Category Archives: Featured Articles

LCNL 074: R_Puke’s Carboniferous [mix]

    Belgium-based noisemaker Raoul Puke (Be the Hammer) presents Carboniferous, a taut and moody mix that weaves together diverse styles into an immersive hour-long exploration.  I’m going to try to squeeze in quite a few of these mixes before

LCNL 074: R_Puke’s Carboniferous [mix]

    Belgium-based noisemaker Raoul Puke (Be the Hammer) presents Carboniferous, a taut and moody mix that weaves together diverse styles into an immersive hour-long exploration.  I’m going to try to squeeze in quite a few of these mixes before

Fall Music Preview: The Next 150

Here’s the largest instrumental music preview to be found anywhere, online or in print!  With over 150 new releases set for September and October alone, the stage is set for an amazing autumn.  If you’re already missing the warmth of

Fall Music Preview: The Next 150

Here’s the largest instrumental music preview to be found anywhere, online or in print!  With over 150 new releases set for September and October alone, the stage is set for an amazing autumn.  If you’re already missing the warmth of

LCNL 073: Thomas Ragsdale’s Decaying City

This month’s mix comes courtesy of Thomas Ragsdale.  As one-half of the duo worriedaboutsatan, Thomas has previously contributed to this series with last year’s worriedaboutdrone mix (LCNL 062).  In addition to worriedaboutsatan and his commercial work, Thomas has recently begun

LCNL 073: Thomas Ragsdale’s Decaying City

This month’s mix comes courtesy of Thomas Ragsdale.  As one-half of the duo worriedaboutsatan, Thomas has previously contributed to this series with last year’s worriedaboutdrone mix (LCNL 062).  In addition to worriedaboutsatan and his commercial work, Thomas has recently begun

LCNL 072: Off Land presents Astral Drive

Our latest mix comes from Off Land, a soothing journey through electronic ambience.  We hope to keep this mix series coming more regularly, and have some great mixes ready to come out over the next few months.   You can stream

LCNL 072: Off Land presents Astral Drive

Our latest mix comes from Off Land, a soothing journey through electronic ambience.  We hope to keep this mix series coming more regularly, and have some great mixes ready to come out over the next few months.   You can stream

10 Tracks to Start Your Summer

Summer is finally here!  To kick off the new season, we’ve chosen ten of the sunniest instrumental-based songs around.  These are tracks to play while getting ready to go out, driving to the beach, playing Can Jam or simply relaxing in

10 Tracks to Start Your Summer

Summer is finally here!  To kick off the new season, we’ve chosen ten of the sunniest instrumental-based songs around.  These are tracks to play while getting ready to go out, driving to the beach, playing Can Jam or simply relaxing in

Mutek 2016 ~ Previews and Picks

  The 17th edition of MUTEK, Montreal’s esteemed international festival of digital creativity and electronic music, takes place this week running June 1-5. A veritable institution, this year’s festival continues to showcase the best in both established and up-and-coming Canadian

Mutek 2016 ~ Previews and Picks

  The 17th edition of MUTEK, Montreal’s esteemed international festival of digital creativity and electronic music, takes place this week running June 1-5. A veritable institution, this year’s festival continues to showcase the best in both established and up-and-coming Canadian

ACL 2016: The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos

At year’s end, we realized that we’d already captured most of the year’s best music videos back in May.  So instead of duplicating our choices, we’ve switched a vocal video for an instrumental one and re-titled the article.  Enormous variety is

ACL 2016: The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos

At year’s end, we realized that we’d already captured most of the year’s best music videos back in May.  So instead of duplicating our choices, we’ve switched a vocal video for an instrumental one and re-titled the article.  Enormous variety is

LCNL 071: Luca Sigurtà presents Motel Music Mixtape

Luca Sigurtà recently released Warm Glow, the latest surprising turn for this Italian musician.  Drawing on triphop and ambient textures, Warm Glow fits snugly into Sigurtà’s oeuvre while showing off a very different aspect of his identity as a musician.  He

LCNL 071: Luca Sigurtà presents Motel Music Mixtape

Luca Sigurtà recently released Warm Glow, the latest surprising turn for this Italian musician.  Drawing on triphop and ambient textures, Warm Glow fits snugly into Sigurtà’s oeuvre while showing off a very different aspect of his identity as a musician.  He