Tag: Kranky

Grouper: Shade – “a fascinating collection of songs”

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Post date October 21, 2021
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Tags Grouper, Kranky, Liz Harris

Features Interviews

Constant World: In Conversation with Matt Christensen – Part 2

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Post date June 23, 2021
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Matt Christensen (photo credit: Tim Breen)

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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”

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Post date June 17, 2021
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MJ Guider (photo credit: Craig Mulcahy)

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

Loscil: Clara – “sprawling collages”

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Post date June 7, 2021
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loscil (photo credit: Ben Didier)

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

Features Interviews

Zelienople interview: “our biggest enemy is cynicism”

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Post date January 8, 2021
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Zelienople (photo credit: Christopher Michael Hefner)

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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
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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)

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

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

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Post date August 21, 2020
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Less Bells (photo credit: Baha H. Danesh)

The second installment from Julie Carpenter reflects on darkness of the past.

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