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Bill Callahan, Jerry David DeCicca @ Arts Club, Liverpool – 05/07/2025

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 7, 2025
5 Comments on Bill Callahan, Jerry David DeCicca @ Arts Club, Liverpool – 05/07/2025

Bill Callahan (photo: Hanly Banks Callahan)

Tags André Silva, Arts Club, Bill Callahan, BJ Cole, Bob Ross, Diogo Jota, Drag City, Dustin Laurenzi, Jerry David DeCicca, Jim White, Liverpool Football Club, Low, Matt Kinsey, Smog, The Hard Quartet, Warren G

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Tropical Fuck Storm: Fairyland Codex

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 2, 2025
7 Comments on Tropical Fuck Storm: Fairyland Codex

Tropical Fuck Storm (photo: Jamie Wdziek)

Tags Chris Abrahams, Erica Dunn, Fiona Kitschin, Fire Records, Gareth Liddiard, Jack London, James Joyce, Jim White, Lauren Hammel, Springtime, Tropical Fuck Storm

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Mess Esque: Jay Marie, Comfort Me

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 28, 2025
3 Comments on Mess Esque: Jay Marie, Comfort Me

Mess Esque (photo: provided by the artist)

Tags Bree van Reyk, dirty three, Drag City, Helen Franzmann, Jim White, Keeley Young, Kishore Ryan, Mckisko, Mess Esque, Mick Turner, Stephanie Arnold

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2024 with Droneroom’s Blake Conley

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 30, 2024
6 Comments on 2024 with Droneroom’s Blake Conley

Droneroom's Blake Conley (photo: provided by the artist)

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The Winner’s Circle: In Conversation with The Hard Quartet’s Matt Sweeney

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 23, 2024
13 Comments on The Winner’s Circle: In Conversation with The Hard Quartet’s Matt Sweeney

The Hard Quartet (photo: Atiba Jefferson)

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Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2024

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 20, 2024
28 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2024

Artwork by Sam Gill (IG: @samgill82)

Tags 12XU, A-Sun Amissa, Affin Records, Aidan Baker, American Motors, Amish Records, Andreas Werliin, Arab Strap, Audjoins, big brave, Black Knoll Editions, BUÑUEL, Burning World Records, Cedie Janson, Constellation Records, Cowardice, Cruel Nature Records, Dead Bandit, Drag City, Drug Church, Duster, Early Day Miners, Einstürzende Neubauten, Ex-Easter Island Head, Expert Work Records, Fennesz, Geographic North, Ghost Dubs, Gizeh Records, Haruspex Palace, James Jonathan Clancy, Jim White, Joachim Spieth, Johan Berthling, Joyful Noise Recordings, Kim Gordon, Kitty Records, KRM & KMRU, Lilacs & Champagne, Maar, Maple Death Records, Marisa Anderson, Matador, Northern Spy, Nuclear Blast, Numero Group, Oren Ambarchi, Overdrive, Pallbearer, Phantom Limb, Pissed Jeans, Polyvinyl Record Co, Poppy H, Potomak, Pressure, Pure Noise Record, Pure Noise Records, Quindi Records, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Ramble Records, Riff Merchant Records, Rise Records, Rock Action, Rocket Recordings, Sacred Bones, Secret City, Secret Teeth, Shelter Press, Six Organs of Admittance, SKiN GRAFT, Solid Brass Records, Stefan Christoff, Sub Pop, Suss, Suuns, Temporary Residence, The Body & Dis Fig, The Garrote, The Hard Quartet, The Lost Letters, Thou, though. Just think of a soundtrack of being hurled into hell. If Uniform did metal then it'd sound something like this. It's out there, Thrill Jockey, Time Released Sound & Time Sensitive Materials, Touch, Touché Amoré, Twine, Uniform, Verity Den, Water Damage, WE ARE WINTER'S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN, We Here & Now, Weak Signal, Winged Wheel, Xiu Xiu, Zelienople

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The Hard Quartet: The Hard Quartet

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 30, 2024
7 Comments on The Hard Quartet: The Hard Quartet

The Hard Quartet (photo: Malcolm Donaldson)

Tags Beings, Cass McCombs, dirty three, Emmet Kelley, Emmet Kelly, Jim White, Marisa Anderson, Matador Records, Matt Sweeney, Pavement, Primavera, Stephen Malkmus, Steve Gunn, T. Rex, The Byrds, The Cairo Gang, The Hard Quartet, The Jicks, Tom Robbins

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Dirty Three: Love Changes Everything

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 2, 2024
13 Comments on Dirty Three: Love Changes Everything

Dirty Three (photo: Imm Noone)

Tags Beings, Bill Callahan, Chris Abrahams, dirty three, Drag City, Ed Kuepper, Gareth Liddiard, Helen Franzmann, Jim White, Marisa Anderson, Mess Esque, Mick Turner, Nick Cave and Bad Seeds, Steve Gunn, Sunn O))) Neil Young, The Necks, warren ellis

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Jim White and Marisa Anderson: Swallowtail

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 28, 2024
9 Comments on Jim White and Marisa Anderson: Swallowtail

Jim White and Marisa Anderson

Tags Beings, big brave, Bill Orcutt, Chris Corsano, dirty three, George Xylouris, Guy Picciotto, Jim White, Marisa Anderson, Mick Turner, Rich Ford, Steve Gunn), Tara Jane O’Neil, Thrill Jockey, Xylouris White

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Jim White Interview: “Music is a dream and so are memories.”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 29, 2024
21 Comments on Jim White Interview: “Music is a dream and so are memories.”

Jim White (photo: Mia Sinclair)

Tags Bill Callahan, Cat Power, Chan Marshall, Chris Abrahams, dirty three, Drag City, Fugazi, Gareth Liddiard, George Xylouris, Guy Picciotto, Jim White, Marisa Anderson, Mick Turner, Springtime, The Necks, Tropical Fuck Storm, warren ellis, Xylouris White

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Chris Abrahams / Oren Ambarchi / Robbie Avenaim: Placelessness

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 16, 2023
9 Comments on Chris Abrahams / Oren Ambarchi / Robbie Avenaim: Placelessness

Chris Abrahams / Oren Ambarchi / Robbie Avenaim

Tags ((( SAFE IN SOUND ))), Black Truffle, Chris Abrahams, Gareth Liddiard, Ideological Organ, Jim White, John Zorn, Oren Ambarchi, Phlegm, Robbie Avenaim, Springtime, The Necks, Unsound Adelaide, WHAT IS MUSIC Festival

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Crime & The City Solution: The Killer

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 17, 2023
6 Comments on Crime & The City Solution: The Killer

Crime & The City Solution (photo via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Alexander Hacke, Bronwyn Adams, Chris Hughes, Crime & The City Solution, David Eugene Edwards, dirty three, Donald Baldie, Einstürzende Neubauten, Frederic Lyenn, Georgio Valentino, Jim White, Josh T. Pearson, Joshua Murphy, Martin J. Fiedler, Mick Harvey, Mute, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, simon bonney, Wovenhand

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The Man From Atlantis Interview: “I have a solid idea of how I want the project to sound”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 12, 2023
7 Comments on The Man From Atlantis Interview: “I have a solid idea of how I want the project to sound”

The Man from Atlantis' Michael Sill

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Trio Not Trio: Yn Gyntaf

Trio Not Trio - Stacy Taylor, John Colpitts and Aidan Baker (photos via artists' Bandcamp pages)

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Be Forest: An Interview with Xylouris White

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 14, 2023
12 Comments on Be Forest: An Interview with Xylouris White

Xylouris White (photo: Anna Faragona)

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

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Ivan The Tolerable: The Aleph

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 10, 2022
3 Comments on Ivan The Tolerable: The Aleph

Houseplants' Oli Heffernan (photo provided by the artist)

Tags D.G Compton, Echodelick Records, Houseplants, Ivan The Tolerable, Jim White, Leighton Crook, Library of the Occult, Mick Turner, Oli Heffernan, Sun Ra

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Jessica Moss: Galaxy Heart

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 18, 2022
5 Comments on Jessica Moss: Galaxy Heart

Jessica Moss

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

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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
10 Comments on Total Eclipse: An Interview with Oren Ambarchi

Oren Ambarchi (photo credit: Trianos Pakioufakis)

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Tropical Fuck Storm: Moonburn EP

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 1, 2022
5 Comments on Tropical Fuck Storm: Moonburn EP

Tropical Fuck Storm (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page)

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

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Springtime: Night Raver EP

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 3, 2022
5 Comments on Springtime: Night Raver EP

Springtime

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

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Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 17, 2021
41 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021

Original image via Unsplash (Florencia Viadana)

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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Sound Waves: In Conversation with Springtime’s Gareth Liddiard and Jim White

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 4, 2021
34 Comments on Sound Waves: In Conversation with Springtime’s Gareth Liddiard and Jim White

Springtime (photo credit: Jamie Wdziekonski)

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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
22 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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Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt: Made Out of Sound – “musicianship at its peak”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 7, 2021
17 Comments on Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt: Made Out of Sound – “musicianship at its peak”

Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt

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

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Mess Esque: Dream #12 – “the essence of something special”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 5, 2021
9 Comments on Mess Esque: Dream #12 – “the essence of something special”

Mess Esque

Tags Barricade, Bedroom Suck Records, Blue Divers, Cat Power, Helen Franzmann, Jim White, Low Flung, Marisa Anderson, Mckisko, Mess Esque, Mick Turner

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Jim White & Marisa Anderson: The Quickening – “A new world atmosphere”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 26, 2020
19 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.

Tags dirty three, Jim White, Marisa Anderson