Categories News The Lord † David Pajo collaborate on new song Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 2, 2022 No Comments on The Lord † David Pajo collaborate on new song The Lord & David Pajo (photo credit: Nan Ding) Continue reading “The Lord † David Pajo collaborate on new song” Tags David Pajo, Greg Anderson, kING kONG, Papa M, Petra Haden, Slint, Southern Lord Recordings, The Lord, Tortoise
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 6 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 Engine Roar: In Conversation with June of 44’s Jeff Mueller Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 11, 2022 20 Comments on Engine Roar: In Conversation with June of 44’s Jeff Mueller June Of 44 (photo provided by the artist) Continue reading “Engine Roar: In Conversation with June of 44’s Jeff Mueller” Tags Bob Weston, Coedine, Doug Scharin, Enablers, Fred Erskine, Him, Hoover, James Murphy, Jason Noble, Jeff Mueller, June of 44, Lungfish, Michael Galinsky, Miley Cyrus, Neil Young, Pony, Primavera Sound, public enemy, Rex, Rodan, Shipping News, Slint, Supersonic, Tara Jane O'Neil, The Crownhate Ruin, The Sonora Pine, The Sorts
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 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) Continue reading “Pound Land Interview: “We both like our music to be unsettling”” Tags Adam Stone, Bongwater, Cruel Nature Records, Future Bomes, happy mondays, Holy Ghost People, Jason Williamson, John Cale, Lovely Wife, Melvyn Bragg, Nick Harris, Oliver Postgate, Pound Land, Reverends of Destruction, Shaun Ryder, sleaford mods, Slint, Snakes Don’t Belong in Alaska, Steve Strode, The Fall, The Velvet Underground, Tom Baker
Categories Album Reviews Engine Kid: Special Olympics EP – “they deliver with wicked force” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 13, 2021 9 Comments on Engine Kid: Special Olympics EP – “they deliver with wicked force” Engine Kid (photo credit: Vaga Bond) Continue reading “Engine Kid: Special Olympics EP – “they deliver with wicked force”” Tags black flag, Engine Kid, Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, Slint, Southern Lord, Sunn O))), Unwound
Categories 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) Continue reading “Antietam: His Majesty’s Request: A Wink O’Bannon Select – “a fitting tribute”” Tags AMPED, Anna Krippenstapel, Antietam, Bodeco, Burt Bacharach, Catherine Irwin, Chip Nold, David Grubbs, Donovan, Douglas McCombs, Eleventh Dream Day, Freakwater, Gang Of Four, George Harrison, Georgia Hubley, Girls Rock Louville, Ira Kaplan, Jaime Fennelly), James McNew, Janet Bean, Josh Madell, joy division, Ramones, Rick Rizzo, Slint, Sonny Sharrock, Sue Garner, Tara Jane O'Neil, Tara Key, Tari O’Bannon, The Kinks, Tim Harris, Todd Brashear, Will Oldham, Wink O'Bannon, Yo La Tengo
Categories 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 Continue reading “Enablers’ Output Negative Space 15th anniversary” 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
Categories 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) Continue reading “Mope City Interview: “the motivation comes from just enjoying it”” 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
Categories Albums Features All Souls Day: The Burning Universe of Unwound Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 2, 2021 17 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 6 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 Album Reviews Nadja: Luminous Rot – “something truly worthy of the present” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 20, 2021 13 Comments on Nadja: Luminous Rot – “something truly worthy of the present” Nadja (photo credit: Janina Gallert) Continue reading “Nadja: Luminous Rot – “something truly worthy of the present”” Tags Aidan Baker, bauhaus, big brave, Broken Spine Studios, Clara Engel, David Pajo, Ekin Fil, Godflesh, Greg Anderson, Leah Buckareff, Nadja, Slint, Southern Lord
Categories Albums Features The Absurdity of Fandom: Slint’s Spiderland 30th anniversary Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 29, 2021 28 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 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) Continue reading “Black Country, New Road: For the First Time – “a tone-setter for the rest of 2021”” Tags BBC 6 Music, black country new road, dry cleaning, half man half biscuit, hmhb, Isaac Wood, Ninja Tune, Slint, snoop dogg, squid
Categories 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 Continue reading “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
Categories 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” Continue reading “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
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 23 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