Tag: gRAILS

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Writhing Squares: Mythology

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 2, 2024
1 Comment on Writhing Squares: Mythology

Writhing Squares

Tags Bad History Month, Blue Oyster Cult, Bobby Keys, Daniel Provenzano, faust, gRAILS, Kevin Nickles Ecstatic Vision, Myles Davis, Nyxy Nyx, Purling Hiss, Roxy Music, Steve Mackay, the Clash, The MC5, The Stooges, Trouble In Mind Records, William Gibson, Writhing Square

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Empty House: The Golden Hour

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 31, 2024
2 Comments on Empty House: The Golden Hour

Tags can, Echodelick, Fred Laird, gRAILS, Worst Bassist Records

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Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2023

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 18, 2023
15 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2023
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Artwork by Sam Gill (IG: @samgill82)

Tags 12XU, 4000 Records, Activity, Agriculture, All Structures Align, All The Heavens Were A Bell, Amish Records, ATO Records, Bad History Month, Baxter Dury, Búho Ermitaño, Ben Chasny, Billy Woods, Birdman Records, Black Duck, Bonnacons of Doom, Buh Records, ChiaraOscuro, Chris Abrahams, Civic, Crime & The City Solution, Cruel Nature Records, Danny Paul Grody, Daron Beck, Drag City, Droneroom, Echodelick Records, Elizabeth Still, Emil Amos, Exploding In Sound, FACS, Fat Possum, Fawn Limbs, Fire Records, Ghostwoods, Gizeh Records, Godflesh, gRAILS, Great Falls, Heavenly Recordings, Home Assembly Music, Human Worth, Hypostatic Union, Idealogic Organ, Infinite River, Ipecac Recordings, Jayve Montgomery, Kenny Segal, Kranky, Les Conches Valasques, Luggage, Marginal Glitch Records, Marthe, Michael Plater, Monastral, Mute, Nadja, Nefarious Industries, Neurot Recordings, Niecy Blues, Ninja Tune, Northern Spy, Oren Ambarchi, Oxbow, Partisan Records, pj harvey, Pound Land, Prewn, Prison, Purge, Rabbit Hash, Ramble Records, Repitidor, Rick Tomlinson, Robbie Avenaim, Rocket Recordings, Roman Numeral Records, RVG, Sacred Bones, Sludge Lord Records, Solid Brass Records, Southern Lord Recordings, SQÜRL, Stephen O’Malley, Temporary Residence, The Declining Winter, The Flenser, The Necks, The Pines of Rome, The Serfs, Three Lobed Recordings, Thrill Jockey, Tim Wyskida, TORPOR, Trio Not Trio, Trouble In Mind, Vox Records, Water Damage, Western Vinyl, Winterwood, Wolves and Vibrancy, Wrong Speed Records, Young Fathers

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Tibshelf: Understander

Tags aphex twin, Cruel Nature Records, gRAILS, Lee Etherington, Pop Group, Posset, Tibshelf, Tusk Festival

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Corridors of Power: 20 Years with Grails

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 19, 2023
5 Comments on Corridors of Power: 20 Years with Grails

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Dread Zone: In Conversation with Emil Amos

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 1, 2023
8 Comments on Dread Zone: In Conversation with Emil Amos

Emil Amos (photo: Casey Proctor)

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Haress Interview: “I really think the record is a product of its environment”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 26, 2022
13 Comments on Haress Interview: “I really think the record is a product of its environment”

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

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The Utopia Strong: International Treasure

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 2, 2022
2 Comments on The Utopia Strong: International Treasure

The Utopia Strong (photo credit: David Ryder Prangley)

Tags Bark Psychosis, gRAILS, Kavus Torabi, Mike York, Randall Dunn, Rocket Recordings, Steve Davis, Sunn O))), The Utopia Strong

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13 Questions with Baron Farg

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 23, 2021
1 Comment on 13 Questions with Baron Farg

Baron Farg (photo credit: Andrew Bates)

Tags 81 Renshaw Street, A Guy Called Gerald, Baron Farg, barry adamson, Bernard Herrmann, Bobhowla, Brian Eno, DJ Premier, DJ Shadow, Dudley Moore, gRAILS, Howard Doupe, John Barry, John Witherspoon, Nils Frahmn, Peter Cook, Robert Alcock

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Ivan The Tolerable: Autodidact II – “an array of styles and influences in the world of experimentation”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 26, 2021
5 Comments on Ivan The Tolerable: Autodidact II – “an array of styles and influences in the world of experimentation”

Ivan The Tolerable

Tags Alice Coltrane, Cruel Nature Records, faust, gRAILS, Ivan The Tolerable, Oli Heffernan, Six Organs of Admittance, spiritualized, Sunn O))), Tarentel

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Black Tempel Pyrämid: Infinite Tombs – “a five-dimensional wall of sound”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 23, 2021
2 Comments on Black Tempel Pyrämid: Infinite Tombs – “a five-dimensional wall of sound”

Black Tempel Pyrämid

Tags Black Tempel Pyrämid, Cruel Nature Records, gRAILS, Labradford, Lilacs & Champagne, Matt Christensen, Michael Rother, Patrick R. Pärk, Spaceman 3

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The Absurdity of Fandom: Slint’s Spiderland 30th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 29, 2021
49 Comments on The Absurdity of Fandom: Slint’s Spiderland 30th anniversary

Slint (photo credit: Will Oldham - taken from Spiderland's original artwork)

Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Brian McMahon, Britt Walford, David Pajo, Evergreen, gRAILS, Holy Sons, Low, Polvo, Slint, The Breeders, The For Carnation, Todd Brashear, Tortoise, Touch and Go Records, Tyler Trotter, Watter, Zak Riles

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Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 1

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 27, 2020
26 Comments on Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 1
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Holy Sons' Emil Amos (photo credit: Casey Proctor)