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Posts Tagged Sun Kil Moon

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March 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sun Kil Moon to play One NZ Show: Great South Pacific Tuning Fork (May 28, 2017)

Sun Kil Moon, now the most endearing of the Mark Kozelek pseudonyms, will perform at The Great South Pacific Tuning Fork in Auckland, Sunday, May 28, 2017. Tickets, via www.ticketmaster.co.nz (0800 111 999) will be on pre-sale at 11am, March 24. And then on sale (general) from 9am, March 27, $55 + booking fee.
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April 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Mali Mali

Mali Mali (a.k.a. Ben Tolich) is a songwriter and performer from Auckland, NZ. He’s about to go on tour in support of his new album As A Dog Dreams, his second album following Gather ‘round the Gooseclock (2013) and t​​he Brotherly EP (2010). Here are five albums he’s loving right now… 1 – Damien Jurado, Visions […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Album, Albums, As A Dog Dreams, Ben Tolich, Benji, Brotherly, Brothers and Sisters of The Eternal Son, Damien Jurado, Five Albums, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Mali Mali, Gather 'Round The Gooseclock, Mali Mali, Mark Kozelek, Radiohead, Record, Sigur Ros, Special Guest, Stolen Violin, Sun Kil Moon, Temperate Touch Tropical Gears, The Brotherly EP, The King of Limbs, The Middle East, Valtari, Visions of Us on The Land ·

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April 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Mali Mali: As A Dog Dreams

Mali Mali As A Dog Dreams (Independent/Bandcamp) A couple of years ago, a gentle, beguiling, occasionally quirky set of songs found its way into my home and then my heart. I didn’t like the tile of the album, nor the band-name, and that didn’t matter at all – as it shouldn’t when the music is […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, As A Dog Dreams, Bandcamp, Ben Tolich, Don McGlashan, Gather 'Round The Gooseclock, Mali Mali, Sufjan Stevens, Sun Kil Moon ·

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December 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Mark Kozelek: Sings Christmas Carols

Mark Kozelek Sings Christmas Carols Caldo Verde What a strange year for Mark Kozelek – or at least for his music. That amazing album Benji and then a petty feud with the War on Drugs where he released a couple of songs mocking them and the situation and took the joke too far by (pretty […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Christmas, Mark Kozelek, Red House Painters, Sings Christmas Carols, Sun Kil Moon, The War on Drugs, Xmas ·

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October 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Digests: The Best of 2014’s Album Reviews – May

It’s  actually staggering – going back through these months, month by month (haha – staggering) – just how many great albums there’s been this year. May started with a couple of the recent gems from Rattle – I paid tribute to Rattle over at Blog On The Tracks today – and then on through so […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Album Review, Album Reviews, Benji, Best of 2014, Blog On The Tracks, CD, Digest, Digests, Digests: The Best of 2014’s Album Reviews – May, May, May 2014, Natalie Merchant, Rattle, Reviews, Stuff.co.nz, Sun Kil Moon ·

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May 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Sun Kil Moon: Benji

Sun Kil Moon Benji Caldo Verde In the gorgeous, mournful opener, Carissa, Mark Kozelek sings of the grieving around his second cousin dying in a freak yard fire. He needs to “get and give some hugs” even though he didn’t know her that well. She died taking the trash out at 35 years old. She […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Benji, Mark Kozelek, Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon ·

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February 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Slow Boat Selections New and Old: # 1 – Sun Kil Moon, Benji

If you are a career music obsessive (as I am now forced to concede I am), there are likely to be a few artists whose work serves as virtual signposts throughout your life. I am happy to admit that The Smiths are my favourite band – I was just the right age, and the songs […]
Posted in Blog, Special Guests · Tagged Album Review, Benji, Guest Blog, Jeremy Taylor, Mark Kozelek, Red House Painters, Slow Boat, Slow Boat Records, Slow Boat Selections: New and Old, Sun Kil Moon ·

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February 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle: Perils From The Sea

Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle Perils From The Sea Caldo Verde There’s a brand new Sun Kil Moon out (and, hey, more on that soon) but in falling in love with that new record I realised I had forgotten to write about this album, because this collaboration between Sun Kil Moon’s Mark Kozelek and The […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Jimmy Lavalle, Mark Kozelek, Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle, Perils From The Sea, Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon, The Album Leaf, Tristesa ·

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May 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Phosphorescent: Muchacho

Phosphorescent Muchacho Dead Oceans Under the name Phosphorescent, American singer/songwriter Matthew Houck has built a career – with six albums so far –  that sees him regularly receiving the hushed-tones and revered-raves that cult fans, completists and critics hurl at the likes of Richmond Fontaine’s Willy Vlautin, Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters’ Mark Kozelek, American […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alt-Country, American Music Club, Ask The Dust, Barry Gifford, Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver, Daniel Lanois, Down To Go, Folk, Here's To Taking It Easy, John Fante, Johnny Cash, Justin Vernon, Mark Eitzel, Mark Kozelek, Muchacho, Phosphorescent, Raymond Carver, Red House Painters, Ring Of Fire, Song For Zula, Sun Kil Moon, The Quotidian Beasts, To Willie, Willy Vlautin ·

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