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The Spiritual Sound: In Conversation with Agriculture’s Dan Meyer & Richard Chowenhill

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 6, 2025
5 Comments on The Spiritual Sound: In Conversation with Agriculture’s Dan Meyer & Richard Chowenhill

Agriculture (photo: Milan Aguire)

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The Brute Choir: Palace Music’s Viva Last Blues 30th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date August 21, 2025
1 Comment on The Brute Choir: Palace Music’s Viva Last Blues 30th anniversary

Palace Music's Will Oldham

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Haress: Skylarks

Haress (photo: Vogon Laundromat)

Features Interviews

The Escape Artist: In Conversation with David Pajo

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 22, 2024
14 Comments on The Escape Artist: In Conversation with David Pajo

Papa M (photo: Daniel Bergeron)

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The Lost Letters: The Lost Letters

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 25, 2024
4 Comments on The Lost Letters: The Lost Letters

The Lost Letters (photo: via artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Ben J Heal, Bowery Electric, Carl Saff, Coaxial, Codeine, cowman, Cruel Nature Records, Fulya, Hitobashira-ni, Joy Dimmers, morimori, Red House Painters, Slint, The Lost Letters

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Everything Changes: Rodan’s Rusty 30th anniversary

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 4, 2024
5 Comments on Everything Changes: Rodan’s Rusty 30th anniversary

Rodan (photo: Ewolf)

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Careen: Cycle 3 EP

Careen (photo: Aramis Johnson)

Album Reviews

The Children’s Hour: Going Home

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 26, 2024
6 Comments on The Children’s Hour: Going Home

The Children's Hour

Tags Andy Bar, Billy Corgan, David Pajo, Drag City, Fire Records, Jefferson Airplane, Josephine Foster, Mount Eerie, Nico, Papa M, Paul Oldham, Slint, The Children’s Hour, The Innocence Mission, Tortoise, Zwan

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Juno Point: Lost Along a River

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date February 22, 2024
3 Comments on Juno Point: Lost Along a River

Juno Point

Tags Bon King, Bonny ‘Prince’ Billy, El Mopa, Gersey, Golden Fang, Imagine River Records, Lou Peake, Matt Grant Ukiyo-e, Michael Plater, Nik Devenish, Slint, Steve Foster, The Cannanes, Triple J, Tweezer

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All Structures Align: Cut the Engines

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 20, 2023
7 Comments on All Structures Align: Cut the Engines

All Structures Align (photo via artist's Facebook page).

Tags Adam Ineson, All Structures Align, Andrew Pollard, Bedhead, Bilge Pump, Ivan The Tolerable, June of 44, King Champion Sounds, Objections, Oli Heffernan, Polaris, Polvo, Slint, Tim Ineson, Wrong Speed Records

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Luggage: Hand Is Bad

Luggage (photo: from artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Amish Records, Bodies on Everest, Luca Cimarusti, Luggage, Mark of Cain, Michael John Grant, Michael Vallera, Slint, The For Carnation, Tortoise

Features Opinion

Light Up the Stars: Remembering Rick Froberg

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 6, 2023
7 Comments on Light Up the Stars: Remembering Rick Froberg

Rick Froberg

Tags All Tomorrow’s Parties, Barry Hogan, Cormac McCarthy, Drive Like Jehu, Froberg, Hot Snakes, John Reis, Mimi Parker, Obits, Pitchfork, Rick Froberg, Slint, Sub Pop, Warped Tour

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Ativin: Austere

Ativin (photo: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Features Interviews

Glass State: In Conversation with Sweet Williams’ Thomas House

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 12, 2023
11 Comments on Glass State: In Conversation with Sweet Williams’ Thomas House

Thomas House (photo: Gabriela Soto)

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Hubert Selby Jr. Infants: Good Evening, Pricks! It’s the Hubert Selby Jr. Infants

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 31, 2023
3 Comments on Hubert Selby Jr. Infants: Good Evening, Pricks! It’s the Hubert Selby Jr. Infants

Hubert Selby Jr. Infants (photo: from the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Andrew Bushe, Bitch Magnet, Brian McMahan, Hands Up Who Wants to Die, Hubert Selby Jr. Infants, Jamie Grimes, Kunal Nandi, Lou Barlow, Pete Searcy, Peter McNally, Sebadoh, Slint, Squirrel Bait, Squirrel Bait., Unwound

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Hands Up Who Wants To Die: Nil All

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 20, 2023
3 Comments on Hands Up Who Wants To Die: Nil All

Hands Up Who Wants To Die (photo: Tom McDermott)

Tags David Pajo, Fonoradar, Hands Up Who Wants to Die, Human Worth, Killdozer, Scratch Acid, Sleeping Giant Glossolalia, Slint

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Bondo: Print Selections

Bondo

Tags Bondo, Doug Scharin, Duster, June of 44, Low, Quindi Records, Slint

News

The Lord † David Pajo collaborate on new song

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 2, 2022
1 Comment on The Lord † David Pajo collaborate on new song

The Lord & David Pajo (photo credit: Nan Ding)

Tags David Pajo, Greg Anderson, kING kONG, Papa M, Petra Haden, Slint, Southern Lord Recordings, The Lord, Tortoise

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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
18 Comments on Droneroom Interview: “I prefer it if someone else tells me what they hear and see”

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

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

June Of 44 (photo provided by the artist)

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oWo Interview: “We all want an exit from the current political failings”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 28, 2022
4 Comments on oWo Interview: “We all want an exit from the current political failings”

oWo

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

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

Pound Land (photo provided by the artist)

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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)

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

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

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 14, 2021
4 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
7 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

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

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 9, 2021
7 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

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All Souls Day: The Burning Universe of Unwound

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

Unwound (photo provided by Numero Group)

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

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 28, 2021
9 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

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

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date May 20, 2021
14 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

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

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 29, 2021
60 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

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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

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

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 13, 2020
5 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
41 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