Categories Album Reviews Trio Not Trio: Yn Gyntaf Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 5, 2023 No Comments on Trio Not Trio: Yn Gyntaf Trio Not Trio - Stacy Taylor, John Colpitts and Aidan Baker (photos via artists' Bandcamp pages) Continue reading “Trio Not Trio: Yn Gyntaf” Tags Aidan Baker, Baker Ja Lehtisalo, Bardo Pond, Circle, Gang Of Four, Ghostpoet, Hypnodrone Ensemble, Jim White, John Colpits, Jussi Lehtisalo, Justin Broadrick, Kid Millions), Man Forever, Melissa Guion, MJ Guider, My Disco, Nadja, Oneida, Rohan Rebeiro, Sofía Salvo, Stacy Taylor, Tobias Humble, Tricky, Trio Not Trio
Categories Features Interviews Be Forest: An Interview with Xylouris White Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 14, 2023 4 Comments on Be Forest: An Interview with Xylouris White Xylouris White (photo: Anna Faragona) Continue reading “Be Forest: An Interview with Xylouris White” Tags Bill Callahan, Chan Marshall, dirty three, Drag City, Fugazi, Gareth Liddiard, George Xylouris, Guy Picciotto, Jim White, Marissa Anderson, Rites of Spring, Springtime, Xylouris White
Categories Album Reviews Ivan The Tolerable: The Aleph Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 10, 2022 2 Comments on Ivan The Tolerable: The Aleph Houseplants' Oli Heffernan (photo provided by the artist) Continue reading “Ivan The Tolerable: The Aleph” Tags D.G Compton, Echodelick Records, Houseplants, Ivan The Tolerable, Jim White, Leighton Crook, Library of the Occult, Mick Turner, Oli Heffernan, Sun Ra
Categories Album Reviews Jessica Moss: Galaxy Heart Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 18, 2022 4 Comments on Jessica Moss: Galaxy Heart Jessica Moss Continue reading “Jessica Moss: Galaxy Heart” Tags BIG | BRAVE, Bill Callahan, Broken Social Scene, Carla Bozulich, Constellation, dirty three, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hawk and a Hacksaw, Hotel2Tango, Jessica Moss, Jim White, Sarah Davachi, Springtime, Thee Silver Mt. Zion, Thierry Amar
Categories Album Reviews Bill Callahan: YTI⅃AƎЯ Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 11, 2022 2 Comments 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 6 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 Tropical Fuck Storm: Moonburn EP Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 1, 2022 3 Comments on Tropical Fuck Storm: Moonburn EP Tropical Fuck Storm (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page) Continue reading “Tropical Fuck Storm: Moonburn EP” Tags Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Chris Abrahams, Erica Dunn, Fiona Kitschin, Gareth Liddiard, Iggy Pop, Jim White, Joyful Noise Recordings, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Lauren Hammel, Primavera Sound, Springtime, Talking Heads, The Stooges, Tropical Fuck Storm
Categories Album Reviews Springtime: Night Raver EP Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 3, 2022 4 Comments on Springtime: Night Raver EP Springtime Continue reading “Springtime: Night Raver EP” Tags Chris Abrahams, Dan Luscombe, dirty three, Gareth Liddiard, Ian Duhig, Jim White, Joyful Noise Recordings, Springtime, The Drones, The Necks, The Still, Tropical Fuck Storm, Xylouris White
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 17, 2021 32 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 Features Interviews Sound Waves: In Conversation with Springtime’s Gareth Liddiard and Jim White Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 4, 2021 23 Comments on Sound Waves: In Conversation with Springtime’s Gareth Liddiard and Jim White Springtime (photo credit: Jamie Wdziekonski) Continue reading “Sound Waves: In Conversation with Springtime’s Gareth Liddiard and Jim White” Tags Alan Vega, Busload of Faith, Chris Abrahams, Clyde Stubblefield, dirty three, Erica Dunn, Fiona Kitschin, Flann O'Brien, Fugazi, Gareth Liddiard, Ian Duhig, James Brown, Jim Cartwright, Jim White, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Joyful Noise, Laughing Clowns, Lead Belly, Low, Marisa Anderson, Martin Rev, MC5, Mick Harvey, Mick Turner, Nina Nastasia, Palace Music, People With Chairs Up Their Noses, Rod Stewart, Samuel Beckett, Saul Bellow, Seamus Heaney, Springtime, Suicide, the birthday party, The Drones, The Necks, The Rolling Stones, The Still, The Triffids, Tropical Fuck Storm, Venom P. Stinger, warren ellis, Will Oldham, Wu Tang Clan, Xylouris White
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 15 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 Album Reviews Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt: Made Out of Sound – “musicianship at its peak” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 7, 2021 8 Comments on Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt: Made Out of Sound – “musicianship at its peak” Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt Continue reading “Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt: Made Out of Sound – “musicianship at its peak”” Tags Alan Bishop, Ben Chasny, Bill Orcutt, Bjork, Chris Corsano, Jim White, Kim Gordon, Palilalia, Sir Richard Bishop, Six Organs of Admittance, Sun City Girls, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Thurston Moore
Categories Album Reviews Mess Esque: Dream #12 – “the essence of something special” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 5, 2021 8 Comments on Mess Esque: Dream #12 – “the essence of something special” Mess Esque Continue reading “Mess Esque: Dream #12 – “the essence of something special”” Tags Barricade, Bedroom Suck Records, Blue Divers, Cat Power, Helen Franzmann, Jim White, Low Flung, Marisa Anderson, Mckisko, Mess Esque, Mick Turner
Categories Album Reviews Jim White & Marisa Anderson: The Quickening – “A new world atmosphere” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 26, 2020 11 Comments on Jim White & Marisa Anderson: The Quickening – “A new world atmosphere” The drumming maestro and experimental guitarist team up to produce a startling set of songs. Continue reading “Jim White & Marisa Anderson: The Quickening – “A new world atmosphere”” Related Tags dirty three, Jim White, Marisa Anderson