cruel Nature Records” Tags Adam Stone, Alan Davidson, Aleksandr Chiesa, Charlie Butler, Cruel Nature Records, David Colohan, Dybbuk, End Now, G.W. Lang, James Watts, Kitchen Cynics, Kompakt, Nick Harris, Plattenbau, Pound Land, Salisman & His Hermetic Order, St James Infirmary, Steve Strode, United Bible Studies, Whirling Hall of Knives
Categories Albums Features 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. Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #6” Tags Astrel K, ATO Records, Broken Spine, Bronzerat Records, Chris Corsano, Colpitts, Constellation, Cruel Nature Records, Cult Of Luna, Drug Church, Duphonic Super 45s, DVANOV, Earthen Sea, Ghost Power, half man half biscuit, Helms Alee, Holy Island, Huercos S. Incienso, HVOB, Improved Sequence, Ivan The Tolerable, Jon Spencer, Jon Spencer & the hitmakers, Kee Avil, Keeley Forsyth, Kranky, Library of the Occult, Metal Blade Records, Michael Flower, P.E., Past Inside the Present, Patricia Wolf, PIAS, Pink Mountaintops, PLOSIVS, Pure Noise Records, R M Qualtral, Rocket Recordings, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Rubber Oh, Sargent House, Sub Pop, Swami Records, The Leaf Label, Thrill Jockey, VHF Reocrds, Wharf Cat Records
Categories Albums Features 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 Continue reading “Label Watch: Trouble In Mind Records” Tags Ben Greenburg, Brian Case, Cinchel, Dailey Toliver, FACS, Future Museums, Impalers, Jonas Reinhardt, Joys Union Group, Kristine Reaume, Michael C. Sharp, Mountain Movers, Neil Lord, Olden Yolk, Omni, Smoke Bellow, Sungod, Sunwatchers, Trespass Field, Trouble In Mind, Uniform
Categories Albums Features 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 Continue reading “Label Watch: 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
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #5” Tags 40 Watt Sun, A Place To Bury Strangers, A Sunken Mall, Aidan Baker, Animal Collective, Buh Records, Cloakroom, Constant Smiles, Decor Records, Dedstrange, Domino Recordings, Dub Cthonic, Ekin Fil, Empath, Everlasting Records, Fat Possum Records, Fire Records, Glitterhouse Records, Lebenswelt, Lobby Art, Merge Records, Midira Records, Monodrama, Mute, Mydreamfever, Nadja, Old Saw, Ordos MK.0, OuZel Recordings / Under My Bed Recordings, Patrick Walker, Pool Of Light, Relapse Records, Ryan James Mawbey, Sacred Bones, Superchunk, The Delines, Vanishing Twin, Wovenhand
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top Australian Albums of 2021” Tags A Country Practice, Amyl and the Sniffers, Bedrooms Suck Records, Blake Scott, Broken Stone Records, Civic, CLAMM, East Cape Calling, El Reno, Even, Fantasy Country, Flightless Records, Flyying Colours, Goon Sax, Happiness Records, Imperial Broads, In The Red Records, Indigo Sparke, Liars, Matador Records, Meat Machine, Mere Women, Mess Esque, Mike Noga, MOD CON, Mope City, Mute, Peabrain Recordings, Poison City Records, Pond, Restless Leg, Rough Trade, Sacred Bones, Scientists, Smoke Bellow, Snowy Band, Spinning Top, Tenth Court, Trouble In Mind, You Am I
Categories Albums Features 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 Sticky post Original image via Unsplash (Florencia Viadana) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021” 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
Categories Albums Features 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 Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top Local Releases of 2021” Tags 3094869 Records DK, 9x9 Records, Andrew PM Hunt, Baron Farg, Bobhowla, Claire Welles, Cruel Nature Records, Eggy Records, Future Yard, GADZOOKS!, Klof Records, Lonesaw, Mark Greenwood, Mike Blue, Mitternacht, Nick Hunt, Polexia, Prison Behaviour, Quarry, Reality Goggles, RVNG Intl., Sara Wolff, SPINE, Stores, The Aleph, The Other Song, The Sandoz Tapes, Tom Ashbrook, Unstoppable Sweeties Show
Categories Albums Features 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 Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4” Tags A Country Practice, Bunkland, Cedie Janson, Chaos Emeralds, Charlie Butler, Constellation Records, Dais Records, Domino Recordings, Dub Cthonic, Dummy, Eraldo Bernocchi, Exploding In Sound, Flowdan, Fotocrime, Fuzz Club, Ghostly International, Happiness Records, HEXA, Hiro Kone, Ill Considered, Jamie Stewart, Jessica Moss, Jon Hopkins, Kill Rock Stars, Kristof Hahn, Lawrence English, Marissa Nadler, Mary Lattimore, Matt Christensen, Nation of Language, New Soil, Ohm Resistance, ONETWOTHREE, Ovlov, PIAS, Profound Lore, Room40, Sacred Bones, Sei Still, Simm, Snowy Band, Swans, The Dead C, The Escalation, Trouble In Mind
Categories Albums Lost Albums 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 Continue reading “Enablers’ Output Negative Space 15th anniversary” 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
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #3” Tags Alexalone, American Dream Records, Ash Bowie, Blank Forms Editions, Body Meπa, Carter Tanton, Catherine Crister Hennix, Constellation Records, Cruel Nature Records, Don Giovanni Records, Dub Cthonic, Fading Tapes, Fat Possum Records, Flying Nun Records, Hausu Mountain, Jason Sharp, Joyful Noise, King Woman, Laura Stevenson, Lightning Bug, Lip Critic, Mabe Fratti, Matador Records, Mere Women, Midwife, Mute, Omnibael, Poison City Records, Polyvinyl Record Co, Prison Behaviour, Reb Fountain, Reb Fountation, Relapse Records, Speed Stick, SPINE, Steve Gunn, Suuns, The Flenser, The Reds Pinks and Purples, Tropical Fuck Storm, Unheard of Hope, Walt McClements, Western Vinyl, White Flowers, Wolves In The Throne Room
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “All Souls Day: The Burning Universe of Unwound” Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Band Of Horses, Bark Psychosis, Beat Happening, Beck, Bikini Kill, Blonde Redhead, Blonderedhead, BMG, Brainiac, Brandt Sandeno, Breeders, Conan Neutron, David Pajo, Elliott Smith, Fugazi, Giant Henry, Household Gods, Janet Weiss, Jarred Warren, John Coltrane, Justin Trosper, K Records, Karp, Kill Rock Stars, Lauren K. Newman, Margaret Mittleman, Melvins, Minor Threat, nirvana, Nocturnal Habits, Philip Ek, Polvo, Punk In My Vitamins, Sara Lund, Sleater-Kinney, Slint, Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Sun Ra, Survival Knife, Swervedriver, The Corin Tucker Band, The Shins, Tobi Vail, tom jones, Unwound, Vern Rumsey
Categories Albums 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 Continue reading “Mr. Joy: Yes! Yes! Yes! – “meandering psych-pop beauty”” Tags Asher Gould-Murtagh, Blob, Blob Records, Dr. Joy, Harrison Forman, Matthew "Doc" Dunn, Mr. Joy, polyphonic spree, Steven McPhail
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “Bikini Kill’s Revolution Girl Style Now 30th anniversary” Tags Bikini Kill, Billie Eilish, Billy Karren, Crass, Greta Thunberg, Kathi Wilcox, Kathleen Hanna, riot grrrl, The Slits, Tobi Vail
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #2” 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
Categories Albums Features 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 Continue reading “The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made” Tags 4ad, Avalanche Recordings, Broadcast, buzzcocks, Cheree Records, cocteau twins, Creation Records, Deathcult, Dischord Records, Disco Inferno, Jesu, joy division, Merge Records, Minor Threat, Mudhoney, my bloody valentine, One Little Indian, Parlophone, Polvo, R.E.M., Refill Records, ride, Rough Trade, Scratch Acid, Stereolab, Steve Albini, Sub Pop, The Beatles, The Desperate Bicycles, The Fall, The Wedding Present, Warp
Categories Albums 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” Continue reading “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
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “Hello Body: An Introduction into the World of Matt Christensen” Tags Bulbils, Claire Welles, Guided By Voices, Low, Matt Christensen, Neil Young, richard dawson, Robert Pollard, Zelienople
Categories Albums Features 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 Continue reading “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
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “The Absurdity of Fandom: Slint’s Spiderland 30th anniversary” 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
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #1” Tags A-Ton, AD 93, Arab Strap, Carpark Records, Cloud Nothings, Emeka Ogboh, Fat Possum, Fire Records, Indigo Sparke, Jane Weaver, mogwai, Morr Music, Nightshift, Plankton Wat, Positive Jams, Rock Action, Sacred Bones, The Hold Steady, The Notwist, The Weather Station, Thirsty Tigers, Thrill Jockey, Trouble In Mind, Venus Ex Machina
Categories Albums 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 Continue reading “Stereolab: Electrically Possessed: Switched On Vol. 4 – “pristine and almost hallucinogenic”” Tags 13th Floor Elevators, Brian Eno, david bowie, fall, Pere Ubu, Scott walker, Sterolab, velvet underground
Categories Albums Features 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 Photo credit: all original photos source from respective artists' Bandcamp/Facebook pages) Continue reading “13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 2” Tags All Hands Electric, Araki Records, Billy Nomates, Concord Jazz, Daren Muti, Drag City, Du Haut du Sol, Ekin Fil, Ghostpoet, Granny Records, Holy Motors, Invada Records, Last Resort, Lemon Quartet, Magik Markers, Matt Christensen, Mike Weis, NØ MAN, Nubya Garcia, PIAS, Quit Life, Ride Through the Rain Music, Sprain, Swollen Sun Records, The Flenser, The Helen Scarsdale Agency, Wharf Cat Records, Zachery Cale
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 1” Tags 100% Silk, Ancient Plastix, Auscultation, Bailter Space, Bedroom Suck Records, Big Blood, Blue Divers, Brock Van Wey, BVDUB, City Slang, Clara Engel, Dope Body, Drag City, Editions Mego, Exhalants, Eyeless Records, Feeding Tube Records, Glacial Soundscapes, Hex Records, Joel Shanahan, King Hannah, Maple Death Records, Mrs. Piss, Paul Rafferty, Sargent House, Surgeon, The Transcendence Orchestra, Willis Earl Beal
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top 20 Metal Albums of 2020” Tags Afterbirth, Amaranthe, APF Records, Benediction, Burning Witches, Darkened, Eternal Champion, Haunt, Hellripper, Katatonia, Loathe, My Dying Bride, No Remorse, Nuclear Blast, Paradise Lost, Peaceville, Prosthetic Records, Psychotic Waltz, Rebel Wizard, Sepultra, Shadow Kingdom, SharpTone Records, Temple of Void, Testament, Tyrant, Vader, Video Nasties
Categories Albums Features 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) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top Australian Albums of 2020” 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