Fall Music Preview ~ Experimental

The wild, the strange, and the seemingly inaccessible meet in our Experimental category, which includes some of the most original music of the season.  From silence to spoken word, calculation to improvisation, this is your guide to an unpredictable cavalcade

Fall Music Preview ~ Experimental

The wild, the strange, and the seemingly inaccessible meet in our Experimental category, which includes some of the most original music of the season.  From silence to spoken word, calculation to improvisation, this is your guide to an unpredictable cavalcade

Fall Music Preview ~ Dark Ambient & Drone

Dark Ambient and Drone provides a score to sinister nights, and is perfectly suited for the month of October.  For the first time, we have enough releases to split into a separate installment.  This is the place to find music

Fall Music Preview ~ Dark Ambient & Drone

Dark Ambient and Drone provides a score to sinister nights, and is perfectly suited for the month of October.  For the first time, we have enough releases to split into a separate installment.  This is the place to find music

Fall Music Preview ~ Ambient

Genre blends are on the rise, as heard in this season’s slate of ambient releases. Many of these are threaded with folk, electronic and experimental music, which produce attention in new markets.  This being said, today’s preview covers the calm

Fall Music Preview ~ Ambient

Genre blends are on the rise, as heard in this season’s slate of ambient releases. Many of these are threaded with folk, electronic and experimental music, which produce attention in new markets.  This being said, today’s preview covers the calm

Fall Music Preview ~ Modern Composition

Our Fall Music Preview continues with a walk through the woods of Modern Composition.  From solo piano to orchestral works, this genre seems as ripe as an orchard apple.  New, distinct flavors are found in this year’s crop as well,

Fall Music Preview ~ Modern Composition

Our Fall Music Preview continues with a walk through the woods of Modern Composition.  From solo piano to orchestral works, this genre seems as ripe as an orchard apple.  New, distinct flavors are found in this year’s crop as well,

Fall Music Preview ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

This is the largest preview we’ve ever run, listing over 300 instrumental and experimental albums scheduled from September-November.  We challenge you to find a larger preview anywhere.  Our iPods are filled and our reviewers’ eyes are lighting up.  Now it’s

Fall Music Preview ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

This is the largest preview we’ve ever run, listing over 300 instrumental and experimental albums scheduled from September-November.  We challenge you to find a larger preview anywhere.  Our iPods are filled and our reviewers’ eyes are lighting up.  Now it’s

Mark Fisher & Justin Barton ~ On Vanishing Land

“A summer warmth has broken through in spring”, as two men take a daylong walk along East England’s Suffolk coastline, from Felixstowe container terminal – “a nerve ganglion of capitalism”, past the Bawdsey Manor radar base – “a place of

Mark Fisher & Justin Barton ~ On Vanishing Land

“A summer warmth has broken through in spring”, as two men take a daylong walk along East England’s Suffolk coastline, from Felixstowe container terminal – “a nerve ganglion of capitalism”, past the Bawdsey Manor radar base – “a place of

SP* Episode 10: EXPLAINED SOUNDS – with Raffaele Pezzella [podcast]

Many of our readers responded enthusiastically to the Anthology of Electroacoustic Lebanese music compiled by the Unexplained Sounds Group in 2018. Earlier this year, I reached out to label founder Raffaele Pezzella (Sonolygyst) to discuss his label, his radio show,

SP* Episode 10: EXPLAINED SOUNDS – with Raffaele Pezzella [podcast]

Many of our readers responded enthusiastically to the Anthology of Electroacoustic Lebanese music compiled by the Unexplained Sounds Group in 2018. Earlier this year, I reached out to label founder Raffaele Pezzella (Sonolygyst) to discuss his label, his radio show,

NakedEye Ensemble, Ju-Ping Song ~ Toy

The toy piano is an ambiguous Victorian invention. Is it a tool for learning? A child’s plaything? A novelty for adults? It’s an inherently limited device: with metal tubes instead of strings, it is difficult to tune with precision. It’s

NakedEye Ensemble, Ju-Ping Song ~ Toy

The toy piano is an ambiguous Victorian invention. Is it a tool for learning? A child’s plaything? A novelty for adults? It’s an inherently limited device: with metal tubes instead of strings, it is difficult to tune with precision. It’s