Press

2019

2018

  • The Age – review of Bang On A Can at Melbourne Recital Hall, featuring JG Thirlwell’s ‘Anabiosis’
  • Sydney Morning Herald – review of Extended Play festival, featuring Bang On A Can playing JG Thirlwell’s ‘Anabiosis’
  • New York Times – Xordox concert is Editor’s Pick of the Week
  • Misfit City – preview of the Xordox mini-tour
  • Limelight Magazine – review of Extended Play festival, featuring Bang On A Can playing JG Thirlwell’s ‘Anabiosis’
  • Foxes – Interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Consequence of Sound – Channel Changers series about watching television features JGT and others
  • Brooklyn Vegan – article about Alan Vega tribute which featured JGT
  • Biff Bam Pop – JG Thirlwell’s Best Of 2017 List
  • Biff Bam Pop – JG Thirlwell’s Best of 2018 list
  • Amplify – review of Extended Play festival, featuring Bang On A Can playing JG Thirlwell’s ‘Anabiosis’

2017

  • UNI – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album (in Czech)
  • Tiny Mix Tapes – preview of Xordox ‘Neospection” album
  • The Wire – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album
  • The Vinyl District – Review of James Ilgenfritz’s album with composition by JG Thirlwell
  • The Music.com – preview of JG Thirlwell’s appearance at the Supersense Fectival in Australia
  • The Monthly – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album
  • The Fabulist – interview with JG Thirlwell by David Gordon
  • The Age – interview with JG Thirlwell by Andrew Purcell
  • The Age – review of JG Thirlwell’s Cholera Nocebo at Supersense
  • SyFy Wire – Theme from Venture Bros #6 in top 30 SciFi TV themes of all time
  • Sydney Morning Herald – interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Stranded Records – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album
  • Sonic seducer – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album (in German)
  • Sequenza 21 – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album
  • Rue Morgue – Review of JG Thirlwell : Imponderable OST
  • RedBull Music Academy – video interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Popshifter – JG Thirlwell’s best of 2016 list
  • Ondarock – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album (in Italian)
  • Non-pop – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album (in German)
  • Mxdwn – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album
  • Groove – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album (in German)
  • Free Jazz Blog – Review of James Ilgenfritz’s album with composition by JG Thirlwell
  • Flavorwire – Xordox listed as one of “Ten Albums You Need To Hear”
  • Electronic Sound – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album
  • Diabolique Magazine – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album
  • Dark Entries – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album (in Dutch)
  • Cleveland Classical – Review of Jeffrey Zeigler’s concert including commission by JG Thirlwell
  • Chain DLK – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album
  • Chain DLK – interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Boomkat – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album
  • Blow Up – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album (in Italian)
  • Blocland – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album
  • A-Music – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album (in German)
  • (sic) magazine – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album

2016

  • Under The Radar – JG Thirlwell New Zealand tour announcement
  • The Wire – Review of JG Thirlwell : Music of The Venture Bros Vol 2 / Imponderable OST
  • The College Dropouts – News piece on JG Thirlwell : Music of The Venture Bros Vol 2 / Imponderable OST
  • Sly Vinyl – piece about “Music Of The Venture Bros Volume Two”
  • Rythmes Croises – Review of Tuxedomoon “Give Ne New Noise” comp (in French)
  • Rap Reviews – Review of JG Thirlwell : Music of The Venture Bros Volume Two
  • Popshifter – JG Thirlwell’s “Best of 2015”
  • Popshifter – Review of JG Thirlwell : Music of The Venture Bros Volume Two
  • Noisey – interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Mxdwn – Review of JG Thirlwell : Music of The Venture Bros Volume Two
  • Mojo – Review of JG Thirlwell : Imponderable OST
  • Limelight Magazine – review of Zephyr Quartet “Exquisite Corpse”
  • Inverse – interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Entertainment Weekly – preview of Venture Bros Season Six premiere
  • Dirge Magazine – interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Die Presse – piece about freq_out 12
  • Dangerous Minds – article about JG Thirlwell
  • Bulletin Magazine – interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Andrew Liles – Ten Questions with JG Thirlwell
  • Adelaide Advertsier – review of Zephyr Quartet “Exquisite Corpse”

2015

  • Метрополь (Metropol') – interview with JG Thirlwell (in Russian)
  • Theater Scene – review of “The Travel Agency Is On Fire”
  • Talkhouse – JG Thirlwell in conversation with David Harrington of Kronos Quartet (podcast)
  • Stripped – a piece about Corpsemeat Comics (Wiseblood related)
  • Rue Morgue – review of John Carpenter’s Lost Themes referencing JGT remix
  • Popshifter – JG Thirlwell’s “Best of 2014”
  • Parterre – review of “The Travel Agency Is On Fire”
  • New Yorker – “The Travel Agency Is On Fire” opera receives a “pick”
  • Huffington Post – Soak is recommended
  • Huffington Post – Short Conversation With JG Thirlwell
  • hhv.de mag – review of freq_out: 1.2 ∞ Skandion
  • Biff Bam Pop – article about the music of JG Thirlwell

2014

  • Wall Street Journal – JG is quoted in a piece about fellow sound artist Jana Winderen
  • Ver Sacrum – review of Foetus “Soak” (in Italian)
  • Uncut – interview with Matt Johnson on the reissue of The The’s “Soul Mining” Featuring JGT
  • The Wire – review of Foetus “Soak” and JG Thirlwell “The Blue Eyes OST”
  • The Quietus – article about the dissolution of The Birthday Party and Immaculate Consumptive featuring JGT
  • Special Interests Magazine – interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Slug – review of JG Thirlwell “The Blue Eyes OST”
  • Skug – review of “Soak” and “The Blue Eyes OST”
  • Short and Sweet NYC – review of Foetus “Soak”
  • Self-Titled – article about Swans with quotes from JGT
  • Rocktober – interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Rocka Rolla – review of Foetus “Soak” and JG Thirlwell “The Blue Eyes OST”
  • Popshifter – JG Thirlwell’s Best of 2013 List
  • Popshifter – review of Foetus “Soak”
  • Pitchfork – review of Foetus “Soak” and JG Thirlwell “The Blue Eyes OST”
  • Paraphilia Magazine – interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Ohman Thinks – review of Foetus “Soak”
  • Noisey – interview with JG Thirlwell
  • New York Times – review of Bang On A Can Marathon
  • Mxdwn – interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Louder Than War – JGT recommends ten albums
  • Impose Magazine – piece about JG Thirlwell & Sarah Lipstate performance for David Lynch Foundation
  • Hyperallergic – review of JG Thirlwell & Sarah Lipstate performance for Klipschorn Nights
  • Dazed – piece about “No Wave Video Game” featuring “JG Thirlwell”
  • Dangerous Minds – essay about Foetus albums “Hole” and “Nail”
  • Dangerous Minds – piece about Leonard Cohen interview from 1985 where he shouts out JGT
  • Daily Mars – review of Foetus “Soak” (in french)
  • Crooks and Liars – piece about JG Thirlwell
  • Brainwashed – review of Foetus “Soak”
  • Berlin Art Link – piece about Anne Senstad’s work including collabs with JG Thirlwell
  • Bedford and Bowery – review of Poetry Project’s WS Burroughs reading marathon
  • BBC Mundo – article about “Chuy, The Wolf Man”, which JGT scores
  • Artrocker – article about James Williamson’s “Re-Licked” album featuring JGT
  • ArtForum – piece about the Marrakech Biennale including freq_out
  • Academia.edu – Thesis on JG Thrlwell’s early musical corpus 1981-88

2013

  • Tractor Beam – article about JG Thirlwell
  • The Wire – review of Melvins “Everybody Loves Sausages” featuring JG Thirlwell
  • The Wire – review of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell “Versions” album
  • The Vinyl District – review of Melvins “Everybody Loves Sausages” featuring JG Thirlwell
  • The Talkhouse – Missy Mazzoli reviews Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell’s “Versions” album
  • The Sleeping Shaman – review of Melvins “Everybody Loves Sausages” featuring JG Thirlwell
  • The Quietus – review of Zola Jesus “Avalanche” single
  • The Quietus – review of YeahYeahYeahs ATP featuring Manorexia
  • The LIst – review of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell “Versions” album
  • The Design Republic – piece about Anne Senstad’s “The Locker Plant Projections” with score by JG Thirlwell
  • The AU Review – review of Manorexia / Kronos Quartet show at Adelaide Festival
  • The Age – review of Kronos Quartet show at Melbourne Recital Center
  • The Afterword – review of Foetus “Soak”
  • Target Audience – review of Melvins “Everybody Loves Sausages” featuring JG Thirlwell
  • Stereogum – Zola Jesus on the “Versions” album with JG Thirlwell
  • Skug – interview with JG Thirlwell (in German)
  • Skug – review of Teho Teardo / JG Thirlwell split 7″
  • SF weekly – review of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Magik Magik Quartet live in SF
  • Seismograf – interview with JG Thirlwell (in Danish)
  • Sante Sangre – review of Foetus “Soak”
  • Rolling Stone – article about Zola Jesus “Versions” album featuring JG Thirlwell
  • Rock-a-Rolla – review of Believers Roast The Exquisite Corpse Game featuring JGT
  • Revolutions Per Minute – review of Foetus “Soak”
  • RAFT – post about Pat Noecker’s RAFT concert on 10/19/13 which featured JGT and others
  • Punk News – review of Melvins “Everybody Loves Sausages” featuring JG Thirlwell
  • Popshifter – JG Thirlwell’s 2012 year-end list
  • Popshifter – interview with Jackson and Doc of Venture Bros
  • Popshifter – review of Foetus “Soak”
  • Politiken – interview with JG Thirlwell (in Danish)
  • Paraphilia Magazine – review of Believers Roast The Exquisite Corpse Game featuring JGT
  • Paraphilia Magazine – review of Foetus “Soak” and JG Thirlwell “The Blue Eyes OST”
  • Ondarock – review of Foetus “Soak” (in Italian)
  • New York Classical Review – review of James Ilgenfritz’s Roulette show which featured JG Thirlwell’s commission “Xigliox”
  • Mxdwn – review of Foetus “Soak” and JG Thirlwell “The Blue Eyes OST”
  • KAWC.org – review of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / strings live at Mountain Oasis Festival
  • Impose Magazine – review of Manorexia Cinema For The Ear event
  • IGN – review of Venture Bros season five premiere
  • Hippo Press – review of Foetus “Soak”
  • Guitar Porn – interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Fact – review of Zola Jesus “Avalanche” single
  • Diverse things – review of JG Thirlwell’s Cholera Nocebo at Arts Birthday Party
  • Dazed – article about JG Thirlwell
  • Boston Globe – article about Zola Jesus “Versions” album featuring JG Thirlwell
  • Anmelderen – interview with JG Thirlwell (in Danish)
  • Adelaide Now – review of Manorexia / Kronos Quartet show at Adelaide Festival
  • Active Listener – review of Foetus “Soak” and JG Thirlwell “The Blue Eyes OST”

2012

  • Village Voice – Article about Ken Jacobs’ “Seeking The Monkey King”, with music by Thirlwell
  • Village Voice – review of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • Vice Magazine – interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Vice Magazine – “review” of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • Trip City – story by JG Thirlwell and Jen Ferguson
  • Trailer Addict – Q and A from New York Film Festival at premiere of “Seeking The Monkey King”
  • Time Out New York – preview of Swedish Energies Festival
  • Time Out London – Preview of Marc and the Mambas show at Meltdown Festival
  • Time Out Chicago – review of “Seeking The Monkey King” in preview of Onion City Experimental Film Festival
  • The Wire – review of Touch 30 events in NYC
  • The Vinyl District – review of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • The Obelisk – review of Manorexia Roadburn show
  • The L magazine – review of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • The Independent – review of Marc and the Mambas show at Meltdown Festival
  • The Guardian – review of Marc and the Mambas show at Meltdown Festival
  • The Creators Project – piece about Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • Svenska dagbladet – freq_out 8 in Stockholm review
  • Spin – piece about the Pantera song “Walk”, referencing JGT’s remix
  • Spin – Foetus makes it onto “40 greatest band names” list
  • Societe Perrier – photos of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • Sensitive Skin – article about JG Thirlwell
  • Reinspired – review of Marc and the Mambas show at Meltdown Festival
  • Real Time – review of Decibel show featuring JG Thirlwell compositions
  • Prefix – photos of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • Paraphilia Magazine – review of Manorexia “Dinoflagellate Blooms”, page 263
  • Open Space Russia – article about the Sound Around Kaliningrad Festival (in Russian)
  • Nutida Musik – interview with JG Thirlwell (in Swedish)
  • New York Times – preview of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • New York Times – article about Moderna Museet discusses “freq_out 8”
  • Mubi – Article about Ken Jacobs’ “Seeking The Monkey King”, with music by Thirlwell
  • MTV Hive – review of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • Mehan Jayasuriya – review of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • Jazz magazine – review of Manorexia show at Rendez Vous de l’Erdre Festival, Nantes (in French)
  • Evening Standard – review of Marc and the Mambas show at Meltdown Festival
  • Elias Arts – review of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • E- Music – review of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • Dangerous Minds – piece about Soft Cell / JGT’s “Ghost Rider”
  • Dagens Nyheter – freq_out 8 in Stockholm review
  • Cyclic Defrost – review of Decibel show featuring JG Thirlwell compositions
  • Cool Perth Nights – review of Decibel show featuring JG Thirlwell compositions
  • Collapseboard – review of Manorexia London show
  • CMJ – review of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • Clash – photos of Manorexia Union Chapel concert
  • Capital New York – article about Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • Brooklyn Vegan – review of Zola Jesus / JG Thirlwell / Mivos Quartet at Guggenheim
  • All About Jazz – review of Manorexia show at Rendez Vous de l’Erdre Festival, Nantes

2011

  • Whisperin and Hollerin – Review of “Santarcangelo” Teho Teardo / JG Thirlwell spilt 7″
  • Village Voice – “Seeking The Monkey King” in Village Voice critic J.Hoberman’s “Best Films of 2011”
  • Twin Cities Daily Planet – Review of Kronos Quartet playing JG Thirlwell’s Eremikophobia
  • tvtropes – Article about JG Thirlwell
  • Tiny Mix Tapes – Review of ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror festival, Asbury Park
  • The Wire – Piece about the new Manorexia album “Dinoflagellate Blooms”
  • The Wire – Review of Manorexia “Dinoflagellate Blooms”
  • The Wire – Review of “Santarcangelo” Teho Teardo / JG Thirlwell spilt 7″
  • The Quietus – Interview with JG Thirlwell
  • South Brooklyn Post – Review of Cousin Corrine’s Journal
  • Seattle Post Intelligencer – Review of Manorexia “Dinoflagellate Blooms”
  • Seattle Post Intelligencer – Manorexia “Dinoflagellate Blooms” is chosen as album of the year
  • Rumore – Review of “Santarcangelo” Teho Teardo / JG Thirlwell spilt 7″ (in Italian)
  • Rolling Stone (Italy) – Review of “Santarcangelo” Teho Teardo / JG Thirlwell spilt 7″
  • Rock-a-Rolla – Review of Foetus HIDE
  • Rock-a-Rolla – Review of Manorexia “Dinoflagellate Blooms”
  • Reinspired – Review of Manorexia “Dinoflagellate Blooms”
  • Record Collector – Review of “Santarcangelo” Teho Teardo / JG Thirlwell spilt 7″
  • Popshifter – Review of Foetus HIDE
  • Popshifter – JG Thirlwell’s 2011 year-end list
  • Pitchfork – Review of Foetus HIDE
  • Paraphilia Magazine – Interview with JG Thirlwell with photos by Tony Visconti
  • Paper Magazine – Article about Blank City film opening
  • Ox – Review of “Santarcangelo” Teho Teardo / JG Thirlwell spilt 7″
  • Other Music – Review of Manorexia “Dinoflagellate Blooms”
  • Ondarock – Review of Manorexia “Dinoflagellate Blooms” (in italian)
  • Obskure magazine – Interview with JG Thirlwell (In French)
  • New York Times – Review of Ken Jacobs’ “Seeking The Monkey King”, with music by Thirlwell
  • New Noise – Review of Foetus HIDE (in French)
  • New Noise – Interview with JG Thirlwell (in French)
  • Monsieur Delire – Review of “Santarcangelo” Teho Teardo / JG Thirlwell spilt 7″
  • Mojo – Review of Foetus HIDE
  • Mojo – Article about the Spec Records album “No Cowboys”
  • KFJC online – Review of Foetus HIDE
  • ireallylovemusic – Review of DJ Food Magpies Maps and Moons EP, which features JG Thirlwell
  • Interview – Article about Blank City film opening
  • IndieWire – “Seeking The Monkey King” in IndieWire”s “Best of 2011 in Avant Garde Film”
  • Impose Magazine – Interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Igloo mag – Visual archive of ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror festival, Asbury Park
  • Fact Magazine (Portugese Edfition) – Article about early Foetus artwork
  • Fact magazine – Review of Foetus HIDE
  • Everything Is Chemical – 10 Questions with JG Thirlwell
  • Elegy Magazine – Review of Foetus HIDE (in French)
  • Elegy Magazine – Interview with JG Thirlwell (In French)
  • El Intruso – Jennifer Charles enthuses about Foetus HIDE as her 2010 fave (in Spanish)
  • Consequence Of Sound – Review of ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror festival, Asbury Park
  • Cinepolis News – piece about “The Blue Eyes” film, which JGT scored (in Spanish)
  • Brutal Resonance – Review of Manorexia “Dinoflagellate Blooms”
  • Brooklyn Paper – Article about Dumbo comic story
  • Brooklyn Courier – Article about Dumbo comic story
  • Brainwashed – Review of Manorexia “Dinoflagellate Blooms”
  • Argot and Ochre – Interview with JG Thirlwell
  • Amoeba Music – While shopping at Amoeba Records, JG is asked “What’s in your bag?”
  • Alt Sounds – Piece about DJ Food’s “Search Engine” album featuring JGT
  • Alarm Press – “Dinoflagellate Blooms” is one of the week’s best albums: July 5, 2011

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  • The Wire – JG Thirlwell Invisible Jukebox
  • Baby Blaue – review of Xordox ‘Neospection” album (in German)

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  • NME – review of Foetus “DEAF”