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ACL 2012: The Happiest Music of the Year
Some may call this a guilty pleasure, but we all need happy music: joy without melancholy, cheer without irony. These ten releases – some short, because happiness is hard to sustain – each offer listeners a brief burst of ebullience.
ACL 2012: The Happiest Music of the Year
Some may call this a guilty pleasure, but we all need happy music: joy without melancholy, cheer without irony. These ten releases – some short, because happiness is hard to sustain – each offer listeners a brief burst of ebullience.
ACL 2012: Music for Synagogues & Cathedrals
The music of organized religion is often bland when it has no right to be. The subject matter is the breadth of life, from the heights of heaven and depths of hell to unknowable mysteries, hallowed understandings, and transcendent awe.
ACL 2012: Music for Synagogues & Cathedrals
The music of organized religion is often bland when it has no right to be. The subject matter is the breadth of life, from the heights of heaven and depths of hell to unknowable mysteries, hallowed understandings, and transcendent awe.
ACL 2012: The Year’s Best Winter Music
As the leaves land, as the frost forms, and as the first flakes begin to fall, we set our minds to winter. Some will experience the stalwart winter of Wallace Stevens, and others the cold, claustrophobic winter of Sylvia Plath.
ACL 2012: The Year’s Best Winter Music
As the leaves land, as the frost forms, and as the first flakes begin to fall, we set our minds to winter. Some will experience the stalwart winter of Wallace Stevens, and others the cold, claustrophobic winter of Sylvia Plath.
ACL 2012: Overview
A huge thank you to all of our contributors, readers, artists, labels and friends for making A Closer Listen a success in its very first year! Our readership has grown steadily month by month and it still continues to soar!
ACL 2012: Overview
A huge thank you to all of our contributors, readers, artists, labels and friends for making A Closer Listen a success in its very first year! Our readership has grown steadily month by month and it still continues to soar!
V/A ~ The Holidays Don’t Have to Be So Rotten: Volume Three
And here it is: The Best Christmas Album of 2012. For the third year in a row, the fine folks at Flannelgraph Records have filled a basic need: to produce great new music for the holidays. These playful instrumentals provide
V/A ~ The Holidays Don’t Have to Be So Rotten: Volume Three
And here it is: The Best Christmas Album of 2012. For the third year in a row, the fine folks at Flannelgraph Records have filled a basic need: to produce great new music for the holidays. These playful instrumentals provide
Goblin Cuts ~ Global Cuts [vol. 1]
Recommended Gift Alert! Looking for the perfect gift for that hard-to-please indie music / art fan in your life? Your prayers have just been answered. Usually by the time we tell you about a sweet limited edition, it’s sold out,
Goblin Cuts ~ Global Cuts [vol. 1]
Recommended Gift Alert! Looking for the perfect gift for that hard-to-please indie music / art fan in your life? Your prayers have just been answered. Usually by the time we tell you about a sweet limited edition, it’s sold out,
Poppy Ackroyd ~ Escapement
On her enchanting debut, Poppy Ackroyd makes the most of her favorite instruments, turning them into virtual drums, harps and bells, while retaining their popular timbres. That’s not a drum machine we hear; it’s a drumstick or hand on wood. On Escapement, Ackroyd escapes
Poppy Ackroyd ~ Escapement
On her enchanting debut, Poppy Ackroyd makes the most of her favorite instruments, turning them into virtual drums, harps and bells, while retaining their popular timbres. That’s not a drum machine we hear; it’s a drumstick or hand on wood. On Escapement, Ackroyd escapes
Mentallo and the Fixer ~ Music from the Eather
This 3-disc box set is massive in looks, sound, depth, height and breadth. Its quality flies in the face of the popular belief that artists grow less effective the longer they record and the more hallucinogens they sample. After twenty
Mentallo and the Fixer ~ Music from the Eather
This 3-disc box set is massive in looks, sound, depth, height and breadth. Its quality flies in the face of the popular belief that artists grow less effective the longer they record and the more hallucinogens they sample. After twenty
a closer listen 