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From All Ways: In Conversation with Crooked Fingers’ Eric Bachmann

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 26, 2026
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Crooked Fingers

Tags Archers of Loaf, Avery Leigh Draut, Crooked Fingers, Eric Bachmann, Laura Balance, Liz Durrett, Mac McCaughan, Matt Berninger, Matt Gentling, Merge Records, Polvo, Sharon Van Etten, Skylar Gudasz, Superchunk, The National

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Everything Changes: Rodan’s Rusty 30th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 4, 2024
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Rodan (photo: Ewolf)

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Exsanguinated Roommate: Lurking

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date January 17, 2024
2 Comments on Exsanguinated Roommate: Lurking

Exsanguintate Roommate - Lurking

Tags Carl Saff, Cheval de Frise, Chris Tate, Cruel Nature Records, Exsanguinated Roommate, Jon Raedeke, Paul Foreman, Polvo, Prison, Salisman, Soft Speaker, The Chameleons

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All Structures Align: Cut the Engines

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 20, 2023
7 Comments on All Structures Align: Cut the Engines

All Structures Align (photo via artist's Facebook page).

Tags Adam Ineson, All Structures Align, Andrew Pollard, Bedhead, Bilge Pump, Ivan The Tolerable, June of 44, King Champion Sounds, Objections, Oli Heffernan, Polaris, Polvo, Slint, Tim Ineson, Wrong Speed Records

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Corridors of Power: 20 Years with Grails

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 19, 2023
20 Comments on Corridors of Power: 20 Years with Grails

Grails

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Noise Pollution: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 7, 2023
20 Comments on Noise Pollution: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case

FACS (photo: Evan Jenkins)

Tags Alianna Kalaba, Brian Case, FACS, Jonathan Van Herrick, Luggage, Metz, Mike Valera, Noah Leger, Polvo, Preoccupations, Sanford Parker, Trouble In Mind

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Landing’s Seasons 20th anniversary

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

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

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Golden Apples: Golden Apples

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 26, 2022
3 Comments on Golden Apples: Golden Apples

Golden Apples (photo credit: Emily Burtner)

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Olanza: Olanza

Olanza

Tags Cruel Nature Records, Einstellung, Hominid Sounds, Human Worth, Olanza, Pelican, Polvo, Rocket Recordings

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All Souls Day: The Burning Universe of Unwound

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 2, 2021
44 Comments on All Souls Day: The Burning Universe of Unwound

Unwound (photo provided by Numero Group)

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Moin: Moot! – “a record inspired by escapism”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 28, 2021
9 Comments on Moin: Moot! – “a record inspired by escapism”

Moin

Tags Fugazi, Joe Andrews, Moin, Polvo, Raim, Slint, Tom Halstead, Unwound, Valentina Magaletti, Vanishing Twin

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The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made

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

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

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 29, 2021
58 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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Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 2

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 11, 2020
11 Comments on Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 2

Holy Sons' Emil Amos (photo credit: Casey Proctor - taken in Lisbon, Portugal).

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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)

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Polvo: a buyer’s guide and look into the bipolar world of the underground touchstone

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 3, 2020
41 Comments on Polvo: a buyer’s guide and look into the bipolar world of the underground touchstone

Polvo (photo credit: Michael Galinsky)

We put one of Chapel Hill’s greatest exports under the microscope, assessing their era-defining body of work.

Tags Ash Bowie, Bob Weston, Brian Quast, Dave Brylawski, Explosions In The Sky, Fugazi, Game Theory, Pink Floyd, Polvo, Primavera Sound, R.E.M., Ravi Shankar, Rodan, Slint, Sonic Youth, Steve Popson, The Cheery Valence, Vanilla Trainwreck