Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Modern Composition

This spring, a disproportionate amount of the finest albums are found in the field of Modern Composition. The emotions of a full pandemic year are reflected in an array of approaches, from solo piano to small ensemble to full orchestra.

Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Modern Composition

This spring, a disproportionate amount of the finest albums are found in the field of Modern Composition. The emotions of a full pandemic year are reflected in an array of approaches, from solo piano to small ensemble to full orchestra.

Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Experimental

Creativity is one of humanity’s greatest assets.  If not for the imagination, our world would grow stagnant and dull.  Art is a counterbalance to forces that blunt and degrade the mind and spirit.  We’re fortunate to be part of an

Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Experimental

Creativity is one of humanity’s greatest assets.  If not for the imagination, our world would grow stagnant and dull.  Art is a counterbalance to forces that blunt and degrade the mind and spirit.  We’re fortunate to be part of an

Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Electronic

The wide electronic field stretches from sparkling ambience to pounding techno.  This spring we’ll hear examples of both, plus everything in-between.  We’re jealous of New Zealand, where everyone is back in the clubs, but we know our time is coming;

Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Electronic

The wide electronic field stretches from sparkling ambience to pounding techno.  This spring we’ll hear examples of both, plus everything in-between.  We’re jealous of New Zealand, where everyone is back in the clubs, but we know our time is coming;

Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Ambient and Drone

Over the course of the week, we’ll be bringing you nearly 300 albums to peruse: the initial salvo of what will eventually be thousands of spring albums.  We do this because we are fans first, and reviewers second. Three times

Spring Music Preview 2021 ~ Ambient and Drone

Over the course of the week, we’ll be bringing you nearly 300 albums to peruse: the initial salvo of what will eventually be thousands of spring albums.  We do this because we are fans first, and reviewers second. Three times

SP* Episode 18: INTO THE UNCANNY VALLEY – with Roger Tellier-Craig [podcast]

This episode features a wide-ranging conversation with Montreal’s Roger Tellier-Craig, known for his work with Fly Pan Am, Godspeed, Le Révélateur and others. In 2019, Fly Pan Am released C’est ça, their first record in 15 years, but their 2020

SP* Episode 18: INTO THE UNCANNY VALLEY – with Roger Tellier-Craig [podcast]

This episode features a wide-ranging conversation with Montreal’s Roger Tellier-Craig, known for his work with Fly Pan Am, Godspeed, Le Révélateur and others. In 2019, Fly Pan Am released C’est ça, their first record in 15 years, but their 2020

Deniz Cuylan ~ No Such Thing As Free Will

It’s a weighty philosophical conundrum to throw around as an album title. It’s a tricky question to crack within the space of a review, certainly, but it may get you thinking as you scroll through reviews alongside your morning bowl

Deniz Cuylan ~ No Such Thing As Free Will

It’s a weighty philosophical conundrum to throw around as an album title. It’s a tricky question to crack within the space of a review, certainly, but it may get you thinking as you scroll through reviews alongside your morning bowl

Bell Orchestre ~ House Music

Over a decade has passed since we last heard new music from Bell Orchestre.  Fans agonized over the thought they might never hear the band again.  Then came last fall’s announcement that the band had been signed to Erased Tapes, and

Bell Orchestre ~ House Music

Over a decade has passed since we last heard new music from Bell Orchestre.  Fans agonized over the thought they might never hear the band again.  Then came last fall’s announcement that the band had been signed to Erased Tapes, and

The Nature of Sound: An Interview With Manongo Mujica & Terje Evensen

Manongo Mujica and Terje Evensen have been occasionally in contact for a few years now, joining forces till now in order to make the breath-taking soundscapes of Paracas Ritual, which was published by Peruvian avant-garde label buh records earlier this

The Nature of Sound: An Interview With Manongo Mujica & Terje Evensen

Manongo Mujica and Terje Evensen have been occasionally in contact for a few years now, joining forces till now in order to make the breath-taking soundscapes of Paracas Ritual, which was published by Peruvian avant-garde label buh records earlier this