Categories Album Reviews Babe Report: Did You Get Better Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 30, 2024 1 Comment on Babe Report: Did You Get Better Babe Report Continue reading “Babe Report: Did You Get Better” Tags Babe Report, Ben Grigg, Dead Bandit, Destroyer, Dilly Dally, Emily Bernstein, Exploding In Sound, FCKR JR, Geronimo!, Grizzly Bear, Jane’s Addiction, Mannequin Pussy, Mech, Mission of Burma, Peter Reale, Primavera, Sonic Youth Sonic Youth, Television, The Gotobeds, Verity Den, Whelpwisher, Yeesh, Yo La Tengo
Categories Albums Features Everything Changes: Rodan’s Rusty 30th anniversary Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 4, 2024 4 Comments on Everything Changes: Rodan’s Rusty 30th anniversary Rodan (photo: Ewolf) Continue reading “Everything Changes: Rodan’s Rusty 30th anniversary” Tags Bastros, Bob Weston, Brian McMahan, Britt Walford, David Pajo, Jason Noble, Jeff Mueller, john peel, John Weiss, Jon Cook, June of 44, Kevin Coultas, Martha Vineyard Ferries, Mission of Burma, mogwai, nirvana, Polvo, Quarterstick Records, Retsin, Rodan, Shellac, Shipping News, Slint, Tara Jane O’Neil, The Naysayers, The Sonora Pine, Will Oldham
Categories Album Reviews SAVAK: Flavors of Paradise Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 13, 2024 1 Comment on SAVAK: Flavors of Paradise SAVAK - (photo: Taylor Sesselman) Continue reading “SAVAK: Flavors of Paradise” Tags David Eggers, Devo, Enon, Ernest Jenning Record Co., Holy Fuck, Hot Snakes, Matt Schulz, Michael Jaworski, Mission of Burma, Obits, Peculiar Works Music, Rick Froberg, SAVAK, Sohrab Habibion, The Cops, The Fall, The Hold Steady, Virgin Islands
Categories Album Reviews Uniflora: Plastic Sturgeon EP Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 22, 2023 3 Comments on Uniflora: Plastic Sturgeon EP Uniflora Continue reading “Uniflora: Plastic Sturgeon EP” Tags Tom Verlaine, Television, Lifeguard, Horsegirl, Mission of Burma, Uniflora
Categories 13 Questions 13 Questions with Achers Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 15, 2023 4 Comments on 13 Questions with Achers Archers (photo provided by the artist) Continue reading “13 Questions with Achers” Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Archers, At the Drive-In, Blink 182, Fugazi, Gravity, Jime Ward, Jimmy Eat World, Mission of Burma, oasis, protomartyr, Queen, Sparta, Sufjan Stevens, swell maps, The Van Pelt, Unwound, Wipers
Categories Features Interviews Middleman Interview: “An album is definitely the next goal we’re working towards” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date February 17, 2023 2 Comments on Middleman Interview: “An album is definitely the next goal we’re working towards” Middleman (Photo credit: Cole Flynn Quirke) Continue reading “Middleman Interview: “An album is definitely the next goal we’re working towards”” Tags Brainrotter Records, Greg Sage, Harper Maury, Islands of Love, Lily Pym, Middleman, Mission of Burma, Noah Alves, Self-Immolation Music, The Replacements, Wipers
Categories Album Reviews Middleman: Cut Out the Middleman EP Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 29, 2022 No Comments on Middleman: Cut Out the Middleman EP Middleman Continue reading “Middleman: Cut Out the Middleman EP” Tags Ben Spence, Brainrotter Records, fontaines d.c., Fucked Up, Harper Maury, Hüsker Dü, Horsegirl, IDLES, Jonah Falco, Lifeguard, Lily Pym, Middleman, Mission of Burma, Noah Alves, Steve Lemacq, Wipers
Categories Album Reviews Soulside: A Brief Moment in the Sun Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 24, 2022 5 Comments on Soulside: A Brief Moment in the Sun Soulside (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “Soulside: A Brief Moment in the Sun” Tags Alexis Fleisig, Bobby Sullivan, Boss, Dischord Records, Eli Janney Girls Against Boys, Fugazi, Ian MacKaye, Jeff Nelson, Johnny Temple, Minor Threat, Mission of Burma, Paramount Styles, Rain Like the Sound of Trains, Scott McCloud, Seven League Boots, Sevens, Soulside, Spontaneous Earth
Categories Album Reviews Oneida: Success Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 12, 2022 5 Comments on Oneida: Success Oneida (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page) Continue reading “Oneida: Success” Tags dirty three, Joyful Noise Recordings, Mission of Burma, Oneida, Sonic Youth, Wooden Shjips
Categories Album Reviews Lifeguard: Crowd Can Talk EP Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 8, 2022 2 Comments on Lifeguard: Crowd Can Talk EP Lifeguard (photo credit: from the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “Lifeguard: Crowd Can Talk EP” Tags Asher Case, At the Drive-In, …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Born Yesterday Records, Horsegirl Penelope, Isaac Lowenstein, Kai Slater, Lifeguard, Lowenstein, Mission of Burma, Squirrel Bait, Unwound
Categories Album Reviews Horsegirl: Versions of Modern Performance Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 17, 2022 8 Comments on Horsegirl: Versions of Modern Performance Horsegirl (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page) Continue reading “Horsegirl: Versions of Modern Performance” Tags Asher Case), Breeders, Duquette Johnston, FACS, Gigi Reece, Holy Sons, Horsegirl, Isaac Lowenstein, John Agnello, Lifeguard, Matador, Mission of Burma, Nora Cheng, Penelope Lowenstein, Shellac
Categories Album Reviews End Now: Half Live Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 22, 2022 6 Comments on End Now: Half Live End Now - Half Live Continue reading “End Now: Half Live” Tags Cruel Nature Records, Enablers, End Now, Faliure, Helmet, Mission of Burma, Pete Simonelli, Scratch Acid, Stu Ellen, Unwound
Categories Album Reviews MOD CON: Modern Condition – “razor-sharp narratives” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 6, 2021 1 Comment on MOD CON: Modern Condition – “razor-sharp narratives” MOD CON (photo credit: from artist's Instagram page) Continue reading “MOD CON: Modern Condition – “razor-sharp narratives”” Tags Cable Ties, Erica Dunn, Mission of Burma, MOD CON, Poison City Records, Raquel Solier, Shellac, Sleater-Kinney, Tropical Fuck Storm, X-Ray Spex
Categories 13 Questions 13 Questions with Guardian Singles Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 30, 2021 5 Comments on 13 Questions with Guardian Singles Guardian Singles Continue reading “13 Questions with Guardian Singles” Tags Bailter Space, Coolies, Durham Fenwick, Echo Ohs, Fiona Campbell, Green Grove, Guardian Singles, Mission of Burma, Moppy, Na Noise, SoccerPractise, The Bats, The Clean, Thom Burton, Trouble In Mind, Vivian Girls, Yolanda Fangan