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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
3 Comments on The Collegiate: In Conversation with Simon Ward

S. Ward

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Through A Room: An Interview with Bill Nace

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 15, 2022
5 Comments on Through A Room: An Interview with Bill Nace

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

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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
16 Comments on Tonal Intoxication: In Conversation with The Lord’s Greg Anderson and Petra Haden

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
9 Comments on Kenneth James Gibson Interview: “Surroundings are important”

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

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

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

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
8 Comments on Floating Points: In Conversation with Esmerine’s Bruce Cawdron

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
11 Comments on Total Eclipse: An Interview with Oren Ambarchi

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

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

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
19 Comments on Some Gift: An Interview with Enablers

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

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
5 Comments on New Energy: In Conversation with Twine’s Thomas Katsaras

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
11 Comments on Sea Change: In Conversation with Kal Marks’ Carl Shane

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

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

...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
5 Comments on Serene Spirit: An Interview with East Cape Calling’s Zac Winterwood

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

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

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

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

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

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
7 Comments on Slow Planes Interview: “Immersion is important.”

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
13 Comments on Truth Marks: In Conversation with Steven Lambke

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

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
21 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
11 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
2 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
2 Comments 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
4 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
4 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
6 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
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Good Grief (photo credit: Andy Von Pip)