I write about music and culture. Resident psych-rock columnist at The Quietus and Record Collector. Author of Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present.
Frank Black And The Catholics – The Complete Studio Albums Box Set
With The Catholics, Pixies mainman Frank Black worked hard and he worked fast. The results are well worth revisiting, says JR Moores.
Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For June Reviewed By JR Moores
Surveying the psych-rock scene, JR Moores dislodges some lockdown backlogs and pines for the windy city.
Review: Tarkamt - 1100 dB
Cairo's Tarkamt threatens to create a black hole big enough to engulf the universe with a set of Merzbowian electronics
Review: Arcade Fire's WE
JR Moores considers self-immolation listening to the new Arcade Fire record…
Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For April Reviewed By JR Moores
JR Moores momentarily prises himself away from web-based lexicon challenges to bring a fresh batch of psych.
The Remarkable Rise of Wrong Speed Records
Since its inception, Wrong Speed Records is a label that has gone from strength to strength
‘I don’t believe in half-conviction’: Andrew Falkous on the return of Mclusky
Bad luck and self-sabotage stopped these cult rockers from finding success first time round. But 20 years on, their fire still burns brightly.
Reissue Of The Week: Sonic Youth's In/Out/In
Sonic Youth do not belong in the past – argues JR Moores on the release of an essential compilation of "mostly unheard" rarities – and their impact still resonates in all sorts of ways.
Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For February Reviewed By JR Moores
In his inaugural column of 2022, JR Moores tries to disentangle himself from a web of lies and get on with reviewing some cracking avant rock.
Columnfortably Numb: The Best Psych Rock Of 2021
After a quick reflection on the madness of "pedalgate", JR Moores runs us through his favourite psych and noise rock records of the year
The Strange World Of... Shit And Shine
We're really made up that one of our favourite sonic entities, Shit And Shine, has recorded an epic Singularity track for our Sound & Vision subscribers. Here JR Moores talks to Craig Clouse in order to offer a ten track guide to his epic S&S back catalogue...
Richard Dawson & Circle bio
Richard Dawson & Circle bio for their joint album, Henki (2021), on Domino Records.
Another Ween World: Why Dean And Gene Are The Weirdo Lennon & McCartney
In this month's subscriber-only Low Culture essay, JR Moores talks about the Pennsylvania duo who had the chops to back up the japes and the integrity to keep it "brown".
Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For October Reviewed By JR Moores
JR Moores dons his sailor's cap and jumps aboard the not-so-merry yacht of psych.
'I Wish I Was Neil Young': The Story Of Butthole Surfers JR Moores
An extract from JR Moores' new book, Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, follows the career of the always puerile, always inventive noise rock group.