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CIVIC: Chrome Dipped On their third LP, the Australian band straddle the orbits of punk.

"[T]heir greatest leap yet."

Album review: CIVIC's 'Chrome Dipped' - out now via @atorecords.bsky.social.

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The Armed: THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED The Detroit, MI return to their dynamic best.

"[T]heir vision has never been clearer..."

The Armed's 'THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED' - out now via @sargenthouse.bsky.social.

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Cherub Weaponry: Flower of Dreaming On their debut collaboration, Colin Alexander Fisher and Maxwell Patterson revel in the chaos.

"[A] borderless, free-rock freak-out that turns the mind inside out."

Album review: ~Cherub Weaponry's 'Flower of Dreaming' - out now via @wehereandnow.bsky.social.

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Greet Death: Die in Love On their third LP, the five-piece are at their darkest and most direct.

"[T]he album they were destined to make."

Album review: @greetdeath.bsky.social's 'Die in Love' - out now @deathwishinc.bsky.social.

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Sandra’s Wedding: Arturus Rex On their sixth LP, the Goole-based three-piece reach new places.

"[S]mall town world-changing, radiating with homespun warmth."

Album review: Sandra's Wedding's 'Arturus Rex' - out now via @subjangle.bsky.social .

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Out of Step #3 Featuring Ex Agent, Burial, Tharn, Big Break, and more.

Out of Step #3

Featuring: @exagent.bsky.social | Burial (@hyperdub.bsky.social) | Big Break ( @sumlin.bsky.social) |
@alaskantapes.bsky.social | Dark Scrotuum (@cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social) & more.

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Master of Reality: Remembering Ozzy Osbourne The Black Sabbath leader died last week at the age of 76.

"A working-class lad not just storming the gates of pop culture and the music industry at large, but also making an absolute mockery of it."

Remembering Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne.

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Moon: The Green Lilac Park ‘Green Lilac Park’ lives up to the hype and then some.

"[S]himmery summer pop that surfs across genres with glee."

Album review: @moonband2025.bsky.social's 'The Green Lilac Park' - out now via Velvet Records.

Words by @sun13banjo.bsky.social

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The Spectral Light: Obliteration On their latest release, the Amanda Votta-led project reach the zenith.

"[T]he trio take folk music and drag it through barbed wire."

Album review: The Spectral Light's 'Obliteration' (ft. @immaterial-body.bsky.social) - out Friday via @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social

Exclusive to S13, watch/ listen to the video for new track, 'Moonsinger'.

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Almost An Island: Almost An Island Featuring Kenneth James Gibson, James and Cynthia Bernard, listen to the trio’s debut LP ahead of tomorrow’s release.

"[T]he trio finds expansiveness through the lens of minimalism."

*** ALBUM PREMIERE ***

Almost An Island's S/t (ft. Kenneth James Gibson, @jamesbernard.bandcamp.com and Cynthia Bernard)

Be the first to listen ahead of tomorrow's release via @pastinside.bsky.social.

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Track Premiere: On the Water’s ‘Mr. Mystery’ The track is taken from the band’s forthcoming LP, ‘Return’.

*** TRACK PREMIERE ***

Be the first to listen to On the Water's 'Mr. Mystery' - taken from their forthcoming LP, 'Return', out in September via @strangemono.bsky.social.

Full details...

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Moon Interview: “The Green Lilac Park is not just a place, it’s a state of mind” We speak to the new Liverpool group Moon, made up of old heads on young shoulders.

"I think personally that it points to the future as much as it references the past."

An interview with @moonband2025.bsky.social's who talk about their debut LP, 'The Green Lilac Park' - out now.

Words by @sun13banjo.bsky.social

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Second Summer: In Conversation with Cory Hanson We talk to the Wand leader ahead of his latest solo release, ‘I Love People’.

"The goal is to write the best songs."

In conversation @coryhanson.bsky.social ahead of his new LP, 'I Love People' - out tomorrow via Drag City.

Photo by Asal Shahindoust

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@unsunghunger.bsky.social

Fortunato Durutti Marinetti Interview: “There’s humility and absurdity involved” The Toronto-based songwriter dissects his latest LP, ‘Bitter Sweet, Sweet Bitter’.

"I do find it meaningful and worthwhile to go as hardcore as I can into whatever my own weird trip is..."

An interview with Fortunato Durutti Marinetti

'Bitter Sweet, Sweet Bitter' out Friday via @quindirecords.bsky.social / We Are Time

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Flower-Corsano Duo, Jonathan Raisin & Nick Branton @ House Show, Liverpool – 17/07/2025 The duo sign off on their U.K. tour in style.

"[T]he house show may just be where the future lies."

Live review: Flower-Corsano Duo, Jonathan Raisin & Nick Branton at a Liverpool house show.

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@innerislands.bsky.social, @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social, @bricolageg5.bsky.social, @katuktuco.bsky.social,
@swcrecords.bsky.social, @otherpeoplelabel.bsky.social,
@akprecordings.bsky.social, @fortevilfruit.bsky.social.

Weirdo Rippers #18 Featuring Willow Skye Biggs, James Blackshaw, Fletina, Hiram, Abul Mogard, and more.

Weirdo Rippers #18

Featuring: @willowskyebiggs.bsky.social | @worriedaboutsatan.bsky.social | @abulmogard.bsky.social |
@jamesblackshaw.bsky.social | @matthewhiram.bsky.social |
@hellonhearth.bsky.social | Moe Moussa / @poppyhproducer.bsky.social and more...

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The Shipbuilders Interview: “It’s about community, not just putting ten songs on an album” Lead Shipbuilder, Matthew Loughlin-Day, talks us through the band’s new release, ‘This Blue Earth’.

"The Shipbuilders is about more than the band, it’s about creating a universe around it all."

An interview with @theshipbuilders.bsky.social.

'This Blue Earth' is out now via Shipwrecked Records.

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Tavare: Too Small To Be So High Aidan Baker, Tristen Bakker and Angela Muñoz combine for the group’s debut LP.

"[S]omething that glistens beautifully in slow motion."

Album review: Tavare's 'Too Small To Be So High' - out now via God Unknown Records / @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social Records / @katuktuco.bsky.social

@nadjaluv.bsky.social

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Faten Kanaan announces new album The composer shares lead track, ‘Afternoon’.

Faten Kanaan announces new album via Fire Records, share leads track, 'Afternoon'

Full details...

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U.S. Girls: Scratch It On her latest release, Meghan Remy returns with a new band and new results.

"Remy’s stories fizz and pop with new flavour and verve like never before."

Album review: U.S. Girls' 'Scratch It' - out now via @4ad.com.

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Drones, Songs and Fairy Dust: In Conversation with Robert Poss The Band Of Susans founder guides us through his unique musical journey.

"I’m not some rock star, so I can do whatever I want.”

An interview with Robert Poss who talks Band of Susans, Phill Niblock, @wirehq.bsky.social, how he briefly joined @pilofficial.bsky.social and more.

'Drones, Songs and Fairy Dust' is out now.

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Graspop Metal Meeting 2025: A Review Never go to Graspop Metal Meeting.

"[I]t’s a cul-de-sac we should have driven past."

David X navigates through the rigours of Graspop 2025 - a festival of singers butchering their own bands, masked businessmen and, of course, the corporate endeavours of the behemoth that is @livenationconcerts.bsky.social.

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Agriculture announce new album, tour Watch / listen to the band’s new single, ‘Bodhidharma’

@agriculturemusic.bsky.social announce new album ( @theflenser.bsky.social), tour dates, and share lead single, 'Bodhidharma'.

@rarelyunable.bsky.social

Full details...

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Purelink: Faith On their second full-length release, the Brooklyn-based trio expand their sound world.

"[U]ntangling the mind knots purely through sound."

Album review: Purelink's 'Faith' - out now via Peak Oil.

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Bill Callahan, Jerry David DeCicca @ Arts Club, Liverpool – 05/07/2025 The folk veteran makes a rare appearance on Merseyside.

"[H]e has a peculiar way of guiding you into his world."

Live review: Bill Callahan, @jerrydaviddecicca.bsky.social at Liverpool's Arts Club.

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13 Questions with White Noise Sound The Swansea-based band ready the re-issue of their excellent debut LP.

Tell us a secret?

“I could, but it wouldn’t be a secret then..."

13 Questions with White Noise Sound - who will re-issue their debut album, 'WSN1' on July 18 via Rocket Girl Records.

Words by @sun13banjo.bsky.social.

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Jayve Montgomery Interview: “Sounds find us when we are ready to hear them” The Tennessee-based artist talks us through his journey, including latest release, ‘Breathing With Each Ear (Hour 4)’

"History can free us of our most ridiculous ideas."

An interview with Jayve Montgomery.

'Breathing With Each Ear (Hour 4)' is out now via @monastral.bsky.social.

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Tropical Fuck Storm: Fairyland Codex On their fourth LP, the Australian favourites deliver one of the year’s best.

"[A]n epic takedown on the internet and, by extension, the world at large."

Album review: @tropicalfuckstorm.bsky.social's 'Fairyland Codex' - out now via Fire Records.

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