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

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

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Skin Blood Women Roses: An Interview with Jarboe

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 11, 2022
6 Comments on Skin Blood Women Roses: An Interview with Jarboe

Jarboe (photo credit: J. Williams)

Tags Consouling Sounds, Godflesh, Jarboe, John Coltrane, Justin Broadrick, Kazimier Stockroom, Michael Gira, Neurosis, Record Store Day, Swans

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Golden Fang Interview: “Sydney’s often lurking in the songs somewhere”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 8, 2022
No Comments on Golden Fang Interview: “Sydney’s often lurking in the songs somewhere”

Golden Fang

Tags Carl Redfern, cleckhuddersfax UK, Golden Fang, Irvine Welsh, Jo Meares Band, Joe Parkins, Justin Tauber, Mervyn Peake, Mirrelle Juchaw, Neal Stephenson, Teo Treloar, The Sins, the smiths, The Sunny Boys

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Sneers. Interview: “We weren’t thinking of a specific situation but a general feeling”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 4, 2022
1 Comment on Sneers. Interview: “We weren’t thinking of a specific situation but a general feeling”

Sneers.. (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Father Murphy, Freddie Murphy, God Unknown Records, Leonardo O. Stefenelli, M.G Blaankart, nick cave, Paul Beauchamp, pj harvey, Sneers., Sonic Youth, Swans

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Track by Track: Claire Welles’ Othello

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 1, 2022
3 Comments on Track by Track: Claire Welles’ Othello

Claire Welles (photo credit: Rebecca Too)

Tags a.P.A.t.T, Alex Higgins, Claire Welles, Dennis Taylor, Jane Weaver, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Cole, Steve Davis, the charlatans, tim burgess

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oWo Interview: “We all want an exit from the current political failings”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 28, 2022
2 Comments on oWo Interview: “We all want an exit from the current political failings”

oWo

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Pound Land Interview: “We both like our music to be unsettling”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 25, 2022
3 Comments on Pound Land Interview: “We both like our music to be unsettling”

Pound Land (photo provided by the artist)

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Natura Morta Interview: “everything I call home is everything I carry in my mind”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 21, 2022
3 Comments on Natura Morta Interview: “everything I call home is everything I carry in my mind”

Natura Morta (photo provided by the artist)

Tags Agogo Records, aphex twin, Chierichetti Æditor Ræcordings, Conjunto Media Luna, De la Cave, Father Murphy, La Perla, Labradford, Le Tigre, Maria Mallol Moya, Maria Violenza, Meridian Brothers, Natura Morta, Paul Beauchamp, Peaches, Prodigy, Propellerheads, Stefano Isaia, Vangelis

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Dimension Jump: In Conversation with Good Grief’s Will Fitzpatrick and Paul Abbott

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 17, 2022
7 Comments on Dimension Jump: In Conversation with Good Grief’s Will Fitzpatrick and Paul Abbott

Good Grief (photo credit: Andy Von Pip)

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Dark Passage: In Conversation with Nadja’s Aidan Baker

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 11, 2022
20 Comments on Dark Passage: In Conversation with Nadja’s Aidan Baker

Nadja (photo credit: Davide Maione)

Tags Aidan Baker, Angela Munoz Martinez, Broken Spine Records, David Pajo, Eric Quach, Funkhaus Studio, Funkhaus Studios, Hypnodrone Ensemble, John Bruner, Leah Buckareff, Nadja, Nunofyrbeeswax, Southern Lord, Supersonic Festival, Wherl

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Houseplants Interview: “It’s all just about getting my ideas out of my head and moving on”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 9, 2022
8 Comments on Houseplants Interview: “It’s all just about getting my ideas out of my head and moving on”

Houseplants' Oli Heffernan (photo provided by the artist)

Tags Arndales, Baxter Dury, Bilge Pump, Country Teasers, Detective Instinct, Houseplants, Ivan The Tolerable, King Champion Sounds, Leighton Crook, Neil Turpin, Oli Heffernan, Shrug, University Challenged, Win Big Records, Wire, Yann Tiersan, Year Of Birds

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Duquette Johnston Interview: “I love the intersection of fashion, music and art”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 25, 2022
4 Comments on Duquette Johnston Interview: “I love the intersection of fashion, music and art”

Duquette Johnston (photo credit: Miller Mobley)

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Pan-American Interview: “Memory is the place where inward-facing emotion lives”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 18, 2022
12 Comments on Pan-American Interview: “Memory is the place where inward-facing emotion lives”

Pan-American (photo credit: Luka Nelson)

Tags Grouper, Kranky, Labradford, Mark Nelson, Pan-American

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Shoun Shoun Interview: “the last couple of years revealed the monsters and the heroes among us”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 7, 2022
No Comments on Shoun Shoun Interview: “the last couple of years revealed the monsters and the heroes among us”

Shoun Shoun

Tags Annette Berlin, Annie Gardiner, Boris Ming, Flag Fen, GlueHorse, Ole Rudd, pj harvey, Repo Man, Rough Trade, Shirley Barrett, Shoun Shoun, The Brackish, The Sounds Of Ursa

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Cassels Interview: “I don’t really have a sense of our wider place in the musical landscape”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 4, 2022
4 Comments on Cassels Interview: “I don’t really have a sense of our wider place in the musical landscape”

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

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Hail the Monolith: In Conversation with Kulk’s Thom Longdin & Jade Ashleigh Squires

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 1, 2022
8 Comments on Hail the Monolith: In Conversation with Kulk’s Thom Longdin & Jade Ashleigh Squires

Kulk

Tags Bear Bites Horse, Big Lad, Dale Crover, Death Pedals, Electric Wizard, Hominid Sounds, Kulk, pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs, Todd Trainer, Wayne Adams

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2021 with Moonfrog’s Michael Coates

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 30, 2021
1 Comment on 2021 with Moonfrog’s Michael Coates

Tags Artoffact Records, Avant! Records, Double Echo, EBGBS, Evil House Party, Fabrika Records, Factory Manchester, Jimmys, Kazimier Stockroom, Kælan Mikla, Maple Death Records, Michael Coates, Moonfrog, Nuovo Tesamento, PC World, Qlowski, She Lost Kontrol, SPINE, Third Coming Records

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2021 with Silver PR’s Rachel Silver

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 21, 2021
3 Comments on 2021 with Silver PR’s Rachel Silver

Rachel Silver with GOAT.

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2021 with Cruel Nature Records’ Steve Strode

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 20, 2021
11 Comments on 2021 with Cruel Nature Records’ Steve Strode

Cruel Nature Records' Steve Strode

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Cedie Janson Interview: “I wanted to bring this illusory and abstract feeling into my music”

Post author By Sean Beardmore
Post date December 14, 2021
1 Comment on Cedie Janson Interview: “I wanted to bring this illusory and abstract feeling into my music”

Cedie Janson (photo credit: Megan Cullen)

Tags Andy Stott, Cedie Janson, Colleen, Dillon Howl, Dom Maker, Jenny Hval, Mount Kimbie, Naked Maja, Paolo Sorrentino, The Field, tool

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Stuart Cook Interview: “I love connecting the dots and chasing down influences”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 6, 2021
7 Comments on Stuart Cook Interview: “I love connecting the dots and chasing down influences”

Stuart Cook

Tags Capac, Eidolon, Matt Parker, Phil Dodds, Stuart Cook, Waxing Cresent Records

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Cold Roads: In Conversation with Mitternacht’s Jonny Davis Le Brun

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 3, 2021
7 Comments on Cold Roads: In Conversation with Mitternacht’s Jonny Davis Le Brun

Mitternacht

Tags Basic Channel, Cruel Nature Records, Daniel Avery, Emeka Ogboh, GAS, Jonny Davis Le Brun, Mitternacht, Radiohead, Rongorongo, Sigur Rós, Skee Mask, Steve Strode, The Field, Wolfgang Voigt

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LibaLibra interview: “We are very emotional writers”

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date November 19, 2021
1 Comment on LibaLibra interview: “We are very emotional writers”

Tags Bikini Kill, libralibra, Madonna, pj harvey

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Enablers Interview: “There’s a lot of conflict in our songs on every level”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 17, 2021
11 Comments on Enablers Interview: “There’s a lot of conflict in our songs on every level”

Enablers

Tags dAVID hAND, Enablers, Human Worth, Joe Goldring, Joseph F Byrnes, Kevin Thomson, Lancashire & Somerset, Nice Strong Arm, Owen Gildersleeve, Pete Simonelli, Sam Ospovat, Tim Mooney, Timco, Touched By A Janitor, Years

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The Dangling Man: In Conversation with Crime & the City Solution’s Simon Bonney

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date November 10, 2021
8 Comments on The Dangling Man: In Conversation with Crime & the City Solution’s Simon Bonney

Tags birthday party, Bronwyn Bonney, Crime and the City Solution, nick cave, Rowland S Howard, simon bonney, these immortal souls

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Ben Chasny Interview: “this might be a new branch of the tree”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 5, 2021
8 Comments on Ben Chasny Interview: “this might be a new branch of the tree”

Ben Chasny

Tags Ben Chasny, Drag City, KPM, Paul Sandell, Six Organs of Admittance, Sleepy Sun, Steve Quenell, Survival Knife, The Warlocks

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Sound Waves: In Conversation with Springtime’s Gareth Liddiard and Jim White

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 4, 2021
21 Comments on Sound Waves: In Conversation with Springtime’s Gareth Liddiard and Jim White

Springtime (photo credit: Jamie Wdziekonski)

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New Noise: In Conversation with Prison Behaviour’s Mark Greenwood

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 28, 2021
7 Comments on New Noise: In Conversation with Prison Behaviour’s Mark Greenwood

Prison Behaviour

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Fly Pan Am Interview: “Our presence in the studio became an effective part of our composition”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 27, 2021
1 Comment on Fly Pan Am Interview: “Our presence in the studio became an effective part of our composition”

Fly Pan Am

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Tangled Beauty: In Conversation with Mess Esque’s Helen Franzmann & Mick Turner

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 22, 2021
14 Comments on Tangled Beauty: In Conversation with Mess Esque’s Helen Franzmann & Mick Turner

Mess Esque (photo credit: Kishore Ryan)

Tags Bedroom Suck Records, dirty three, Drag City, Ed Kuepper, Helen Franzmann, Jim White, Low, Mckisko, Mess Esque, Mick Turner

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Odd Beholder Interview: “We need to challenge the narrative of the heroic individual”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 19, 2021
2 Comments on Odd Beholder Interview: “We need to challenge the narrative of the heroic individual”

Odd Beholder

Tags A Tree In A Field, Aisha Devi Feldermelder, Black Midi, BlauBlau, Bongo Joe, Daniela Weinmann, Dim Grimm / Dimlite, Irascible Records, Klaus Johan Grobe, Lyra Pramuk, Michachu and the Shapes, Mouthwatering Records, Odd Beholder, Oneohtrix Point Never, Red Brick Chapel, Sinnibus, Slowthai, SOPHIE, yves tumor

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A Golden Sky: In Conversation with Damon & Naomi – Part 2

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 13, 2021
1 Comment on A Golden Sky: In Conversation with Damon & Naomi – Part 2

Damon & Naomi (photo credit: Anabel Vazquex Rodriquez)

Tags 20/20/20, cocteau twins, Damon & Naomi, Damon Krukowski, Galaxie 500, George Harrison, Jarvis Cocker, John Cage, Michio Kurihara, Naomi Yang, nirvana, Pulp, Richard Youngs, Suzanne Sassic

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Mysterious Motion: In Conversation with Activity’s Travis Johnson

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 12, 2021
5 Comments on Mysterious Motion: In Conversation with Activity’s Travis Johnson

Activity

Tags Activity, Alexalone, FACS, Field Mouse, Grooms, Jeff Berner, protomartyr, Psychic TV, Russian Baths, Sonic Youth, Steve Levine, Travis Johnson, Zoe Browne

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NNHMN Interview: “This is the chaos of me”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 6, 2021
2 Comments on NNHMN Interview: “This is the chaos of me”

NNHMN (photo credit: Marcus Rietzsch http://t-arts.com/)

Tags 4ad, Alan Vega, Caroline Bonarde, Chelsea Wolfe, DJ Hell, KAA:ST, Kazimier Stockroom, Lee, Lee Laudarg, Lonesaw, Michal Laudarg, Nico, NNHMN, Siekiera, Umek, Veronica Vasicka, Vitalic

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A Golden Sky: In Conversation with Damon & Naomi – Part 1

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 5, 2021
7 Comments on A Golden Sky: In Conversation with Damon & Naomi – Part 1

Damon & Naomi (photo credit: Norman von Holtzendorff)

Tags Alan Sparhawk, Boris, Brian Eno, can, Conny Plank, Damon & Naomi, Damon Krukowski, Galaxie 500, Low, Masaki Bato, Michael Rother, Michio Kurihara, Mimi Parker, Neu!, Peace Music, Sky Records, Soichiro Nakamura

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Sunstack Jones and Mai 68 bring back the flexi disc

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date September 30, 2021
3 Comments on Sunstack Jones and Mai 68 bring back the flexi disc

Tags beatles, FLexi Discs, Funkadelic, joy division, Komakino, Mai 68, nirvana, sunstack jones, the cure

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Smoke Bellow Interview: “Making music is primarily a vehicle to allow us to engage in the conversation”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 17, 2021
12 Comments on Smoke Bellow Interview: “Making music is primarily a vehicle to allow us to engage in the conversation”

Smoke Bellow (photo credit: via artist's Bandcamp page)

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Kirk Brandon interview: “You can’t just be a retro act.”

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date September 15, 2021
1 Comment on Kirk Brandon interview: “You can’t just be a retro act.”

Tags goth, Kirk Brandon, Spear of Destiny, The Pack, Theatre of Hate

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Space and Time: In Conversation with Pile’s Rick Maguire

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 13, 2021
10 Comments on Space and Time: In Conversation with Pile’s Rick Maguire

Pile's Rick Maguire (photo credit: Mark Lapriore)

Tags Alex Molini, Exploding In Sound, Kevin McMahon, Kris Kuss, Pelican Movement, Pile, Rick Maguire

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Mope City Interview: “the motivation comes from just enjoying it”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 9, 2021
6 Comments on Mope City Interview: “the motivation comes from just enjoying it”

Mope City (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Amaya Lang, Anthony Guerra, Audile Design Studios, Del Lumanta, Dumbells, Kitchen's Floor, Mope City, Mundo Primitivo, Pallet, Peter Beringer, Sachet, Shaun Donovan, Slint, Tenth Court, The Twerps, VIPP

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