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deathcrash: Less

Deathcrash (photo: Kaye Song)

Tags American Football, black country new road, Black Midi, Bondo, Coedine, Deathcrash, Greet Death, Low, Sweet Williams, Tiernan Banks, Untitled (recs)

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Bondo: Print Selections

Bondo

Tags Bondo, Doug Scharin, Duster, June of 44, Low, Quindi Records, Slint

News

End of Year Message: The Blur of 2022

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 23, 2022
No Comments on End of Year Message: The Blur of 2022

Tags Alan Sparhawk, Angelo Badalamenti, Keith Levene, Low, Martin Duffy, Mimi Parker, Terry Hall

Features Interviews

Droneroom Interview: “I prefer it if someone else tells me what they hear and see”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 11, 2022
7 Comments on Droneroom Interview: “I prefer it if someone else tells me what they hear and see”

Album Reviews

Gigi Masin: Vahiné

Gigi Masin (photo credit: Anna Semenova)

Tags Alan Sparhawk, Gig Masin, Kompakt, Language of Sound, Low, Mimi Parker, Modern Love

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Landing Interview: “We’re all modest and unassuming people”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 1, 2022
3 Comments on Landing Interview: “We’re all modest and unassuming people”

Landing (photo provided by the artist)

Albums Features

Landing’s Seasons 20th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 22, 2022
1 Comment on Landing’s Seasons 20th anniversary

Landing (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

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Escaping Reality: Primavera Sound 2022

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 24, 2022
18 Comments on Escaping Reality: Primavera Sound 2022

Primavera Sound 2022

Tags bauhaus, Beach House, Caribou, Cigarettes After Sex, Dinosaur Jr., Dua Lipa, Einstürzende Neubauten, Frank Sinatra, Gorillaz, High on Fire, IDLES, Interpol, J. Mascis, Jehnny Beth, Jenny Hval, Kim Gordon, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Konrad Sprenger, Les Savy Fav, Leyland James Kirby, Lou Barlow, Low, Matt Pike, Moin, Natalie Mering, Oren Ambarchi, Otoboke Beaver, Parquet Courts, Pavement, Phillip Sollmann, Pile, Pond, Primavera A La Ciutat, Primavera Sound, ride, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Sharon Van Etten, Shellac, slowdive, Tame Impala, The Armed, The Caretaker, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Smile, The Strokes, The Weather Station, Thom Yorke, Tim Harrington, Tropical Fuck Storm, Tyler The Creator, weyes blood, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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Beyond the Clouds: In Conversation with Good Night & Good Morning’s Ryan Brewer

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 25, 2022
7 Comments on Beyond the Clouds: In Conversation with Good Night & Good Morning’s Ryan Brewer

Good Night & Good Morning (image provided by the artist).

Album Reviews

Matt Christensen: Don’t Fall Down Your Own Well

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 14, 2022
3 Comments on Matt Christensen: Don’t Fall Down Your Own Well

Matt Christensen (photo credit: Tim Breen)

Tags Low, Matt Christensen, Niel Young, Slow Pane, Tim Breen, Zelienople

Lost Albums

Good Night & Good Morning: Narrowing Type – “not a moment wasted”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 17, 2022
6 Comments on Good Night & Good Morning: Narrowing Type – “not a moment wasted”

Tags Codeine, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Good Night & Good Morning, Low, Own Records, Pat Elifritz, Ryan Brewer, Sahan Jaysuriya, Tim Hecker, Zelienople

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2021 with Silver PR’s Rachel Silver

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 21, 2021
3 Comments on 2021 with Silver PR’s Rachel Silver

Rachel Silver with GOAT.

Albums Features

Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021

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

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
21 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
14 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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A Golden Sky: In Conversation with Damon & Naomi – Part 1

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 5, 2021
7 Comments on A Golden Sky: In Conversation with Damon & Naomi – Part 1

Damon & Naomi (photo credit: Norman von Holtzendorff)

Tags Alan Sparhawk, Boris, Brian Eno, can, Conny Plank, Damon & Naomi, Damon Krukowski, Galaxie 500, Low, Masaki Bato, Michael Rother, Michio Kurihara, Mimi Parker, Neu!, Peace Music, Sky Records, Soichiro Nakamura

Albums Lost Albums

Enablers’ Output Negative Space 15th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 1, 2021
6 Comments on Enablers’ Output Negative Space 15th anniversary

Enablers

Tags Charles Bukowski, dAVID hAND, Emma Ruth Rundle, Enablers, Holy Sons, Human Worth, Joe Goldring, June of 44, Kevin Thompson, Lancashire & Somerset, Low, Neurot Recordings, nick cave and the bad seeds, Pete Simonelli, Rodan, Slint, Steve Von Till, Tom Waits

Album Reviews

Low: HEY WHAT – “turbulence and tormented beauty”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 8, 2021
24 Comments on Low: HEY WHAT – “turbulence and tormented beauty”

Low (photo credit: Nathan Keay)

Tags Alan Sparhawk, BJ Burton, Bon Iver, charli xcx, Low, Mimi Parker, Sub Pop, Sunn O)))

News

Low share new song from upcoming album – watch/listen here.

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 20, 2021
No Comments on Low share new song from upcoming album – watch/listen here.

Low (photo credit: Nathan Keay)

Tags Dorian Wood, Low, Peter Liversidge, Sub Pop

Albums Features

Hello Body: An Introduction into the World of Matt Christensen

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 19, 2021
9 Comments on Hello Body: An Introduction into the World of Matt Christensen

Matt Christensen (photo provided by the artist)

Tags Bulbils, Claire Welles, Guided By Voices, Low, Matt Christensen, Neil Young, richard dawson, Robert Pollard, Zelienople

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The Absurdity of Fandom: Slint’s Spiderland 30th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 29, 2021
32 Comments on The Absurdity of Fandom: Slint’s Spiderland 30th anniversary

Slint (photo credit: Will Oldham - taken from Spiderland's original artwork)

Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Brian McMahon, Britt Walford, David Pajo, Evergreen, gRAILS, Holy Sons, Low, Polvo, Slint, The Breeders, The For Carnation, Todd Brashear, Tortoise, Touch and Go Records, Tyler Trotter, Watter, Zak Riles

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Bad Amputee Interview: “trying to make something that works and does the music justice”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 4, 2020
2 Comments on Bad Amputee Interview: “trying to make something that works and does the music justice”

Bad Amputee

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Jesu: Terminus – “a collage of the past”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 18, 2020
14 Comments on Jesu: Terminus – “a collage of the past”

Jesu

Tags Avalanche Recordings, Godflesh, Jesu, JK Flesh, Justin Broadrick, Low, my bloody valentine, Pale Sketcher, Red House Painters, Sunn O))), Techno Animal

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PJ Harvey’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 20th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 24, 2020
14 Comments on PJ Harvey’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 20th anniversary

Tags Big Day Out, david bowie, Low, Mick Harvey, pj harvey, Radiohead, Richard Kingsmill, Rob Ellis, Thom Yorke, Triple J, Victor Van Vugt

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”

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

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
16 Comments on 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

Albums

Dirty Three’s Whatever You Love, You Are 20th anniversary: “A labyrinth of unsullied splendour”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 7, 2020
23 Comments on Dirty Three’s Whatever You Love, You Are 20th anniversary: “A labyrinth of unsullied splendour”

Tags albini, astie Boys, bad seeds, Beck, dirty three, jarmusch, Low, moodists, nick cave, Sonic Youth, stooges, warren ellis