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Pan-American Interview: “Memory is the place where inward-facing emotion lives”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 18, 2022
9 Comments on Pan-American Interview: “Memory is the place where inward-facing emotion lives”

Pan-American (photo credit: Luka Nelson)

Tags Grouper, Kranky, Labradford, Mark Nelson, Pan-American

Albums Features

Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021

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

Album Reviews

Light Conductor: Sequence Two – “radical colours that pulsate”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 29, 2021
1 Comment on Light Conductor: Sequence Two – “radical colours that pulsate”

Light Conductor (photo credit: via Constellation website)

Tags Constellation Records, Jace Lacek, Kranky, Light Conductor, Stephen Ramsay, The Besnard Lakes, Young Galaxy

Album Reviews

Grouper: Shade – “a fascinating collection of songs”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 21, 2021
5 Comments on Grouper: Shade – “a fascinating collection of songs”

Grouper (photo credit: Gordon Ashworth)

Tags Grouper, Kranky, Liz Harris

Features Interviews

Constant World: In Conversation with Matt Christensen – Part 2

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 23, 2021
9 Comments on Constant World: In Conversation with Matt Christensen – Part 2

Matt Christensen (photo credit: Tim Breen)

Tags Brian Eno, Depeche Mode, King Crimson, Kranky, Labradford, Matt Christensen, Neil Young, Sea And Cake, slowdive, Smashing Pumpkins, Spaceman 3, spiritualized, Talk Talk, Tortoise, Wax Trax!, Zelienople

Singles

MJ Guider: Matanzas – “darkwave-inspired soundscapes”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 17, 2021
1 Comment on MJ Guider: Matanzas – “darkwave-inspired soundscapes”

MJ Guider (photo credit: Craig Mulcahy)

Tags Kranky, Melissa Guion, MJ Guider, modelmain, Seefeel

Album Reviews

Loscil: Clara – “sprawling collages”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 7, 2021
3 Comments on Loscil: Clara – “sprawling collages”

loscil (photo credit: Ben Didier)

Tags Kranky, loscil, Primavera, Scott Morgan, Shellac, The Sight Below

Features Interviews

Zelienople Interview: “our biggest enemy is cynicism”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 8, 2021
17 Comments on Zelienople Interview: “our biggest enemy is cynicism”

Zelienople (photo credit: Christopher Michael Hefner)

Tags Kranky, Matt Christensen, Miashma Recordings, Mike Weis, Sun Ra, Tortoise, Zelienople

Albums Features

Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 11, 2020
48 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020
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Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Activity, Albums of the year, Albums of the year 2020, Algiers, Andrea, ATO Records, Bad Amputee, Bambara, Baxter Dury, Bella Union, Bruxa Maria, Cohn Corporation, CS + Kreme, Daniel Avery, Dead Oceans, Destroyer, Dine Alone Records, Dis Fig, Dogleg, Domino Recordings, Drag City, Drive-By Truckers, Einstürzende Neubauten, Emil Amos, Emma Ruth Rundle, Epic Records, Epitaph Records, Ex-Easter Island Head, FACS, Family Jukebox, Fiona Apple, Flying Nun Records, Fotocrime, Heavenly Recordings, Holy Sons, Hominid Sounds, Hyperdub, Illian Tape, Illian Tapes, Jehnny Beth, Julianna Barwick, Keeley Forsyth, Kevin Martin, Kranky, Land Trance, Matador Records, Merge Records, Miashma Recordings, MJ Guider, Moses Boyd, Muzz, Ninja Tune, Northern Spy Records, Nuclear Blast, P.E., Pallbearer, Phantasy Sound, Phil Elverum, PIAS, Potomak, Profound Lore, protomartyr, Sacred Bones, Serengeti, Shabazz Palaces, Six Organs of Admittance, Sony Records, The Bats, The Bug, The Flaming Lips, The Innocence Mission, The Leaf Label, The Microphones, The Necks, The Trilogy Tapes, Thou, Thrill Jockey, Torres, Touché Amoré, Triple Crown Records, Trouble In Mind, Uniform, Walter Martin, Warp, Western Vinyl, Wharf Cat Records, Wreikmeister Harmonies, Wrekmeister Harmonies, yves tumor, Zelienople

Features Interviews

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)

Tags Bowery Electric, cocteau twins, Julianna Barwick, Kranky, Less Bells, Melissa Guion, MJ Guider

Album Reviews

Less Bells: Mourning Jewelry – “an album for solitude to escape everyday burdens”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 21, 2020
3 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.

Tags A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Bowery Electric, Fennesz, Julianna Barwick, Julie Carpenter, Kranky, Less Bells, Mourning Jewelry