Categories Album Reviews Michael Plater: Ghost Music Post author By Simon Kirk Post date February 6, 2023 3 Comments on Michael Plater: Ghost Music Michael Plater (photo credit: Amy McKenny) Continue reading “Michael Plater: Ghost Music” Tags Cornish Wreckers, Crime and the City Solution, dirty three, Ellis Swan, Fawnia Mountford, Ghosts of Electricity, Hypostatic Union, John Hannon, Michael Plater, Patrick DeWitt, Paul Warner, Simon Ward, Stafford Glover, Swans, The Northern Lighthouse Board, The Old Colonials, Tony Millman Mark Kluzek
Categories Album Reviews Lensmen: Somewhere Somewhere Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 1, 2022 No Comments on Lensmen: Somewhere Somewhere Continue reading “Lensmen: Somewhere Somewhere” Tags Alun Hughes, Dan Fisher, Enablers, Gavin McClafferty, Irregular Patterns, Jason Wilkinson, Lensmen, Pete Simonelli, Swans
Categories Features Interviews The Collegiate: In Conversation with Simon Ward Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 21, 2022 3 Comments on The Collegiate: In Conversation with Simon Ward S. Ward Continue reading “The Collegiate: In Conversation with Simon Ward” Tags Albert Camus, Ben Bones. Then Jon Stonehouse, Cameron Brown, Carl Jung, Chrissy Connor, Death of June, GADZOOKS!, Herman Hesse, Jack Wait, Jez Halewood-Leagas, Lonesaw, Loris and the Lion, Mother Destruction, Otto Dix, Polexia!, Q U A RR Y, S. Ward, Samuel Beckett, Sara Wolff, Simon Ward, Swans, the smiths, Tom Waits
Categories Album Reviews Nadja: Labyrinthine Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 16, 2022 5 Comments on Nadja: Labyrinthine Nadja (photo credit: Janina Gallert) Continue reading “Nadja: Labyrinthine” Tags Adagio830, Aidan Baker, Alan Dubin, Bad Moon Rising, Broken Spine, Cruel Nature Records, Dylan Walker, Esben & The Witch, Full of Hell, Jarboe. Elizabeth Colour Wheel, Katuktu Collective, Khanate, Lane Shi Otayonii, Leah Buckareff, Matt Pike, Muzan Editions, Nadja, Pale Ghoul, Rachel Davies, Sleep, Swans, UR Audio Visual, WV Sorcerer
Categories Features Interviews Some Gift: An Interview with Enablers Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 29, 2022 11 Comments on Some Gift: An Interview with Enablers Enablers Continue reading “Some Gift: An Interview with Enablers” Tags Chris Summerlin, dAVID hAND, Enablers, hey colossus, Joe Goldring, Joe Thompson, Kevin Thomson, Neurot Recordings, Sam Ospovat, Swans, Wrong Speed Records, Years
Categories Features Interviews Mondkopf Interview: “I would take a Robbie Basho album to a desert island” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 2, 2022 9 Comments on Mondkopf Interview: “I would take a Robbie Basho album to a desert island” Mondkopf Continue reading “Mondkopf Interview: “I would take a Robbie Basho album to a desert island”” Tags Daniel Bachman, Erik K. Skodvin, Miashma Recordings, Mondkopf, Nahal Recordings, Norman Westberg, Oiseaux-Tempête, Paul Régimbeau, Robbie Basho, Sarah Davachi, Stéphane Pigneul, Swans, The Necks, Tony Buck, Wilburn Burchette
Categories Features Interviews Skin Blood Women Roses: An Interview with Jarboe Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 11, 2022 8 Comments on Skin Blood Women Roses: An Interview with Jarboe Jarboe (photo credit: J. Williams) Continue reading “Skin Blood Women Roses: An Interview with Jarboe” Tags Consouling Sounds, Godflesh, Jarboe, John Coltrane, Justin Broadrick, Kazimier Stockroom, Michael Gira, Neurosis, Record Store Day, Swans
Categories Features Interviews Sneers. Interview: “We weren’t thinking of a specific situation but a general feeling” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 4, 2022 2 Comments on Sneers. Interview: “We weren’t thinking of a specific situation but a general feeling” Sneers.. (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “Sneers. Interview: “We weren’t thinking of a specific situation but a general feeling”” Tags Father Murphy, Freddie Murphy, God Unknown Records, Leonardo O. Stefenelli, M.G Blaankart, nick cave, Paul Beauchamp, pj harvey, Sneers., Sonic Youth, Swans
Categories Album Reviews Loop: Sonancy Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 22, 2022 5 Comments on Loop: Sonancy Loop (photo credit: Simon Holliday) Continue reading “Loop: Sonancy” Tags All Tomorrow’s Parties, Dan Boyd, Hugo Morgan, Loop, Main, Neil Mackay, Philip K. Dick, Robert Hampson, Spaceman 3, Swans, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Stooges, Wayne Maskell
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 29, 2021 14 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4 Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4” Tags A Country Practice, Bunkland, Cedie Janson, Chaos Emeralds, Charlie Butler, Constellation Records, Dais Records, Domino Recordings, Dub Cthonic, Dummy, Eraldo Bernocchi, Exploding In Sound, Flowdan, Fotocrime, Fuzz Club, Ghostly International, Happiness Records, HEXA, Hiro Kone, Ill Considered, Jamie Stewart, Jessica Moss, Jon Hopkins, Kill Rock Stars, Kristof Hahn, Lawrence English, Marissa Nadler, Mary Lattimore, Matt Christensen, Nation of Language, New Soil, Ohm Resistance, ONETWOTHREE, Ovlov, PIAS, Profound Lore, Room40, Sacred Bones, Sei Still, Simm, Snowy Band, Swans, The Dead C, The Escalation, Trouble In Mind
Categories 13 Questions 13 Questions with Geese Post author By stevenjdoherty Post date August 11, 2021 3 Comments on 13 Questions with Geese Geese (Credit: Artist's Facebook) Continue reading “13 Questions with Geese” Tags Butch Vig, Cameron Winter, Deerhoof, Fontaines D.C, Geese, IDLES, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Led Zeppelin, Partisan Records, Radiohead, Remi Wolf, Swans, Thee Oh Sees, They Might Be Giants, Ty Segall
Categories Album Reviews Prison Behaviour: Snake Fever EP – “soundscapes to accompany your worst nightmares” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 11, 2021 4 Comments on Prison Behaviour: Snake Fever EP – “soundscapes to accompany your worst nightmares” Prison Behaviour (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “Prison Behaviour: Snake Fever EP – “soundscapes to accompany your worst nightmares”” Tags Cavalier Song, Kraftwerk, Lonesaw, Mark E. Smith, Mark Greenwood, new order, Prison Behaviour, Suicide, Swans
Categories Features Interviews LONESAW Interview: “we just make the art we make” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 1, 2021 23 Comments on LONESAW Interview: “we just make the art we make” LONESAW (photo credit: John Middleton) Continue reading “LONESAW Interview: “we just make the art we make”” Tags a.P.A.t.T, ABBA, Ben Bones, Ben Duvall, Brad Maldon, Chrissy Connor, Einstürzende Neubauten, Ex-Easter Island Head, Jack Wait, Jezebel Halewood-Legas, Jon Stonehouse, Lisa Fawcett, Lonesaw, Madonna, SPINE, Stephen Cole, Swans, What Studio
Categories Album Reviews SUMAC: May You Be Held – “like trying to escape from tangled barbed wire” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 26, 2020 1 Comment on SUMAC: May You Be Held – “like trying to escape from tangled barbed wire” SUMAC (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “SUMAC: May You Be Held – “like trying to escape from tangled barbed wire”” Tags Aaron Turner, Baptists, Brian Cook, Faith Coloccia, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, House of Low Culture, ISIS, Jodis, Keiji Haino, Mammifer, Nick Yacyshyn, Old Man Gloom, Russian Circles, Split Cranium, Sumac, Summer Of Seveteen, Swans, These Arms Are Snakes
Categories Album Reviews Human Impact: Human Impact – “Music that tiptoes on the razor wire” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 29, 2020 1 Comment on Human Impact: Human Impact – “Music that tiptoes on the razor wire” Human Impact (photo credit: Jammi York) Members of Swans and Cop Shoot Cop team up to make a cauldron of white noise on their debut release. Continue reading “Human Impact: Human Impact – “Music that tiptoes on the razor wire”” Tags Big Black, Cop Shoot Cop, Human Impact, Ipecac Recordings, Michael Gira, Mike Patton, Swans, The Jesus Lizard, Tomahawk, Unsane
Categories Interviews Daughters interview: “The lion at the bottom of the mountain is hungrier than the lion at the top” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 13, 2020 3 Comments on Daughters interview: “The lion at the bottom of the mountain is hungrier than the lion at the top” Continue reading “Daughters interview: “The lion at the bottom of the mountain is hungrier than the lion at the top”” Tags Chelsea Wolfe, Daughters, Emma Ruth Rundle, Laguna Ignota, Prince, Sun O))), Swans