Author Archives: Joseph Sannicandro
Riccardo La Foresta ~ ZERO, 999…
The cover of Riccardo La Foresta’s ZERO, 999… depicts an impossibly tall spiral tower vanishing into the sky, an aptly disorienting visual metaphor for an album that dismantles traditional notions of drumming. Here, drums are not rhythmic anchors but vessels
Riccardo La Foresta ~ ZERO, 999…
The cover of Riccardo La Foresta’s ZERO, 999… depicts an impossibly tall spiral tower vanishing into the sky, an aptly disorienting visual metaphor for an album that dismantles traditional notions of drumming. Here, drums are not rhythmic anchors but vessels
ACL Weekly Newsletter
After years of inquiries, we started a newsletter for A CLOSER LISTEN at the start of 2022. Compiled by me, Joseph, it’s mostly been a digest of what’s been on the blog, as well as an archive for our constantly
ACL Weekly Newsletter
After years of inquiries, we started a newsletter for A CLOSER LISTEN at the start of 2022. Compiled by me, Joseph, it’s mostly been a digest of what’s been on the blog, as well as an archive for our constantly
Ziad Nawfal, Nour Sokhon and Stefan Christoff present Signals and connection [mix]
Early this year, we reviewed Nour Sokhon‘s Beirut Birds, which Richard Allen found to be “teeming with urgency, … an example of an album released at exactly the right time.” Another recent record, Beyond All Borderlines, is an evocative collaboration
Ziad Nawfal, Nour Sokhon and Stefan Christoff present Signals and connection [mix]
Early this year, we reviewed Nour Sokhon‘s Beirut Birds, which Richard Allen found to be “teeming with urgency, … an example of an album released at exactly the right time.” Another recent record, Beyond All Borderlines, is an evocative collaboration
Jeremy Young presents “With all our knowable ills, in airs thickened by electricity, we reset our chessboards.” [mix]
We’ve been fans of Jeremy Young‘s work, as a solo artist and band member, for as long as we’ve been doing this blog; we reviewed a Sontag Shogun split and a solo szilárd record way back in 2012, and before
Jeremy Young presents “With all our knowable ills, in airs thickened by electricity, we reset our chessboards.” [mix]
We’ve been fans of Jeremy Young‘s work, as a solo artist and band member, for as long as we’ve been doing this blog; we reviewed a Sontag Shogun split and a solo szilárd record way back in 2012, and before
Scott Alexander Howard and Stefan Christoff present A sonic window [mix]
Regular mix contributor Stefan Christoff is joined by Scott Alexander Howard for our first new mix of 2025, A sonic window. We’re pleased to announce that the duo will be releasing a joint album called Transit Assemblies on the Moon Villain
Scott Alexander Howard and Stefan Christoff present A sonic window [mix]
Regular mix contributor Stefan Christoff is joined by Scott Alexander Howard for our first new mix of 2025, A sonic window. We’re pleased to announce that the duo will be releasing a joint album called Transit Assemblies on the Moon Villain
SP* Episode 40: FASHION (or, MONEY IS FERTILIZER) – with Antonina Nowacka and Dreamcrusher [podcast]
The second part of a special double feature, returning us to Krakow’s Unsound festival, where we began with Episode 1. The inaugural episode featured Resina and Lea Bertucci, from Poland and New York, respectively, and so for the sake of
SP* Episode 40: FASHION (or, MONEY IS FERTILIZER) – with Antonina Nowacka and Dreamcrusher [podcast]
The second part of a special double feature, returning us to Krakow’s Unsound festival, where we began with Episode 1. The inaugural episode featured Resina and Lea Bertucci, from Poland and New York, respectively, and so for the sake of
SP* Episode 39: REVERSE POLARITY – with Negativland [podcast]
Negativland has always been about media literacy; their sound collages and pranks are not only humorous but reveal something about how media function. But in recent years, as the world has changed around them, their relationship to this aspect of
SP* Episode 39: REVERSE POLARITY – with Negativland [podcast]
Negativland has always been about media literacy; their sound collages and pranks are not only humorous but reveal something about how media function. But in recent years, as the world has changed around them, their relationship to this aspect of
Yara Asmar ~ Stuttering Music
By 2006, more than a decade and a half after the conclusion of the Lebanese Civil War, the city of Beirut seemed to be experiencing an era of cultural resurgence. The Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon had finally ended in
Yara Asmar ~ Stuttering Music
By 2006, more than a decade and a half after the conclusion of the Lebanese Civil War, the city of Beirut seemed to be experiencing an era of cultural resurgence. The Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon had finally ended in
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