Ukrainian Field Notes XLIII

Over the past three years we have covered many genres, with Ukrainian Field Notes often looking more like Mixmag than ACL. With the current episode we stray into KERRANG! territory, so maybe this should have been called Ukrainian Field (Metal)

Ukrainian Field Notes XLIII

Over the past three years we have covered many genres, with Ukrainian Field Notes often looking more like Mixmag than ACL. With the current episode we stray into KERRANG! territory, so maybe this should have been called Ukrainian Field (Metal)

Poly Chain ~ Nemesis

Poly Chain (Kyiv-born Sasha Zakrevska) has been making music for a dozen years, and on Nemesis she takes inventory of her journey.  The tracks span that entire length.  Shifting from ambience to club music and back again, the album also symbolizes

Poly Chain ~ Nemesis

Poly Chain (Kyiv-born Sasha Zakrevska) has been making music for a dozen years, and on Nemesis she takes inventory of her journey.  The tracks span that entire length.  Shifting from ambience to club music and back again, the album also symbolizes

A Frog Call Can Operate Like a Piano Chord: An Interview with Saapato

Saapato is a project by New York-based musician Brendan Principato, who is deeply interested in the aural connections of the natural world. His new album Decomposition: Fox on a Highway was released last month and includes collaborations with KMRU, Ben Seratan,

A Frog Call Can Operate Like a Piano Chord: An Interview with Saapato

Saapato is a project by New York-based musician Brendan Principato, who is deeply interested in the aural connections of the natural world. His new album Decomposition: Fox on a Highway was released last month and includes collaborations with KMRU, Ben Seratan,

Manon McCoy & Alice Brookes ~ objects aligned out of time

We were immediately intrigued when we read the words “two wine glasses, a stack of paper and some dried peas.”  These represent only a sampling of the objects aligned out of time that coalesce in the unique sonic universe of sound

Manon McCoy & Alice Brookes ~ objects aligned out of time

We were immediately intrigued when we read the words “two wine glasses, a stack of paper and some dried peas.”  These represent only a sampling of the objects aligned out of time that coalesce in the unique sonic universe of sound

William Tyler ~ Time Indefinite

An 1100-word description on Bandcamp doesn’t leave much to add about this sublime album, so we will try to say different things in more succinct fashion.  Time Indefinite may be a guitar album, but it’s not just a guitar album; the sonic additions

William Tyler ~ Time Indefinite

An 1100-word description on Bandcamp doesn’t leave much to add about this sublime album, so we will try to say different things in more succinct fashion.  Time Indefinite may be a guitar album, but it’s not just a guitar album; the sonic additions

Lila Tirando a Violeta ~ Dream of Snakes

Kate Bush once sang, “let me sleep and dream of sheep.”  In contrast, Uruguayan composer Lila Tirando a Violeta dreams of snakes.  But in true gothic-industrial fashion, she welcomes the vision, connecting it with her ancestors while translating it into

Lila Tirando a Violeta ~ Dream of Snakes

Kate Bush once sang, “let me sleep and dream of sheep.”  In contrast, Uruguayan composer Lila Tirando a Violeta dreams of snakes.  But in true gothic-industrial fashion, she welcomes the vision, connecting it with her ancestors while translating it into

BRUIT ≤ ~ The Age of Ephemerality

Much has gone downhill in the news since The Age of Ephemerality was recorded, which makes the album not only prescient, but an album for our times.  The Toulouse, France post-rock quartet, whose name means noise, builds toward a concluding quote

BRUIT ≤ ~ The Age of Ephemerality

Much has gone downhill in the news since The Age of Ephemerality was recorded, which makes the album not only prescient, but an album for our times.  The Toulouse, France post-rock quartet, whose name means noise, builds toward a concluding quote

Christopher Hamilton ((o)) ~ Euthermia

Spring is taking its time.  This sentiment underlines the fact that spring doesn’t just spring at the equinox, but spreads slowly from south to north, a few miles a day, like returning birds.  The same principle applies to recovery, to

Christopher Hamilton ((o)) ~ Euthermia

Spring is taking its time.  This sentiment underlines the fact that spring doesn’t just spring at the equinox, but spreads slowly from south to north, a few miles a day, like returning birds.  The same principle applies to recovery, to