Categories Albums Features The Absurdity of Fandom: Slint’s Spiderland 30th anniversary Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 29, 2021 3 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 2 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 No 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 2 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 7 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