Categories Album Reviews Meg Baird: Furling Post author By Simon Kirk Post date January 26, 2023 1 Comment on Meg Baird: Furling Meg Baird (photo credit: Rachael Cassells) Continue reading “Meg Baird: Furling” 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
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2022 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 16, 2022 13 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2022 Sticky post Collage by Sam Gill (@samgill82) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2022” Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, 4ad, Aidan Baker, All Structures Align, Andreas Werliin, Archers of Loaf, Bella Union, BMG, Breathless, Broken Spine Records, Brutus, BUÑUEL, Chat Pile, Clouds Hill, Constellation Records, Cooking Vinyl, Cruel Nature Records, Desert Records, Destroyer, Dine Alone Records, Dischord Records, Drag City, Droneroom, Duquette Johnston, Duster, Earl Sweatshirt, Editions Mego, Ellis Swan, Empty House, Enablers, Esmerine, Exploding In Sound, Fat Possum Records, Golden Chariot Records, Gvantsa Narim, Haress, Hassle Records, Houseplants, Irregular Patterns, Jenny Hval, Johan Berthling, Joyful Noise Recordings, Kal Marks, Kenneth James Gibson, Kranky, La Tempesta International, Late Music, Lebenswelt, Lensmen, Loop, Luke Mawdsley, Matt Christensen, Meadows Heavy Recorders, Merge, Merge Records, Miasmah Recordings, Midira Records, Monastral, Mondkopf, Nadja, Nightingales, Nik Colk Void, Numero Group, OFF!, Oneida, Oren Ambarchi, OuZel Recordings / Under My Bed Recordings, Pan-American, Petra Haden, Preoccupations, Profound Lore Records, Quindi Records, Raum, Reactor, Rocio Zavala, Salisman & His Hermetic Order, Sarah Davachi, Sargent House, Sea Power, Single Lock Records, Soft Abuse, Soulside, Southern Lord Recordings, SPINE, Steven R. Smith, Suede, Swami John Reis, Swami Records, Tan Cressida, Tenor Vossa Records Ltd, The Flenser, The Lord, The Mars Volta, The Reds Pinks and Purples, Tiny Global Productions, Tough Love, Win Big Records, Winterwood, Wrong Speed Records, Yellowelectric, Yoshiwara
Categories Features Interviews Through A Room: An Interview with Bill Nace Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 15, 2022 1 Comment on Through A Room: An Interview with Bill Nace Bill Nace_(Photo credit: Ryan Collerd) Continue reading “Through A Room: An Interview with Bill Nace” Tags Aaron Dilloway, Bill Nace, Bitchin Bajas, Body/Head, Chris Corsano, Cooper Crain, Daniel Higgs, Drag City, Kim Gordon, Okkyung Lee, Steve Gunn
Categories Album Reviews Bill Callahan: YTI⅃AƎЯ Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 11, 2022 1 Comment on Bill Callahan: YTI⅃AƎЯ Bill Callahan (photo credit: Hanly Banks Callahan) Continue reading “Bill Callahan: YTI⅃AƎЯ“ Tags Bill Callahan, Drag City, Emmett Kelly, Jim White, Matt Kinsey, Sarah Ann Phillips, Smog
Categories Features Interviews Total Eclipse: An Interview with Oren Ambarchi Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 29, 2022 5 Comments on Total Eclipse: An Interview with Oren Ambarchi Oren Ambarchi (photo credit: Trianos Pakioufakis) Continue reading “Total Eclipse: An Interview with Oren Ambarchi” Tags Andreas Werliin, BJ Cole, Chris Abrahams, Dan Koretzky, Drag City, Elton John, Gareth Liddiard, Jim O’Rourke, Jim White, Joe Talia, Johan Berthling, Julia Reidy, Konrad Sprenger, Olivia Newtown-John, Oren Ambarchi, Phillip Sollmann, Primavera, Procol Harum, Robbie Avenaim, Sam Dunscombe, Scott walker, spiritualized, Springtime, The Necks
Categories Album Reviews No Age: People Helping People Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 20, 2022 3 Comments on No Age: People Helping People No Age (photo credit: Benjamin Clark) Continue reading “No Age: People Helping People” Tags Dean Spunt, Drag City, John Wiese, No Age, Randy Randall
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #7 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 2, 2022 11 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #7 Albums Quarterly (original images sourced from respective artists' Bandcamp pages). Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #7” Tags ((((..)))), A Records, Anne Garner, ANTI, Castle Face, CLAMM, Cruel Nature Records, Dais Records, Dama Scout, Dan Friel, Deathcrash, Don Giovanni Records, Drag City, Editrix, Eli Winter, Ex-Vöid, Exploding In Sound, Friendship, Gwilym Gold, Hand In Hive, Hell on Hearth, Jamal Moss, John McEntire, Julia Jacklin, Kamikaze Palm Tree, Katlyn Auriela Smith, Meat Machine, Merge Records, Modern Love, Municipal Waste, Nuclear Blast, Osees, PX4M, SA Recordings, Sam Prekop, Skep Wax, Slowcraft, Soft Abuse, Spice, Steven R. Smith, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Doomed Bird of Providence, The Mountain Goats, The Orchids, The Real Codington Factory, Three Lobed Recordings, Thrill Jockey, Transgressive Records, Ty Segall, Untitled (recs)
Categories Album Reviews Winged Wheel: No Island Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 23, 2022 2 Comments on Winged Wheel: No Island Winged Wheel (photo credit: from the artist's Bandcamp page). Continue reading “Winged Wheel: No Island” Tags 12XU, Cory Plump, Drag City, Expensive Shit, Fred Thomas, Idle Ray, Matchess, Matthew Rolin, Moin, Powers/Rolin Duo, Spray Paint, Tyvek, Whitney Johnson, Winged Wheel
Categories Album Reviews Dean Spunt & John Wiese: The Echoing Shell Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 24, 2022 1 Comment on Dean Spunt & John Wiese: The Echoing Shell Dean Spunt & John Wiese (photo courtesy of Drag City) Continue reading “Dean Spunt & John Wiese: The Echoing Shell” Tags Dean Spunt, Drag City, No Age, Sissy Spacek, Wilf Eyes
Categories Features Interviews 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) Continue reading “Oren Ambarchi Interview: “The challenge is always striving to do something surprising and new”” 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
Categories Album Reviews Matchess: Sonescent Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 8, 2022 2 Comments on Matchess: Sonescent Matchess (photo credit: Marzena Abrahamik) Continue reading “Matchess: Sonescent” Tags Drag City, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Judie Sill, Matchess, Trouble In Mind, Whitney Johnson
Categories News Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin announce new album – watch/listen to lead track Post author By Simon Kirk Post date February 24, 2022 1 Comment on Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin announce new album – watch/listen to lead track Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin (photo credit: Thobias F. Idt) Continue reading “Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin announce new album – watch/listen to lead track” Tags Andreas Werliin, Drag City, Fire!, Good Mixture, Joe Talia, Johan Berthling, Mats Gustafsson, Oren Ambarchi, Studio Rymden
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 17, 2021 30 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 Album Reviews Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Blind Date Party – “the ultimate homage” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 9, 2021 3 Comments on Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Blind Date Party – “the ultimate homage” Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy (photo credits: L - Mabel Cooper; R - Hanly Banks Callahan) Continue reading “Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Blind Date Party – “the ultimate homage”” Tags Alasdair Roberts, AZITA, Bill Callahan, Bill MacKay, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Cassie Berman, Cooper Crain, Cory Hanson, David Grubbs, David Pajo, Dead Rider, dirty three, Drag City, Emmett Kelly, George Xylouris, Hank Williams Jr., Lou Reed, Matt Kinsey, Matt Sweeney, Meg Baird, Mess Esque, Mick Turner, Sean O’Hagan, Six Organs of Admittance, Steely Dan, The Velvet Underground, Ty Segall, Will Oldham
Categories 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) Continue reading “Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy announce the Blind Date Party” Tags Alasdair Roberts, AZITA, Bill Callahan, Bill MacKay, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Cassie Berman, Cooper Crain, Cory Hanson, Dave Rich, David Berman, David Grubbs, David Pajo, Dead Rider, Drag City, Emmett Kelly, George Xylouris, Hamerkop, Hank Williams Jr., Iggy Pop, Jerry Jeff Walker, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Matt Kinsey, Matt Sweeney, Meg Baird, Mick Turner, Robert Wyatt, Scout Niblett, Sean O’Hagan, Sir Richard Bishop, Six Organs of Admittance, Steely Dan, The Other Years, Ty Segall, Will Oldham, Yusuf Islam
Categories Features Interviews 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 Continue reading “Ben Chasny Interview: “this might be a new branch of the tree”” Tags Ben Chasny, Drag City, KPM, Paul Sandell, Six Organs of Admittance, Sleepy Sun, Steve Quenell, Survival Knife, The Warlocks
Categories Features Interviews 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) Continue reading “Tangled Beauty: In Conversation with Mess Esque’s Helen Franzmann & Mick Turner” Tags Bedroom Suck Records, dirty three, Drag City, Ed Kuepper, Helen Franzmann, Jim White, Low, Mckisko, Mess Esque, Mick Turner
Categories News Mess Esque release new single, ‘Sweetspot’ – watch/listen Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 29, 2021 No Comments on Mess Esque release new single, ‘Sweetspot’ – watch/listen Mess Esque (photo credit: Mick Turner and D Ryan) Continue reading “Mess Esque release new single, ‘Sweetspot’ – watch/listen” Tags Drag City, Helen Franzmann, Mckisko, Mess Esque, Mick Turner, The Dirty Three
Categories News Mess Esque share new single from forthcoming album – watch/listen Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 24, 2021 1 Comment on Mess Esque share new single from forthcoming album – watch/listen Mess Esque (photo credit: Kishore Ryan) Continue reading “Mess Esque share new single from forthcoming album – watch/listen” Tags Bedroom Suck Records, dirty three, Drag City, Helen Franzmann, Lucy Dyson, Mckisko, Mess Esque, Mick Turner
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #2 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 30, 2021 24 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #2 (Original images sourced from artists' Bandcamp pages) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #2” Tags 12XU, 3094869 Records DK, Allen Moore, Amenra, American Dream Records, Bar None Records, Carlos Nino, Chris Brokaw, Claire Rousay, CLAMM, Cory Hanson, Cruel Nature Records, David Colohand, Drag City, Editrix, Exploding In Sound, Fake Fruit, Feel It Records, Floatie, Giancarlo Erra, Helvetia, Hieroglyphic Being, Ilian Tape, International Anthem, Jamal R Moss, Joyful Noise, Keeled Scales, Kscope Records, Lemonade Records, Mathematics Communications, Meat Machine, Merge Records, Mind Maintenance, Monastral, New Madrid, Pardoner, Relapse Recordings, Renee Reed, Rock In Your Head, Score, Skee Mask, Smirk, Spread Joy, Sunburned Hand of the Man, The Mountain Goats, The Mountain Movers, Three Lobed Recordings, Trouble In Mind, Unstoppable Sweeties Show
Categories Album Reviews Birds Of Maya: Valdez – “we need more bands like them” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 28, 2021 No Comments on Birds Of Maya: Valdez – “we need more bands like them” Birds of Maya Continue reading “Birds Of Maya: Valdez – “we need more bands like them”” Tags Ben Leaphart, Birds Of Maya, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, bob dylan, Deep Purple, Drag City, Ian Gillan, Jason Killinger, Led Zeppelin, Mike Polizze, Purling Hiss, The Stooges, The War On Drugs
Categories Features Interviews Sharp Ascent: In Conversation with Six Organs Of Admittance’s Ben Chasny Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 25, 2021 21 Comments on Sharp Ascent: In Conversation with Six Organs Of Admittance’s Ben Chasny Six Organs of Admittance (photo credit: Elisa Ambrogio) Continue reading “Sharp Ascent: In Conversation with Six Organs Of Admittance’s Ben Chasny” Tags Animal Collective, Éric Lapierre, Ben Chasny, Cam Archer, Charalambides, Chris Corsano, Comets On Fire, David Keenan, Devendra Banhart, Donovan Quinn, Drag City, faust, Gaston Bachelard, Golden Calves, Hair Police, INXS, Jack Rose, Jerry Jeff Walker, Joanna Newsom, Joshua Burkett, Lee Ranaldo, Magik Markers, Major Stars, MV & EE, New Bums, Paul Flaherty, Randall Dunn, Rangda, Sir. Richard Bishop, Six Organs of Admittance, Sky Green Leopards, Sting, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Sunn O))), Three Lobed Recordings
Categories Albums Features 13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 2 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date January 25, 2021 9 Comments on 13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 2 Photo credit: all original photos source from respective artists' Bandcamp/Facebook pages) Continue reading “13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 2” Tags All Hands Electric, Araki Records, Billy Nomates, Concord Jazz, Daren Muti, Drag City, Du Haut du Sol, Ekin Fil, Ghostpoet, Granny Records, Holy Motors, Invada Records, Last Resort, Lemon Quartet, Magik Markers, Matt Christensen, Mike Weis, NØ MAN, Nubya Garcia, PIAS, Quit Life, Ride Through the Rain Music, Sprain, Swollen Sun Records, The Flenser, The Helen Scarsdale Agency, Wharf Cat Records, Zachery Cale
Categories Albums Features 13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 1 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date January 11, 2021 12 Comments on 13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 1 Photo credits: (all original images sourced from artists' Bandcamp pages) Continue reading “13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 1” Tags 100% Silk, Ancient Plastix, Auscultation, Bailter Space, Bedroom Suck Records, Big Blood, Blue Divers, Brock Van Wey, BVDUB, City Slang, Clara Engel, Dope Body, Drag City, Editions Mego, Exhalants, Eyeless Records, Feeding Tube Records, Glacial Soundscapes, Hex Records, Joel Shanahan, King Hannah, Maple Death Records, Mrs. Piss, Paul Rafferty, Sargent House, Surgeon, The Transcendence Orchestra, Willis Earl Beal
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