Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #5 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 1, 2022 16 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #5 Photo credit: (from artists' Bandcamp pages) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #5” Tags 40 Watt Sun, A Place To Bury Strangers, A Sunken Mall, Aidan Baker, Animal Collective, Buh Records, Cloakroom, Constant Smiles, Decor Records, Dedstrange, Domino Recordings, Dub Cthonic, Ekin Fil, Empath, Everlasting Records, Fat Possum Records, Fire Records, Glitterhouse Records, Lebenswelt, Lobby Art, Merge Records, Midira Records, Monodrama, Mute, Mydreamfever, Nadja, Old Saw, Ordos MK.0, OuZel Recordings / Under My Bed Recordings, Patrick Walker, Pool Of Light, Relapse Records, Ryan James Mawbey, Sacred Bones, Superchunk, The Delines, Vanishing Twin, Wovenhand
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 17, 2021 31 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021 Sticky post Original image via Unsplash (Florencia Viadana) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021” Tags 20-20-20, AD 93, Aging, Aging ~ Land Trance, Allen Moore, Ben Chasny, big brave, big country, BIG | BRAVE, Bill Orcutt, Black Tempel Pyrämid, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bronzerat, Charlie Butler, Chris Abrahams, Chris Corsano, Circle, Claire Cronin, Comedy Minus One, Constellation Records, Cruel Nature Records, Damon & Naomi, Damon Krukowski, Daniela Weinmann, David Colohan, David Wurth, Deafheaven, Divide And Dissolve, Domino Recordings, Donovan Quinn, Drag City, Dub Cthonic, Eleventh Dream Day, Emil Amos, Emma Ruth Rundle, Ex-Easter Island Head, FACS, Fading Tapes, Fake Fruit, Fat Cat, Fire Records, Flemish Eye, Fly Pan Am, Full Time Hobby, Gaffa Bandana, Glenn Donaldson, Gnod, Goliath Enterprises Limited, Grouper, Holy Sons, Hominid Sounds, Human Worth, International Anthem, Invada Records, Iron Lung Records, Jeff Parker, Jim White, Joyful Noise, Joyful Noise Recordings, Katuku Collective, Kowloon Walled City, Kranky, Kulk, Land Trance, Light Conductor, Lingua Ignota, loscil, Low, Matt Christensen, Matt Sweeney, Mess Esque, Miasmah Recordings, Midwife, Moin, Monastra, Naomi Yang, Neurot Recordings, New Bums, nick cave, Ninja Tune, Odd Beholder, Ohm Resistance, Orindal Records, P.M. Tummala, Palilalia, Patrick R. Pärk, richard dawson, Rock In Your Head, Rocket Recordings, Rough Trade, Sargent House, Simm, Sinnbus, Six Organs of Admittance, slant, sleaford mods, Southern Lord, Springtime, Stuart Cook, Sub Pop, The Besnard Lakes, The Bug, The Flenser, The Reds Pinks and Purples, The Still, Three Lobed Recordings, Tough Love, Tropical Fuck Storm, Trouble In Mind, Vapour Theories, warren ellis, Waxing Cresent Records, Will Oldham, XIMES
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 29, 2021 13 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4 Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4” Tags A Country Practice, Bunkland, Cedie Janson, Chaos Emeralds, Charlie Butler, Constellation Records, Dais Records, Domino Recordings, Dub Cthonic, Dummy, Eraldo Bernocchi, Exploding In Sound, Flowdan, Fotocrime, Fuzz Club, Ghostly International, Happiness Records, HEXA, Hiro Kone, Ill Considered, Jamie Stewart, Jessica Moss, Jon Hopkins, Kill Rock Stars, Kristof Hahn, Lawrence English, Marissa Nadler, Mary Lattimore, Matt Christensen, Nation of Language, New Soil, Ohm Resistance, ONETWOTHREE, Ovlov, PIAS, Profound Lore, Room40, Sacred Bones, Sei Still, Simm, Snowy Band, Swans, The Dead C, The Escalation, Trouble In Mind
Categories Album Reviews Clinic: Fantasy Island – “a new lease of life” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 20, 2021 1 Comment on Clinic: Fantasy Island – “a new lease of life” Clinic (photo credit: Sentinel) Continue reading “Clinic: Fantasy Island – “a new lease of life”” Tags Ade Blackburn, Clinic, Domino Recordings, Haruki Murakami, The Kinks
Categories Album Reviews Matt Sweeney & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Superwolves – “beautiful moments from simplicity” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 30, 2021 9 Comments on Matt Sweeney & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Superwolves – “beautiful moments from simplicity” Matt Sweeney and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (photo credit: Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe) Continue reading “Matt Sweeney & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Superwolves – “beautiful moments from simplicity”” Tags Ahmoudou Madassane, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Chavez, David Ferguson, Domino Recordings, Matt Sweeney, Mdou Moctar, Mike Coltunon, Mike Rojas, Peter Townsend, Ryan Sawyer, Souleyman Ibrahim, Will Oldham
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 11, 2020 55 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020 Sticky post Original image source: Unsplash Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020” Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Activity, Albums of the year, Albums of the year 2020, Algiers, Andrea, ATO Records, Bad Amputee, Bambara, Baxter Dury, Bella Union, Bruxa Maria, Cohn Corporation, CS + Kreme, Daniel Avery, Dead Oceans, Destroyer, Dine Alone Records, Dis Fig, Dogleg, Domino Recordings, Drag City, Drive-By Truckers, Einstürzende Neubauten, Emil Amos, Emma Ruth Rundle, Epic Records, Epitaph Records, Ex-Easter Island Head, FACS, Family Jukebox, Fiona Apple, Flying Nun Records, Fotocrime, Heavenly Recordings, Holy Sons, Hominid Sounds, Hyperdub, Illian Tape, Illian Tapes, Jehnny Beth, Julianna Barwick, Keeley Forsyth, Kevin Martin, Kranky, Land Trance, Matador Records, Merge Records, Miashma Recordings, MJ Guider, Moses Boyd, Muzz, Ninja Tune, Northern Spy Records, Nuclear Blast, P.E., Pallbearer, Phantasy Sound, Phil Elverum, PIAS, Potomak, Profound Lore, protomartyr, Sacred Bones, Serengeti, Shabazz Palaces, Six Organs of Admittance, Sony Records, The Bats, The Bug, The Flaming Lips, The Innocence Mission, The Leaf Label, The Microphones, The Necks, The Trilogy Tapes, Thou, Thrill Jockey, Torres, Touché Amoré, Triple Crown Records, Trouble In Mind, Uniform, Walter Martin, Warp, Western Vinyl, Wharf Cat Records, Wreikmeister Harmonies, Wrekmeister Harmonies, yves tumor, Zelienople
Categories Album Reviews Hen Ogledd: Free Humans – “throwing down the gauntlet” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 29, 2020 2 Comments on Hen Ogledd: Free Humans – “throwing down the gauntlet” Hen Ogledd (photo credit: via artist's Facebook page) Continue reading “Hen Ogledd: Free Humans – “throwing down the gauntlet”” Tags brexit, Bulbils, david bowie, Dawn Bothwell, Domino Recordings, Hen Ogledd, K Records, Keeley Forsyth, nine inch nails, Rhodri Davies, richard dawson, Sally Pilkington