Categories Album Reviews SQÜRL: Silver Haze Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 22, 2023 No Comments on SQÜRL: Silver Haze SQÜRL (photo from artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “SQÜRL: Silver Haze” Tags Anika, Boris, Carter Logan, Charlotte Gainsborg, Earth, jim jarmusch, Marissa Nadler, Philip K Dick, Randall Dunn, Sacred Bones, Six Organs of Admittance, SQÜRL, Steve Von Till, Sunn O)))
Categories Album Reviews Features Cosmic Cowboy: The Month with Droneroom Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 27, 2023 6 Comments on Cosmic Cowboy: The Month with Droneroom Droneroom Continue reading “Cosmic Cowboy: The Month with Droneroom” Tags Blake Conley, Blake Edward Conley, Droneroom, Dylan Carlson, Earth, Echodelick Records, Histamine Tapes, Imploding Sounds, Marginal Glitch Records, Pete Fosco, Rabbit Hash, Ramble Records, Sunn O)))
Categories Album Reviews Orme: Orme Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 21, 2023 2 Comments on Orme: Orme Orme Continue reading “Orme: Orme” Tags Chea Griffin Anker, Electric Wizard, Everest Queen, Greg Anderson, Jimmy Long, Luke Thelin), Matt Pike, Orme, Praetorian, Sleep, Stephen O’Malley, Sunn O))), Tom Clements, Trepanation Records
Categories Features Interviews Tonal Intoxication: In Conversation with The Lord’s Greg Anderson and Petra Haden Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 9, 2022 7 Comments on Tonal Intoxication: In Conversation with The Lord’s Greg Anderson and Petra Haden The Lord † Petra Haden (photo credit: Steven Perilloux) Continue reading “Tonal Intoxication: In Conversation with The Lord’s Greg Anderson and Petra Haden” Tags Bernard Herrmann, Bill Frissell, Earthings?, Engine Kid, Ennio Morricone, Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, John Carpenter, John Williams Ian Astbury, Mike Watt, Petra Haden, Southern Lord Recordings, Sunn O))), That Dog, the cult, The Lord, The Twilight Singers, Tito & Tarantula
Categories Album Reviews Winterwood: Exploratory Guitar: Falling Tide Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 24, 2022 3 Comments on Winterwood: Exploratory Guitar: Falling Tide Winterwood (photo credit: provided by the artist) Continue reading “Winterwood: Exploratory Guitar: Falling Tide” Tags East Cape Calling, Holly Winterwood, Labradford, Mark Nelson, Pan-American, Sunn O))), The Necks, William Tyler, Winterwood, Zac
Categories Features Lost Albums Through the Debris: 19 Years with Pelican’s Australasia Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 17, 2022 3 Comments on Through the Debris: 19 Years with Pelican’s Australasia Pelican (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “Through the Debris: 19 Years with Pelican’s Australasia” Tags Aaron Turner, Bryan Herweg, Earth, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hydra Head, Larry Herweg, Laurent Schroeder-Lebec, Neurosis, Pelican, Sandford Parker, Sunn O))), Thrill Jockey, Trevor Shelley de Brauw
Categories Album Reviews The Lord: Forest Nocturne Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 5, 2022 6 Comments on The Lord: Forest Nocturne The Lord (photo credit: Al Overdrive) Continue reading “The Lord: Forest Nocturne” Tags Alice In Chain, Atilla Csihar, BIG | BRAVE, Brad Wood, Engine Kid, Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, John Carpenter, Labradford, Mayhem, Neon Christ, Robin Wattie, Southern Lord Recordings, Stephen O’Malley, Sunn O))), The Lord, William Duvall
Categories Album Reviews The Utopia Strong: International Treasure Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 2, 2022 1 Comment on The Utopia Strong: International Treasure The Utopia Strong (photo credit: David Ryder Prangley) Continue reading “The Utopia Strong: International Treasure” Tags Bark Psychosis, gRAILS, Kavus Torabi, Mike York, Randall Dunn, Rocket Recordings, Steve Davis, Sunn O))), The Utopia Strong
Categories Album Reviews Mat Ball: Amplified Guitar Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 30, 2022 2 Comments on Mat Ball: Amplified Guitar Mat Ball (photo credit: Stacy Lee) Continue reading “Mat Ball: Amplified Guitar” Tags BIG | BRAVE, Efrim Manuel Menuck, Evil Greed, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Lingua Ignota, Mat Ball, Obscura MFG, Seth Manchester, Sunn O))), The Body, The Garrote
Categories News The Lord + Petra Haden announce new collaboration album Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 29, 2022 2 Comments on The Lord + Petra Haden announce new collaboration album The Lord + Petra Haden - (photo credits: Al Overdrive (The Lord) and Steven Perilloux (Petra Haden) Continue reading “The Lord + Petra Haden announce new collaboration album” Tags Engine Kid, Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, Ian Astbury, Petra Haden, Southern Lord, Sunn O))), the cult, The Lord
Categories Album Reviews Space Between Clouds: Space Between Clouds Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 28, 2022 1 Comment on Space Between Clouds: Space Between Clouds Space Between Clouds (photo credit: Sam Johnson) Continue reading “Space Between Clouds: Space Between Clouds” Tags Anna von Hauswolff, Beck, Cat Power, Charlotte Gainsbourg, David Ralicke, Devendra Banhart, John Cale, Kenneth James Gibson, M83, Paul McCartney, Sons Of Kemet, Space Between Clouds, Sunn O))), The Drift
Categories News Goatsnake announce reissue of debut LP Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 17, 2022 5 Comments on Goatsnake announce reissue of debut LP Goatsnake (photo credit: Lisa Johnson) Continue reading “Goatsnake announce reissue of debut LP” Tags Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, Greg Rogers, Guy Pinhas, Man's Ruin Records, Pete Stahl, Scream, Southern Lord, Sunn O))), Wool
Categories Album Reviews Rocio Zavala: Invisible Miracles Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 6, 2022 5 Comments on Rocio Zavala: Invisible Miracles Rocio Zavala Continue reading “Rocio Zavala: Invisible Miracles” Tags Allen Moore, Monastral, P.M. Tummala, Randall Dunn, Rocio Zavala, Sunn O)))
Categories News Greg Anderson as The Lord Announces Debut LP Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 1, 2022 4 Comments on Greg Anderson as The Lord Announces Debut LP The Lord (photo credit: Thora Anderson) Continue reading “Greg Anderson as The Lord Announces Debut LP” Tags Attila Csihar, Engine Kid, Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, Petra Haden, Southern Lord, Sunn O))), The Lord, thor's Hammer
Categories Album Reviews The Jonny Halifax Invocation: Acid Blüüs Räägs: Vol. 1 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 29, 2022 4 Comments on The Jonny Halifax Invocation: Acid Blüüs Räägs: Vol. 1 Continue reading “The Jonny Halifax Invocation: Acid Blüüs Räägs: Vol. 1” Tags Ben Chasny, Dylan Carlson, Earth, God Unknown Records, Greg Anderson, Jason Peirce, Peter Kember, Spaceman 3, Stephen O'Malley, Sunn O))), The Jonny Halifax Invocation
Categories Album Reviews Boris: W – “merging old and new sound worlds” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date January 28, 2022 10 Comments on Boris: W – “merging old and new sound worlds” Boris (photo credit: Yoshihiro Mori) Continue reading “Boris: W – “merging old and new sound worlds”” Tags Atsuo, Boris, Earth, Ian Astbury, ISIS, Merzbow, Michio Kurihara, my bloody valentine, Neurosis, Pelican, Sacred Bones, Sunn O))), Takeshi, the cult, Wata
Categories Album Reviews Anna von Hausswolff: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival – “a unique energy “ Post author By Simon Kirk Post date January 21, 2022 6 Comments on Anna von Hausswolff: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival – “a unique energy “ Anna von Hausswolff (photo credit: Gianluca Grasselli) Continue reading “Anna von Hausswolff: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival – “a unique energy “” Tags Alasdair Gray, Anna von Hausswolff, David Sabel, Filip Leyman, Joel Fabiansson, Karl Vento, Maria von Hausswolff, Randall Dunn, Southern Lord, Sunn O))), Ulrik Ordin
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 Sunn O))): Metta, Benevolence. BBC 6Music: Live on the Invitation of Mary Anne Hobbs Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 26, 2021 29 Comments on Sunn O))): Metta, Benevolence. BBC 6Music: Live on the Invitation of Mary Anne Hobbs Sunn O))) (photo credit: Ronald K Dick) Continue reading “Sunn O))): Metta, Benevolence. BBC 6Music: Live on the Invitation of Mary Anne Hobbs” Tags Anna von Hausswolff, BBC Maida Vale, BBC6, big brave, Bottomless Pit, Greg Anderson, Mary Anne Hobbs, Samantha Keely Smith, Silk Worm, Southern Lord, Stephen Moore, Stephen O’Malley, Sunn O))), Tim Midyett, Tos Nieuwenhuizen
Categories Album Reviews Gnod: La Mort Du Sens – “wrecking ball intensity” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 15, 2021 7 Comments on Gnod: La Mort Du Sens – “wrecking ball intensity” Gnod (photo credit: via Rocket Recordings' Facebook page) Continue reading “Gnod: La Mort Du Sens – “wrecking ball intensity”” Tags David Yow, Fiona Apple, Gnod, Godlfesh, Kulk, Pavement, Rocket Recordings, Sunn O)))
Categories Album Reviews Ivan The Tolerable: Autodidact II – “an array of styles and influences in the world of experimentation” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 26, 2021 5 Comments on Ivan The Tolerable: Autodidact II – “an array of styles and influences in the world of experimentation” Ivan The Tolerable Continue reading “Ivan The Tolerable: Autodidact II – “an array of styles and influences in the world of experimentation”” Tags Alice Coltrane, Cruel Nature Records, faust, gRAILS, Ivan The Tolerable, Oli Heffernan, Six Organs of Admittance, spiritualized, Sunn O))), Tarentel
Categories Album Reviews Low: HEY WHAT – “turbulence and tormented beauty” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 8, 2021 27 Comments on Low: HEY WHAT – “turbulence and tormented beauty” Low (photo credit: Nathan Keay) Continue reading “Low: HEY WHAT – “turbulence and tormented beauty”” Tags Alan Sparhawk, BJ Burton, Bon Iver, charli xcx, Low, Mimi Parker, Sub Pop, Sunn O)))
Categories Album Reviews Alexis Marshall: House of Lull . House of When – “nihilistic portraits” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 22, 2021 4 Comments on Alexis Marshall: House of Lull . House of When – “nihilistic portraits” Alexis Marshall (photo credit: Jeremy W) Continue reading “Alexis Marshall: House of Lull . House of When – “nihilistic portraits”” Tags Alexis Marshall, big brave, BIG | BRAVE, Daughters, Einstürzende Neubauten, Enablers, Evan Patterson, Jaye Jayle, Jon Syverson, Lingua Ignota, Oxbow, Sargent House, Scott walker, Seth Manchester, Sunn O))), The Body, The Necks, Young Widows
Categories Features Interviews Sharp Ascent: In Conversation with Six Organs Of Admittance’s Ben Chasny Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 25, 2021 23 Comments on Sharp Ascent: In Conversation with Six Organs Of Admittance’s Ben Chasny Six Organs of Admittance (photo credit: Elisa Ambrogio) Continue reading “Sharp Ascent: In Conversation with Six Organs Of Admittance’s Ben Chasny” Tags Animal Collective, Éric Lapierre, Ben Chasny, Cam Archer, Charalambides, Chris Corsano, Comets On Fire, David Keenan, Devendra Banhart, Donovan Quinn, Drag City, faust, Gaston Bachelard, Golden Calves, Hair Police, INXS, Jack Rose, Jerry Jeff Walker, Joanna Newsom, Joshua Burkett, Lee Ranaldo, Magik Markers, Major Stars, MV & EE, New Bums, Paul Flaherty, Randall Dunn, Rangda, Sir. Richard Bishop, Six Organs of Admittance, Sky Green Leopards, Sting, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Sunn O))), Three Lobed Recordings
Categories News Engine Kid share previously unreleased song – listen here Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 18, 2021 1 Comment on Engine Kid share previously unreleased song – listen here Engine Kid (photo credit: Samantha Daake) Continue reading “Engine Kid share previously unreleased song – listen here” Tags Engine Kid, Goatsnake, Greg Anderson, Southern Lord, Sunn O)))
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)))
Categories Album Reviews The Body: I’ve Seen All I Need To See – “an apocalyptic rumble” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date February 3, 2021 12 Comments on The Body: I’ve Seen All I Need To See – “an apocalyptic rumble” The Body (photo credit: Zachary Harrell Jones) Continue reading “The Body: I’ve Seen All I Need To See – “an apocalyptic rumble”” Tags aphex twin, Dis Fig, Emma Ruth Rundle, Matt Colton, Seth Manchester, Steve Von Till, Sunn O))), The Body, The Bug, Thou, Thrill Jockey
Categories Album Reviews Jesu: Terminus – “a collage of the past” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 18, 2020 17 Comments on Jesu: Terminus – “a collage of the past” Jesu Continue reading “Jesu: Terminus – “a collage of the past”” Tags Avalanche Recordings, Godflesh, Jesu, JK Flesh, Justin Broadrick, Low, my bloody valentine, Pale Sketcher, Red House Painters, Sunn O))), Techno Animal
Categories Album Reviews Uniform: Shame – “a withering coalition of sounds from the darkest pits” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 11, 2020 7 Comments on Uniform: Shame – “a withering coalition of sounds from the darkest pits” Uniform - (photo credit: Ebru Yildiz) Continue reading “Uniform: Shame – “a withering coalition of sounds from the darkest pits”” Tags Algiers, Ben Greenberg, Cormac McCarthy, Dashiell Hammet, Deafheaven, Denis Lehane, James Ellroy, Mike Berdan, Randall Dunn, Raymond Chandler, Sacred Bones, Steve Von Till, Sunn O))), The Body, Uniform
Categories Singles Ex-Easter Island Head: Lodge – “an ambient, cascading wall of sound” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 10, 2020 10 Comments on Ex-Easter Island Head: Lodge – “an ambient, cascading wall of sound” Ex-Easter Island Head (photo credit: Dr. Cathy Butterworth) Continue reading “Ex-Easter Island Head: Lodge – “an ambient, cascading wall of sound”” Tags Benjamin Duvall, Benjamin Fair, Ex-Easter Island Head, Jim O'Rourke, Jonathan Hering, Sunn O))), The Necks
Categories Album Reviews Steve Von Till: No Wilderness Deep Enough – “connecting the dots between existentialism and a dream state” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 7, 2020 5 Comments on Steve Von Till: No Wilderness Deep Enough – “connecting the dots between existentialism and a dream state” Steve Von Till - photo credit Bobby Cochran Continue reading “Steve Von Till: No Wilderness Deep Enough – “connecting the dots between existentialism and a dream state”” Tags Algiers, Harvestman, Marissa Nadler, Mount Eerie, Neurosis, Neurot Recordings, Nick Cave and Bad Seeds, Randall Dunn, Steve Von Till, Sunn O)))