Tag: Merge Records

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #9

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 8, 2023
5 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #9

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2022 with Defend Vinyl’s Graham Jones

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 30, 2022
1 Comment on 2022 with Defend Vinyl’s Graham Jones

Defend Vinyl's Graham Jones (photo credit: via the label's Facebook page)

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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
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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

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #7

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 2, 2022
12 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #7

Albums Quarterly (original images sourced from respective artists' Bandcamp pages).

Tags ((((..)))), A Records, Anne Garner, ANTI, Castle Face, CLAMM, Cruel Nature Records, Dais Records, Dama Scout, Dan Friel, Deathcrash, Don Giovanni Records, Drag City, Editrix, Eli Winter, Ex-Vöid, Exploding In Sound, Friendship, Gwilym Gold, Hand In Hive, Hell on Hearth, Jamal Moss, John McEntire, Julia Jacklin, Kamikaze Palm Tree, Katlyn Auriela Smith, Meat Machine, Merge Records, Modern Love, Municipal Waste, Nuclear Blast, Osees, PX4M, SA Recordings, Sam Prekop, Skep Wax, Slowcraft, Soft Abuse, Spice, Steven R. Smith, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Doomed Bird of Providence, The Mountain Goats, The Orchids, The Real Codington Factory, Three Lobed Recordings, Thrill Jockey, Transgressive Records, Ty Segall, Untitled (recs)

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Tall Dwarfs: Unravelled: 1981–2002

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 23, 2022
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Tall Dwarfs (photo credit: Barbara Ward)

Tags ACDC, Alec Bathgate, Bailter Space, Chris Knox, Daniel Johnston, Flying Nun, Gareth Liddiard, Merge Records, Stephen Malkmus, Tall Dwarfs, The Beatles, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Gordons, Toy Love, velvet underground

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Destroyer: LABYRINTHITIS

Destroyer (photo credit: Nicolas Bragg)

Tags Bella Union, Dan Bejar, Destroyer, John Collins, Merge Records, The New Pornographers

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #5

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 1, 2022
19 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #5

Photo credit: (from artists' Bandcamp pages)

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Duquette Johnston Interview: “I love the intersection of fashion, music and art”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 25, 2022
4 Comments on Duquette Johnston Interview: “I love the intersection of fashion, music and art”

Duquette Johnston (photo credit: Miller Mobley)

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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.

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Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #2

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 30, 2021
25 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #2

(Original images sourced from artists' Bandcamp pages)

Tags 12XU, 3094869 Records DK, Allen Moore, Amenra, American Dream Records, Bar None Records, Carlos Nino, Chris Brokaw, Claire Rousay, CLAMM, Cory Hanson, Cruel Nature Records, David Colohand, Drag City, Editrix, Exploding In Sound, Fake Fruit, Feel It Records, Floatie, Giancarlo Erra, Helvetia, Hieroglyphic Being, Ilian Tape, International Anthem, Jamal R Moss, Joyful Noise, Keeled Scales, Kscope Records, Lemonade Records, Mathematics Communications, Meat Machine, Merge Records, Mind Maintenance, Monastral, New Madrid, Pardoner, Relapse Recordings, Renee Reed, Rock In Your Head, Score, Skee Mask, Smirk, Spread Joy, Sunburned Hand of the Man, The Mountain Goats, The Mountain Movers, Three Lobed Recordings, Trouble In Mind, Unstoppable Sweeties Show

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The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date June 9, 2021
16 Comments on The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made

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TORRES announces new album and UK tour

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 13, 2021
No Comments on TORRES announces new album and UK tour

TORRES (photo credit: Shervin Lainez)

Tags Merge Records, Peter Miles, Rob Ellis, Torres

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Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 11, 2020
59 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020
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Original image source: Unsplash

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

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The Mountain Goats: Getting Into Knives – “a band invigorated”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 23, 2020
3 Comments on The Mountain Goats: Getting Into Knives – “a band invigorated”

The Mountain Goats (photo credit: Jade Wilson)

Tags Aerosmith, Andrew Eldritch, Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, John Darnielle, Matt Ross-Spang, Merge Records, The Cramps, The Mountain Goats