Category Archives: Ambient

Good Weather For An Airstrike ~ Underneath The Stars

The phrase “a diluted form of post-rock” may seem like a form of insult, but it’s the phrase used by Tom Honey to describe his work as Good Weather For An Airstrike.  The phrase is apt; Underneath the Stars sounds

Good Weather For An Airstrike ~ Underneath The Stars

The phrase “a diluted form of post-rock” may seem like a form of insult, but it’s the phrase used by Tom Honey to describe his work as Good Weather For An Airstrike.  The phrase is apt; Underneath the Stars sounds

Willamette ~ Always in Postscript

Is it ever possible for ambient music – which is by nature sedate – to make a big splash?  If so, one might consider the impact of Willamette‘s debut Echo Park, which landed at #3 on Fluid Radio’s chart last year.

Willamette ~ Always in Postscript

Is it ever possible for ambient music – which is by nature sedate – to make a big splash?  If so, one might consider the impact of Willamette‘s debut Echo Park, which landed at #3 on Fluid Radio’s chart last year.

Various Artists ~ Vox Pop

News like this is just so damn sad, and has become sadly common.  After a decade in the industry and over 70 releases, Make Mine Music has closed its doors, another victim of downloading and declining sales.  This makes the

Various Artists ~ Vox Pop

News like this is just so damn sad, and has become sadly common.  After a decade in the industry and over 70 releases, Make Mine Music has closed its doors, another victim of downloading and declining sales.  This makes the

The Boats ~ Ballads of the Research Department

In traditional terms, a ballad is a poem set to music.  In modern terms, a ballad is simply a slow song, a love song, or both.  Of the four lengthy tracks on Ballads of the Research Department, two contain vocals

The Boats ~ Ballads of the Research Department

In traditional terms, a ballad is a poem set to music.  In modern terms, a ballad is simply a slow song, a love song, or both.  Of the four lengthy tracks on Ballads of the Research Department, two contain vocals

The Humble Bee ~ The Royal Game

With all the talk of Kindles and other digital reading devices, one might glean the impression that the literary field is making a comeback.  Sadly, this is not the case; the average American still reads only one book a year,

The Humble Bee ~ The Royal Game

With all the talk of Kindles and other digital reading devices, one might glean the impression that the literary field is making a comeback.  Sadly, this is not the case; the average American still reads only one book a year,

Richard Garet ~ Decentering

When most artists think of “damaged, demagnetized, decayed or scratched” tapes, they think of a cassette consigned to the garbage heap.  When Uruguay’s Richard Garet encounters the same product, he thinks of art, and if the tape seems too intact,

Richard Garet ~ Decentering

When most artists think of “damaged, demagnetized, decayed or scratched” tapes, they think of a cassette consigned to the garbage heap.  When Uruguay’s Richard Garet encounters the same product, he thinks of art, and if the tape seems too intact,

Wil Bolton ~ Quarry Bank

Why would we tell you about a sold-out release?  That’s just rude, right?  We have two reasons: first, this release is worth the press; and second, we care about you and we don’t want this to happen again.  For this

Wil Bolton ~ Quarry Bank

Why would we tell you about a sold-out release?  That’s just rude, right?  We have two reasons: first, this release is worth the press; and second, we care about you and we don’t want this to happen again.  For this

Cloisters ~ Little Winter

Little Winter is a tiny treasure, balanced precariously on the boundary between the old year and the new, Christmas and the white oblivion beyond.  Wind runs throughout the desolate opening track, as if scoring the forlorn journey of the traveler

Cloisters ~ Little Winter

Little Winter is a tiny treasure, balanced precariously on the boundary between the old year and the new, Christmas and the white oblivion beyond.  Wind runs throughout the desolate opening track, as if scoring the forlorn journey of the traveler