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Hüsker Dü: Flip Your Wig – “a blistering goodbye to their hardcore roots”

Post author By jmah67
Post date September 6, 2021
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Husker Du: Flip Your Wig

Tags Bob Mould, Grant Hart, Hüsker Dü, SST Records

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Sam Gill interview: “It’d be quite good if we were to get ruled by dolphins”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 27, 2021
1 Comment on Sam Gill interview: “It’d be quite good if we were to get ruled by dolphins”

Sam Gill (photo credit: Simon Kirk)

Tags Eimear Kavanagh, Feral Wheel, Huw Roberts, Ned Crowther, Oscar Wilde, Rongorongo, Sam Gill, The Everly Brothers, The Fernweh

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Restless Leg interview: “we’ll be doing this for as long as it keeps on being fun”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 18, 2021
3 Comments on Restless Leg interview: “we’ll be doing this for as long as it keeps on being fun”

Restless Leg (photo credit: Joshua Morris)

Tags Adam Taylor, Ben Chamie, Bluebottle Kiss, Fiona Whalley, Infinite Broke, Jamie Hutchings, Jared Harrison, Jefferson Airplane, Lou Reed, Pavement, Peabody, Restless Leg, Spaceman 3, The Clean, The Electorate, Tim Kevin, Vanessa Berry, velvet underground, Victoria

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Russell Webb interview: “I’m a huge believer that miracles happen all the time”

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date August 16, 2021
2 Comments on Russell Webb interview: “I’m a huge believer that miracles happen all the time”

Tags Armoury Show, John Lydon, John McGeoch, magazine, public image, Russell WEbb, skids, Slik, Zones

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David Colohan interview: “some landscapes suggest their own sound”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 12, 2021
9 Comments on David Colohan interview: “some landscapes suggest their own sound”

David Colohan (photo credit by Enda Trautt)

Tags A-Ha, Alice Coltrane, Cruel Nature Records, David Colohan, dirty three, Fennesz, Holt, Jewelled Antler Collective, Loren Connors, Neil Young, Shirley Collins, Tangerine Dream, Tim Hecker, Townes Van Zandt, United Bible Studies, Will Oldham

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Jeffrey Silverstein interview: “I wanted to focus on giving the songs more movement”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 3, 2021
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Jeffrey Silverstein (photo credit: Shade Standard)

Tags Alex Chapman, Arrowhawk Records, Barry Walker Jr., Cassandra Jenkins, Crosby Stills & Nash, Grateful Dead, James Taylor, Jeffrey Silverstein, Nassau, Poco, Ryan Walker, Secret Mountains, Suss, Ted Lucas

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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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Renée Reed interview: “I tend to write from a subconscious place”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 21, 2021
4 Comments on Renée Reed interview: “I tend to write from a subconscious place”

Renée Reed (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page).

Tags Jessica Pratt, Keeled Scales, Marissa Nadler, Renee Reed

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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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John McGeoch: An Appreciation

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date July 6, 2021
7 Comments on John McGeoch: An Appreciation

Tags Armoury Show, banshees, devoto, Generation X, magazine, McGeoch, siouxsie, skids, visage

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Wild Fire: In Conversation with Steve Von Till

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 5, 2021
11 Comments on Wild Fire: In Conversation with Steve Von Till

Steve Von Till (photo credit: James Rexroad)

Tags Amenra, Deafkids, Flora Recording and Playback, Harvestman, Jarboe, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Randall Dunn, Steve Von Till, Tribes of Neurot, Yob

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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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Sharp Ascent: In Conversation with Six Organs Of Admittance’s Ben Chasny

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 25, 2021
15 Comments on Sharp Ascent: In Conversation with Six Organs Of Admittance’s Ben Chasny

Six Organs of Admittance (photo credit: Elisa Ambrogio)

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Constant World: In Conversation with Matt Christensen – Part 2

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 23, 2021
5 Comments on Constant World: In Conversation with Matt Christensen – Part 2

Matt Christensen (photo credit: Tim Breen)

Tags Brian Eno, Depeche Mode, King Crimson, Kranky, Labradford, Matt Christensen, Neil Young, Sea And Cake, slowdive, Smashing Pumpkins, Spaceman 3, spiritualized, Talk Talk, Tortoise, Wax Trax!, Zelienople

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Constant World: In Conversation with Matt Christensen – Part 1

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 18, 2021
9 Comments on Constant World: In Conversation with Matt Christensen – Part 1

Matt Christensen (photo credit: Tim Breen)

Tags Brian Harding, Depeche Mode, Matt Christensen, Miashma Recordings, Mike Weis, the smiths, Zelienople

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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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High Tension: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 21, 2021
10 Comments on High Tension: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case

FACS (photo credit: from artist's Bandcamp page)

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Bob Marley: “None but ourselves can free our minds”

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date May 11, 2021
1 Comment on Bob Marley: “None but ourselves can free our minds”

Bob Marley

Tags Bob Marley, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Bunny Wailer, Chris Blackwell, Culture, Don Letts, Island Records, Jake Burns, john peel, Lee Perry, Neville ‘Bunny’ Livingstone, Peter Tosh, Stiff Little Fingers, U Roy, Wailing Wailers

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Jake Rosh interview: “having a purpose and a message is key to standing out”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 28, 2021
No Comments on Jake Rosh interview: “having a purpose and a message is key to standing out”

Jake Rosh

Tags Dominic Dunn, Go Play Studio, Jake Rosh, Roots Manuva

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Purity Rising: In Conversation with BIG|BRAVE’s Robin Wattie

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 23, 2021
17 Comments on Purity Rising: In Conversation with BIG|BRAVE’s Robin Wattie

BIG|BRAVE (photo credit: Mathieu Ball)

Tags Alexander Chee, big brave, BIG | BRAVE, Efrim Manuel Menuck, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mathieu Ball, Robin Wattie, Seth Manchester, Southern Lord, Tasreen Hudson