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

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

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
2 Comments on Bungler Interview: “I just have fun making records”

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

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
15 Comments on Sound Coalition: An Interview with Trio Not Trio

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
8 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
10 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
7 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
4 Comments on Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo Interview: “It was a journey of a lot of discovery and experimentation”

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
7 Comments on Infinite River Interview: “We are students of Can”

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

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

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

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

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One Hundred: In Conversation with Hell on Hearth’s Sean Wárs

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 8, 2023
21 Comments on One Hundred: In Conversation with Hell on Hearth’s Sean Wárs

Hell on Hearth (photo via artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Bodies on Everest, Brendan Burke, Cruel Nature Records, Hell on Hearth, Interbellum, James Watts, Panurus Productions, Sean Wárs, Steve Strode, Tommy Husband, Trouble With Books

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Dread Zone: In Conversation with Emil Amos

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 1, 2023
16 Comments on Dread Zone: In Conversation with Emil Amos

Emil Amos (photo: Casey Proctor)

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Repo Man Interview: “The quality of the ideas is more important than any kind of dogma”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 25, 2023
3 Comments on Repo Man Interview: “The quality of the ideas is more important than any kind of dogma”

Repo Man

Tags ANTA, Aphelion, Capri Batterie, Cruel Nature Records, Gnod, Joe Garcia, Kordian Tetkov, Matt Lord, Repo Man, Repo Tetkov Lord, Stewart Lee, this heat

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Lovely Murk: In Conversation with Oxbow

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 19, 2023
14 Comments on Lovely Murk: In Conversation with Oxbow

Oxbow (photo: Phil Sharp)

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The Man From Atlantis Interview: “I have a solid idea of how I want the project to sound”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 12, 2023
7 Comments on The Man From Atlantis Interview: “I have a solid idea of how I want the project to sound”

The Man from Atlantis' Michael Sill

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Clara Engel Interview: “My practice is my life’s work”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 3, 2023
5 Comments on Clara Engel Interview: “My practice is my life’s work”

Avi C. Engel (photo: Tanja-Tiziana)

Tags Brad Deschamps, Clara Engel, Cruel Nature Records, Frans De Waal, Lys Guillorn, Olga Tokarczuk, Paul Kolinski

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Ghostwoods Interview: “The work becomes the pilot and tells you what it wants and needs”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 27, 2023
1 Comment on Ghostwoods Interview: “The work becomes the pilot and tells you what it wants and needs”

Ghostwoods (photo: Sam Scoufos)

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Light Blooms: In Conversation with Danny Paul Grody

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 15, 2023
8 Comments on Light Blooms: In Conversation with Danny Paul Grody

Danny Paul Grody (photo: Ian Albert)

Tags Chuck Johnson, Danny Paul Grody, Explosions In The Sky, Golden Retriever, Joanthan Sielaff, Lazarus, Rich Douthit, Tarentel, The Drift, Three Lobed Recordings, Trevor Montgomery

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Less Bells Interview: “The desert makes suggestions”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 13, 2023
4 Comments on Less Bells Interview: “The desert makes suggestions”

Less Bells

Tags Bell Gardens, Dain Luscombe, Julie Carpenter, Kenneth James Gibson, Kranky, Less Bells, Marjorie Fair, Meadows Heavy Recorders

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Gvantsa Narim Interview: “I always try to express my own opinion”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 2, 2023
8 Comments on Gvantsa Narim Interview: “I always try to express my own opinion”

Gvantsa Narim (photo: Irakli Bakuradze)

Tags Andy Stott, Cruel Nature Records, Enigma, Gvantsa Narim, Irakli Bakuradze, Khidi and Bassian, Tedo Rekhviashvili

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JAAW Interview: “It was completely stress free”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 26, 2023
13 Comments on JAAW Interview: “It was completely stress free”

Tags Adam Betts, Andy Cairns, Big Lad, Bjork, Bonnacons of Doom, Bruxa Maria, Death Pedals, Goldie, JAAW, Jason Stoll, KLÄMP, Mugstar, Petbrick, Sex Swing, Shellac, Squarepusher, Therapy?, Three Trapped Tigers, Wayne Adams

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Waterflower Interview: “I draw inspiration from the beauty of nature”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 24, 2023
6 Comments on Waterflower Interview: “I draw inspiration from the beauty of nature”

Waterflower (photo: Eldar Fano)

Tags ARCAE, Bjork, Cruel Nature, Cruel Nature Records, Evannier, FKA twigs, Sabine Moore, SOPHIE, Waterflower

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Glass State: In Conversation with Sweet Williams’ Thomas House

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 12, 2023
11 Comments on Glass State: In Conversation with Sweet Williams’ Thomas House

Thomas House (photo: Gabriela Soto)

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No Restrictions: 10 Years with Cruel Nature Records

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 20, 2023
22 Comments on No Restrictions: 10 Years with Cruel Nature Records

Cruel Nature's Steve Strode

Tags Aaron Lock, Aidan Baker, All The Heavens Were A Bell, Arthur Arsenne, At The Heart Of It All, Beckton Alps2, Blast First, Charlie Butler, Chris Tate, Clara Engel, Cruel Nature, Darren Hubbard, David Colohan, Disciplinary; Tibshelf, Distraction Records, d_rradio, Emil Beaulieu, Empty House, FRAG, Gvantsa Narim, Haunted Trail, Head of David, Holy Island, James Watts, Jazzfinger, K of ARC, Katie Gerardine O’Neill, Kitchen Cynics, Lovely Wife, Lump Hammer, Matching Head, Mike Vest, Mirrored Lips, Nathalie Stern, Nick Harris, No-Fi, Omnibadger, One Key Magic, Panurus Productions, Petrine Cross, Pound Land, Protect and Survive, Prurient, records, Salisman, Score, Slampt, Sound Rooms, St James Infirmary, Stephen Burroughs, Steve Strode, Summer Night Air, TANKENGINE, Toby Henderson Trust, VHS¥DEATH, Whirling Hall of Knives

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Be Forest: An Interview with Xylouris White

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 14, 2023
12 Comments on Be Forest: An Interview with Xylouris White

Xylouris White (photo: Anna Faragona)

Tags Bill Callahan, Chan Marshall, dirty three, Drag City, Fugazi, Gareth Liddiard, George Xylouris, Guy Picciotto, Jim White, Marissa Anderson, Rites of Spring, Springtime, Xylouris White

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Laura Loriga Interview: “The work of others can only enrich what we do”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 12, 2023
3 Comments on Laura Loriga Interview: “The work of others can only enrich what we do”

Laura Loriga (photo: Quetzal Maucci)

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Noise Pollution: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 7, 2023
20 Comments on Noise Pollution: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case

FACS (photo: Evan Jenkins)

Tags Alianna Kalaba, Brian Case, FACS, Jonathan Van Herrick, Luggage, Metz, Mike Valera, Noah Leger, Polvo, Preoccupations, Sanford Parker, Trouble In Mind

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Cober Interview: “I’ve often felt words can’t fully contain feelings”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 27, 2023
3 Comments on Cober Interview: “I’ve often felt words can’t fully contain feelings”

Cober (photo: Elizabeth Golay)

Tags Blondie, Cober, East Cape Calling, Joan Jett, Sheila Bommakanti

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

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

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
No Comments on Mick Rossi Interview: “I love where I’m at right now musically”

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

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

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
1 Comment on 2022 with Defend Vinyl’s Graham Jones

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
5 Comments on 2022 with Tall Trees Audio Mastering’s Stephen Kerrison

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

Mike Vest