Odalie ~ Puissante Vulnérabilité

Can vulnerability be strength?  Mental health experts say so, yet warring forces stand their ground, political opponents discard compromise, and lovers refuse to apologize, as Black Lilys sings on the album’s first single, “poisoning the ground, polluting the air.”  In

Odalie ~ Puissante Vulnérabilité

Can vulnerability be strength?  Mental health experts say so, yet warring forces stand their ground, political opponents discard compromise, and lovers refuse to apologize, as Black Lilys sings on the album’s first single, “poisoning the ground, polluting the air.”  In

SP* Episode 31: FREE TIME – with Andrea Belfi [podcast]

Andrea Belfi discusses his latest album, Eternally Frozen, a canon-based composition for percussion, electronics, and brass ensemble. Inspired by a visit to LA’s Museum of Jurassic Technology, Belfi draws upon the story of Deprong Mori, a mythological bat that could

SP* Episode 31: FREE TIME – with Andrea Belfi [podcast]

Andrea Belfi discusses his latest album, Eternally Frozen, a canon-based composition for percussion, electronics, and brass ensemble. Inspired by a visit to LA’s Museum of Jurassic Technology, Belfi draws upon the story of Deprong Mori, a mythological bat that could

Dronal ~ Whilst We Fall

The eye is fooled by the cover art, which  looks like striated clouds atop a striking sunset.  Yet what seems to be a photograph is “a graph provided by NASA’s Earth Observatory, measuring global temperature anomaly from 1880 to 2022

Dronal ~ Whilst We Fall

The eye is fooled by the cover art, which  looks like striated clouds atop a striking sunset.  Yet what seems to be a photograph is “a graph provided by NASA’s Earth Observatory, measuring global temperature anomaly from 1880 to 2022

Spurv ~ Brefjære

Now this is how you make a rock album.  Five years on from Myra, one of our top post-rock albums of 2018, comes Brefjære, which improves on its already-excellent predecessor by pulling out all the stops.  The Norwegian sextet has added a string

Spurv ~ Brefjære

Now this is how you make a rock album.  Five years on from Myra, one of our top post-rock albums of 2018, comes Brefjære, which improves on its already-excellent predecessor by pulling out all the stops.  The Norwegian sextet has added a string

Radian ~ Distorted Rooms

Is Distorted Rooms rock or electronic?  Is the music improvised or composed?  On Radian‘s new album, loud sounds become soft and soft sounds become loud; guitar lines are cut free from their moorings; loops and layers intertwine.  Each track becomes one of

Radian ~ Distorted Rooms

Is Distorted Rooms rock or electronic?  Is the music improvised or composed?  On Radian‘s new album, loud sounds become soft and soft sounds become loud; guitar lines are cut free from their moorings; loops and layers intertwine.  Each track becomes one of

Helena Hauff ~ fabric presents Helena Hauff

The once-common DJ-mixed CD has become rare in the streaming age, but some of the best series are still in action.  Fabric Records has been a champion of this format for years, and shows no signs of stopping. How to

Helena Hauff ~ fabric presents Helena Hauff

The once-common DJ-mixed CD has become rare in the streaming age, but some of the best series are still in action.  Fabric Records has been a champion of this format for years, and shows no signs of stopping. How to

WaqWaq Kingdom ~ Hot Pot Totto

WaqWaq Kingdom gets waquier and waquier on Hot Pot Totto.  Given their propensity for wordplay, we’re confident they won’t mind the pun.  This still-crazy Japanese “minyo duo” is just as bizarre as ever ~ if this were not apparent from the

WaqWaq Kingdom ~ Hot Pot Totto

WaqWaq Kingdom gets waquier and waquier on Hot Pot Totto.  Given their propensity for wordplay, we’re confident they won’t mind the pun.  This still-crazy Japanese “minyo duo” is just as bizarre as ever ~ if this were not apparent from the

Ross Gentry ~ House as a Person

Next week we’ll take a deep breath and plunge into fall with another bottle of wine from VISUALS Wine’s Ritual of Senses Wine Club, along with Dark Sines’ The Space Time Paradox.  Today we’re pleased to present Ceremony of Seasons’

Ross Gentry ~ House as a Person

Next week we’ll take a deep breath and plunge into fall with another bottle of wine from VISUALS Wine’s Ritual of Senses Wine Club, along with Dark Sines’ The Space Time Paradox.  Today we’re pleased to present Ceremony of Seasons’