Categories Features Interviews Noise Pollution: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case Post author By Simon Kirk Post date April 7, 2023 3 Comments on Noise Pollution: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case FACS (photo: Evan Jenkins) Continue reading “Noise Pollution: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case” Tags Alianna Kalaba, Brian Case, FACS, Jonathan Van Herrick, Luggage, Metz, Mike Valera, Noah Leger, Polvo, Preoccupations, Sanford Parker, Trouble In Mind
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #9 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 8, 2023 3 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #9 Original images sourced from artists' Bandcamp pages. Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #9” Tags A Records, ATO Records, Billy Nomates, Civic, Cold Comfort, Communicating Vessels, Cruel Nature Records, Don Giovanni Records, East Cape Calling, En Attendant Ana, Eugene Dubon, Fucked Up, H.C. McIntire, Hieronymus Harry, Invada Records, Matador Records, Memphis Industries, Merge Records, Mute Song, New West Records, Ninja Tune, Pale Sketcher, Rozi Plain, Screaming Females, Sweet Williams, The Bad Ends, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Church, The Tubs, Tofujuice, Trouble In Mind, Yo La Tengo, Young Fathers
Categories Albums Features Weirdo Rippers #1 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date October 21, 2022 6 Comments on Weirdo Rippers #1 Original image source: Unsplash (photo credit: Namroud Gorguis) Continue reading “Weirdo Rippers #1” Tags BRB>Voicecoil, Cinchel, Halina Rice, Injazero Records, Nickolas Mohanna, Omnibadger, Ordos MK.0, Soft Music, Sophia Subbayya Vastek, Stuart Cook, Trouble In Mind, Waxing Cresent Records
Categories Albums Features Label Watch: Trouble In Mind Records Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 25, 2022 9 Comments on Label Watch: Trouble In Mind Records Trouble In Mind Continue reading “Label Watch: Trouble In Mind Records” Tags Ben Greenburg, Brian Case, Cinchel, Dailey Toliver, FACS, Future Museums, Impalers, Jonas Reinhardt, Joys Union Group, Kristine Reaume, Michael C. Sharp, Mountain Movers, Neil Lord, Olden Yolk, Omni, Smoke Bellow, Sungod, Sunwatchers, Trespass Field, Trouble In Mind, Uniform
Categories Album Reviews Matchess: Sonescent Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 8, 2022 2 Comments on Matchess: Sonescent Matchess (photo credit: Marzena Abrahamik) Continue reading “Matchess: Sonescent” Tags Drag City, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Judie Sill, Matchess, Trouble In Mind, Whitney Johnson
Categories Album Reviews Partner Look: By the Book Post author By Simon Kirk Post date February 9, 2022 3 Comments on Partner Look: By the Book Partner Look (photo credit: Kayleigh Heydon) Continue reading “Partner Look: By the Book” Tags Ambrin Hasnain, Anila Hasnain, Cool Sounds, Dainis Lacey, Lachlan Denton, Liam Haillwell, Parquet Courts, Partner Look, Robert Forster, Smoke Bellow, Snowy Ban, Studio Magic, The Bats, The Ocean Party, The Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Trouble In Mind
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top Australian Albums of 2021 Post author By Sean Beardmore Post date December 23, 2021 5 Comments on Sun 13’s Top Australian Albums of 2021 Original image via Unsplash (credit: Silas Baisch) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Top Australian Albums of 2021” Tags A Country Practice, Amyl and the Sniffers, Bedrooms Suck Records, Blake Scott, Broken Stone Records, Civic, CLAMM, East Cape Calling, El Reno, Even, Fantasy Country, Flightless Records, Flyying Colours, Goon Sax, Happiness Records, Imperial Broads, In The Red Records, Indigo Sparke, Liars, Matador Records, Meat Machine, Mere Women, Mess Esque, Mike Noga, MOD CON, Mope City, Mute, Peabrain Recordings, Poison City Records, Pond, Restless Leg, Rough Trade, Sacred Bones, Scientists, Smoke Bellow, Snowy Band, Spinning Top, Tenth Court, Trouble In Mind, You Am I
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 Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #4 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date November 29, 2021 13 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 Features Interviews Smoke Bellow Interview: “Making music is primarily a vehicle to allow us to engage in the conversation” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date September 17, 2021 12 Comments on Smoke Bellow Interview: “Making music is primarily a vehicle to allow us to engage in the conversation” Smoke Bellow (photo credit: via artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “Smoke Bellow Interview: “Making music is primarily a vehicle to allow us to engage in the conversation”” Tags A.M. Tango, Abdu Ali, Alex Silva, Ami Dang, Brian Eno, can, Chiffon, Cluster, Daniel Stephensen, David Byrne, Dummy, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Emmanuel Nicolaidis, En Attendant Ana, FACS, faust, Giant Wave, Hamerkop, Harmonia, Hecks, Hellp, Herald, Horse Lords, Hunters and Collectors, John Hoegberg, Laurie Anderson, Lithics, Matchess, Melenas, Meredith McHugh, Mountain Movers, Naked Roommate, Nightshift, Oh Hang, Omni, Parsnip, Santillan, Steve Reich, Steve Santillan, Sunwatchers, Tarotplane, The Flying Lizards, The Skunks, Tom Waits, Trouble In Mind, Wolfgang Reichmann, Writhing Squares, Wume, Zomes
Categories 13 Questions 13 Questions with Guardian Singles Post author By Simon Kirk Post date July 30, 2021 4 Comments on 13 Questions with Guardian Singles Guardian Singles Continue reading “13 Questions with Guardian Singles” Tags Bailter Space, Coolies, Durham Fenwick, Echo Ohs, Fiona Campbell, Green Grove, Guardian Singles, Mission of Burma, Moppy, Na Noise, SoccerPractise, The Bats, The Clean, Thom Burton, Trouble In Mind, Vivian Girls, Yolanda Fangan
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #2 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date June 30, 2021 24 Comments on Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #2 (Original images sourced from artists' Bandcamp pages) Continue reading “Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #2” Tags 12XU, 3094869 Records DK, Allen Moore, Amenra, American Dream Records, Bar None Records, Carlos Nino, Chris Brokaw, Claire Rousay, CLAMM, Cory Hanson, Cruel Nature Records, David Colohand, Drag City, Editrix, Exploding In Sound, Fake Fruit, Feel It Records, Floatie, Giancarlo Erra, Helvetia, Hieroglyphic Being, Ilian Tape, International Anthem, Jamal R Moss, Joyful Noise, Keeled Scales, Kscope Records, Lemonade Records, Mathematics Communications, Meat Machine, Merge Records, Mind Maintenance, Monastral, New Madrid, Pardoner, Relapse Recordings, Renee Reed, Rock In Your Head, Score, Skee Mask, Smirk, Spread Joy, Sunburned Hand of the Man, The Mountain Goats, The Mountain Movers, Three Lobed Recordings, Trouble In Mind, Unstoppable Sweeties Show
Categories Features Interviews High Tension: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case Post author By Simon Kirk Post date May 21, 2021 19 Comments on High Tension: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case FACS (photo credit: from artist's Bandcamp page) Continue reading “High Tension: In Conversation with FACS’ Brian Case” Tags 90 Day Men, Alianna Kalaba, Blue Man Group, Boredoms, Brian Case, Cat Power, Cloud Nothings, FACS, FACS interview, Girls Against Boys, John Congleton, Michael Cain, Noah Leger, Pelican, Sanford Parker, Steve Albini, Taking Pictures, The Fall, Trouble In Mind, We Ragazzi, Wreikmeister Harmonies
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 Singles FACS: Strawberry Cough – “blustery atmospherics” Post author By Simon Kirk Post date March 8, 2021 No Comments on FACS: Strawberry Cough – “blustery atmospherics” FACS (photo credit: via the artist's Facebook page) Continue reading “FACS: Strawberry Cough – “blustery atmospherics”” Tags Brian Case, Electrical Audio, FACS, Sandford Parker, Trouble In Mind
Categories Albums Features Sun 13’s Top 50 Albums of 2020 Post author By Simon Kirk Post date December 11, 2020 58 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