Tag: The Necks

Album Reviews

Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin: Ghosted II

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 24, 2024
1 Comment on Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin: Ghosted II

Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin (photo: Thobias F ldt)

Tags Ambarchi, Andreas Werliin, Chris Abrahams, Drag City, Fire!, Johan Berthling, Oren Ambarchi, Robbie Avenaim, The Necks

Features Interviews

Jim White Interview: “Music is a dream and so are memories.”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 29, 2024
7 Comments on Jim White Interview: “Music is a dream and so are memories.”

Jim White (photo: Mia Sinclair)

Tags Bill Callahan, Cat Power, Chan Marshall, Chris Abrahams, dirty three, Drag City, Fugazi, Gareth Liddiard, George Xylouris, Guy Picciotto, Jim White, Marisa Anderson, Mick Turner, Springtime, The Necks, Tropical Fuck Storm, warren ellis, Xylouris White

Albums Features

Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2023

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 18, 2023
17 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2023
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Artwork by Sam Gill (IG: @samgill82)

Tags 12XU, 4000 Records, Activity, Agriculture, All Structures Align, All The Heavens Were A Bell, Amish Records, ATO Records, Bad History Month, Baxter Dury, Búho Ermitaño, Ben Chasny, Billy Woods, Birdman Records, Black Duck, Bonnacons of Doom, Buh Records, ChiaraOscuro, Chris Abrahams, Civic, Crime & The City Solution, Cruel Nature Records, Danny Paul Grody, Daron Beck, Drag City, Droneroom, Echodelick Records, Elizabeth Still, Emil Amos, Exploding In Sound, FACS, Fat Possum, Fawn Limbs, Fire Records, Ghostwoods, Gizeh Records, Godflesh, gRAILS, Great Falls, Heavenly Recordings, Home Assembly Music, Human Worth, Hypostatic Union, Idealogic Organ, Infinite River, Ipecac Recordings, Jayve Montgomery, Kenny Segal, Kranky, Les Conches Valasques, Luggage, Marginal Glitch Records, Marthe, Michael Plater, Monastral, Mute, Nadja, Nefarious Industries, Neurot Recordings, Niecy Blues, Ninja Tune, Northern Spy, Oren Ambarchi, Oxbow, Partisan Records, pj harvey, Pound Land, Prewn, Prison, Purge, Rabbit Hash, Ramble Records, Repitidor, Rick Tomlinson, Robbie Avenaim, Rocket Recordings, Roman Numeral Records, RVG, Sacred Bones, Sludge Lord Records, Solid Brass Records, Southern Lord Recordings, SQÜRL, Stephen O’Malley, Temporary Residence, The Declining Winter, The Flenser, The Necks, The Pines of Rome, The Serfs, Three Lobed Recordings, Thrill Jockey, Tim Wyskida, TORPOR, Trio Not Trio, Trouble In Mind, Vox Records, Water Damage, Western Vinyl, Winterwood, Wolves and Vibrancy, Wrong Speed Records, Young Fathers

Album Reviews

Chris Abrahams / Oren Ambarchi / Robbie Avenaim: Placelessness

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 16, 2023
4 Comments on Chris Abrahams / Oren Ambarchi / Robbie Avenaim: Placelessness

Chris Abrahams / Oren Ambarchi / Robbie Avenaim

Tags ((( SAFE IN SOUND ))), Black Truffle, Chris Abrahams, Gareth Liddiard, Ideological Organ, Jim White, John Zorn, Oren Ambarchi, Phlegm, Robbie Avenaim, Springtime, The Necks, Unsound Adelaide, WHAT IS MUSIC Festival

Album Reviews

Trio Not Trio: Trzecia

Trio Not Trio

Tags Aidan Baker, Chris Abrahams, Daron Beck, Gizeh Records, Khante, Pinkish Black, The Necks, Tim Wyskida, Trio Not Trio

Features Interviews

Ghostwoods Interview: “The work becomes the pilot and tells you what it wants and needs”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date June 27, 2023
1 Comment on Ghostwoods Interview: “The work becomes the pilot and tells you what it wants and needs”

Ghostwoods (photo: Sam Scoufos)

Album Reviews

The Necks: Travel

The Necks (photo from artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton, Northern Spy Records, Primavera, The Necks, Tony Buck

Features Interviews

Total Eclipse: An Interview with Oren Ambarchi

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 29, 2022
9 Comments on Total Eclipse: An Interview with Oren Ambarchi

Oren Ambarchi (photo credit: Trianos Pakioufakis)

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)

Tags East Cape Calling, Holly Winterwood, Labradford, Mark Nelson, Pan-American, Sunn O))), The Necks, William Tyler, Winterwood, Zac

Album Reviews

Eaters of the Soil: Inedia 1

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date July 7, 2022
2 Comments on Eaters of the Soil: Inedia 1

Eaters of the Soil (photo credit: Serpentine)

Tags Bodies of Everest, dEUS, Dub Cthonic, Eaters of the Soil, Evil Superstars, Gert Komduur, Gnod, hey colossus, Mauro Pawlowski, Melvins, Niels Achtereekte, Old Man Gloom, Rutger van Driel, Stef Brans, Sun Ra, The Ex, The Necks, Trevor Dunn Fantômas

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

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

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Oren Ambarchi Interview: “The challenge is always striving to do something surprising and new”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 14, 2022
18 Comments on Oren Ambarchi Interview: “The challenge is always striving to do something surprising and new”

Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin (photo credit: Thobias F. Idt)

Tags Andreas Werliin, Attila Csihar, Burial Chamber Trio, Drag City, Fire!, Greg Anderson, Hapna, Jim O'Rourke, Johan Berthling, Keiji Haino, Mayhem, Oren Ambarchi, Randall Dunn, Stephen O’Malley, The Necks

Album Reviews

Barnaby Oliver: My Arms Are Hollow Tubes

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 30, 2022
4 Comments on Barnaby Oliver: My Arms Are Hollow Tubes

Barnaby Oliver - My Arms Are Hollow Tubes

Tags Barnaby Oliver, BBC Wales, East Cape Calling, Elvis Presley, Noir et Blanc, Oren Ambarchi, The Necks

Album Reviews

Jenny Hval: Classic Objects

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 23, 2022
2 Comments on Jenny Hval: Classic Objects

Jenny Hval (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags 4ad, Jenny Hval, Robyn, The Necks, Vanishing Twin

Album Reviews

Springtime: Night Raver EP

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date March 3, 2022
5 Comments on Springtime: Night Raver EP

Springtime

Tags Chris Abrahams, Dan Luscombe, dirty three, Gareth Liddiard, Ian Duhig, Jim White, Joyful Noise Recordings, Springtime, The Drones, The Necks, The Still, Tropical Fuck Storm, Xylouris White

Features Interviews

Sound Waves: In Conversation with Springtime’s Gareth Liddiard and Jim White

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date November 4, 2021
28 Comments on Sound Waves: In Conversation with Springtime’s Gareth Liddiard and Jim White

Springtime (photo credit: Jamie Wdziekonski)

Album Reviews

Aging ~ Land Trance: Embassy Nocturnes – “it’s up there with the best”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date October 18, 2021
10 Comments on Aging ~ Land Trance: Embassy Nocturnes – “it’s up there with the best”

Aging & Land Trance (photo credit: Laura Spark)

Tags Aging, Andrew PM Hunt, Angelo Badalamenti, Benjamin D. Duvall, Benjamin Fair, Bohren and Der Club of Gore, Christen Hutchinson, David Lynch, David McLean, Dialect, Ex-Easter Island Head, Joel C. Murray, Labradford, Land Trance, Nick Hunt, Philip Kerr, The Necks, Tombed Visisions

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)

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

Album Reviews

The Still: Got It – “beauty in brevity”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date April 13, 2021
7 Comments on The Still: Got It – “beauty in brevity”

The Still (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page)

Tags Bronzerat, Chris Abrahams, Derek Shirley, Rico Lee, Steve Heather, The Dirty Three, The For Carnation, The Necks, The Still

Albums Features

Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date December 11, 2020
65 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020
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Original image source: Unsplash

Tags ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Activity, Albums of the year, Albums of the year 2020, Algiers, Andrea, ATO Records, Bad Amputee, Bambara, Baxter Dury, Bella Union, Bruxa Maria, Cohn Corporation, CS + Kreme, Daniel Avery, Dead Oceans, Destroyer, Dine Alone Records, Dis Fig, Dogleg, Domino Recordings, Drag City, Drive-By Truckers, Einstürzende Neubauten, Emil Amos, Emma Ruth Rundle, Epic Records, Epitaph Records, Ex-Easter Island Head, FACS, Family Jukebox, Fiona Apple, Flying Nun Records, Fotocrime, Heavenly Recordings, Holy Sons, Hominid Sounds, Hyperdub, Illian Tape, Illian Tapes, Jehnny Beth, Julianna Barwick, Keeley Forsyth, Kevin Martin, Kranky, Land Trance, Matador Records, Merge Records, Miashma Recordings, MJ Guider, Moses Boyd, Muzz, Ninja Tune, Northern Spy Records, Nuclear Blast, P.E., Pallbearer, Phantasy Sound, Phil Elverum, PIAS, Potomak, Profound Lore, protomartyr, Sacred Bones, Serengeti, Shabazz Palaces, Six Organs of Admittance, Sony Records, The Bats, The Bug, The Flaming Lips, The Innocence Mission, The Leaf Label, The Microphones, The Necks, The Trilogy Tapes, Thou, Thrill Jockey, Torres, Touché Amoré, Triple Crown Records, Trouble In Mind, Uniform, Walter Martin, Warp, Western Vinyl, Wharf Cat Records, Wreikmeister Harmonies, Wrekmeister Harmonies, yves tumor, Zelienople

Interviews

Mitternacht Interview: “we’re only ever going to do anything about climate change if we spend more time outdoors”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 11, 2020
5 Comments on Mitternacht Interview: “we’re only ever going to do anything about climate change if we spend more time outdoors”

Tags Disco Inferno, Ex-Easter Island Head, Fennesz, Jonny Davis Le Brun, Land Trance, Mitternacht, Simon Reynolds, Speaker Music, The Necks, Tidiane Thiam, Tim Hecker

Singles

Ex-Easter Island Head: Lodge – “an ambient, cascading wall of sound”

Post author By Simon Kirk
Post date September 10, 2020
16 Comments on Ex-Easter Island Head: Lodge – “an ambient, cascading wall of sound”

Ex-Easter Island Head (photo credit: Dr. Cathy Butterworth)

Tags Benjamin Duvall, Benjamin Fair, Ex-Easter Island Head, Jim O'Rourke, Jonathan Hering, Sunn O))), The Necks