Sun 13

Snakeskin: We Live In Sand On their all all-encompassing third LP, the Lebanese duo deliver one of the most harrowing releases of the year.

"'We Live In Sand' isn’t a clarion call. It’s a commentary of real-time events."

Album review: @Snakeskin's 'We Live In Sand' - out today via @beaconsound.bsky.social / Ruptured Records.

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Lande Hekt announces new album The U.K. songwriter shares lead track, ‘Favourite Pair of Shoes’.

Lande Hekt announces new album and first for
@tapeterecords.bsky.social, shares video for lead track, 'Favourite Pair of Shoes'.

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The Besnard Lakes: The Besnard Lakes Are the Ghost Nation On their seventh full-length release, the Montreal veterans are at their most captivating.

"[A]s cathartic and close to the bone as The Besnard Lakes have ever been."

Album review: The Besnard Lakes' 'The Besnard Lakes Are the Ghost Nation' - out Friday via @fulltimehobby.bsky.social.

@inhousepress.bsky.social

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The Spiritual Sound: In Conversation with Agriculture’s Dan Meyer & Richard Chowenhill The Los Angeles-based band discuss their excellent second full-length release.

"The only thing that is in danger is that music has to be a force of community and not just a force of isolation."

An interview with Agriculture's Dan Meyer & Richard Chowenhill.

'The Spiritual Sound' is out now via @theflenser.bsky.social.

@rarelyunable.bsky.social

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@akprecordings.bsky.social, @hausumountain.bsky.social, @shadyridgerecords.bsky.social, @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social, @manychants.bsky.social, @bathysphererecords.bsky.social, @monastral.bsky.social, @moonglyph.bsky.social, @rarelyunable.bsky.social.

Weirdo Rippers #19 Featuring Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O’Rourke, DuChamp, Sir Richard Bishop, Elliot Krimsky, and more.

Weirdo Rippers #19

@eikoishibashi.bsky.social | Chloe Yu Nong Lin & @pmtummala.bsky.social | @ernestodiaz.bsky.social | @brauliolam13.bsky.social | @leeranaldo.bsky.social | Jef Mertens & Dirk Wachtelaer (@ramblerecords.bsky.social) | @duchampdrone.bsky.social & more…

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[slab] Interview: “A lot of the songs come out of nowhere” The Manchester three-piece ready the release of their new single, ‘Holding Pattern’.

"If an idea can survive a few weeks of practices and scrutiny from the three of us, it normally becomes a decent song.”

An interview with Slab - watch / listen to their new single, 'Holding Pattern' officially out tomorrow.

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Crime & The City Solution, Joshua Murphy @ Eagle Inn, Salford – 29/09/2025 The legendary Australian act shine for the devoted few.

"[P]lying their trade in the back of a pub with less than 30 punters in the kind of space designed for the best night of your life."

Live review: Crime & The City Solution and @joshuamurphymusic.bsky.social Eagle Inn.

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Stay Positive: In Conversation with Immersion’s Colin Newman & Malka Spigel The pair discuss their latest full-length release this year, ‘WTF??’

"I get strength from what people create from music, and it just makes me more determined to go on and believe in what I believe to be the right thing."

@immersionhq.bsky.social's @malkaspigel.bsky.social & Colin Newman interviewed

'WTF??' is out today via swim ~

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Kieran Hebden + William Tyler: 41 Longfield Street Late ’80s From opposite sides of the Atlantic, the pair come together to create magic.

"[M]elodic meandering that imbues confidence."

Album review: Kieran Hebden + William Tyler's '41 Longfield Street Late ’80s' out now via @eatyourownears.bsky.social / @tempresltd.bsky.social

Photo by Sean Cook.

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Bitchin Bajas: Inland See On their latest full-length release, the Chicago experimentalists shed new skin.

"Protracted harmony in orbit..."

Album review: Bitchin Bajas' 'Inland See' - out Friday via Drag City.

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Video Premiere: Claire Morales’ ‘I Don’t Want to Join Your Cult’ The song is taken from the songwriter’s new album, ‘Lost in the Desert’.

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Claire Morales' 'I Don't Want to Join Your Cult' - taken from her new LP, 'Lost in the Desert'.

Photo by Ellie Alonzo

@clarioncallmedia.bsky.social

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Suede: Antidepressants On their latest, the British veterans continue to reach new heights.

"Anderson strikes the perfect balance between pomp and malevolence."

Album review: @suedehq.bsky.social's 'Antidepressants'

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Video Premiere: Hermetic Delight’s ‘9 Lives Have Gone By’ The Strasbourg-based band release the latest track from their forthcoming LP, ‘Vagabond Melodies’.

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Watch/listen to Hermetic Delight's new track, '9 Lives Have Gone By' – taken from their forthcoming album, 'Vagabond Melodies', out November 7 via October Tone.

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SANAM Interview: “Everything outside of Lebanese pop music or business techno is DIY” The Beirut-based six-piece ready their first release for Constellation Records.

“[T]he song or the record or the picture is what’s important, not yourself."

An interview with SANAM

'Sametou Sawtan' is out Friday via Constellation.

Photo by Karim Ghorayeb

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Whitney K: Bubble On his first release for Fire Records, Konner Whitney dispenses more of the good oil.

"[H]is most expansive release yet."

Album review: Whitney K's 'Bubble' - out now via Fire Records.

@rarelyunable.bsky.social

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Nyxy Nyx Interview: “Most of my songs are recorded the day I write them” Brian Reichert talks us through the band’s first studio release, ‘Cult Classics Vol. 1’.

"I think we all have the mindset that we discover songs, rather than write them."

An interview with @nyxynyx.bsky.social - 'Cult Classics Vol. 1' is out today via Julia's War.

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Kali Malone & Drew McDowall announce new album The pair share lead track, ‘The Sound in My Mind’.

Kali Malone & @drewmcdowall.bsky.social announce new album via Ideologic Organ, share lead track.

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Tortoise announce new album The post-rock touchstones return with their first LP in nine years.

Tortoise announce new album, share lead track, 'Layered Prescence' ( @intlanthem.bsky.social / @nonesuch.com)

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Prolapse: I Wonder When They’re Going To Destroy Your Face After 26 years, the U.K. underground veterans make a barnstorming return.

"There’s chaos and Prolapse exist to be in the centre of it"

Album review: @prolapseband.bsky.social's 'I Wonder When They're Going to Destroy Your Face' - out now via @tapeterecords.bsky.social.

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Deftones: Private Music The alt-metal mainstays return as big and dependable as ever.

"[T]hey haven’t been in a better collective headspace as they are now."

Album review: Deftones 'Private Music' - out now via Warner.

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Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter announce new album The band’s fifth LP is their first in 14 years.

Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter announce new album, share lead single, 'Gentle Chaperone' (ft. @marissanadler.bsky.social).

Ideologic Organ / @southernlordeu.bsky.social

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Human Leather Interview: “Life is a challenge, and I want to write the soundtrack” Amée Chanter and Thomas Close talk us through their debut LP.

"We want to bring joy and connection to the world..."

An interview with Human Leather whose debut LP, 'Here Comes the Mind, There Goes the Body', is out tomorrow via Wrong Speed Records ( @sumlin.bsky.social).

Exclusive to S13, watch the video for 'Lore of the Land'.

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Water Damage, Smote @ The White Hotel, Manchester – 02/09/2025 The Austin, Texas band make their debut in the north west.

"[I]t’s cerebral perplexity of the very best kind."

Live review: Water Damage, Smote at Manchester's The White Hotel.

@12xurecs.bsky.social / @rocketrecordings.bsky.social

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Verity Den announce new album The band share the video for album title track, ‘wet glass’.

Verity Den announce new album (via Amish Records), share video for lead eponymous track, 'wet glass'.

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@matadorrecords.bsky.social, @mexicansummer.bsky.social, @joyfulnoiserecs.bsky.social, @bellaunion.bsky.social, @rocketrecordings.bsky.social, @dominorecordco.bsky.social, @hyperdub.bsky.social, @cruelnaturerecs.bsky.social, @soniccathedral.bsky.social, @humanworth.bsky.social.

Sun 13’s Albums Quarterly #19 Featuring Marissa Nadler, Editrix, Pharoah Overlord, Half Man Half Biscuit, No Joy and more.

Albums Quarterly 19

Ft. @clairewelles.bsky.social | @marissanadler.bsky.social | @nojoy.bsky.social | hyacinth. | Pound Land | DJ Haram | Turnstile | These New Puritans | Editrix | Half Man Half Biscuit | @bobmouldmusic.bsky.social | @suddenvoices.bsky.social & more

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Burn Into Sleep ~ Dream Skills: I Carried You For Years And The Deers Are Still Hungry Between Manchester and New York, the McLeans find something unique on their debut collaboration.

"[A]n absolute one of a kind"

Album review: Burn Into Sleep ~ Dream Skills' 'I Carried You For Years And The Deers Are Still Hungry' - out now via Tombed Visions.

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Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo announce new album The artists share the lead track from their forthcoming LP, ‘In the Earth Again’.

@chatpileband.bsky.social & Haydenp Pedigo announce new album set for release via Computer Students™ - share lead tack, 'Radioactive Dreams'

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