Categories Features Interviews JAAW Interview: “It was completely stress free” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 26, 2023 No Comments on JAAW Interview: “It was completely stress free” Continue reading “JAAW Interview: “It was completely stress free”” Tags Adam Betts, Andy Cairns, Big Lad, Bjork, Bonnacons of Doom, Bruxa Maria, Death Pedals, Goldie, JAAW, Jason Stoll, KLÄMP, Mugstar, Petbrick, Sex Swing, Shellac, Squarepusher, Therapy?, Three Trapped Tigers, Wayne Adams
Categories Features Live Escaping Reality: Primavera Sound 2022 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 24, 2022 20 Comments on Escaping Reality: Primavera Sound 2022 Primavera Sound 2022 Continue reading “Escaping Reality: 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
Categories Album Reviews Horsegirl: Versions of Modern Performance Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 17, 2022 3 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 Features Interviews oWo Interview: “We all want an exit from the current political failings” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 28, 2022 2 Comments on oWo Interview: “We all want an exit from the current political failings” oWo Continue reading “oWo Interview: “We all want an exit from the current political failings”” Tags .The Fall, 2 Litre Dolby, 78 Saab, Adult Bookshop, Archers of Loaf, Crow, Dinosaur Jr, dirty three, Engine Kid, Even, Examplehead, Fangin Felines, Fugazi, Further, Gang Of Four, Gary David Small Town Incident, Golden Fang, Guided By Voices, Hateman, Hawkwind, Jesus Lizard, June of 44, Los Monaros, Magic Dirt, McLusky, Midget, mogwai, oWo, Pavement, Peaceful Pills, pil, Rowland S Howard, Shellac, Silverfish, Slint, Sonic Youth, Swervedriver, The Drones, The Fall, The Melvins, Trash Stash, Tumbleweed, Tweezer, Ween, Wire, You Am
Categories Features Interviews Dimension Jump: In Conversation with Good Grief’s Will Fitzpatrick and Paul Abbott Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 17, 2022 7 Comments on Dimension Jump: In Conversation with Good Grief’s Will Fitzpatrick and Paul Abbott Good Grief (photo credit: Andy Von Pip) Continue reading “Dimension Jump: In Conversation with Good Grief’s Will Fitzpatrick and Paul Abbott” Tags a.P.A.t.T., Akira Kurosawa, Ancient Plastix, Blur, Bob Mould, Bob Weston, Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Brendan Canty, Brian Walsby, Crusades, Dave Williams, David Grossman, Death Cab For Cutie, Doomshakalaka, Ed McBain, Everything Sucks, Frank O'Hara, Gareth Dawson, Good Grief, Guided By Voices, Happy Happy Birthday To Me, Hot Club de Paris, Invisible Wind Factory, Jaime Hernandez, Jawbreaker, Kazimier Stockroom, Kenneth Koch, Love & Rockets, Married to the Sea, Martha, Matiss Dale, Outpost, Paul Abbot, Paul Rafferty, Puzzle, Quarry, Rob Whiteley, Shellac, Stephen Cole, Superchunk, The Replacements, Unwelcome Guests, Victor FME, Will Fitzpatrick, Witching Waves
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 Album Reviews The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries: Suns Out Guns Out – “wicked concoctions of outlaw rock” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 13, 2021 1 Comment on The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries: Suns Out Guns Out – “wicked concoctions of outlaw rock” The Martha's Vineyard Ferries (photo credit: from artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries: Suns Out Guns Out – “wicked concoctions of outlaw rock”” Tags Bob West, Bottomless Pit, Codeine, Come, Elisha Wiesner, Ernest Jenning Record Co, Shellac, Silkworm, The Lemonheads, The Martha's Vineyard Ferries
Categories Album Reviews Loscil: Clara – “sprawling collages” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 7, 2021 6 Comments on Loscil: Clara – “sprawling collages” loscil (photo credit: Ben Didier) Continue reading “Loscil: Clara – “sprawling collages”” Tags Kranky, loscil, Primavera, Scott Morgan, Shellac, The Sight Below