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Pelagic Swell: In Conversation with Adam Wiltzie

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 7, 2024
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Adam Wiltzie (photo: Martha Hoet)

Tags A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Adam Wiltzie, Aix Em Klemm, Brian Eno, Christina Vantzou, Harold Budd, Kranky, Loop, Main, Ninja Tune, Raised Tapes, Robert Hampson, Stars of the Lid, Stevie Wonder, The Dead Texan

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Dragged Up Interview: “To us it just makes sense to get out there and play.”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 1, 2024
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Dragged Up (photo: Chris Hogge)

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Tara Jane O’Neil Interview: “I open the doors and see what comes through”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 26, 2024
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Tara Jane O'Neil

Tags Alvvays, Hand Habits, LA Takedown, Marisa Anderson, Meg Duffy, Ordinal Records, Retsin, Rodan, Sheridan Riley, Tara Jane O'Neil, The Naysayer, The Sonora Pine, TJO, Walt McClements

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Jeremy Gluck on ‘I Knew Buffalo Bill’

Post author By CherryVic
Post date April 19, 2024
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Tags birthday party, epic soundtracks, Genevieve McGuckin, jeffrey Lee Pierce, Jeremy Gluck, nick cave, Nikki Sudden, Record Store Day, Rowland S Howard, these immortal souls

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Twin Coast Interview: “Being unique is something that we have always thought about”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 8, 2024
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Twin Coast

Tags david bowie, Donkey Basketball, Horsegirl, Jefferson Airplane, Kira Isbell, Lifeguard, Luggage, my bloody valentine, Reid Isbell, Sonic Youth, Twin Coast, Uniflora, velvet underground

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Jim White Interview: “Music is a dream and so are memories.”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 29, 2024
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Jim White (photo: Mia Sinclair)

Tags Bill Callahan, Cat Power, Chan Marshall, Chris Abrahams, dirty three, Drag City, Fugazi, Gareth Liddiard, George Xylouris, Guy Picciotto, Jim White, Marisa Anderson, Mick Turner, Springtime, The Necks, Tropical Fuck Storm, warren ellis, Xylouris White

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Along the Ramparts: In Conversation with Early Day Miners’ Daniel Burton

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 20, 2024
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Early Day Miners

Tags Arcade Fire, Ativin, Bark Psychosis, Ben Swanson, Blue Nile, Brian Eno, Brian [Sampson, Bruce Springsteen, Cat Power, Chris Carothers, Chris Swanson, Christa Blackwood, Crain, Dan Matz, Daniel Burton, Daniel Lanois, Darren Gray, Early Day Miners, Enkindle, Eyehategod, Falling Forward, Grain, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Jason McNeely, Jeff Massey, Jimmy Buffett, Martin Sprowles, Matt Sklar, MetroShifter, Michael Stipe, Monroe Mustang, Pines of Rome, Quintron & Miss Pussycat Happy Talk Band, R.E.M., Rodan, Rory Leitch, Rough Trade, Secretly Canadian, Sinead O’Connor, Solid Brass Records, Special Interest, Stars of the Lid, Steve Shelley, Talk Talk, The Pilot Ships, Thou, Unwed Sailor Julie Doiron, Western Vinyl, Windsor for the Derby

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Balance of Nature: An Interview with Claire Welles

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 18, 2024
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Claire Welles (photo: Gary Lambert)

Tags Claire Welles, Jane Weaver, Michael Janz van Mierevelt, tim burgess, Ween

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Nonconnah Interview: “We’re heart-on-sleeve emotionalists”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 11, 2024
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Nonconnah

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Warm Flow: In Conversation with Verity Den

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 29, 2024
4 Comments on Warm Flow: In Conversation with Verity Den

Verity Den (Reid Haithcock)

Tags Amish Records, Breeders, Casey Proctor, Drag Sounds, Haruspex Palace, Matt Harmon, Merge Records, Mike Wallace, Rosalie, The Velvet Underground, Trevor Reece, Verity Den

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Raw Power: In Conversation with Pissed Jeans’ Matt Korvette

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 27, 2024
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Pissed Jeans (photo: Ebru Yildiz)

Tags Arthur Rizk, Brad Fry, GG Allin, Lydia Lunch, Matt Korvette, Parts Unknown, Pissed Jeans, Randy Huth, Sean McGuinnes, Sub Pop, Taylor Swift, The Bronx

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Riders on the Storm: An Interview with The Body & Dis Fig

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 20, 2024
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The Body & Dis Fig

Tags Assembly of Light Choir, big brave, Chip King, Felicia Chen, Lee Buford, The Body, The Bug, Thou, Thrill Jockey, Uniform

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Nnja Riot Interview: “There is a shamanic quality to my music”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 15, 2024
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Nnja Riot (photo: Luis-Pereira)

Tags Crowded House, Cruel Nature, Dead Weather, Delia Derbyshire, Flying Nun, Lisa McKendrick, Nnja Riot, Split Enz, Steve Strode, The Church, The Clean, The Veils, Woven Skull

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Liminal Project Interview: “There’s inherent cinema in music”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 12, 2024
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Liminal Project (photo: @rebeesnaps)

Tags A Lesser Version, Ash Milward, Donk, Double Echo, John Galliano, Juliette Armanet, Lebanon Hannover, Liminal Project, Michael Coates, Moonfrog, Nigel Yang, Nudist, Rowland S Howard, Roxane Bigot, Soft Kill, Twin Tribes, Zoe Nixon

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Poppy H Interview: “I’m very much all or nothing”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 8, 2024
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Poppy H

Tags Colin Stetson, Cruel Nature Records, Daniel Bachman, Iceboy Violet, Niecy Blues, Poppy H, Rainy Miller, Roy Montgomery & Friends, Tujiko Noriko

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Mila Cloud Interview: “This music is not your typical drone”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 19, 2024
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Mila Cloud (photo: Aneta Stańska)

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2023 with Tits Up

Tits Up (photo provided by the artist)

Tags 100 gecs, Aqua, Dog Show Records, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Greenway Records, Kate NV, Les Attitudes Spectrales, Live From Earth, MCR-T Miss Bashful, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, RVNG Intl., So Yeh!, The Leaf Label, The Reverberation Appreciation Society, Thee Windom Earles, Tits Up, Warmduscher, What Really? Records

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2023 with Trouble In Mind Records’ Bill Roe

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 28, 2023
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Trouble In Mind's Bill & Lisa Roe

Tags 12XU, ATO Records, Bill Orcutt, Bill Roe, Blue Oyster Cult, Chris Corsano, Civic, Cleaners From Venus, Comme A La Radio, Connections, Cuticles, David Nance, Dummy, Electrane, En Attendant Ana, FACS, GBV, Ginkgo, Hallogallo Tapes, Haunted, Heavenly Bodies, Jonas Reinhardt, Joys Union Group, Kai Slater, Klaus Johann Grobe, Leather Jacket Records, Lewsberg, Lifelike Records, Luxor Rentals, Martin Frawley, Matthew Simms, Melenas, Memorials, Neil Young, Nightshift, Onyon, Palilalia, Partner Look, Pavement, Sebadoh, Sharp Pins, Siltbreeze, Sundae Painters, Tall Texan Records, The Clean, The Grateful Dead, The Serfs, The State51 Conspiracy Ltd, The Tubs, Trouble In Mind, Tyvek, Verity Sussman, Wire, Writhing Squares, XV, Yo La Tengo, Zoh Amba

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Road Dog Blues: In Conversation with Droneroom’s Blake Conley

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 11, 2023
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Droneroom

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The Process: An Interview with Gizeh Records’ Richard Knox

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 8, 2023
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Tags A-Sun Amissa, Aidan Baker, Ayami Suzuki, Gizeh Records, Glissando During, Jana Sotzko, John Colpits, KIN.DER, Melissa Guion, Oneida, Richard Know, Shield Patterns, Tim Wyskida, Trio Not Trio

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Witching Waves Interview: “It was a decision on our part to push ourselves to be more honest”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 4, 2023
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Witching Waves

Tags Big Joanie, Camp Cope, Chris Brokaw, Come, Emma Wigham, Estella Adeyeri, Good Grief, K Records, Kill Rock Stars, Laura Stevenson, Mark Jasper, Phoebe Bridgers, Quasi, Rage Against the Machine, SZA, Waxahatchee, Will Fitzpatrick, Witching Waves

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Kepla Interview: “I’m very attached to a romantic notion of DIY culture”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 1, 2023
2 Comments on Kepla Interview: “I’m very attached to a romantic notion of DIY culture”

Kepla (photo: Laura Harris)

13 Questions Interviews

13 Questions with Will Sergeant

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date November 24, 2023
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Will Sergeant (photo: Alex Hurst)

Tags bowie, Bunnyman, Echo and the Bunnymen, Echoes, Will Sergeant

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Visual Space: In Conversation with Luggage’s Michael Vallera

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 21, 2023
9 Comments on Visual Space: In Conversation with Luggage’s Michael Vallera

Luggage (photo provide by the artist)

Tags Amish Records, FACS, Luggage, Mike Vallera, Sonic Youth

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Behind the Masks: In Conversation with Bonnacons of Doom

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 10, 2023
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Bonnacons of Doom (photo/design: Sam Wiehl)

Tags Al Sundvall, Bonnacons of Doom, James Binary, Kate Smith, Massive Attack, Robert Strachan, Rocket Recordings, Sam Weaver, Sam Wiehl, Stephen Cole

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Free Spirit: In Conversation with Crime & The City Solution’s Simon Bonney

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 3, 2023
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Crime & The City Solution (photo: Martyn Goodacre)

Tags Bronwyn Adams, Chris Hughes, Crime & The City Solution, David Eugene Edwards, Donald Baldie, Frederic Lyenn, Georgio Valentino, Hunter S. Thompson, Joshua Murphy, Lenny Bruce, Lou Reed, Mark Lanegan, Mute, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, simon bonney, the birthday party, Tina Fey

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Yuko Araki Interview: “I love death metal and dark fantasy manga!”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 27, 2023
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Yuko Araki (photo: Kaori Murai)

Tags Daisy Dickinson, Endon, KUUNATIC, Lawrence English, Nobuki Nishiyama, Ochiai Soup, Room40, Taichi Nagura, Yuko Araki

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Adzes Interview “I was heavily influenced by early Mastodon and Kowloon Walled City”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 24, 2023
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Adzes (photo via the artist's Bandcamp page)

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Bungler Interview: “I just have fun making records”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 23, 2023
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Bungler (photo: provided the artist)

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Mike Donovan Interview: “It’s all down to a moment”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 13, 2023
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Mike Donovan (photo: Laura Donovan)

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Sound Coalition: An Interview with Trio Not Trio

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 6, 2023
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Trio Not Trio

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Karen Vogt Interview: “I always try and just trust my ears and find the feeling in it all”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 29, 2023
6 Comments on Karen Vogt Interview: “I always try and just trust my ears and find the feeling in it all”

Karen Vogt (photo provided by the artist)

Tags GALÁN / VOGT, Heligoland, Karen Vogt, Markus Guentner, Nite Hive, Penelope Trappes, Pepo Galan, Waxing Crescent Records

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Great Falls Interview: “I write these lyrics about a fear of a reality that I see may be coming”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 25, 2023
8 Comments on Great Falls Interview: “I write these lyrics about a fear of a reality that I see may be coming”

Great Falls (photo: Soren Hixenbaugh)

Tags Demian Johnston, Great Falls, Kowloon Walled City, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Scott Evans, Shane Mehling, Steve Von Till

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Prison Interview: “Everyone in the band has something that only they can bring to the table”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 15, 2023
4 Comments on Prison Interview: “Everyone in the band has something that only they can bring to the table”

Prison (photo: Micah Welner)

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Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo Interview: “It was a journey of a lot of discovery and experimentation”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 11, 2023
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Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo (photo: Matthew Ellery)

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Feefawfum Interview: “I spent a lot of time focusing on small details and effects”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 7, 2023
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Feefawfum (photo Nick McBrian)

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Infinite River Interview: “We are students of Can”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 25, 2023
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Infinite River (photo: Doug Coombe)

Tags Birdman Records, Bulb, can, Cluster, Detroit Cobras, ESP Beetles, Gretchen Gonzales, His Name Is Alive, Infinite River, Joey Mazzola, King Crimson, Schoenberg, Sponge, Steve Nistor, Sugarcoats, Universal Indians, Warren Defever, Wolf Eyes

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The Pines of Rome Interview: “I don’t think we would’ve thrived the same way in another place”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 18, 2023
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The Pines of Rome

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James Johnston & Steve Gullick Interview: “If it was always easy it would probably be boring”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 16, 2023
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James Johnston & Steve Gullick (credit: James Johnston)

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Liverpool Live: An Interview with Amorphic Music’s Joel Murray

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 10, 2023
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Joel Murray (photo provided by the artist)

Tags a.P.A.t.T, Amorphic Music, big brave, Deerhoof, Enablers, Future Yard, Get the Blessing, harvest sun, Helen Money, Invisible Wind Factory, Joel Murray, Kazimier Stockroom, Michael Coates, Mick Harvey, Moonfrog, Oneida, Quarry, Sun Ra Arkestra, the birthday party