Categories Features Interviews 2022 with Tall Trees Audio Mastering’s Stephen Kerrison Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 29, 2022 3 Comments on 2022 with Tall Trees Audio Mastering’s Stephen Kerrison Stephen Kerrison Continue reading “2022 with Tall Trees Audio Mastering’s Stephen Kerrison” Tags 72%, Alcopop! Records, Annie Gardiner, ANTA, Arab Strap, Aron Ward, Bear Bites Horse, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Charles Watson, Chat Pile, Chelsea Wolfe, cONVERGE, DITZ, Dune Boy, Dwhyte Olivers, Einstürzende Neubauten, Enablers, Epitaph Records, Horse Lords, Iron Crease, Joel Harries, Kali Malone, Katie Tavini, Kazimier Stockroom, Malcolm Middleton, Nuthin Gud Records, Olanza, Owen Gildersleeve, Petbrick, Portroits GRM, Puzzle, Rock Action, RVNG Intl., Safetyword, San Lorenz, Shaun Sepr, Stephen Kerrison, Tall Trees Mastering, The Flenser, The Grand Piano, The Last Vinci, The Smile, Wayne Adams, Weird Jungle, Wrong Speed Records, Yama Warashi
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2022 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 16, 2022 19 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 Album Reviews Lensmen: Somewhere Somewhere Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 1, 2022 No Comments on Lensmen: Somewhere Somewhere Continue reading “Lensmen: Somewhere Somewhere” Tags Alun Hughes, Dan Fisher, Enablers, Gavin McClafferty, Irregular Patterns, Jason Wilkinson, Lensmen, Pete Simonelli, Swans
Categories Features Interviews Some Gift: An Interview with Enablers Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 29, 2022 11 Comments on Some Gift: An Interview with Enablers Enablers Continue reading “Some Gift: An Interview with Enablers” Tags Chris Summerlin, dAVID hAND, Enablers, hey colossus, Joe Goldring, Joe Thompson, Kevin Thomson, Neurot Recordings, Sam Ospovat, Swans, Wrong Speed Records, Years
Categories Features Interviews Haress Interview: “I really think the record is a product of its environment” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 26, 2022 10 Comments on Haress Interview: “I really think the record is a product of its environment” Haress (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “Haress Interview: “I really think the record is a product of its environment”” Tags Bark Psychosis, Chris Summerlin, dAVID hAND, David Smyth, Elizabeth Still, Enablers, gRAILS, Grey Hairs, Haress, hey colossus, JTSoar, Kling Klang, Lancashire & Somerset, Mind Mountain, Neurot Recordings, Phil Booth, Red Panda, Sweet Williams, Thomas House, Wrong Speed Records
Categories Features Interviews Engine Roar: In Conversation with June of 44’s Jeff Mueller Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 11, 2022 21 Comments on Engine Roar: In Conversation with June of 44’s Jeff Mueller June Of 44 (photo provided by the artist) Continue reading “Engine Roar: In Conversation with June of 44’s Jeff Mueller” Tags Bob Weston, Coedine, Doug Scharin, Enablers, Fred Erskine, Him, Hoover, James Murphy, Jason Noble, Jeff Mueller, June of 44, Lungfish, Michael Galinsky, Miley Cyrus, Neil Young, Pony, Primavera Sound, public enemy, Rex, Rodan, Shipping News, Slint, Supersonic, Tara Jane O'Neil, The Crownhate Ruin, The Sonora Pine, The Sorts
Categories Album Reviews End Now: Half Live Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 22, 2022 3 Comments on End Now: Half Live End Now - Half Live Continue reading “End Now: Half Live” Tags Cruel Nature Records, Enablers, End Now, Faliure, Helmet, Mission of Burma, Pete Simonelli, Scratch Acid, Stu Ellen, Unwound
Categories Album Reviews Years: Rats Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 16, 2022 2 Comments on Years: Rats Years (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “Years: Rats” Tags Alex Oropeza, Christine Shields, Dan Nelson, Enablers, Hazel Atlas, Joe Goldring, Kevin Thomson, Kyle Ranson, Larry Yes, Pale Hoarse, Strawberry Smog, Top Brown, Years
Categories Features Interviews Enablers Interview: “There’s a lot of conflict in our songs on every level” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 17, 2021 11 Comments on Enablers Interview: “There’s a lot of conflict in our songs on every level” Enablers Continue reading “Enablers Interview: “There’s a lot of conflict in our songs on every level”” Tags dAVID hAND, Enablers, Human Worth, Joe Goldring, Joseph F Byrnes, Kevin Thomson, Lancashire & Somerset, Nice Strong Arm, Owen Gildersleeve, Pete Simonelli, Sam Ospovat, Tim Mooney, Timco, Touched By A Janitor, Years
Categories Albums Lost Albums Enablers’ Output Negative Space 15th anniversary Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 1, 2021 6 Comments on Enablers’ Output Negative Space 15th anniversary Enablers Continue reading “Enablers’ Output Negative Space 15th anniversary” Tags Charles Bukowski, dAVID hAND, Emma Ruth Rundle, Enablers, Holy Sons, Human Worth, Joe Goldring, June of 44, Kevin Thompson, Lancashire & Somerset, Low, Neurot Recordings, nick cave and the bad seeds, Pete Simonelli, Rodan, Slint, Steve Von Till, Tom Waits
Categories Album Reviews Alexis Marshall: House of Lull . House of When – “nihilistic portraits” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 22, 2021 4 Comments on Alexis Marshall: House of Lull . House of When – “nihilistic portraits” Alexis Marshall (photo credit: Jeremy W) Continue reading “Alexis Marshall: House of Lull . House of When – “nihilistic portraits”” Tags Alexis Marshall, big brave, BIG | BRAVE, Daughters, Einstürzende Neubauten, Enablers, Evan Patterson, Jaye Jayle, Jon Syverson, Lingua Ignota, Oxbow, Sargent House, Scott walker, Seth Manchester, Sunn O))), The Body, The Necks, Young Widows