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Less Bells ~ Mourning Jewelry
Mourning Jewelry is a stunningly gorgeous album; during the cavalcade of submissions we’ve had this summer, it’s the one record that stayed on repeat. The music is adaptable to any situation. It can occupy the foreground or fade into the background;
Less Bells ~ Mourning Jewelry
Mourning Jewelry is a stunningly gorgeous album; during the cavalcade of submissions we’ve had this summer, it’s the one record that stayed on repeat. The music is adaptable to any situation. It can occupy the foreground or fade into the background;
Simon de Beer ~ Caffeine Eulogy
Caffeine Eulogy is proof positive that a catchy cover and an appealing sound will draw our attention even when the release is short. As a coffee drinker, I was instantly drawn to Simon de Beer‘s EP, and as de Beer was
Simon de Beer ~ Caffeine Eulogy
Caffeine Eulogy is proof positive that a catchy cover and an appealing sound will draw our attention even when the release is short. As a coffee drinker, I was instantly drawn to Simon de Beer‘s EP, and as de Beer was
Summer Days / Wishing the Clouds Away with rocomoco, The Hidden and the Cast of Aviary Bridge
After four years and 124 releases, it took a 12-minute EP to draw our attention to the incredible Aviary Bridge label. This is one of our favorite discoveries, and now we’re hooked. (Of course, saying that we “discovered” the label
Summer Days / Wishing the Clouds Away with rocomoco, The Hidden and the Cast of Aviary Bridge
After four years and 124 releases, it took a 12-minute EP to draw our attention to the incredible Aviary Bridge label. This is one of our favorite discoveries, and now we’re hooked. (Of course, saying that we “discovered” the label
Nicol Eltzroth Rosendorf ~ Big Other
On the surface, everything about Big Other screams darkness: the cover, the horror fiction, the admission that the album “is basically a mid-life crisis.” Despite all this, sunlight seeps through a windblown curtain, a cracked blind. Nicol Eltzroth Rosendorf is serious yet winking,
Nicol Eltzroth Rosendorf ~ Big Other
On the surface, everything about Big Other screams darkness: the cover, the horror fiction, the admission that the album “is basically a mid-life crisis.” Despite all this, sunlight seeps through a windblown curtain, a cracked blind. Nicol Eltzroth Rosendorf is serious yet winking,
Matmos ~ The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form
The new triple album from Matmos is at turns fascinating, confounding, enlightening, humorous, maddening, timely and brilliant. In terms of ambition and scope, it’s one of 2020’s most significant releases. Like it, hate it, think it overblown or too subdued, listeners will
Matmos ~ The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form
The new triple album from Matmos is at turns fascinating, confounding, enlightening, humorous, maddening, timely and brilliant. In terms of ambition and scope, it’s one of 2020’s most significant releases. Like it, hate it, think it overblown or too subdued, listeners will
Jerome Blazé ~ Open, A Home
Is Open, A Home about a relationship or the entire world? The answer may be both: the micro used as a metaphor for the macro. The EP’s story uses many instruments but few words, beginning with a near-breakup and ending with a
Jerome Blazé ~ Open, A Home
Is Open, A Home about a relationship or the entire world? The answer may be both: the micro used as a metaphor for the macro. The EP’s story uses many instruments but few words, beginning with a near-breakup and ending with a
Flip ~ Experiences
There’s nothing like the sound of (nearly) instrumental old school hip-hop to create a summer mood. Austria’s Flip brings back pleasant memories of De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, blending sublime beats with a laid back jazz vibe.
Flip ~ Experiences
There’s nothing like the sound of (nearly) instrumental old school hip-hop to create a summer mood. Austria’s Flip brings back pleasant memories of De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, blending sublime beats with a laid back jazz vibe.
Txema González ~ Insularum
It’s rare that we encounter an album devoid of liner notes. We assume the moniker of the Portuguese artist is a pseudonym, as Google lists Txema González as a cycling masseur who died in Seville a decade ago. We feel on firmer
Txema González ~ Insularum
It’s rare that we encounter an album devoid of liner notes. We assume the moniker of the Portuguese artist is a pseudonym, as Google lists Txema González as a cycling masseur who died in Seville a decade ago. We feel on firmer
a closer listen 