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Features Interviews

Claire Welles Interview: “I enjoy being Liverpool’s best kept secret”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 1, 2021
10 Comments on Claire Welles Interview: “I enjoy being Liverpool’s best kept secret”

Claire Welles (photo credit: Stephen Cole)

Tags a.P.A.t.T, Billy Nomates, Claire Welles, Jade Hairpins, Robert Pollard, sleaford mods, Stephen Cole, tim burgess, Tim’s Twitter Listening Party, Whatstudio

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13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 2

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 25, 2021
8 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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Clara Engel Interview: “I tend to connect with other people who are also outliers”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 22, 2021
10 Comments on Clara Engel Interview: “I tend to connect with other people who are also outliers”

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

Tags Aiden Baker, Amen RA, Brad Deschamps, Clara Engel, Ilyse Krivel, Jaggery, Mali Sastri, Org, Polar Seas Recordings

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13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 1

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

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

Features Interviews

Zelienople Interview: “our biggest enemy is cynicism”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 8, 2021
19 Comments on Zelienople Interview: “our biggest enemy is cynicism”

Zelienople (photo credit: Christopher Michael Hefner)

Tags Kranky, Matt Christensen, Miashma Recordings, Mike Weis, Sun Ra, Tortoise, Zelienople

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Beasts Of Bourbon’s Sour Mash: “A potent brew of belligerence and hedonism”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 7, 2021
10 Comments on Beasts Of Bourbon’s Sour Mash: “A potent brew of belligerence and hedonism”

Beasts of Bourbon (photo credit: Alain Rodier)

Tags AC/DC, Beasts Of Bourbon, Big Day Out, Boris Sujdovic, Comic Psychos, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, James Baker, Kim Salmon, Mudhoney, nirvana, RVG, Scientists, Slug Guts, Spencer P. Jones, Tex Perkins, The Jesus Lizard, Tom Waites

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Daren Muti Interview: “The purpose of a song is to balance light and shadow”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 4, 2021
5 Comments on Daren Muti Interview: “The purpose of a song is to balance light and shadow”

Daren Muti

Tags Acetate Zero, Araki Records, Daren Muti, Du Haut du Sol, Labradford

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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

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Jamie Broad interview: “I’m not perfect and like anyone I’m trying to figure things out”

Post author By johnwitherspoon1987
Post date December 28, 2020
1 Comment on Jamie Broad interview: “I’m not perfect and like anyone I’m trying to figure things out”

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

Tags Black Dot, Blizzard, DJ 2Kind, Felcon, Jamie Broad, Jay-Z, Kayne West, Kof, Rosh, Streams

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Festive Songs: Top 10

Tags Andy williams, bob dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Christmas, Cliff Richard, Darlene Love, East 17, george michael, Nat King Cole, pet shop boys, Shakin Stevens, Slade, The Crystals, The Darkness, The Pogues

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Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 2

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 11, 2020
6 Comments on Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 2
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Holy Sons' Emil Amos (photo credit: Casey Proctor - taken in Lisbon, Portugal).

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Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 11, 2020
50 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
9 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

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Bad Amputee Interview: “trying to make something that works and does the music justice”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 4, 2020
1 Comment on Bad Amputee Interview: “trying to make something that works and does the music justice”

Bad Amputee

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John Witherspoon Interview: “there’s something magic about the truth”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 27, 2020
6 Comments on John Witherspoon Interview: “there’s something magic about the truth”

John Witherspoon (photo credit: Rob Mulder)

Tags Alec Brits, Baxter Dury, bob dylan, Bob Harris, Bruce Springsteen, George Sephton, Jeff Tweedy, John Witherspoon, Katie Nicholas, Kevin Morby, nick cave, Noel Gallagher, oasis, richard dawson, Shane Black, Steven Gerrard, Wilco

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Hellena interview: “I am extremely proud of this work”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 20, 2020
1 Comment on Hellena interview: “I am extremely proud of this work”

Hellena

Tags Chris Common, Denis Efimenko, Emma Ruth Rundle, Hellena, Ian Prowse, Lana Del Rey, Marissa Nadler, Pelican

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Bruxa Maria Interview: “One should not have to like someone’s art before they can see or accept the value it has to others”

Bruxa Maria (photo credit: Julie R Kane - @FStopQueen)

Tags Bruxa Maria, Dave Cochrane, Gilld Dread, God, Head of David, Left Hand Cuts Off The Right, Robbie Judkins, Terminal Cheesecake

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Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 1

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 27, 2020
17 Comments on Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 1
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Holy Sons' Emil Amos (photo credit: Casey Proctor)

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PJ Harvey’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 20th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 24, 2020
13 Comments on PJ Harvey’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 20th anniversary

Tags Big Day Out, david bowie, Low, Mick Harvey, pj harvey, Radiohead, Richard Kingsmill, Rob Ellis, Thom Yorke, Triple J, Victor Van Vugt