JR Moores
Freelance music journalist
I write about music and culture. Resident psych-rock columnist at The Quietus.
PROJECTS
thequietus.com
"My Dad Wrote That Better": Andrew Falkous' Baker's Dozen
The man behind Mclusky, Future Of The Left and Christian Fitness speaks to JR Moores about the 13 records that inspire him (with only the occasional Lammo and ciabatta-themed digression)
Record Collector
Appetite For Self-Destruction: The Wildhearts
The Wildhearts' music was fierce and intense, their story marked by creative and personal turmoil. And yet they continue to record and tour. Mainman Ginger talks frankly to JR Moores about the band's melodic metal mayhem, their capacity for excess and survival despite it all.
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Doom Trip Records: Curating the Eclectic Underground One Tape at a Time
“I love the fact that you could literally chuck a cassette tape against the wall and it would play fine afterwards,” says Zac Emerson of Doom Trip Records...
thequietus.com
Columnfortably Numb: Your Psych Reviews For April JR Moores
This month, JR Moores selects the psych and noise-rock releases deemed most suitable to ward off the MP for North East Somerset
The Guardian
When good TV goes bad: the time MTV Unplugged went nu-metal
Whether a proving ground for nascent acts or an opportunity for the old guard to win new fans, the acoustic staple was unmissable. Until Korn showed up.
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20 Years of Southern Lord’s Dark and Heavy Art
The undisputed home of boundary-pushing heaviness
thequietus.com
Welcome To Omegaville: Paul Allen of Anthroprophh Interviewed
Via the introduction of housing acts and accusations of sub-Hendrix wanks, Paul Allen anthroprophhesises our impending dystopia
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Columnfortably Numb: Your Psych Reviews For February JR Moores
The album format will never die, says JR Moores, not where psych rock is concerned. With Deep Hum, Bardo Pond, Death Pedals and more
daily.bandcamp.com
Ten British Bands That Bring The Noise Rock
The nihilistic outlook and black humor of noise rock works well in the U.K. where sarcasm is king, ex-factories of the Industrial Revolution era decorate the skyline in a state of dilapidated disrepair, and the weather is usually grey.
The Guardian
When good TV goes bad: how The League of Gentlemen became no laughing matter
After two successful seasons, the eccentric sketch show adopted an ambitious concept for the third – at the expense of its best gags
thequietus.com
Columnfortably Numb: The Best Psych-Rock Of 2017
Trying not to get too distracted by what’s on his tellybox, JR Moores rounds up his top ten psych records of the year
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Year Of The Projectile Reptile: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Polygondwanaland
JR Moores looks back on the Australian psych lords’ annus mirabilis and proposes and few theories on how they proved so productive
daily.bandcamp.com
Seven Trippy Modern Psych-Rock Concept Albums on Bandcamp
From a tragic mythical creature to a time travelling Aaron Burr, the tracks on these seven releases unveil epic narratives
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20 Years On: Endless Nameless By The Wildhearts Revisited
As The Wildhearts' Endless, Nameless Turns 20, JR Moores looks back on Britrock's greatest moment of nihilistic self-sabotage
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Columnfortably Numb: November Pre-Xmas Gift Guide Psych Special
Taking a break from copywriting for the Betterware catalogue, JR Moores recommends suitable gifts for your psych-rocking loved ones