Matteo Nasini ~ Sparkling Matter

What does sleep sound like?  Some might say sighing, snoring, tossing, turning.  What do dreams sound like?  The score seems trapped in our minds ~ but Matteo Nasini has found a way to tease it out.  With the aid of fourteen electrodes

Matteo Nasini ~ Sparkling Matter

What does sleep sound like?  Some might say sighing, snoring, tossing, turning.  What do dreams sound like?  The score seems trapped in our minds ~ but Matteo Nasini has found a way to tease it out.  With the aid of fourteen electrodes

Pinkcourtesyphone ~ Romantic Threat

Romantic Threat is illusory music; a shimmering, surreal amusement park with a nauseating funhouse as a premier attraction, loud hollers of ‘roll up, roll up, get your hot dogs here‘ from the food stalls, and high-pitched cries drunk on helium

Pinkcourtesyphone ~ Romantic Threat

Romantic Threat is illusory music; a shimmering, surreal amusement park with a nauseating funhouse as a premier attraction, loud hollers of ‘roll up, roll up, get your hot dogs here‘ from the food stalls, and high-pitched cries drunk on helium

Jane Antonia Cornish ~ Constellations

The title of Constellations, the new album from British composer Jane Antonia Cornish, is a fitting descriptor of the music. The five compositions exude a cosmic feeling, while Cornish’s structures and motifs reflect the human tendency to see patterns in

Jane Antonia Cornish ~ Constellations

The title of Constellations, the new album from British composer Jane Antonia Cornish, is a fitting descriptor of the music. The five compositions exude a cosmic feeling, while Cornish’s structures and motifs reflect the human tendency to see patterns in

Cameron Day ~ The Castle and the Garden

Christmas in July?  The timing may be out of place, but there’s a lot to recommend this release.  The Castle and the Garden is pressed in a cherished format (2xCD3″), contains magical ephemera, sounds lovely, and like everything on Fluid Audio,

Cameron Day ~ The Castle and the Garden

Christmas in July?  The timing may be out of place, but there’s a lot to recommend this release.  The Castle and the Garden is pressed in a cherished format (2xCD3″), contains magical ephemera, sounds lovely, and like everything on Fluid Audio,

Tangled Thoughts of Leaving ~ No Tether

A happy 10th anniversary to Perth’s Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, who have outlasted many contemporaries through evolution.  No Tether is evidence that there is still plenty of room for growth in post-rock, as long as artists are willing to blaze their own

Tangled Thoughts of Leaving ~ No Tether

A happy 10th anniversary to Perth’s Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, who have outlasted many contemporaries through evolution.  No Tether is evidence that there is still plenty of room for growth in post-rock, as long as artists are willing to blaze their own

Whale Fall ~ Sondersongs

L.A. post-rockers Whale Fall have taken four years to record their follow-up to The Madrean.  The time has been well-spent, as they’ve produced another catchy, upbeat, and life-affirming album.  Sondersongs is very much a release of its time, with a timely message

Whale Fall ~ Sondersongs

L.A. post-rockers Whale Fall have taken four years to record their follow-up to The Madrean.  The time has been well-spent, as they’ve produced another catchy, upbeat, and life-affirming album.  Sondersongs is very much a release of its time, with a timely message

Meuko! Meuko! ~ 鬼島 Ghost Island

A fast and fierce story accompanies this intriguing EP by Taiwanese artist Meuko! Meuko! It tells of a dream in which the narrator finds herself a part of a small gang of scavenger children in a Blade Runner landscape of

Meuko! Meuko! ~ 鬼島 Ghost Island

A fast and fierce story accompanies this intriguing EP by Taiwanese artist Meuko! Meuko! It tells of a dream in which the narrator finds herself a part of a small gang of scavenger children in a Blade Runner landscape of

Constellation Tatsu – Winter Batch 2018 (Rose, Hakobune, memorygarden禅, Celer + Forest Management)

While it may be the middle of Summer this Winter tape batch is still well worth your attention. But I should apologize. I listened to these four tapes many times throughout the long winter in Minnesota. February was predictably frigid,

Constellation Tatsu – Winter Batch 2018 (Rose, Hakobune, memorygarden禅, Celer + Forest Management)

While it may be the middle of Summer this Winter tape batch is still well worth your attention. But I should apologize. I listened to these four tapes many times throughout the long winter in Minnesota. February was predictably frigid,