Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #14 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 7, 2024 1 Comment on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #14 Artwork by Jenny Higham (IG: @jennyh_illustration) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #14” Tags Amen Dunes, Birdman Records, Brutture Moderne, Carpark Records, Cloud Nothings, Computer Students™, Cruel Nature Records, Dez Dare, Domino, Einstürzende Neubauten, Empty House, Fat White Family, FatCat Records, God Unknown Records, High on Fire, Il Sogno del Marinaio, Improved Sequence, Infinite River, Jessica Pratt, Keeley Forsyth, Kim Gordon, Matador Records, Metz, Mexican Sumer, MNKR Heavy, Modulor, Mountain Movers, No Man's Valley, Phosphorescent, Potomak, Shellac, Soft Abuse, Stella Burns, Steve Albini, Steven R. Smith, Sub Pop, Sudden Voices, The Conformists, Tonzonen Records, Touch & Go, Trouble In Mind, UMG Recordings
Categories Singles Track Premiere: The Conformists’ ‘Mr. Biron’ Post author By Simon Kirk Post date February 7, 2024 No Comments on Track Premiere: The Conformists’ ‘Mr. Biron’ The Conformists Continue reading “Track Premiere: The Conformists’ ‘Mr. Biron’” Tags Computer Students™, Matthew Barnhart, Steve Albini, The Conformists
Categories Features Interviews Lovely Murk: In Conversation with Oxbow Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 19, 2023 11 Comments on Lovely Murk: In Conversation with Oxbow Oxbow (photo: Phil Sharp) Continue reading “Lovely Murk: In Conversation with Oxbow” Tags Agnostic Front, Annapaola Martin, BUÑUEL, Dan Adams, Eugene S. Robinson, Fear, Greg Davis, Ipecac Recordings, Joe Ciccarelli, King Diamond, Kristin Hayter, Lingua Ignota, Martin Scorsese, Niko Wenner, Oxbow, Peter Brötzmann, Steve Albini, Supersonic, Supersonic Festival, Whipping Boy, William Burroughs
Categories Album Reviews Ativin: Austere Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 29, 2023 2 Comments on Ativin: Austere Ativin (photo: via the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “Ativin: Austere” Tags Alison Chesley, American Football, Ativin, Bedhead, Blur, Chis Brokaw, Chris Carothers, Codeine, Come, Dan Burton, Early Day Miners, Electrical Audio, Fonoradar, Grizzly Daughter, Helen Money, Hunting People, Joyful Noise Recordings, Matia Ferrarini, Pavement, Slint, Steve Albini, Unwound
Categories Live For Your Entertainment: Primavera Sound Porto 2023 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 16, 2023 7 Comments on For Your Entertainment: Primavera Sound Porto 2023 Primavera Sound Porto (photo: Kate Smith) Continue reading “For Your Entertainment: Primavera Sound Porto 2023” Tags Alison Goldfrapp, Alvvays, Autry Fulbright II, Big Business, Blur, Bob Weston, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Circle Jerks, Damon Albarn, Dimitri Coats, Geoff Farina, Georgia, glastonbury, Graham Coxon, Jared Warren, Jim James, Justin Brown, Justin Trosper, Karate, Karly Hartzman, Karp, Keith Morris, Kendrick Lamar, Le Tigre, Melvins, My Morning Jacket, New Order Unwound, OFF!, Omar Rodriguez-López, Parque da Cidade do Porto, pet shop boys, Primavera, Radiohead, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sara Lund, Scott Seckington, Shellac, Sparks, Steve Albini, The Beths, The Comet is Coming, The Mars Volta, The Old Haunts, Todd Trainer, Vern Rumsey, Wednesday, yves tumor
Categories Album Reviews Deliluh: Fault Lines Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 5, 2022 3 Comments on Deliluh: Fault Lines Deliluh (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “Deliluh: Fault Lines” Tags Brian McMahon, Deliluh, Erik Jude, Erika Wharton-Shukster, Julius Pedersen, June of 44, Kyle Knapp, Steve Albini, Vladislav Delay
Categories Albums Features The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made Post author By sun13banjo Post date June 9, 2021 18 Comments on The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made Continue reading “The Greatest Gift: Best EPs Ever Made” Tags 4ad, Avalanche Recordings, Broadcast, buzzcocks, Cheree Records, cocteau twins, Creation Records, Deathcult, Dischord Records, Disco Inferno, Jesu, joy division, Merge Records, Minor Threat, Mudhoney, my bloody valentine, One Little Indian, Parlophone, Polvo, R.E.M., Refill Records, ride, Rough Trade, Scratch Acid, Stereolab, Steve Albini, Sub Pop, The Beatles, The Desperate Bicycles, The Fall, The Wedding Present, Warp
Categories Features Interviews High Tension: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 21, 2021 19 Comments on High Tension: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case FACS (photo credit: from artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “High Tension: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case” Tags 90 Day Men, Alianna Kalaba, Blue Man Group, Boredoms, Brian Case, Cat Power, Cloud Nothings, FACS, FACS interview, Girls Against Boys, John Congleton, Michael Cain, Noah Leger, Pelican, Sanford Parker, Steve Albini, Taking Pictures, The Fall, Trouble In Mind, We Ragazzi, Wreikmeister Harmonies
Categories Album Reviews Tunguska: Decline EP – “playing between the lines of sludge and post-metal” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 22, 2021 No Comments on Tunguska: Decline EP – “playing between the lines of sludge and post-metal” Tunguska (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page) Continue reading “Tunguska: Decline EP – “playing between the lines of sludge and post-metal”” Tags Cult Of Luna, Herod, Kylesa, Meshuggah, Mike Pilat, Neurosis, Steve Albini, The Ocean, Tunguska
Categories News Engine Kid announce 6xLP box set for RSD Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 9, 2021 2 Comments on Engine Kid announce 6xLP box set for RSD Engine Kid (photo credit: Jon Cook) Continue reading “Engine Kid announce 6xLP box set for RSD” Tags Art Behrman, Chris Vandebrooke, Engine Kid, Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, Iceburn, John Goodmanson, Record Store Day, RSD, Southern Lord, Steve Albini, Sunn O)))