Category Archives: Featured Articles
Call for Participants: 10″ Sound Fragments for Community Collage
We recently posted our 1,500th post. Next February will mark the start of our third year. We’re close to reaching 5,000 followers on Twitter and 2,500 on Facebook. For a little blog that emphasizes content over design, that still believes
Call for Participants: 10″ Sound Fragments for Community Collage
We recently posted our 1,500th post. Next February will mark the start of our third year. We’re close to reaching 5,000 followers on Twitter and 2,500 on Facebook. For a little blog that emphasizes content over design, that still believes
LCNL 052: Alrealon Musique 5-Year Anniversary Mix
Just in time for back-to-school season, ACL presents our second mix from the Alrealon Musique label. (You can brush up on the first one here.) We’ve got 15 exclusive tracks celebrating their 5th anniversary, bringing together the past, present
LCNL 052: Alrealon Musique 5-Year Anniversary Mix
Just in time for back-to-school season, ACL presents our second mix from the Alrealon Musique label. (You can brush up on the first one here.) We’ve got 15 exclusive tracks celebrating their 5th anniversary, bringing together the past, present
ACL Singles Chart ~ September 2014
Arriving on the heels of our Fall Music Preview is our monthly ACL Singles Chart, including the catchiest short tracks of the month. Eight of them are new to the site, and the other two are among the year’s best.
ACL Singles Chart ~ September 2014
Arriving on the heels of our Fall Music Preview is our monthly ACL Singles Chart, including the catchiest short tracks of the month. Eight of them are new to the site, and the other two are among the year’s best.
Fall Music Preview: The Next 100
Back to work, back to school, back to the daily grind: shorter days, cooler nights and questions of how the summer flew by so fast. Fortunately, our end-of-summer sadness is offset by the anticipation of fall music. Some of the year’s
Fall Music Preview: The Next 100
Back to work, back to school, back to the daily grind: shorter days, cooler nights and questions of how the summer flew by so fast. Fortunately, our end-of-summer sadness is offset by the anticipation of fall music. Some of the year’s
Video Premiere: Silent Carnival ~ “June”
Shot & Edited by Carlo Natoli in the Czech Republic Contains an excerpt from “Coney Island 1940” (Creative Commons) A CLOSER LISTEN is pleased to premiere the video for “June” taken from the forthcoming debut album by Silent Carnival.
Video Premiere: Silent Carnival ~ “June”
Shot & Edited by Carlo Natoli in the Czech Republic Contains an excerpt from “Coney Island 1940” (Creative Commons) A CLOSER LISTEN is pleased to premiere the video for “June” taken from the forthcoming debut album by Silent Carnival.
LCNL 051: Beachers mix
Did you have time to process The Long Now? If you missed our crazy 9 hour long 50th installment, go check it out and let it play while you get your Zs or while doing your chores. Now we’re
LCNL 051: Beachers mix
Did you have time to process The Long Now? If you missed our crazy 9 hour long 50th installment, go check it out and let it play while you get your Zs or while doing your chores. Now we’re
The Problem with “My Husband’s Stupid Record Collection”
“It would be a lowly art that allows itself to be understood all at once, whose apex can be observed by the newly initiated.” – Goethe There’s a lot to like about My Husband’s Stupid Record Collection, a
The Problem with “My Husband’s Stupid Record Collection”
“It would be a lowly art that allows itself to be understood all at once, whose apex can be observed by the newly initiated.” – Goethe There’s a lot to like about My Husband’s Stupid Record Collection, a
Sound Propositions 08: Mark Fell
“Imagine a Zen Buddhist with unresolved emotional issues.” -Mark Fell describing snd Sound Propositions set out to be a kind of anti-gear gear column. A studio diary that was about artistic decisions, not copy for a consumer electronics catalog. In
Sound Propositions 08: Mark Fell
“Imagine a Zen Buddhist with unresolved emotional issues.” -Mark Fell describing snd Sound Propositions set out to be a kind of anti-gear gear column. A studio diary that was about artistic decisions, not copy for a consumer electronics catalog. In
a closer listen 