JR Moores

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Reviews For November

Cyrus cynic JR Moores pounds the patterned pavements in search of fresh psych (and noise rock) releases

LIVE REPORT: World Island

JR Moores braves Hallows' Eve in Leeds for a night of Pretty Lightning, Gnod, Grumbling Fur, Wolf People and Acid Mothers Temple

“Where Was My Mind?” Jenny Hval’s ‘Favourite Albums’

We asked Jenny Hval to pick her 13 favourite LPs, which she didn't, because she thinks that's a "horrible" task. Fair enough, said JR Moores, so here, instead, are 13 underappreciated records she's hoping you'll go out and enjoy

Columnfortably Numb: A New Psych Column By J.R. Moores

Homzom auteur J.R.Moores probes the Hubble Deep Field in search of psych (and noise rock) releases that you need to hear

Things Learned At: Edinburgh Fringe

JR Moores reports on things learned "while observing people who observe things for a living"

Always Organic: Cory Rayborn On 15 Years Of Three Lobed Recordings

By day, Cory Rayborn's a business and environmental lawyer, by night (often five nights in a row, packaging records by hand) he's putting out limited-run releases by the likes of Bardo Pond, Steve Gunn and Sun City Girls. As his label Three Lobed marks 15 years of operations, he talks to JR Moores

Evil Acidhead

In The Name Of All That Is Unholy

Henry Blacker

Summer Tombs

Therapy?

Disquiet

Aidan Baker

The Confessional Tapes

Foo Fighters

Sonic Highways

With apologies to Brett Easton Ellis

Promenading: Martin Duffy Interviewed

With his excellent album Assorted Promenades released on Tim Burgess' O Genesis label this year, JR Moores traces the journeys that led the Primal Scream keyboardist to arrive at this debut solo effort

Smashing Pumpkins

Adore

Things Learned At: Recon Festival

JR Moores worries for his ears as he's confronted by all sorts of excellent racket at this year's Recon festival. Step ye forth Stephen O'Malley, Blixa Bargeld, Teho Teardo, Ashtray Navigations, Core Of The Coalman. Photos by Danny Payne

PREVIEW: Recon Festival

JR Moores looks forward to the Yorkshire Festival of all things loud & unusual

Things Learned At: Plisskën Festival

JR Moores reports from Athens, where he is battered with rucksacks, picks up a smoking habit and withstands an entire Black Lips set.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Days Of Abandon

Things Learned At: Prince In Leeds

JR Moores grew up in the 1990s and didn't quite get what all the fuss was about when it came to Prince. Would a night in Leeds with The Purple One convince him otherwise?

Yvette

Process

PREVIEW: Plisskën Festival

We prime ourselves for the fifth edition of the Athens music festival

Therapy?

Troublegum / Infernal Love (Reissues)

Bardo Pond

Shone Like A Ton / Refulgo (Reissues)

Carla Bozulich

Boy

Henry Blacker

Hungry Dogs Will Eat Dirty Puddings

Good Vibrations: Michael Gibbons Of Bardo Pond Interviewed

J.R. Moores fires up a Bristol cone and talks to Michael Gibbons of Bardo Pond about why psychedelic pop music is the best

Alpha Waves: An Interview & Mix From Death Comet Crew

1980s NYC hip hop/no-wave/funk collective Death Comet Crew return this month with full-length album, Ghost Among The Crew, that takes their abrasive hybrid sound into cosmic new zones. JR Moores speaks to the band's Stuart Argabright about the art of genre-splicing, plus listen to an exclusive mix

Things Learned At: ATP End Of An Era

As ATP bids farewell to holiday camp larks, JR Moores heads to Camber for a weekend of Porn, Wolf Eyes, Pharmakon, Television and more, and ponders what might come next

Erasure

Snow Globe

Mutation

Error 500

Things Learned At: Mono Festival 2013

Something's in the air up north, and it's vaguely incense-scented. JR Moores grabs his psych-ometer and takes some measurements at last month's one-dayer in Leeds

Carlton Melton

Always Even

Things Learned At: The Edinburgh Fringe 2013

JR Moores reports back from a week spent in dingy venues at the Edinburgh Fringe, watching various people instigating laughter in a manner of different ways