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Features Interviews

Renegade Saint: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 28, 2025
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Holy Sons' Emil Amos (photo: Mike Boyd)

Tags Alex Hall, America, Anthony Paterra, Beck, Bill Callahan, Bread, Emil Amos, gRAILS, Holy Sons, John Darnielle, Neil Young, Silver Jews, The Mountain Goats, Thrill Jockey, Uncle Tupelo

Album Reviews

Whitney K: Bubble

Whitney K (photo: Tess Roby)

Tags Avalon Tassonyi, Ben Vallee, Bill Callahan, Bruce Springsteen, Fire Records, James Jonathan Clancy, Josh Boguski, Konner Whitney, Lou Reed, Michael Halls, Talia Boguski, Whitney K

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The Brute Choir: Palace Music’s Viva Last Blues 30th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 21, 2025
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Palace Music's Will Oldham

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Bill Callahan, Jerry David DeCicca @ Arts Club, Liverpool – 05/07/2025

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 7, 2025
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Bill Callahan (photo: Hanly Banks Callahan)

Tags André Silva, Arts Club, Bill Callahan, BJ Cole, Bob Ross, Diogo Jota, Drag City, Dustin Laurenzi, Jerry David DeCicca, Jim White, Liverpool Football Club, Low, Matt Kinsey, Smog, The Hard Quartet, Warren G

Album Reviews

Dirty Three: Love Changes Everything

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 2, 2024
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Dirty Three (photo: Imm Noone)

Tags Beings, Bill Callahan, Chris Abrahams, dirty three, Drag City, Ed Kuepper, Gareth Liddiard, Helen Franzmann, Jim White, Marisa Anderson, Mess Esque, Mick Turner, Nick Cave and Bad Seeds, Steve Gunn, Sunn O))) Neil Young, The Necks, warren ellis

Features Interviews

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

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 29, 2024
21 Comments on Jim White Interview: “Music is a dream and so are memories.”

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

Features Interviews

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

Album Reviews

Meg Baird: Furling

Meg Baird (photo credit: Rachael Cassells)

Tags Baird Sisters, Bill Callahan, Comets on Fire. Ethan Miller, Drag City, Espers, Heron Oblivion, Howlin’ Rain, Mary Lattimore, Meg Baird, Natalie Mering, Sharon Van Etten, Steve Gunn, weyes blood

Album Reviews

Jessica Moss: Galaxy Heart

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 18, 2022
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Jessica Moss

Tags BIG | BRAVE, Bill Callahan, Broken Social Scene, Carla Bozulich, Constellation, dirty three, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hawk and a Hacksaw, Hotel2Tango, Jessica Moss, Jim White, Sarah Davachi, Springtime, Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Thierry Amar

Album Reviews

Bill Callahan: YTI⅃AƎЯ

Bill Callahan (photo credit: Hanly Banks Callahan)

Tags Bill Callahan, Drag City, Emmett Kelly, Jim White, Matt Kinsey, Sarah Ann Phillips, Smog

Album Reviews

Spoon: Lucifer on the Sofa

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Post date March 10, 2022
7 Comments on Spoon: Lucifer on the Sofa

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

Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Alex Fischel, Bill Callahan, Britt Daniel, Dan Boeckner, Dave Fridmann, Divine Fits, Mark Rankin, Matador Records, Roy Bittan, Smog, Spoon, Wolf Parade

Album Reviews

Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Blind Date Party – “the ultimate homage”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 9, 2021
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Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy (photo credits: L - Mabel Cooper; R - Hanly Banks Callahan)

Album Reviews

GADZOOKS!: Songs From Your Death Bed – “a fantastic beginning”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 12, 2021
3 Comments on GADZOOKS!: Songs From Your Death Bed – “a fantastic beginning”

GADZOOKS!

Tags Beija Flo, Bill Callahan, Fat White Family, GADZOOKS!, Goat Girl, Insecure Men, Klof Records, Ollie Roper, Tepid Days

News

Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy announce the Blind Date Party

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 8, 2021
2 Comments on Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy announce the Blind Date Party

Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy (photo credits: L - Mabel Cooper; R - Hanly Banks Callahan)