The Green Kingdom ~ The North Wind and the Sun

The North Wind and the Sun is a record of deep clarity and calm, looking out at the world with a pair of bright green eyes. By largely abandoning his electric guitar and taking up more traditional acoustic instrumentation, The Green Kingdom (Michael Cottone) reinvigorates and enriches his music,

The Green Kingdom ~ The North Wind and the Sun

The North Wind and the Sun is a record of deep clarity and calm, looking out at the world with a pair of bright green eyes. By largely abandoning his electric guitar and taking up more traditional acoustic instrumentation, The Green Kingdom (Michael Cottone) reinvigorates and enriches his music,

Alder & Ash ~ Clutched in the Maw of the World

Clutched in the Maw of the World confirms everything that we proclaimed last year about the talents of Alder & Ash (Adrian Copeland).  Copeland has the skill and ambition to rival his contemporaries, and to do for the cello what Colin Stetson

Alder & Ash ~ Clutched in the Maw of the World

Clutched in the Maw of the World confirms everything that we proclaimed last year about the talents of Alder & Ash (Adrian Copeland).  Copeland has the skill and ambition to rival his contemporaries, and to do for the cello what Colin Stetson

Alder & Ash ~ Psalms for the Sunder

Once in a while, we get our wish.  Last year we lamented the fact that Psalms for the Sunder was available only in digital form.  This year, thanks to the fine folks at Lost Tribe Sound, not only do we get a

Alder & Ash ~ Psalms for the Sunder

Once in a while, we get our wish.  Last year we lamented the fact that Psalms for the Sunder was available only in digital form.  This year, thanks to the fine folks at Lost Tribe Sound, not only do we get a

LCNL 085: Your Grace Adrianna Natalie presents Another Side

Over the years we’ve featured several mixes from the Alrealon Musique. This mix comes courtesy of Your Grace Adrianna Natalie, the most recent artist to join the label. Her debut EP The Unseen Shadows was released last November, showcasing her

LCNL 085: Your Grace Adrianna Natalie presents Another Side

Over the years we’ve featured several mixes from the Alrealon Musique. This mix comes courtesy of Your Grace Adrianna Natalie, the most recent artist to join the label. Her debut EP The Unseen Shadows was released last November, showcasing her

I/O ~ Anyone, Anywhere

Boston post-rock septet I/O has come a long way in three years.  2014’s Saudade was a solid debut, albeit nondescript.  Anyone, Anywhere adds brass and strings and dares listeners to dismiss it.  The tasteful integration of these elements, along with careful sequencing, lifts the band’s

I/O ~ Anyone, Anywhere

Boston post-rock septet I/O has come a long way in three years.  2014’s Saudade was a solid debut, albeit nondescript.  Anyone, Anywhere adds brass and strings and dares listeners to dismiss it.  The tasteful integration of these elements, along with careful sequencing, lifts the band’s

poemme ~ Soft Ice

With Soft Ice, Polar Seas has found an album to match the name of the label.  This is our second winter album of the season (hello, Australia!).  It’s also a sleep album, specifically designed to operate as an aural pillow.  Just listening

poemme ~ Soft Ice

With Soft Ice, Polar Seas has found an album to match the name of the label.  This is our second winter album of the season (hello, Australia!).  It’s also a sleep album, specifically designed to operate as an aural pillow.  Just listening

Jeff Hassay ~ Beach Boys House: Dirt Sounds

An audiological artefact, a meditation on time, an objet d’art ~ Beach Boys House: Dirt Sounds is all three.  One of the year’s most original recordings is also one of the year’s most precious – and some might say precocious –

Jeff Hassay ~ Beach Boys House: Dirt Sounds

An audiological artefact, a meditation on time, an objet d’art ~ Beach Boys House: Dirt Sounds is all three.  One of the year’s most original recordings is also one of the year’s most precious – and some might say precocious –

Sontag Shogun ~ Patterns for Resonant Space

Patterns for Resonant Space is ambient in sound, but experimental in design.  The album was composed in reverse fashion, with the piano offering comments on the field recordings and tape loops.  The background becomes the foreground, yielding an appreciation of space

Sontag Shogun ~ Patterns for Resonant Space

Patterns for Resonant Space is ambient in sound, but experimental in design.  The album was composed in reverse fashion, with the piano offering comments on the field recordings and tape loops.  The background becomes the foreground, yielding an appreciation of space