Tag: Drag City

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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

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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
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Collage by Sam Gill (@samgill82)

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

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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)

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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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

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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)

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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)

Tags Dean Spunt, Drag City, John Wiese, No Age, Randy Randall

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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).

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Winged Wheel: No Island

Winged Wheel (photo credit: from the artist's Bandcamp page).

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

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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)

Tags Dean Spunt, Drag City, No Age, Sissy Spacek, Wilf Eyes

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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
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)

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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Matchess: Sonescent

Matchess (photo credit: Marzena Abrahamik)

Tags Drag City, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Judie Sill, Matchess, Trouble In Mind, Whitney Johnson

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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)

Tags Andreas Werliin, Drag City, Fire!, Good Mixture, Joe Talia, Johan Berthling, Mats Gustafsson, Oren Ambarchi, Studio Rymden

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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
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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

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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)

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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)

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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

Tags Ben Chasny, Drag City, KPM, Paul Sandell, Six Organs of Admittance, Sleepy Sun, Steve Quenell, Survival Knife, The Warlocks

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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)

Tags Bedroom Suck Records, dirty three, Drag City, Ed Kuepper, Helen Franzmann, Jim White, Low, Mckisko, Mess Esque, Mick Turner

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Mess Esque release new single, ‘Sweetspot’ – watch/listen

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 29, 2021
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Mess Esque (photo credit: Mick Turner and D Ryan)

Tags Drag City, Helen Franzmann, Mckisko, Mess Esque, Mick Turner, The Dirty Three

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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)

Tags Bedroom Suck Records, dirty three, Drag City, Helen Franzmann, Lucy Dyson, Mckisko, Mess Esque, Mick Turner

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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)

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

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Birds Of Maya: Valdez – “we need more bands like them”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 28, 2021
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Birds of Maya

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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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
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Original image source: Unsplash

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