Categories Album Reviews The Necks: Travel Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 7, 2023 2 Comments on The Necks: Travel The Necks (photo from artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “The Necks: Travel” Tags Chris Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton, Northern Spy Records, Primavera, The Necks, Tony Buck
Categories Features Interviews Total Eclipse: An Interview with Oren Ambarchi Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 29, 2022 5 Comments on Total Eclipse: An Interview with Oren Ambarchi Oren Ambarchi (photo credit: Trianos Pakioufakis) Continue reading “Total Eclipse: An Interview with Oren Ambarchi” Tags Andreas Werliin, BJ Cole, Chris Abrahams, Dan Koretzky, Drag City, Elton John, Gareth Liddiard, Jim O’Rourke, Jim White, Joe Talia, Johan Berthling, Julia Reidy, Konrad Sprenger, Olivia Newtown-John, Oren Ambarchi, Phillip Sollmann, Primavera, Procol Harum, Robbie Avenaim, Sam Dunscombe, Scott walker, spiritualized, Springtime, The Necks
Categories Album Reviews Winterwood: Exploratory Guitar: Falling Tide Post author By Simon Kirk Post date August 24, 2022 2 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 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) Continue reading “Eaters of the Soil: Inedia 1” 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
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 7 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 Oren Ambarchi Interview: “The challenge is always striving to do something surprising and new” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 14, 2022 16 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) Continue reading “Oren Ambarchi Interview: “The challenge is always striving to do something surprising and new”” 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
Categories 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 Continue reading “Barnaby Oliver: My Arms Are Hollow Tubes” Tags Barnaby Oliver, BBC Wales, East Cape Calling, Elvis Presley, Noir et Blanc, Oren Ambarchi, The Necks
Categories 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) Continue reading “Jenny Hval: Classic Objects” Tags 4ad, Jenny Hval, Robyn, The Necks, Vanishing Twin
Categories Album Reviews Springtime: Night Raver EP Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 3, 2022 3 Comments on Springtime: Night Raver EP Springtime Continue reading “Springtime: Night Raver EP” 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
Categories Features Interviews Sound Waves: In Conversation with Springtime’s Gareth Liddiard and Jim White Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 4, 2021 21 Comments on Sound Waves: In Conversation with Springtime’s Gareth Liddiard and Jim White Springtime (photo credit: Jamie Wdziekonski) Continue reading “Sound Waves: In Conversation with Springtime’s Gareth Liddiard and Jim White” Tags Alan Vega, Busload of Faith, Chris Abrahams, Clyde Stubblefield, dirty three, Erica Dunn, Fiona Kitschin, Flann O'Brien, Fugazi, Gareth Liddiard, Ian Duhig, James Brown, Jim Cartwright, Jim White, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Joyful Noise, Laughing Clowns, Lead Belly, Low, Marisa Anderson, Martin Rev, MC5, Mick Harvey, Mick Turner, Nina Nastasia, Palace Music, People With Chairs Up Their Noses, Rod Stewart, Samuel Beckett, Saul Bellow, Seamus Heaney, Springtime, Suicide, the birthday party, The Drones, The Necks, The Rolling Stones, The Still, The Triffids, Tropical Fuck Storm, Venom P. Stinger, warren ellis, Will Oldham, Wu Tang Clan, Xylouris White
Categories Album Reviews Aging ~ Land Trance: Embassy Nocturnes – “it’s up there with the best” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 18, 2021 8 Comments on Aging ~ Land Trance: Embassy Nocturnes – “it’s up there with the best” Aging & Land Trance (photo credit: Laura Spark) Continue reading “Aging ~ Land Trance: Embassy Nocturnes – “it’s up there with the best”” 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
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 Album Reviews The Still: Got It – “beauty in brevity” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 13, 2021 6 Comments on The Still: Got It – “beauty in brevity” The Still (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “The Still: Got It – “beauty in brevity”” Tags Bronzerat, Chris Abrahams, Derek Shirley, Rico Lee, Steve Heather, The Dirty Three, The For Carnation, The Necks, The Still
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 11, 2020 55 Comments on Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020 Sticky post Original image source: Unsplash Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020” 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
Categories 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” Continue reading “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
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