Ranges ~ Sin
What’s in the box? Not, as one might reasonably expect from the concept, Gwyneth Paltrow’s head. Instead, a lucky 77 will receive 7 7″ records and 37 will also receive 7 pieces of ephemera: a shot glass, cigar, matches, poker
Ranges ~ Sin
What’s in the box? Not, as one might reasonably expect from the concept, Gwyneth Paltrow’s head. Instead, a lucky 77 will receive 7 7″ records and 37 will also receive 7 pieces of ephemera: a shot glass, cigar, matches, poker
First Half Highlights ~ The Top 20
We’re about to take a short summer break (back on Monday), but first, we’re excited to present our staff picks for the first half of 2025. We invited each writer to choose two albums or EPs released from January 1-June
First Half Highlights ~ The Top 20
We’re about to take a short summer break (back on Monday), but first, we’re excited to present our staff picks for the first half of 2025. We invited each writer to choose two albums or EPs released from January 1-June
Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer
Summer is as much about the feeling of summer as the season itself; in like manner, summer music is as much about the sound as it is the season of release. Many summer albums are not released in summer, while
Ten Tracks That Sound Like Summer
Summer is as much about the feeling of summer as the season itself; in like manner, summer music is as much about the sound as it is the season of release. Many summer albums are not released in summer, while
Richard Skelton ~ The Second Chamber
We’ve been covering Richard Skelton for so long that our earliest reviews appeared on another site. While the composert’s sound has evolved over the years, it has retained an elegiac, heartfelt quality. The Second Chamber celebrates the 20th anniversary of
Richard Skelton ~ The Second Chamber
We’ve been covering Richard Skelton for so long that our earliest reviews appeared on another site. While the composert’s sound has evolved over the years, it has retained an elegiac, heartfelt quality. The Second Chamber celebrates the 20th anniversary of
Melaine Dalibert & David Sylvian ~ Vermilion Hours
It is fascinating how the limitations of physical media have an impact on the music it is designed to carry. One of the best examples, although probably apocryphal, is how the Compact Disc was engineered to contain the full duration
Melaine Dalibert & David Sylvian ~ Vermilion Hours
It is fascinating how the limitations of physical media have an impact on the music it is designed to carry. One of the best examples, although probably apocryphal, is how the Compact Disc was engineered to contain the full duration
Silence Quartet ~ Denial
When people feel powerless in the face of societal upheaval, it becomes more common to live in denial. This is the starting point for Silence Quartet‘s album, which translates this questionable coping mechanism into music. The fact that these tracks
Silence Quartet ~ Denial
When people feel powerless in the face of societal upheaval, it becomes more common to live in denial. This is the starting point for Silence Quartet‘s album, which translates this questionable coping mechanism into music. The fact that these tracks
galen tipton & Shmu ~ dewCLAWS
Last summer we covered galen tipton & Holly Waxwing‘s keepsakeFM, which six months later became one of our top twenty albums of the year, as well as one of the happiest. The vibe continues on dewCLAWS as tipton collaborates with Shmu, while inviting seven
galen tipton & Shmu ~ dewCLAWS
Last summer we covered galen tipton & Holly Waxwing‘s keepsakeFM, which six months later became one of our top twenty albums of the year, as well as one of the happiest. The vibe continues on dewCLAWS as tipton collaborates with Shmu, while inviting seven
Machine Listening ~ Environments 12: new concepts in acoustic enrichment
Hearing of the Environments series, we wondered how we missed such a thing, until we saw the dates: an album a year from 1969-79, each side portraying a single environment. The final installment offered “Alpine Blizzard” and “Country Thunderstorm,” with
Machine Listening ~ Environments 12: new concepts in acoustic enrichment
Hearing of the Environments series, we wondered how we missed such a thing, until we saw the dates: an album a year from 1969-79, each side portraying a single environment. The final installment offered “Alpine Blizzard” and “Country Thunderstorm,” with
a closer listen 