Categories Album Reviews ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT: “Darling The Dawn” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 18, 2023 2 Comments on ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT: “Darling The Dawn” ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT (photo: Michele Fiedler Fuentes) Continue reading “ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT: “Darling The Dawn”” Tags ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT, Ariel Engle, Black Ox Orchestra, Broken Social Scene, Constellation Records, Efrim Manuel Menuck, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, GY!BE, Jace Lasek, Jessica Moss, La Force, Liam O’Neill, nick cave, Suuns, The Besnard Lakes, Thee Silver Mt Zion, Thee Silver Mt. Zion, warren ellis
Categories Features Interviews Floating Points: In Conversation with Esmerine’s Bruce Cawdron Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 7, 2022 5 Comments on Floating Points: In Conversation with Esmerine’s Bruce Cawdron Esmerine (photo credit: Osha Cawdron) Continue reading “Floating Points: In Conversation with Esmerine’s Bruce Cawdron” Tags A Silver Mt. Zion, Arcade Fire, Braids, Brian Sanderson, Broken Social Scene, Bruce Cawdron, Constellation Records, Do Make Say Think, Esmerine, Fifths of Seven, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Howard Billerman, Husker Du, Jace Lacek, Meat Puppets, Minutemen, Philippe Charbonneau, Rebecca Foon, Rebecca Levine, Set Fire to Flames, Spencer Krug, Stereolab, The Besnard Lakes, the Clash
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 17, 2021 32 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021 Sticky post Original image via Unsplash (Florencia Viadana) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2021” Tags 20-20-20, AD 93, Aging, Aging ~ Land Trance, Allen Moore, Ben Chasny, big brave, big country, BIG | BRAVE, Bill Orcutt, Black Tempel Pyrämid, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Bronzerat, Charlie Butler, Chris Abrahams, Chris Corsano, Circle, Claire Cronin, Comedy Minus One, Constellation Records, Cruel Nature Records, Damon & Naomi, Damon Krukowski, Daniela Weinmann, David Colohan, David Wurth, Deafheaven, Divide And Dissolve, Domino Recordings, Donovan Quinn, Drag City, Dub Cthonic, Eleventh Dream Day, Emil Amos, Emma Ruth Rundle, Ex-Easter Island Head, FACS, Fading Tapes, Fake Fruit, Fat Cat, Fire Records, Flemish Eye, Fly Pan Am, Full Time Hobby, Gaffa Bandana, Glenn Donaldson, Gnod, Goliath Enterprises Limited, Grouper, Holy Sons, Hominid Sounds, Human Worth, International Anthem, Invada Records, Iron Lung Records, Jeff Parker, Jim White, Joyful Noise, Joyful Noise Recordings, Katuku Collective, Kowloon Walled City, Kranky, Kulk, Land Trance, Light Conductor, Lingua Ignota, loscil, Low, Matt Christensen, Matt Sweeney, Mess Esque, Miasmah Recordings, Midwife, Moin, Monastra, Naomi Yang, Neurot Recordings, New Bums, nick cave, Ninja Tune, Odd Beholder, Ohm Resistance, Orindal Records, P.M. Tummala, Palilalia, Patrick R. Pärk, richard dawson, Rock In Your Head, Rocket Recordings, Rough Trade, Sargent House, Simm, Sinnbus, Six Organs of Admittance, slant, sleaford mods, Southern Lord, Springtime, Stuart Cook, Sub Pop, The Besnard Lakes, The Bug, The Flenser, The Reds Pinks and Purples, The Still, Three Lobed Recordings, Tough Love, Tropical Fuck Storm, Trouble In Mind, Vapour Theories, warren ellis, Waxing Cresent Records, Will Oldham, XIMES
Categories Album Reviews Light Conductor: Sequence Two – “radical colours that pulsate” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 29, 2021 3 Comments on Light Conductor: Sequence Two – “radical colours that pulsate” Light Conductor (photo credit: via Constellation website) Continue reading “Light Conductor: Sequence Two – “radical colours that pulsate”” Tags Constellation Records, Jace Lacek, Kranky, Light Conductor, Stephen Ramsay, The Besnard Lakes, Young Galaxy
Categories Features Interviews Fly Pan Am Interview: “Our presence in the studio became an effective part of our composition” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 27, 2021 1 Comment on Fly Pan Am Interview: “Our presence in the studio became an effective part of our composition” Fly Pan Am Continue reading “Fly Pan Am Interview: “Our presence in the studio became an effective part of our composition”” Tags Animals Of Distinction, Avec Le Soleil Sortant De Sa Bouche, big brave, Brise-Glace, Constellation Records, Dana Gingras, Disco Inferno, Fly Pan Am, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jerusalem In My Heart, Jonathan Parant, Le Révélateur, Los Discos Enfantasmes, Main, No Negative, Radwan Moumneh, Roger Tellier-Craig, Seefeel, Simon Reynolds, Suuns, The Besnard Lakes
Categories Album Reviews Lost Albums Sofa: Source Crossfire – “a retrospective that covers all bases” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 16, 2021 3 Comments on Sofa: Source Crossfire – “a retrospective that covers all bases” Sofa (photo credit: Nora Ben Sadoune) Continue reading “Sofa: Source Crossfire – “a retrospective that covers all bases”” Tags Brad Todd, Breakglass Studios, Coedine, Constellation Records, Don Caballero, Girls Against Boys, Harris Newman, Ian Ilavsky, Jace Lacek, Keith Marchland, Scott Clarkson, Shipping News, The Besnard Lakes, The Jesus Lizard
Categories Album Reviews Fly Pan Am: Frontera – “they really haven’t sounded better” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 19, 2021 4 Comments on Fly Pan Am: Frontera – “they really haven’t sounded better” Fly Pan Am Continue reading “Fly Pan Am: Frontera – “they really haven’t sounded better”” Tags big brave, Constellation Records, Do Make Say Think, Föllakzoid, Felix Morel, Fly Pan Am, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jean-Sebastian Truchy, Jonathan Parant, Roger Tellier-Craig, The Besnard Lakes
Categories Album Reviews Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! – “another defiant march” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 1, 2021 25 Comments on Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! – “another defiant march” Godspeed You! Black Emperor (photo credit: Yannick Grandmont) Continue reading “Godspeed You! Black Emperor: G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! – “another defiant march”” Tags Constellation Records, Efrim Manuel Menuck, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jace Lacek, Light Conductor, The Besnard Lakes, Thee Mighty Hotel2Tango
Categories Features Interviews The Besnard Lakes Interview: “there is always a bit of serendipity when we make our albums” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 10, 2021 19 Comments on The Besnard Lakes Interview: “there is always a bit of serendipity when we make our albums” The Besnard Lakes (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “The Besnard Lakes Interview: “there is always a bit of serendipity when we make our albums”” Tags Fantasticboom, Fat Cat, Flemish Eye, Full Time Hobby, Jace Lacek, Mark Cuthbertson, Olga Goreas, Prince, The Besnard Lakes, The Zoo, Welkom in de Blaak
Categories Film Singles Video Premier: Light Conductor’s ‘Triggering the Radio Storms’ Post author By Simon Kirk Post date February 11, 2021 5 Comments on Video Premier: Light Conductor’s ‘Triggering the Radio Storms’ Light Conductor (photo credit: via Constellation website) Continue reading “Video Premier: Light Conductor’s ‘Triggering the Radio Storms’” Tags Brian Eno, Constellation Records, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Jace Lacek, James Paterson, Light Conductor, Stephen Ramsay, The Besnard Lakes, Young Galaxy
Categories News The Besnard Lakes announce new album, UK tour and Liverpool date Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 16, 2020 2 Comments on The Besnard Lakes announce new album, UK tour and Liverpool date The Besnard Lakes (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “The Besnard Lakes announce new album, UK tour and Liverpool date” Tags Full Time Hobby, The Besnard Lakes