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Inland Years Interview: “I didn’t expect anyone outside of a few close friends to even hear it”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 14, 2025
1 Comment on Inland Years Interview: “I didn’t expect anyone outside of a few close friends to even hear it”

Inland Years

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2024 with Droneroom’s Blake Conley

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 30, 2024
6 Comments on 2024 with Droneroom’s Blake Conley

Droneroom's Blake Conley (photo: provided by the artist)

Album Reviews

The Hard Quartet: The Hard Quartet

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 30, 2024
7 Comments on The Hard Quartet: The Hard Quartet

The Hard Quartet (photo: Malcolm Donaldson)

Tags Beings, Cass McCombs, dirty three, Emmet Kelley, Emmet Kelly, Jim White, Marisa Anderson, Matador Records, Matt Sweeney, Pavement, Primavera, Stephen Malkmus, Steve Gunn, T. Rex, The Byrds, The Cairo Gang, The Hard Quartet, The Jicks, Tom Robbins

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2023 with Trouble In Mind Records’ Bill Roe

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 28, 2023
8 Comments on 2023 with Trouble In Mind Records’ Bill Roe

Trouble In Mind's Bill & Lisa Roe

Tags 12XU, ATO Records, Bill Orcutt, Bill Roe, Blue Oyster Cult, Chris Corsano, Civic, Cleaners From Venus, Comme A La Radio, Connections, Cuticles, David Nance, Dummy, Electrane, En Attendant Ana, FACS, GBV, Ginkgo, Hallogallo Tapes, Haunted, Heavenly Bodies, Jonas Reinhardt, Joys Union Group, Kai Slater, Klaus Johann Grobe, Leather Jacket Records, Lewsberg, Lifelike Records, Luxor Rentals, Martin Frawley, Matthew Simms, Melenas, Memorials, Neil Young, Nightshift, Onyon, Palilalia, Partner Look, Pavement, Sebadoh, Sharp Pins, Siltbreeze, Sundae Painters, Tall Texan Records, The Clean, The Grateful Dead, The Serfs, The State51 Conspiracy Ltd, The Tubs, Trouble In Mind, Tyvek, Verity Sussman, Wire, Writhing Squares, XV, Yo La Tengo, Zoh Amba

Album Reviews

Blimp: Egg EP

Blimp (photo: from artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Blimp, Brian McMahan, Horsegirl, Lifeguard, Low, Matador Records, Middleman, nirvana, Pardoner, Pavement, Sprain, Stephen Malkmus, Steve Fisk, The Breeders, The Byrds, Unwound

Album Reviews

Cory Hanson: Western Cum

Cory Hanson (photo: Asal Shahindoust)

Tags Cory Hanson, Drag City, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Martin Frawley, Neil Young, Osees, Pavement, The Kinks, Wand, ZZ Top

Album Reviews

Ativin: Austere

Ativin (photo: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Features Lost Albums

Riddle in the Rain: G.W. McLennan’s Fireboy 30th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 3, 2023
17 Comments on Riddle in the Rain: G.W. McLennan’s Fireboy 30th anniversary

Grant McLennan

Tags Amanda Brown, american music club, Dave Dobbyn, G.W. McLennan, Go-Betweens, Grant McLennan, Lindy Morrison, mark eitzel, Paul Westerberg, Pavement, Robert Forster, Robert Vickers, Stpehen Malkmus, The Replacements, Tom Waits

Features Interviews

New Energy: In Conversation with Twine’s Thomas Katsaras

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 19, 2022
5 Comments on New Energy: In Conversation with Twine’s Thomas Katsaras

Twine

Tags Alex G, Alicia Salvanos, dirty three, Jackson Pagett, Jason Molina, Michael Hurley, Pavement, Primavera A La Ciutat, Primavera Sound, Ricky Albeck, Ricky Albeck & The Belair Line Band, Songs: Ohio, Thea Martin, Thomas Katsaras, Twine, Unwound

Album Reviews

COW: When The Darkness Gets You Down

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 9, 2022
1 Comment on COW: When The Darkness Gets You Down

COW (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page)

Tags COW, Doug, Gintis, Grandaddy, Jason Baxter, Kyle Lee, Mai 68 Records, Pavement, Web

Features Live

Escaping Reality: Primavera Sound 2022

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 24, 2022
30 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

Features Interviews

oWo Interview: “We all want an exit from the current political failings”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 28, 2022
4 Comments on oWo Interview: “We all want an exit from the current political failings”

oWo

Album Reviews

Gnod: La Mort Du Sens – “wrecking ball intensity”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 15, 2021
8 Comments on Gnod: La Mort Du Sens – “wrecking ball intensity”

Gnod (photo credit: via Rocket Recordings' Facebook page)

Tags David Yow, Fiona Apple, Gnod, Godlfesh, Kulk, Pavement, Rocket Recordings, Sunn O)))

Features Interviews

Restless Leg Interview: “we’ll be doing this for as long as it keeps on being fun”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 18, 2021
4 Comments on Restless Leg Interview: “we’ll be doing this for as long as it keeps on being fun”

Restless Leg (photo credit: Joshua Morris)

Tags Adam Taylor, Ben Chamie, Bluebottle Kiss, Fiona Whalley, Infinite Broke, Jamie Hutchings, Jared Harrison, Jefferson Airplane, Lou Reed, Pavement, Peabody, Restless Leg, Spaceman 3, The Clean, The Electorate, Tim Kevin, Vanessa Berry, velvet underground, Victoria

Features Interviews

Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 1

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 27, 2020
35 Comments on Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 1

Holy Sons' Emil Amos (photo credit: Casey Proctor)

Opinion

David Berman – dead aged 52: an afterword

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 16, 2020
18 Comments on David Berman – dead aged 52: an afterword

We reflect on the illustrious career of David Berman, the poet, cartoonist and musical mastermind behind Silver Jews and Purple Mountains.

Tags David Berman, Pavement, Purple Mountains, Silver Jews