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Michael Plater Interview: “Writing songs is about turning the conscious mind off”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 14, 2023
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Michael Plater (photo: Fawnia Mountford)

Tags Bladud Flies, Enclosed and Silent Order, Extreme Noise Terror, Hypostatic Union, John Cale, John Hannon, Julian Wright, Mark Beazley, Mark Kluzak, Michael Lawrence, Michael Plater, Nico Nujumi, Reverb Worship, Stafford Glover, The Doomed Bird of Providence, Tony Millman, Weapon Eyes

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Katie Gerardine O’Neill Interview: “I’ve finally tied together a lot of my processes with this album”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 6, 2023
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Katie Geraldine O'Neill (photo from artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Beth Gibbons, Cruel Nature Records, Deadlians, DRR, Dublin Modular, Ecliptic of Culture, Jarboe, Katie Gerardine O'Neill, Little Gem, Open Ear, School Tour, Spilt Milk

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Mick Rossi Interview: “I love where I’m at right now musically”

Post author By richierockertomlinson
Post date March 2, 2023
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Tags bowie, Glam, Gun St, Lou Reed, Mick Rossi, Slaughter and the Dogs

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Middleman Interview: “An album is definitely the next goal we’re working towards”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 17, 2023
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Middleman (Photo credit: Cole Flynn Quirke)

Tags Brainrotter Records, Greg Sage, Harper Maury, Islands of Love, Lily Pym, Middleman, Mission of Burma, Noah Alves, Self-Immolation Music, The Replacements, Wipers

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Community and Culture: An Interview with Orpheus Bookshop’s Garry Newley

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 23, 2023
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Tags ACDC, Elvis Presley, Gail Honeyman, Garry Newley, George Orwell, J.K. Rowling, Jack Kerouac, Jeffrey Deaver, Johnny Horton, Kurt Vonnegut, Midnight Oil, Orpheus Bookstore, Robert G. Barrett, Shakespeare, Slim Dusty, Sound Tavern, The Beatles

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2022 with Defend Vinyl’s Graham Jones

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 30, 2022
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Defend Vinyl's Graham Jones (photo credit: via the label's Facebook page)

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2022 with Tall Trees Audio Mastering’s Stephen Kerrison

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 29, 2022
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Stephen Kerrison

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Mike Vest Interview: “It’s great to see albums form over time”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 5, 2022
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Mike Vest

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Salisman & His Celestial Bodies Interview: “We are always working on new material”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 25, 2022
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Salisman & His Celestial Bodies

Tags Chris Tate, Creation Records, Cruel Nature Records, d_rradio, Jason Peirce, Jon Raedeke, Paul Foreman, Salisman & His Celestial Bodies, Salisman & His Hermetic Order, slowdive, Soft Speaker, spiritualized, Swervedriver, Travis Salisbury

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The Collegiate: In Conversation with Simon Ward

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 21, 2022
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S. Ward

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Through A Room: An Interview with Bill Nace

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 15, 2022
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Bill Nace_(Photo credit: Ryan Collerd)

Tags Aaron Dilloway, Bill Nace, Bitchin Bajas, Body/Head, Chris Corsano, Cooper Crain, Daniel Higgs, Drag City, Kim Gordon, Okkyung Lee, Steve Gunn

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Droneroom Interview: “I prefer it if someone else tells me what they hear and see”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 11, 2022
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Tonal Intoxication: In Conversation with The Lord’s Greg Anderson and Petra Haden

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 9, 2022
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The Lord † Petra Haden (photo credit: Steven Perilloux)

Tags Bernard Herrmann, Bill Frissell, Earthings?, Engine Kid, Ennio Morricone, Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, John Carpenter, John Williams Ian Astbury, Mike Watt, Petra Haden, Southern Lord Recordings, Sunn O))), That Dog, the cult, The Lord, The Twilight Singers, Tito & Tarantula

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Kenneth James Gibson Interview: “Surroundings are important”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 7, 2022
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Kenneth James Gibson

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All Structures Align Interview: “We’re happy with how that contrast worked out”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 4, 2022
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All Structures Align (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Adam Ineson, All Structures Align, Bedhead, Bilge Pump, Deliluh, Haress, hey colossus, Hood, Ivan The Tolerable, June of 44, Neil Turnpin, Nub, Tim Ineson, Wrong Speed Records, Yann Tiersen

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Empty House Interview: “It came about as a quick idea”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 17, 2022
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Empty House

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Karen & Peter Interview: “The writing is grounded very powerfully in the music”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 10, 2022
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Karen & Peter

Tags Benjamin Myers, George Orwell, Haruki Murakami, Ivan The Tolerable, Jaded Azurites, Karen & Peter, Karen Schoemer, Mike Griffin, Mike Watt, Minutemen, Mortuus Auris & the Black Hand/ MAbH, Oli Heffernan, Peter Taylor, Sky Furrows, SST, Tape Drift

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Floating Points: In Conversation with Esmerine’s Bruce Cawdron

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 7, 2022
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Esmerine (photo credit: Osha Cawdron)

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Total Eclipse: An Interview with Oren Ambarchi

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 29, 2022
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Oren Ambarchi (photo credit: Trianos Pakioufakis)

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Charlie Butler Interview: “Outside of music, comics and books are my biggest influences”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 21, 2022
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Charlie Butler

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Polexia! Interview: “We actually have an eerily similar taste in music”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 9, 2022
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Polexia! (photo credit: Claire Welles)

Tags cocteau twins, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Godflesh, Jezebel Halewood-Legas, Johanna Connolly, Justin Broadrick, Krzystof Penderecki, Kylie Minouge, Lene lovich, Lizzie Mercier Descloux, Nina Hagen and Malaria, Outsider Art, Polexia!, SPINE, Susan Janet Ballion

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Video Premiere: Head Shoppe’s ‘Chapultepec Parque’

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 5, 2022
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Head Shoppe (photo provided by artist)

Tags Eric Harding, Head Shoppe, Kenneth James Gibson, Panda Bear, Sonic Boom, Studio Sparks

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Some Gift: An Interview with Enablers

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 29, 2022
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Enablers

Tags Chris Summerlin, dAVID hAND, Enablers, hey colossus, Joe Goldring, Joe Thompson, Kevin Thomson, Neurot Recordings, Sam Ospovat, Swans, Wrong Speed Records, Years

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Haress Interview: “I really think the record is a product of its environment”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 26, 2022
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Haress (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

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New Energy: In Conversation with Twine’s Thomas Katsaras

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 19, 2022
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Twine

Tags Alex G, Alicia Salvanos, dirty three, Jackson Pagett, Jason Molina, Michael Hurley, Pavement, Primavera A La Ciutat, Primavera Sound, Ricky Albeck, Ricky Albeck & The Belair Line Band, Songs: Ohio, Thea Martin, Thomas Katsaras, Twine, Unwound

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Sea Change: In Conversation with Kal Marks’ Carl Shane

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 3, 2022
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Kal Marks (photo credit: Stephanie Andreana)

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Landing Interview: “We’re all modest and unassuming people”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 1, 2022
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Landing (photo provided by the artist)

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Epic Tide: In Conversation with …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead’s Conrad Keely

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 29, 2022
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (photo credit: Dave Creaney)

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Serene Spirit: An Interview with East Cape Calling’s Zac Winterwood

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 8, 2022
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East Cape Calling

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Apollo Ghosts Interview: “Truth and honesty is everything in art”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 20, 2022
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Apollo Ghosts (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page)

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Mondkopf Interview: “I would take a Robbie Basho album to a desert island”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 2, 2022
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Mondkopf

Tags Daniel Bachman, Erik K. Skodvin, Miashma Recordings, Mondkopf, Nahal Recordings, Norman Westberg, Oiseaux-Tempête, Paul Régimbeau, Robbie Basho, Sarah Davachi, Stéphane Pigneul, Swans, The Necks, Tony Buck, Wilburn Burchette

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Lili Refrain Interview: “Everything that is part of my life also becomes part of my music”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 23, 2022
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Lili Refrain (photo credit: Tania Alineri)

Tags Anna von Hausswolff, Black Sabbath, Chelsea Wolfe, Lili Refrain, Marco Lienhard, Santana, Stefano Morabito, Subsound Records, Taikoza, The Beatles

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Brown Fang Interview: “It was a quick and pain free process”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 16, 2022
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Brown Fang

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Engine Roar: In Conversation with June of 44’s Jeff Mueller

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 11, 2022
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June Of 44 (photo provided by the artist)

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Whirling Hall Of Knives Interview: “Corrosion and general murk prevails”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 9, 2022
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Whirling Hall of Knives

Tags Alan O'Boyle, Barry Murphy, Bryan O'Connell, Cruel Nature Records, Decal, EAR, Fennesz, Koner, Legion Of Two, Magnetize, Main, Nwyvre, Of One, Scorn, Sound Breaking, Stephen Gethings, The Last Sound, Whirling Hall of Knives

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Slow Planes Interview: “Immersion is important.”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 4, 2022
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Slow Planes (photo credit: Tim Breen)

Tags Arcade Fire, Califone, Daniel Higgs, Howie B, Izzy Fradin, Matt Christensen, Mikis Theodorakis, Mind Over Mirrors, Nina Simone, Slow Planes, Steve Reich, Tim Breen, Tortoise, Toshio Nakanishi

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Truth Marks: In Conversation with Steven Lambke

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 28, 2022
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Steven Lambke (photo credit: Colin Medley)

Tags Baby Eagle, Bry Webb, Camera Varda, Chet Baker, Daniel Romano, David Berman, David Nardi, Fugazi, Purple Mountains, Silver Jews, Sonic Youth, Steven Lambke, The Constantines, The Outfit

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Luke Mawdsley Interview: “It’s not just music to me”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 26, 2022
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Luke Mawdsley (photo credit: Rebecca Hawley)

Tags Agathe Max, Cavalier Song, Coughin Vicars, Ennio Morricone, Gabriella Rose King, Luke Mawdsley, Maple Death Records, Mark Greenwood, Mésange, Prison Behaviour, Rachel Nicholas, Scott walker, Suicide, TWGX

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Beyond the Clouds: In Conversation with Good Night & Good Morning’s Ryan Brewer

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 25, 2022
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Good Night & Good Morning (image provided by the artist).

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Oren Ambarchi Interview: “The challenge is always striving to do something surprising and new”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 14, 2022
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Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin (photo credit: Thobias F. Idt)

Tags Andreas Werliin, Attila Csihar, Burial Chamber Trio, Drag City, Fire!, Greg Anderson, Hapna, Jim O'Rourke, Johan Berthling, Keiji Haino, Mayhem, Oren Ambarchi, Randall Dunn, Stephen O’Malley, The Necks