Tag: Slint

Features Interviews

Engine Roar: In Conversation with June of 44’s Jeff Mueller

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 11, 2022
16 Comments on Engine Roar: In Conversation with June of 44’s Jeff Mueller

June Of 44 (photo provided by the artist)

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

Features Interviews

Pound Land Interview: “We both like our music to be unsettling”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 25, 2022
3 Comments on Pound Land Interview: “We both like our music to be unsettling”

Pound Land (photo provided by the artist)

Album Reviews

Engine Kid: Special Olympics EP – “they deliver with wicked force”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 13, 2021
7 Comments on Engine Kid: Special Olympics EP – “they deliver with wicked force”

Engine Kid (photo credit: Vaga Bond)

Tags black flag, Engine Kid, Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, Slint, Southern Lord, Sunn O))), Unwound

Album Reviews

Antietam: His Majesty’s Request: A Wink O’Bannon Select – “a fitting tribute”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 14, 2021
3 Comments on Antietam: His Majesty’s Request: A Wink O’Bannon Select – “a fitting tribute”

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

Albums Lost Albums

Enablers’ Output Negative Space 15th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 1, 2021
6 Comments on Enablers’ Output Negative Space 15th anniversary

Enablers

Tags Charles Bukowski, dAVID hAND, Emma Ruth Rundle, Enablers, Holy Sons, Human Worth, Joe Goldring, June of 44, Kevin Thompson, Lancashire & Somerset, Low, Neurot Recordings, nick cave and the bad seeds, Pete Simonelli, Rodan, Slint, Steve Von Till, Tom Waits

Features Interviews

Mope City Interview: “the motivation comes from just enjoying it”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 9, 2021
6 Comments on Mope City Interview: “the motivation comes from just enjoying it”

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

Tags Amaya Lang, Anthony Guerra, Audile Design Studios, Del Lumanta, Dumbells, Kitchen's Floor, Mope City, Mundo Primitivo, Pallet, Peter Beringer, Sachet, Shaun Donovan, Slint, Tenth Court, The Twerps, VIPP

Albums Features

All Souls Day: The Burning Universe of Unwound

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

Unwound (photo provided by Numero Group)

Album Reviews

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

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 28, 2021
6 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

Album Reviews

Nadja: Luminous Rot – “something truly worthy of the present”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 20, 2021
11 Comments on Nadja: Luminous Rot – “something truly worthy of the present”

Nadja (photo credit: Janina Gallert)

Tags Aidan Baker, bauhaus, big brave, Broken Spine Studios, Clara Engel, David Pajo, Ekin Fil, Godflesh, Greg Anderson, Leah Buckareff, Nadja, Slint, Southern Lord

Albums Features

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

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 29, 2021
26 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

Album Reviews

Black Country, New Road: For the First Time – “a tone-setter for the rest of 2021”

Post author By stevenjdoherty
Post date February 12, 2021
5 Comments on Black Country, New Road: For the First Time – “a tone-setter for the rest of 2021”

Black Country, New Road (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags BBC 6 Music, black country new road, dry cleaning, half man half biscuit, hmhb, Isaac Wood, Ninja Tune, Slint, snoop dogg, squid

13 Questions

Meet the Team: 13 Questions with Simon Kirk

Post author By sun13banjo
Post date December 23, 2020
2 Comments on Meet the Team: 13 Questions with Simon Kirk

Tags Belinda Carlisle, Chris Rea, David Pajo, Dennis Wilson, Emil Amos, Holy Sons, Slim Dist, Slint, Smashing Pumpkins, Sun 13, Tortoise, Wilco, Wreikmeister Harmonies

Album Reviews

Zelienople: Hold You Up – “a timely welcome into this world”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 13, 2020
4 Comments on Zelienople: Hold You Up – “a timely welcome into this world”

Tags Bark Psychosis, Bedhead, Brian Harding, Labradford, Low, Matt Christensen, Mike Weis, MJ Guider, Slint, Spotify, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Yo La Tengo, Zelienople

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
22 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