"Immersive, greyscale drone that casts the darkest shadow of all." Album review: Lawrence English's 'The Rest Is My Ghost' - out now via @room40.bsky.social. @rarelyunable.bsky.social sun-13.com/2026/08/10/l...
Lawrence English: The Rest Is My Ghost - Sun 13
On his latest release, the Australian experimentalist explores the pitfalls of nostalgia.
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"[O]n 'Cut A Silhouette', Sparta pack one of their biggest punches" Album review: Sparta's Cut A Silhouette is out now via Rude Records. sun-13.com/2026/08/07/s...
Sparta: Cut A Silhouette - Sun 13
On their sixth LP, the El Paso three-piece are firing on all cylinders.
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"Almost An Island melt the worlds of ambient, post-country and dream-pop into each other.” EP review: Almost An Island's 'Few Words Are Enough' - out now via @pastinside.bsky.social. @marineeyes.bsky.social sun-13.com/2026/08/06/a...
Almost An Island: Few Words Are Enough EP - Sun 13
On their new EP, the trio move to more captivating places.
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"[I]t all feels like a cosmic rush of new possibilities.” Album review: Prison's 'Big Rigs on the BQE' - out now via Drag City. Photo by Cheryl Dunn sun-13.com/2026/08/04/p...
Prison: Big Rigs on the BQE - Sun 13
On their third LP, the psych collective deliver their most decisive blow.
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"I’m hoping someday a singer will cover us and think what the hell is this!” An interview with @unstoppablesweeties 'USS R USS' is out now. sun-13.com/2026/07/31/u...
Unstoppable Sweeties Show Interview: "No idea is truly off the table" - Sun 13
The Liverpool odyssey talk us through their finest release yet.
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*** VIDEO PREMIERE *** Rongorongo return with their new single, 'Push' - taken from their forthcoming debut album, 'The Shell of a Lullaby' Listen / watch the video created by @samgill.bsky.social below. sun-13.com/2026/07/30/v...
Video Premiere: Rongorongo's Push - Sun 13
The Liverpool favourites unveil the latest song from their forthcoming debut full-length release.
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"In the moment, through their songs, everything was on the line." Ida's 'I Know About You' turns 30. sun-13.com/2026/07/27/h...
"Electronica with a unique, homespun warmth..." Album review: @hackedepicciotto.bsky.social's 'LICHTUNG' - out now via @muterecords.bsky.social. sun-13.com/2026/07/24/h...
Hackedepicciotto: LICHTUNG - Sun 13
The duo mark their return to Berlin with something that is one of a kind.
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"12 songs of this quality that can be just given away is as much of a mark of his talent as it is of his generosity." Album review: @danguidance.bsky.social's 'Freequencies Two' - out now via Portal Recordings. Words by @sun13banjo.bsky.social sun-13.com/2026/07/22/d...
Dan Guidance: Freequencies Two - Sun 13
Freequencies Two is one of those rare beasts, an album that does not have a bad moment on it.
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"[T]hese songs snap and bite, reaching new levels of urgency." Album review: Miracle's 'The Living Likeness Of My Electric Daemon' - out now via @relapserecords.bsky.social. @stevemoore2600.bsky.social / @phantomlimb.bsky.social sun-13.com/2026/07/21/m...
Miracle: The Living Likeness of My Electric Daemon - Sun 13
Daniel O'Sullivan and Steve Moore return with the project's third full-length release.
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"This was just drawn out situationally..." An interview with @burialcake.bsky.social's Blake Edward Conley. 'Small Steps' - out now via @swcrecords.bsky.social. sun-13.com/2026/07/17/s...
Small Steps: An Interview with Burial Cake's Blake Edward Conley - Sun 13
The experimental guitarist opens up about their past 12 months.
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"[S]parkling snapshots of musical history." Album review: Tibshelf's 'The Effete Descendants Of Robber Barons Are Poison To Civilisation' - out now via @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social. sun-13.com/2026/07/15/t...
Tibshelf: The Effete Descendants Of Robber Barons Are Poison To Civilisation - Sun 13
Lee Etherington returns with his most potent release yet.
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"[A] new form of message music." Album review: American Cream Band's 'Twin' - out now via @quindirecords.bsky.social. sun-13.com/2026/07/13/a...
American Cream Band: Twin - Sun 13
On their latest release, Nathan Nelson and Liz Buhmann deliver vital messages.
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"[A] celebration of music and its hidden powers." Album review: Sandy Chamoun's Sawt El Doumouh - out now via Ruptured Records. sun-13.com/2026/07/10/s...
Sandy Chamoun: Sawt El Doumouh - Sun 13
The SANAM leader returns with her latest solo release.
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"W[i]th this series, it looks set to include many chapters, and hopefully ones as good as this. " EP review: The Bug / Disg Fig's 'Ladybug 1' - out now via Pressure. @phantomlimb.bsky.social sun-13.com/2026/07/08/t...
The Bug / Dis Fig: Ladybug 1 - Sun 13
Kevin Martin reveals the first release in his latest series.
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Weirdo Rippers #23 Ft. @catekennan.bsky.social | @joachimspieth.bsky.social | @darrencross.bsky.social | @bentlight.bsky.social | @sapphiregoss.bsky.social I @billorcutt.bsky.social I @abulmogard.bsky.social & @blackknoll.bsky.social I @benmcelroy.bsky.social & more... sun-13.com/2026/07/06/w...
Weirdo Rippers #23 - Sun 13
Cate Kennan, Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti, Speake, Bent Light, D.C. Cross, and more.
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"I try to capture something in the recording that I want to hear and can’t hear elsewhere." An interview with Joshua Abrams - 'Music for Pulse Meridian Foliation' is out now via Drag City. sun-13.com/2026/07/03/j...
Joshua Abrams Interview: "There is a feeling I recognise when I am ready to make an album" - Sun 13
The Natural Information Society leader talks us through his latest solo release.
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"[S]upremely languid and abstract" Album review: Sick Gazelle's 'Veld' out now via Vampire Blues. sun-13.com/2026/07/02/s...
Sick Gazelle: Veld - Sun 13
Douglas McCombs enters the fray for the band's second full-length release.
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"[A]rtists who put great emphasis on evading external pressures in favour of inward catharsis." Album review: MMMs's (ft. @pefkin.bsky.social, Nick Jonah Davis and Elizabeth Still) 'Lunistice Alignments' - out now. sun-13.com/2026/06/30/m...
MMM: Lunistice Alignments - Sun 13
The trio's debut full-length release embodies the spirit of drone.
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"The experiences of now shape the next work." An interview with BCMC's Bill MacKay and Cooper Crain talking all things 'Stash' - out today via Drag City. sun-13.com/2026/06/26/b...
BCMC Interview: "The more detailed your plans, the better it often comes out" - Sun 13
Bill MacKay and Cooper Crain return with the project's second full-length release.
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"[S]o cracked and broken that you can almost feel the weight before the music itself." Album review: @emtangle.bsky.social's 'The Weaving' - out July 31 via @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social. Exclusive to S13, watch / listen to the new track, 'Strageling Angel'. sun-13.com/2026/06/25/e...
Emmaleen Tangleweed: The Weaving - Sun 13
The South African songstress returns with more broken ballads.
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"The music is bringing something positive to people." An Interview with Sunn O)))'s @stephenomalley74.bsky.social, ahead of the band's show at Liverpool's The Dome next week. 'Sunn O)))' is out now via @subpop.bsky.social @rarelyunable.bsky.social sun-13.com/2026/06/22/g...
Glory Black: In Conversation with Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley - Sun 13
The band's co-founder talks us through the drone titans' first full-length release for Sub Pop.
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"An unvarnished aesthetic and vision that is always real.." Album review: The Pines of Rome's 'When You Are as Full as the Moon - out now via @solidbrassrecords.bsky.social. @forcefieldpr.bsky.social sun-13.com/2026/06/19/t...
The Pines of Rome: When You Are as Full as the Moon - Sun 13
On their latest full-length release, the Providence, RI band continue their wonderful renaissance.
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*** TRACK PREMIERE *** @theblackdrumset.bsky.social's 'From a Different Place' - from the forthcoming LP, 'Friends In Dark Places' - out on July 17. Listen to 'From a Different Place' below. sun-13.com/2026/06/17/t...
Track Premiere: The Black Drumset's 'From a Different Place' - Sun 13
The song is taken from the Brian Willey-led project's forthcoming LP.
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"[M]aximum results from a minimalist approach that proves cataclysmic." Album review: Big Brave's 'in grief or in hope' - out now via @thrilljockey.bsky.social. @rarelyunable.bsky.social sun-13.com/2026/06/15/b...
BIG|BRAVE: In Grief Or In Hope - Sun 13
On their tenth full-length release, the Montréal trio shift the needle.
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“I’ll tear through a record, write it five different ways in a week, then not touch the damn thing for months." An interview with Wade Easy. 'Sea of Night' is out now. sun-13.com/2026/06/12/w...
Wade Easy Interview: "I just make the music I want to hear" - Sun 13
The Morgantown, West Virginia-based songwriter guides us through his new LP, 'Sea of Night'.
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“A companion record in a different sense." Album reviews: Daughn Gibson's 'Lake Mary not mysterious- out now via El Ed Eb. sun-13.com/2026/06/10/d...
Daughn Gibson: Lake Mary not mysterious - Sun 13
The master outlier emerges from the wilderness.
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“We’re not about performing karaoke versions of our own songs." An interview with SUSS' Bob Holmes. 'Counting Sunsets' is out now via Northern Spy. sun-13.com/2026/06/05/c...
Cosmic Echoes: In Conversation with SUSS' Bob Holmes - Sun 13
The experimentalist guides us through the New York trio's excellent new release, 'Counting Sunsets'.
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"The Taps of the Holy Trinity uncover a new layer of cryptic folk music." Album review: The Taps of the Holy Trinity's 'Customs & Rituals of.... The Taps of the Holy Trinity' on June 20 via Fenny Compton. Exclusive: Watch the video for 'Most of Them Were Ghosts'... sun-13.com/2026/06/04/t...
The Taps of the Holy Trinity: Customs & Rituals of The Taps of the Holy Trinity - Sun 13
The new Melbourne band featuring Michael Plater and Arthur Karanikas ready their debut release.
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Albums Quarterly #22 Ft. @wendyeisenberg.bsky.social, Drew Gardner, The Reds Pinks and Purples, Guttersnipe, Plankton Wat, Sooj, and more... sun-13.com/2026/06/01/a...
Albums Quarterly #22 - Sun 13
Featuring Memorials, Kathryn Mohr, Chevreuil, Sooj, Menzies, and more.
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