Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #10 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 5, 2023 No Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #10 Illustration by Jenny Higham (IG: @jennyh_illustration) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #10” Tags Arrowhawk Records, Billy Woods, Binge, Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, Country Westerns, Cruel Nature Records, David Moore, Dine Alone Records, Display Homes, Doc Sleep, Echodelick, Ensaña, Erste Theke Tontrager, Fat Possum, Fat Possum Records, Glitterhouse Records, Guardian Singles, Healthyliving, Ipecac Recordings, Jeffrey Silverstein, Joel Harries, Kenny Segal, Lankum, Lichen Slow, Malcolm Middleton, Matt Christensen, Modoki, Nadsat, Omnibadger, Overdrive S.R.L., Palilalia, Repetidor, Riot Season, Rock Action, Rough Trade, RVNG Intl., Shit and Shine, Single Mothers, Speakeasy Studios SF, Spotlights, Steve Gunn, Surgeon, Tartelet Records, Terry, The Golden Gaytimes, The Lost Days, The State51 Conspiracy Ltd, Tresor Records, Trouble In Mind, Upset The Rhythm, Warp, yves tumor
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2022 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 16, 2022 19 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2022 Sticky post Collage by Sam Gill (@samgill82) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2022” Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, 4ad, Aidan Baker, All Structures Align, Andreas Werliin, Archers of Loaf, Bella Union, BMG, Breathless, Broken Spine Records, Brutus, BUÑUEL, Chat Pile, Clouds Hill, Constellation Records, Cooking Vinyl, Cruel Nature Records, Desert Records, Destroyer, Dine Alone Records, Dischord Records, Drag City, Droneroom, Duquette Johnston, Duster, Earl Sweatshirt, Editions Mego, Ellis Swan, Empty House, Enablers, Esmerine, Exploding In Sound, Fat Possum Records, Golden Chariot Records, Gvantsa Narim, Haress, Hassle Records, Houseplants, Irregular Patterns, Jenny Hval, Johan Berthling, Joyful Noise Recordings, Kal Marks, Kenneth James Gibson, Kranky, La Tempesta International, Late Music, Lebenswelt, Lensmen, Loop, Luke Mawdsley, Matt Christensen, Meadows Heavy Recorders, Merge, Merge Records, Miasmah Recordings, Midira Records, Monastral, Mondkopf, Nadja, Nightingales, Nik Colk Void, Numero Group, OFF!, Oneida, Oren Ambarchi, OuZel Recordings / Under My Bed Recordings, Pan-American, Petra Haden, Preoccupations, Profound Lore Records, Quindi Records, Raum, Reactor, Rocio Zavala, Salisman & His Hermetic Order, Sarah Davachi, Sargent House, Sea Power, Single Lock Records, Soft Abuse, Soulside, Southern Lord Recordings, SPINE, Steven R. Smith, Suede, Swami John Reis, Swami Records, Tan Cressida, Tenor Vossa Records Ltd, The Flenser, The Lord, The Mars Volta, The Reds Pinks and Purples, Tiny Global Productions, Tough Love, Win Big Records, Winterwood, Wrong Speed Records, Yellowelectric, Yoshiwara
Categories Album Reviews Matt Christensen & P.M. Tummala: Yellow Works Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 14, 2022 No Comments on Matt Christensen & P.M. Tummala: Yellow Works P.M. Tummala & Matt Christensen Continue reading “Matt Christensen & P.M. Tummala: Yellow Works” Tags Zelienople, Matt Christensen, Monastral, P.M. Tummala
Categories Albums Features Let’s Breathe Again: 2022 with Matt Christensen so far Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 15, 2022 6 Comments on Let’s Breathe Again: 2022 with Matt Christensen so far Matt Christensen (photo provided by the artist) Continue reading “Let’s Breathe Again: 2022 with Matt Christensen so far” Tags slowdive, Zelienople, Matt Christensen, Brian Harding, Neil Young, Richard Ford, Willy Vlautin, Marcier Shapiro, Arrow Mullins
Categories Features Interviews Slow Planes Interview: “Immersion is important.” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 4, 2022 6 Comments on Slow Planes Interview: “Immersion is important.” Slow Planes (photo credit: Tim Breen) Continue reading “Slow Planes Interview: “Immersion is important.”” Tags Arcade Fire, Califone, Daniel Higgs, Howie B, Izzy Fradin, Matt Christensen, Mikis Theodorakis, Mind Over Mirrors, Nina Simone, Slow Planes, Steve Reich, Tim Breen, Tortoise, Toshio Nakanishi
Categories 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) Continue reading “Matt Christensen: Don’t Fall Down Your Own Well” Tags Low, Zelienople, Matt Christensen, Tim Breen, Slow Pane, Niel Young
Categories Album Reviews Breen & Christensen: Different Cliffs – “a trail to destination unknown” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date January 19, 2022 3 Comments on Breen & Christensen: Different Cliffs – “a trail to destination unknown” Continue reading “Breen & Christensen: Different Cliffs – “a trail to destination unknown”” Tags Zelienople, Matt Christensen, Slow Planes, Tim Breen, Pan-American, Willy Vlautin
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 17, 2021 32 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021 Sticky post Original image via Unsplash (Florencia Viadana) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021” 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
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 29, 2021 14 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4 Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4” Tags A Country Practice, Bunkland, Cedie Janson, Chaos Emeralds, Charlie Butler, Constellation Records, Dais Records, Domino Recordings, Dub Cthonic, Dummy, Eraldo Bernocchi, Exploding In Sound, Flowdan, Fotocrime, Fuzz Club, Ghostly International, Happiness Records, HEXA, Hiro Kone, Ill Considered, Jamie Stewart, Jessica Moss, Jon Hopkins, Kill Rock Stars, Kristof Hahn, Lawrence English, Marissa Nadler, Mary Lattimore, Matt Christensen, Nation of Language, New Soil, Ohm Resistance, ONETWOTHREE, Ovlov, PIAS, Profound Lore, Room40, Sacred Bones, Sei Still, Simm, Snowy Band, Swans, The Dead C, The Escalation, Trouble In Mind
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 Interviews Features Constant World: In Conversation with Matt Christensen – Part 1 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 18, 2021 17 Comments on Constant World: In Conversation with Matt Christensen – Part 1 Matt Christensen (photo credit: Tim Breen) Continue reading “Constant World: In Conversation with Matt Christensen – Part 1” Tags the smiths, Depeche Mode, Zelienople, Matt Christensen, Mike Weis, Brian Harding, Miashma Recordings
Categories News Matt Christensen announces new album – listen to lead single Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 14, 2021 No Comments on Matt Christensen announces new album – listen to lead single Matt Christensen (photo credit: Tim Breen) Continue reading “Matt Christensen announces new album – listen to lead single” Tags Zelienople, Matt Christensen, Miashma Recordings
Categories 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) Continue reading “Hello Body: An Introduction into the World of Matt Christensen” Tags Low, richard dawson, Zelienople, Matt Christensen, Neil Young, Bulbils, Claire Welles, Robert Pollard, Guided By Voices
Categories Albums Features 13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 2 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date January 25, 2021 9 Comments on 13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 2 Photo credit: all original photos source from respective artists' Bandcamp/Facebook pages) Continue reading “13 Albums We Missed in 2020 – Part 2” Tags All Hands Electric, Araki Records, Billy Nomates, Concord Jazz, Daren Muti, Drag City, Du Haut du Sol, Ekin Fil, Ghostpoet, Granny Records, Holy Motors, Invada Records, Last Resort, Lemon Quartet, Magik Markers, Matt Christensen, Mike Weis, NØ MAN, Nubya Garcia, PIAS, Quit Life, Ride Through the Rain Music, Sprain, Swollen Sun Records, The Flenser, The Helen Scarsdale Agency, Wharf Cat Records, Zachery Cale
Categories Interviews Features Zelienople Interview: “our biggest enemy is cynicism” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date January 8, 2021 21 Comments on Zelienople Interview: “our biggest enemy is cynicism” Zelienople (photo credit: Christopher Michael Hefner) Continue reading “Zelienople Interview: “our biggest enemy is cynicism”” Tags Kranky, Zelienople, Matt Christensen, Mike Weis, Miashma Recordings, Tortoise, Sun Ra
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
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