Categories Album Reviews Almost An Island: Almost An Island Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 29, 2025 No Comments on Almost An Island: Almost An Island Almost An Island (photo: provided by the artist) Continue reading “Almost An Island: Almost An Island” Tags Bell Gardens, Brian McBride, BVDUB, Cynthia Bernard, David Cuetter, James Bernard, Julianna Barwick, Kenneth James Gibson, Past Inside the Present, Stars of the Lid
Categories Album Reviews Haruspex Palace: Haruspex Palace Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 18, 2024 6 Comments on Haruspex Palace: Haruspex Palace Haruspex Palace (photo: Emil Amos) Continue reading “Haruspex Palace: Haruspex Palace” Tags Casey Proctor, Enya, Geographic North, Haruspex Palace, Judee Sill, Julia Holter, Julianna Barwick, Mike Wallace, Trevor Reece, Verity Den
Categories Album Reviews fhae: sombre thorax Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 30, 2023 1 Comment on fhae: sombre thorax fhae (photo: Amber Ramsay) Continue reading “fhae: sombre thorax” Tags 4000 Records, cocteau twins, Efrim Menuck, Elizabeth Fraser, Ellena Ramsay, fhae, Grouper, Julianna Barwick, Lichen Slow, Malcolm Middleton
Categories Album Reviews Sarah Davachi: Two Sisters Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 7, 2022 3 Comments on Sarah Davachi: Two Sisters Sarah Davachi (photo credit: Sean McCann) Continue reading “Sarah Davachi: Two Sisters” Tags Julianna Barwick, La Monte Young, Late Music, Sarah Davachi, Terry Riley
Categories Album Reviews Alison Cotton: The Portrait You Painted of Me Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 6, 2022 No Comments on Alison Cotton: The Portrait You Painted of Me Alison Cotton (photo credit: Al Overdrive) Continue reading “Alison Cotton: The Portrait You Painted of Me” Tags Alison Cotton, Anne Garner, Crippled Black Phoenix, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Haress, Julianna Barwick, Keeley Forsyth, Left Outsider, Mark Nicholas, Nico, Rocket Recordings
Categories Album Reviews William Patrick Owen: Dreams on the Moon Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 24, 2022 1 Comment on William Patrick Owen: Dreams on the Moon William Patrick Owen (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page) Continue reading “William Patrick Owen: Dreams on the Moon” Tags Ekin Fil, Julianna Barwick, Liz Harris, Michael Stipe, William Patrick Owen
Categories Album Reviews Raum: Daughter Post author By Simon Kirk Post date February 11, 2022 8 Comments on Raum: Daughter Continue reading “Raum: Daughter” Tags Grouper, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Julianna Barwick, Liz Harris, Paul Clipson, Raum, Yellowelectric
Categories Singles Mabe Fratti: En Medio – “luscious galaxies of sound” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 25, 2021 4 Comments on Mabe Fratti: En Medio – “luscious galaxies of sound” Made Fratti (photo credit: Moisés Méndez) Continue reading “Mabe Fratti: En Medio – “luscious galaxies of sound”” Tags Claire Rousay, Julianna Barwick, Less Bells, Mabe Fratti, MJ Guider, Unheard of Hope
Categories Album Reviews Ekin Fil & Ella Zwietnig: Far Within Reach EP – “sheer ambient beauty” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 12, 2021 3 Comments on Ekin Fil & Ella Zwietnig: Far Within Reach EP – “sheer ambient beauty” Ekin Fil Continue reading “Ekin Fil & Ella Zwietnig: Far Within Reach EP – “sheer ambient beauty”” Tags Aidan Baker, Ekin Üzeltüzenci, Ekin Fil, Ella Zwietnig, Grouper, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Julianna Barwick, Liz Harris, Nadja, Sizarr & Robot Koccomes, UMA
Categories Features Interviews MJ Guider Interview: “I didn’t set out with a specific inspiration for making the record other than my standard compulsion” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 18, 2020 10 Comments on MJ Guider Interview: “I didn’t set out with a specific inspiration for making the record other than my standard compulsion” MJ Guider (photo credit: Craig Mulcahy) Continue reading “MJ Guider Interview: “I didn’t set out with a specific inspiration for making the record other than my standard compulsion”” Tags Bowery Electric, cocteau twins, Julianna Barwick, Kranky, Less Bells, Melissa Guion, MJ Guider
Categories Album Reviews Less Bells: Mourning Jewelry – “an album for solitude to escape everyday burdens” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 21, 2020 7 Comments on Less Bells: Mourning Jewelry – “an album for solitude to escape everyday burdens” Less Bells (photo credit: Baha H. Danesh) The second installment from Julie Carpenter reflects on darkness of the past. Continue reading “Less Bells: Mourning Jewelry – “an album for solitude to escape everyday burdens”” Tags A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Bowery Electric, Fennesz, Julianna Barwick, Julie Carpenter, Kranky, Less Bells, Mourning Jewelry