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ACL 2015: The Year’s Best Winter Music
Winter music is inspired by winter and sounds like winter, yet winter contains a wide range of inspirations and sounds: from ice-locked ships to children’s games, from piano flurries to fronts of drones. Its variety is its beauty. Just as
ACL 2015: The Year’s Best Winter Music
Winter music is inspired by winter and sounds like winter, yet winter contains a wide range of inspirations and sounds: from ice-locked ships to children’s games, from piano flurries to fronts of drones. Its variety is its beauty. Just as
ACL 2015: The Happiest Music of the Year
Let’s face it, 2015 was a tough year for Planet Earth. Terrorists attacked, politicians argued, and the climate continued to destabilize. There has never been a better time for happy music, and thankfully, we’ve got a great selection right here!
ACL 2015: The Happiest Music of the Year
Let’s face it, 2015 was a tough year for Planet Earth. Terrorists attacked, politicians argued, and the climate continued to destabilize. There has never been a better time for happy music, and thankfully, we’ve got a great selection right here!
ACL 2015: The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos
The music video landscape has changed. We are less likely to view new videos on our televisions than on our phones; and YouTube and Vimeo have become the new industry leaders. The best videos are only a click away, and
ACL 2015: The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos
The music video landscape has changed. We are less likely to view new videos on our televisions than on our phones; and YouTube and Vimeo have become the new industry leaders. The best videos are only a click away, and
ACL 2015: The Year’s Best Labels
Montreal’s Constellation Records returns to our top spot this year, with five charted releases. Also selected as ACL’s labels of the year are London’s Erased Tapes and France’s Eilean Records. These labels are producing some of the industry’s finest work.
ACL 2015: The Year’s Best Labels
Montreal’s Constellation Records returns to our top spot this year, with five charted releases. Also selected as ACL’s labels of the year are London’s Erased Tapes and France’s Eilean Records. These labels are producing some of the industry’s finest work.
ACL 2015: Overview
A Closer Listen continued to grow in its fourth year. We are grateful to all of our readers, as well as to the artists and labels who trust us with their wonderful music! Two weeks of year-end features begin here!
ACL 2015: Overview
A Closer Listen continued to grow in its fourth year. We are grateful to all of our readers, as well as to the artists and labels who trust us with their wonderful music! Two weeks of year-end features begin here!
Jonathan Kawchuk ~ North
Fans of Eilean Records know that the label assigns colors and seasons to all of its releases. North is their first release of winter, synaesthetically described as white/grey. The colors fit, as the album shifts gently into the bleached colors of
Jonathan Kawchuk ~ North
Fans of Eilean Records know that the label assigns colors and seasons to all of its releases. North is their first release of winter, synaesthetically described as white/grey. The colors fit, as the album shifts gently into the bleached colors of
Jérémie Mathes ~ Fallow Memory
As children, we are wont to wander. Abandoned buildings, fallow fields, cracked drainpipes and secluded forests possess a secret allure. We look and listen closely; we invent stories in our minds to explain the sudden boom, the constant crackle, the
Jérémie Mathes ~ Fallow Memory
As children, we are wont to wander. Abandoned buildings, fallow fields, cracked drainpipes and secluded forests possess a secret allure. We look and listen closely; we invent stories in our minds to explain the sudden boom, the constant crackle, the
Olga Wojciechowska ~ Maps and Mazes
This gorgeous year-end album would make a wonderful Christmas gift, so be sure to seek it out when it goes on sale this Sunday. Maps and Mazes is not only an exemplary album, but an another exquisitely packaged product from Time
Olga Wojciechowska ~ Maps and Mazes
This gorgeous year-end album would make a wonderful Christmas gift, so be sure to seek it out when it goes on sale this Sunday. Maps and Mazes is not only an exemplary album, but an another exquisitely packaged product from Time
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