Categories Albums Features All Souls Day: The Burning Universe of Unwound Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 2, 2021 11 Comments on All Souls Day: The Burning Universe of Unwound Unwound (photo provided by Numero Group) Continue reading “All Souls Day: The Burning Universe of Unwound” Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Band Of Horses, Bark Psychosis, Beat Happening, Beck, Bikini Kill, Blonde Redhead, Blonderedhead, BMG, Brainiac, Brandt Sandeno, Breeders, Conan Neutron, David Pajo, Elliott Smith, Fugazi, Giant Henry, Household Gods, Janet Weiss, Jarred Warren, John Coltrane, Justin Trosper, K Records, Karp, Kill Rock Stars, Lauren K. Newman, Margaret Mittleman, Melvins, Minor Threat, nirvana, Nocturnal Habits, Philip Ek, Polvo, Punk In My Vitamins, Sara Lund, Sleater-Kinney, Slint, Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Sun Ra, Survival Knife, Swervedriver, The Corin Tucker Band, The Shins, Tobi Vail, tom jones, Unwound, Vern Rumsey
Categories Album Reviews Moin: Moot! – “a record inspired by escapism” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 28, 2021 3 Comments on Moin: Moot! – “a record inspired by escapism” Moin Continue reading “Moin: Moot! – “a record inspired by escapism”” Tags Fugazi, Joe Andrews, Moin, Polvo, Raim, Slint, Tom Halstead, Unwound, Valentina Magaletti, Vanishing Twin
Categories Albums Features The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made Post author By sun13banjo Post date June 9, 2021 13 Comments on The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made Continue reading “The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made” Tags 4ad, Avalanche Recordings, Broadcast, buzzcocks, Cheree Records, cocteau twins, Creation Records, Deathcult, Dischord Records, Disco Inferno, Jesu, joy division, Merge Records, Minor Threat, Mudhoney, my bloody valentine, One Little Indian, Parlophone, Polvo, R.E.M., Refill Records, ride, Rough Trade, Scratch Acid, Stereolab, Steve Albini, Sub Pop, The Beatles, The Desperate Bicycles, The Fall, The Wedding Present, Warp
Categories Albums Features The Absurdity of Fandom: Slint’s Spiderland 30th anniversary Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 29, 2021 23 Comments on The Absurdity of Fandom: Slint’s Spiderland 30th anniversary Slint (photo credit: Will Oldham - taken from Spiderland's original artwork) Continue reading “The Absurdity of Fandom: Slint’s Spiderland 30th anniversary” 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
Categories Features Interviews Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 2 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 11, 2020 6 Comments on Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 2 Sticky post Holy Sons' Emil Amos (photo credit: Casey Proctor - taken in Lisbon, Portugal). Continue reading “Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 2” Tags Ash Bowie, Barry Manilow, Beach Boys, Byrds, Circle Jerks, Daniel Johnston, David Berman, david bowie, Descendents, Drifter's Sympathy, Emil Amos, Holy Sons, Jackson Browne, mick ronson, Nazareth, Polvo, Roger Miller, Sebadoh, Silver Jews, Tao Te Ching
Categories Features Interviews Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 1 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 27, 2020 15 Comments on Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 1 Sticky post Holy Sons' Emil Amos (photo credit: Casey Proctor) Continue reading “Full Force: In Conversation with Holy Sons’ Emil Amos – Part 1” Tags America, Ariel Pink, Bread, Daniel Johnston, david bowie, Dennis Wilson, Emil Amos, gRAILS, Henry Rollins, Holy Sons, Ian MacKaye, J. Mascis, John Lennon, Kim Gordon, Kris Kristofferson, Lilacs & Champagne, Lou Barlow, Minor Threat, Neil Young, OM, Pavement, Pete Swanson, Pink Floyd, Polvo, Sartre, Sebadoh, Smog, Sonic Youth, Stephen Malkmus, Steve Shelley, The Eagles, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Wings, Yellow Swans
Categories Features 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 18 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. Continue reading “Polvo: a buyer’s guide and look into the bipolar world of the underground touchstone” 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