Categories Album Reviews Liturgy: 93696 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 23, 2023 No Comments on Liturgy: 93696 Liturgy (photo: Jessica Hallock) Continue reading “Liturgy: 93696” Tags Leo Didkovsky, Liturgy, Mario Miron, Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, Refused, Thrill Jockey, Tia Vincent-Clark
Categories Album Reviews BIG|BRAVE: nature morte Post author By Simon Kirk Post date February 22, 2023 4 Comments on BIG|BRAVE: nature morte BIG|BRAVE Continue reading “BIG|BRAVE: nature morte” Tags big brave, Big|Brave, John Bonham, Mat Ball, Robin Wattie, Seth Manchester, Tasy Hudson, The Body, Thrill Jockey
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #8 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 28, 2022 7 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #8 Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #8” Tags 4ad, Artifacts & Uranium, Beth Orton, Bill Frisell, Charlie Butler, Daniel Avery, Daniel Rossen, dry cleaning, Duke Garwood, Echodelick Records, Empty House, Fred Laird, God Unknown Records, Horse Lords, Indigo Sparke, James Johnston, Kasper Bjorke, Kompakt, Lunt, Marisa Anderson, Mienakunaru, Mike Vest, Partisan Records, Phantasy Sound, Preoccupations, RVNG Intl., Sacred Bones, Steve Gullick, The Soft Pink Truth, Thrill Jockey, Warp, Weird Beard Records
Categories Album Reviews Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden: I get along without you very well Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 30, 2022 1 Comment on Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden: I get along without you very well Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden (photo credit: Miki Anagrius) Continue reading “Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden: I get along without you very well” Tags Angelo Badalamenti, Anna von Hausswolf, Bark Psychosis, Ellen Arkbro, Filip Graden, Gary Graden, GRM, Johan Graden, Kölner Philharmonie, Sarah Davachi, The Barbican, Thrill Jockey
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #7 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 2, 2022 11 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #7 Albums Quarterly (original images sourced from respective artists' Bandcamp pages). Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #7” Tags ((((..)))), A Records, Anne Garner, ANTI, Castle Face, CLAMM, Cruel Nature Records, Dais Records, Dama Scout, Dan Friel, Deathcrash, Don Giovanni Records, Drag City, Editrix, Eli Winter, Ex-Vöid, Exploding In Sound, Friendship, Gwilym Gold, Hand In Hive, Hell on Hearth, Jamal Moss, John McEntire, Julia Jacklin, Kamikaze Palm Tree, Katlyn Auriela Smith, Meat Machine, Merge Records, Modern Love, Municipal Waste, Nuclear Blast, Osees, PX4M, SA Recordings, Sam Prekop, Skep Wax, Slowcraft, Soft Abuse, Spice, Steven R. Smith, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Doomed Bird of Providence, The Mountain Goats, The Orchids, The Real Codington Factory, Three Lobed Recordings, Thrill Jockey, Transgressive Records, Ty Segall, Untitled (recs)
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 Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #6 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 1, 2022 14 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #6 Photo credit: original images taken from respective artists' Bandcamp pages. Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #6” Tags Astrel K, ATO Records, Broken Spine, Bronzerat Records, Chris Corsano, Colpitts, Constellation, Cruel Nature Records, Cult Of Luna, Drug Church, Duphonic Super 45s, DVANOV, Earthen Sea, Ghost Power, half man half biscuit, Helms Alee, Holy Island, Huercos S. Incienso, HVOB, Improved Sequence, Ivan The Tolerable, Jon Spencer, Jon Spencer & the hitmakers, Kee Avil, Keeley Forsyth, Kranky, Library of the Occult, Metal Blade Records, Michael Flower, P.E., Past Inside the Present, Patricia Wolf, PIAS, Pink Mountaintops, PLOSIVS, Pure Noise Records, R M Qualtral, Rocket Recordings, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Rubber Oh, Sargent House, Sub Pop, Swami Records, The Leaf Label, Thrill Jockey, VHF Reocrds, Wharf Cat Records
Categories Album Reviews The Body and BIG|BRAVE: Leave None But Small Birds – “a newfound terrain of storytelling” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 29, 2021 3 Comments on The Body and BIG|BRAVE: Leave None But Small Birds – “a newfound terrain of storytelling” The Body and BIG|BRAVE Continue reading “The Body and BIG|BRAVE: Leave None But Small Birds – “a newfound terrain of storytelling”” Tags big brave, BIG | BRAVE, Chip King, Lee Buford, Lingua Ignota, Mathieu Ball, Robin Wattie, Seth Manchester, Tasreen Hudson, The Body, Thrill Jockey
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #1 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 24, 2021 21 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #1 Jane Weaver (photo credit: via the artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #1” Tags A-Ton, AD 93, Arab Strap, Carpark Records, Cloud Nothings, Emeka Ogboh, Fat Possum, Fire Records, Indigo Sparke, Jane Weaver, mogwai, Morr Music, Nightshift, Plankton Wat, Positive Jams, Rock Action, Sacred Bones, The Hold Steady, The Notwist, The Weather Station, Thirsty Tigers, Thrill Jockey, Trouble In Mind, Venus Ex Machina
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 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 Album Reviews John Bence: Love – “unsettling as much as it is soothing” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 2, 2020 3 Comments on John Bence: Love – “unsettling as much as it is soothing” John Bence Continue reading “John Bence: Love – “unsettling as much as it is soothing”” Tags John Bence, Nicholas Jaar, Thrill Jockey, yves tumor