Categories Album Reviews Cyrus & Oz: Ephemera Collection 18-19 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 25, 2023 1 Comment on Cyrus & Oz: Ephemera Collection 18-19 Cyrus & Oz (photo: Kaela Campanella) Continue reading “Cyrus & Oz: Ephemera Collection 18-19” Tags Blake Parker, Catherine Christer Hennix, Cyrus & Oz, Explosions In The Sky, Labradford, Michio Kurihara, Ramble Records, Trespass Field, Wolf Eyes
Categories Album Reviews Ellis Swan: 3am Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 26, 2022 3 Comments on Ellis Swan: 3am Ellis Swan Continue reading “Ellis Swan: 3am” Tags Devendra Banhart, Ellis Swan, Labradford, Martin Rev, Quindi Records
Categories Album Reviews Winterwood: Exploratory Guitar: Falling Tide Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 24, 2022 3 Comments on Winterwood: Exploratory Guitar: Falling Tide Winterwood (photo credit: provided by the artist) Continue reading “Winterwood: Exploratory Guitar: Falling Tide” Tags East Cape Calling, Holly Winterwood, Labradford, Mark Nelson, Pan-American, Sunn O))), The Necks, William Tyler, Winterwood, Zac
Categories Album Reviews The Lord: Forest Nocturne Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 5, 2022 6 Comments on The Lord: Forest Nocturne The Lord (photo credit: Al Overdrive) Continue reading “The Lord: Forest Nocturne” Tags Alice In Chain, Atilla Csihar, BIG | BRAVE, Brad Wood, Engine Kid, Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, John Carpenter, Labradford, Mayhem, Neon Christ, Robin Wattie, Southern Lord Recordings, Stephen O’Malley, Sunn O))), The Lord, William Duvall
Categories Features Interviews Serene Spirit: An Interview with East Cape Calling’s Zac Winterwood Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 8, 2022 4 Comments on Serene Spirit: An Interview with East Cape Calling’s Zac Winterwood East Cape Calling Continue reading “Serene Spirit: An Interview with East Cape Calling’s Zac Winterwood” Tags Adam Casey & the Liminal Choir, Aidan Baker, Amelia Lyon-Eady, amongleaves, Barnaby Oliver, Brian Eno, Buddha Machine, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, Dreamland Recordings, East Cape Calling, FatCat Records, fm3, Gavin Bryars, Holly Winterwood, Labradford, Pablo Reche, photo(sphere), Rosalie Jurczenko, The Immediatists, Tofujice, Winter Kneale, Winterwood, Zac Winterwood
Categories Features Interviews Natura Morta Interview: “everything I call home is everything I carry in my mind” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 21, 2022 3 Comments on Natura Morta Interview: “everything I call home is everything I carry in my mind” Natura Morta (photo provided by the artist) Continue reading “Natura Morta Interview: “everything I call home is everything I carry in my mind”” Tags Agogo Records, aphex twin, Chierichetti Æditor Ræcordings, Conjunto Media Luna, De la Cave, Father Murphy, La Perla, Labradford, Le Tigre, Maria Mallol Moya, Maria Violenza, Meridian Brothers, Natura Morta, Paul Beauchamp, Peaches, Prodigy, Propellerheads, Stefano Isaia, Vangelis
Categories Features Interviews Pan-American Interview: “Memory is the place where inward-facing emotion lives” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date February 18, 2022 12 Comments on Pan-American Interview: “Memory is the place where inward-facing emotion lives” Pan-American (photo credit: Luka Nelson) Continue reading “Pan-American Interview: “Memory is the place where inward-facing emotion lives”” Tags Grouper, Kranky, Labradford, Mark Nelson, Pan-American
Categories Album Reviews Aging ~ Land Trance: Embassy Nocturnes – “it’s up there with the best” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 18, 2021 8 Comments on Aging ~ Land Trance: Embassy Nocturnes – “it’s up there with the best” Aging & Land Trance (photo credit: Laura Spark) Continue reading “Aging ~ Land Trance: Embassy Nocturnes – “it’s up there with the best”” Tags Aging, Andrew PM Hunt, Angelo Badalamenti, Benjamin D. Duvall, Benjamin Fair, Bohren and Der Club of Gore, Christen Hutchinson, David Lynch, David McLean, Dialect, Ex-Easter Island Head, Joel C. Murray, Labradford, Land Trance, Nick Hunt, Philip Kerr, The Necks, Tombed Visisions
Categories Album Reviews HEXA: Material Interstices – “too dark for the apocalypse itself” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 14, 2021 7 Comments on HEXA: Material Interstices – “too dark for the apocalypse itself” HEXA Continue reading “HEXA: Material Interstices – “too dark for the apocalypse itself”” Tags David Lynch, HEXA, Jamie Stewart, Labradford, Lawrence English, Room40, Xiu Xiu
Categories Album Reviews Black Tempel Pyrämid: Infinite Tombs – “a five-dimensional wall of sound” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 23, 2021 2 Comments on Black Tempel Pyrämid: Infinite Tombs – “a five-dimensional wall of sound” Black Tempel Pyrämid Continue reading “Black Tempel Pyrämid: Infinite Tombs – “a five-dimensional wall of sound”” Tags Black Tempel Pyrämid, Cruel Nature Records, gRAILS, Labradford, Lilacs & Champagne, Matt Christensen, Michael Rother, Patrick R. Pärk, Spaceman 3
Categories Features Interviews Constant World: In Conversation with Matt Christensen – Part 2 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 23, 2021 10 Comments on Constant World: In Conversation with Matt Christensen – Part 2 Matt Christensen (photo credit: Tim Breen) Continue reading “Constant World: In Conversation with Matt Christensen – Part 2” 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
Categories Features Interviews Daren Muti Interview: “The purpose of a song is to balance light and shadow” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date January 4, 2021 5 Comments on Daren Muti Interview: “The purpose of a song is to balance light and shadow” Daren Muti Continue reading “Daren Muti Interview: “The purpose of a song is to balance light and shadow”” Tags Acetate Zero, Araki Records, Daren Muti, Du Haut du Sol, Labradford
Categories Album Reviews Zelienople: Hold You Up – “a timely welcome into this world” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 13, 2020 4 Comments on Zelienople: Hold You Up – “a timely welcome into this world” Continue reading “Zelienople: Hold You Up – “a timely welcome into this world”” Tags Bark Psychosis, Bedhead, Brian Harding, Labradford, Low, Matt Christensen, Mike Weis, MJ Guider, Slint, Spotify, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Yo La Tengo, Zelienople
Categories Album Reviews Einstürzende Neubauten: ALLES IN ALLEM – “Slow-motion psychedelia” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 28, 2020 7 Comments on Einstürzende Neubauten: ALLES IN ALLEM – “Slow-motion psychedelia” Continue reading “Einstürzende Neubauten: ALLES IN ALLEM – “Slow-motion psychedelia”” Tags Blixa Bargeld, Einstürzende Neubauten, Labradford, nick cave and the bad seeds
Categories Features Lost Albums Labradford: a buyer’s guide to a band way ahead of their time Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 24, 2020 18 Comments on Labradford: a buyer’s guide to a band way ahead of their time Continue reading “Labradford: a buyer’s guide to a band way ahead of their time” Tags Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Labradford, Low, Stars of the Lid, Steven Albini