Categories Album Reviews SQÜRL: Silver Haze Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 22, 2023 No Comments on SQÜRL: Silver Haze SQÜRL (photo from artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “SQÜRL: Silver Haze” Tags Anika, Boris, Carter Logan, Charlotte Gainsborg, Earth, jim jarmusch, Marissa Nadler, Philip K Dick, Randall Dunn, Sacred Bones, Six Organs of Admittance, SQÜRL, Steve Von Till, Sunn O)))
Categories Features Interviews Droneroom Interview: “I prefer it if someone else tells me what they hear and see” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 11, 2022 12 Comments on Droneroom Interview: “I prefer it if someone else tells me what they hear and see” Continue reading “Droneroom Interview: “I prefer it if someone else tells me what they hear and see”” Tags Alan Licht, Annie Proulx, Big|Brave, Bill Frisell, Bill MacKay, Blake Conley, Brian Chippendale, Codeine, Cormac McCarthy, Daniel Bachman, David Grubbs, David Lynch, David Pajo, Dennis Hopper, Droneroom, Earth, Elizabeth Cotton, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Joseph Allred, Josh Byrd, Kelly Reichart, Larry Mcmurty, Loren Connors, Low, Magik Markers, Marty Robbins, Mary Timony, Matt Sweeney and Bonnie Prince Billy, Meat Puppets, Minutemen, Nonconnah, Rashid Ali, Rip Torn, Robert Altman, Six Organs of Admittance, Skin Tension, Slint, Sonny Sharrock, The Body, The Jesus Lizard, Thomas Mcguane, Wim Wenders, Working in Retail, Zach Hill, Zachary Corsa
Categories Features Interviews Empty House Interview: “It came about as a quick idea” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 17, 2022 8 Comments on Empty House Interview: “It came about as a quick idea” Empty House Continue reading “Empty House Interview: “It came about as a quick idea”” Tags 11 Paranoias, ACDC, Acid Mothers Temple, Big Youth, Billy Chong, Blown Out, Bong, Brian Eno, Bruce Lee, Bruce Springsteen, can, Cruel Nature Records, David Byrne, Earthling Society, Empty House, Far East Family Band, Flower Travellin’ Band, Fred Laird, Harold Budd, Julian Cope, Lo Lieh, Mark E. Smith, Mike Vest, Paul Simon, Popol Vuh, Six Organs of Admittance, Sting, Taj Mahal Travellers, Taras Bulba, The Cramps, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Yoshiwara
Categories Album Reviews Droneroom: Whatever Truthful Understanding Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 20, 2022 4 Comments on Droneroom: Whatever Truthful Understanding Droneroom Continue reading “Droneroom: Whatever Truthful Understanding” Tags Ben Chasny, Blake Edward Conley, Daniel Bachmann, Desert Records, Droneroom, Dylan Carlson, Jake Xerses Fussell, Six Organs of Admittance
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 17, 2021 32 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021 Sticky post Original image via Unsplash (Florencia Viadana) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021” Tags 20-20-20, AD 93, Aging, Aging ~ Land Trance, Allen Moore, Ben Chasny, big brave, big country, BIG | BRAVE, Bill Orcutt, Black Tempel Pyrämid, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bronzerat, Charlie Butler, Chris Abrahams, Chris Corsano, Circle, Claire Cronin, Comedy Minus One, Constellation Records, Cruel Nature Records, Damon & Naomi, Damon Krukowski, Daniela Weinmann, David Colohan, David Wurth, Deafheaven, Divide And Dissolve, Domino Recordings, Donovan Quinn, Drag City, Dub Cthonic, Eleventh Dream Day, Emil Amos, Emma Ruth Rundle, Ex-Easter Island Head, FACS, Fading Tapes, Fake Fruit, Fat Cat, Fire Records, Flemish Eye, Fly Pan Am, Full Time Hobby, Gaffa Bandana, Glenn Donaldson, Gnod, Goliath Enterprises Limited, Grouper, Holy Sons, Hominid Sounds, Human Worth, International Anthem, Invada Records, Iron Lung Records, Jeff Parker, Jim White, Joyful Noise, Joyful Noise Recordings, Katuku Collective, Kowloon Walled City, Kranky, Kulk, Land Trance, Light Conductor, Lingua Ignota, loscil, Low, Matt Christensen, Matt Sweeney, Mess Esque, Miasmah Recordings, Midwife, Moin, Monastra, Naomi Yang, Neurot Recordings, New Bums, nick cave, Ninja Tune, Odd Beholder, Ohm Resistance, Orindal Records, P.M. Tummala, Palilalia, Patrick R. Pärk, richard dawson, Rock In Your Head, Rocket Recordings, Rough Trade, Sargent House, Simm, Sinnbus, Six Organs of Admittance, slant, sleaford mods, Southern Lord, Springtime, Stuart Cook, Sub Pop, The Besnard Lakes, The Bug, The Flenser, The Reds Pinks and Purples, The Still, Three Lobed Recordings, Tough Love, Tropical Fuck Storm, Trouble In Mind, Vapour Theories, warren ellis, Waxing Cresent Records, Will Oldham, XIMES
Categories Album Reviews Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Blind Date Party – “the ultimate homage” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 9, 2021 3 Comments on Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Blind Date Party – “the ultimate homage” Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy (photo credits: L - Mabel Cooper; R - Hanly Banks Callahan) Continue reading “Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Blind Date Party – “the ultimate homage”” Tags Alasdair Roberts, AZITA, Bill Callahan, Bill MacKay, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Cassie Berman, Cooper Crain, Cory Hanson, David Grubbs, David Pajo, Dead Rider, dirty three, Drag City, Emmett Kelly, George Xylouris, Hank Williams Jr., Lou Reed, Matt Kinsey, Matt Sweeney, Meg Baird, Mess Esque, Mick Turner, Sean O’Hagan, Six Organs of Admittance, Steely Dan, The Velvet Underground, Ty Segall, Will Oldham
Categories News Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy announce the Blind Date Party Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 8, 2021 2 Comments on Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy announce the Blind Date Party Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy (photo credits: L - Mabel Cooper; R - Hanly Banks Callahan) Continue reading “Bill Callahan & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy announce the Blind Date Party” Tags Alasdair Roberts, AZITA, Bill Callahan, Bill MacKay, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Cassie Berman, Cooper Crain, Cory Hanson, Dave Rich, David Berman, David Grubbs, David Pajo, Dead Rider, Drag City, Emmett Kelly, George Xylouris, Hamerkop, Hank Williams Jr., Iggy Pop, Jerry Jeff Walker, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Matt Kinsey, Matt Sweeney, Meg Baird, Mick Turner, Robert Wyatt, Scout Niblett, Sean O’Hagan, Sir Richard Bishop, Six Organs of Admittance, Steely Dan, The Other Years, Ty Segall, Will Oldham, Yusuf Islam
Categories Features Interviews Ben Chasny Interview: “this might be a new branch of the tree” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 5, 2021 10 Comments on Ben Chasny Interview: “this might be a new branch of the tree” Ben Chasny Continue reading “Ben Chasny Interview: “this might be a new branch of the tree”” Tags Ben Chasny, Drag City, KPM, Paul Sandell, Six Organs of Admittance, Sleepy Sun, Steve Quenell, Survival Knife, The Warlocks
Categories Album Reviews Ivan The Tolerable: Autodidact II – “an array of styles and influences in the world of experimentation” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 26, 2021 5 Comments on Ivan The Tolerable: Autodidact II – “an array of styles and influences in the world of experimentation” Ivan The Tolerable Continue reading “Ivan The Tolerable: Autodidact II – “an array of styles and influences in the world of experimentation”” Tags Alice Coltrane, Cruel Nature Records, faust, gRAILS, Ivan The Tolerable, Oli Heffernan, Six Organs of Admittance, spiritualized, Sunn O))), Tarentel
Categories Album Reviews Dr. Joy: Dr. Joy – “beautifully assured and undoubtedly mind-bending” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 21, 2021 1 Comment on Dr. Joy: Dr. Joy – “beautifully assured and undoubtedly mind-bending” Dr. Joy Continue reading “Dr. Joy: Dr. Joy – “beautifully assured and undoubtedly mind-bending”” Tags Animal Collective, Asher Gould-Murtagh, Ben Chasny, Dr. Joy, Matthew "Doc" Dunn, Meg Remy, Mr. Joy, Pink Floyd, Six Organs of Admittance, Suss, syd barrett, Talking Heads, The Cosmic Range, Transcendental Rodeo, U.S. Girls
Categories Features Interviews Sharp Ascent: In Conversation with Six Organs Of Admittance’s Ben Chasny Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 25, 2021 23 Comments on Sharp Ascent: In Conversation with Six Organs Of Admittance’s Ben Chasny Six Organs of Admittance (photo credit: Elisa Ambrogio) Continue reading “Sharp Ascent: In Conversation with Six Organs Of Admittance’s Ben Chasny” Tags Animal Collective, Éric Lapierre, Ben Chasny, Cam Archer, Charalambides, Chris Corsano, Comets On Fire, David Keenan, Devendra Banhart, Donovan Quinn, Drag City, faust, Gaston Bachelard, Golden Calves, Hair Police, INXS, Jack Rose, Jerry Jeff Walker, Joanna Newsom, Joshua Burkett, Lee Ranaldo, Magik Markers, Major Stars, MV & EE, New Bums, Paul Flaherty, Randall Dunn, Rangda, Sir. Richard Bishop, Six Organs of Admittance, Sky Green Leopards, Sting, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Sunn O))), Three Lobed Recordings
Categories Album Reviews Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt: Made Out of Sound – “musicianship at its peak” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 7, 2021 8 Comments on Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt: Made Out of Sound – “musicianship at its peak” Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt Continue reading “Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt: Made Out of Sound – “musicianship at its peak”” Tags Alan Bishop, Ben Chasny, Bill Orcutt, Bjork, Chris Corsano, Jim White, Kim Gordon, Palilalia, Sir Richard Bishop, Six Organs of Admittance, Sun City Girls, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Thurston Moore
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 11, 2020 59 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020 Sticky post Original image source: Unsplash Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020” Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Activity, Albums of the year, Albums of the year 2020, Algiers, Andrea, ATO Records, Bad Amputee, Bambara, Baxter Dury, Bella Union, Bruxa Maria, Cohn Corporation, CS + Kreme, Daniel Avery, Dead Oceans, Destroyer, Dine Alone Records, Dis Fig, Dogleg, Domino Recordings, Drag City, Drive-By Truckers, Einstürzende Neubauten, Emil Amos, Emma Ruth Rundle, Epic Records, Epitaph Records, Ex-Easter Island Head, FACS, Family Jukebox, Fiona Apple, Flying Nun Records, Fotocrime, Heavenly Recordings, Holy Sons, Hominid Sounds, Hyperdub, Illian Tape, Illian Tapes, Jehnny Beth, Julianna Barwick, Keeley Forsyth, Kevin Martin, Kranky, Land Trance, Matador Records, Merge Records, Miashma Recordings, MJ Guider, Moses Boyd, Muzz, Ninja Tune, Northern Spy Records, Nuclear Blast, P.E., Pallbearer, Phantasy Sound, Phil Elverum, PIAS, Potomak, Profound Lore, protomartyr, Sacred Bones, Serengeti, Shabazz Palaces, Six Organs of Admittance, Sony Records, The Bats, The Bug, The Flaming Lips, The Innocence Mission, The Leaf Label, The Microphones, The Necks, The Trilogy Tapes, Thou, Thrill Jockey, Torres, Touché Amoré, Triple Crown Records, Trouble In Mind, Uniform, Walter Martin, Warp, Western Vinyl, Wharf Cat Records, Wreikmeister Harmonies, Wrekmeister Harmonies, yves tumor, Zelienople
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