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2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
Way back in 2012, our very first Top 20 list was led by Godspeed You! Black Emperor and included albums by Sigur Rós, Caspian and Anoice. 2021 was a strong year for post-rock, and 2022 less so; but we have
2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
Way back in 2012, our very first Top 20 list was led by Godspeed You! Black Emperor and included albums by Sigur Rós, Caspian and Anoice. 2021 was a strong year for post-rock, and 2022 less so; but we have
2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Modern Composition
It would have been easy for us to pack our Top Ten Albums of 2023 with works of modern composition, as the field is so fertile at this time of year. Suffice it to say that the overall quality level is higher
2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Modern Composition
It would have been easy for us to pack our Top Ten Albums of 2023 with works of modern composition, as the field is so fertile at this time of year. Suffice it to say that the overall quality level is higher
2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Experimental
Experimental music is a glimpse into the future, a tapping of future trends, the cutting edge of the new. In this field, what’s next is what’s now. Not that any of these musicians are trying to be popular after
2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Experimental
Experimental music is a glimpse into the future, a tapping of future trends, the cutting edge of the new. In this field, what’s next is what’s now. Not that any of these musicians are trying to be popular after
2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Electronic
The winter electronic slate sounds more upbeat than it has in years; we’d like to believe that it’s a reflection of the human spirit. In hard times, hopeful music can nourish the soul. While the world continues to bend beneath
2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Electronic
The winter electronic slate sounds more upbeat than it has in years; we’d like to believe that it’s a reflection of the human spirit. In hard times, hopeful music can nourish the soul. While the world continues to bend beneath
2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone
Starting today, we delve more deeply into the winter release schedule, which already includes hundreds of titles: a boon for those who have packed away their 2022 playlists and are looking for something new. Our earliest 2023 submissions arrived in
2023 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone
Starting today, we delve more deeply into the winter release schedule, which already includes hundreds of titles: a boon for those who have packed away their 2022 playlists and are looking for something new. Our earliest 2023 submissions arrived in
The Top Ten Albums of 2023
Happy New Year! We’ve just wrapped up our Year-End Lists, and will soon publish our Winter Music Preview. The amount of music listed there can be overwhelming, so we’ve decided to pick the world’s earliest Top Ten. To be fair,
The Top Ten Albums of 2023
Happy New Year! We’ve just wrapped up our Year-End Lists, and will soon publish our Winter Music Preview. The amount of music listed there can be overwhelming, so we’ve decided to pick the world’s earliest Top Ten. To be fair,
Ukrainian Field Notes XVIII
For the last Ukrainian Field Notes of 2022 we travel to Kyiv, Lviv, and Uzhhorod via Berlin, London and Ireland for a “genre fluid” episode taking in experimental, electronic and techno music mixed with metal and neo classical topped up
Ukrainian Field Notes XVIII
For the last Ukrainian Field Notes of 2022 we travel to Kyiv, Lviv, and Uzhhorod via Berlin, London and Ireland for a “genre fluid” episode taking in experimental, electronic and techno music mixed with metal and neo classical topped up
ACL 2022 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
Thousands of submissions, hundreds of reviews, and it all comes down to this: The Top 20 Albums of 2022! Our headlines: women dominate, filling the top five spots, and a former champion returns to the top. The top three albums
ACL 2022 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
Thousands of submissions, hundreds of reviews, and it all comes down to this: The Top 20 Albums of 2022! Our headlines: women dominate, filling the top five spots, and a former champion returns to the top. The top three albums
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