ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Drone
After yesterday’s massive article of ambient album announcements there arrives a smaller but no less potent collection of drone. Ironically, despite being a smaller segment of the market, drone recordings tend to find disproportionate success in our Year-End Lists. Two
ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Drone
After yesterday’s massive article of ambient album announcements there arrives a smaller but no less potent collection of drone. Ironically, despite being a smaller segment of the market, drone recordings tend to find disproportionate success in our Year-End Lists. Two
ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Ambient
Stay calm; there is still beauty in the world. One can glean this message in this season’s ambient releases, many of which draw inspiration from springtime, the great outdoors, the environment and the cyclical nature of the seasons. There are
ACL 2025 ~ Spring Music Preview: Ambient
Stay calm; there is still beauty in the world. One can glean this message in this season’s ambient releases, many of which draw inspiration from springtime, the great outdoors, the environment and the cyclical nature of the seasons. There are
Macie Stewart ~ When the Distance Is Blue
“The world is blue at its edges and in its depths,” writes Rebecca Solnit in the first of four elaborate, interconnected essays, each titled “The Distance of Blue,” collected in A Field Guide to Getting Lost. She writes of the
Macie Stewart ~ When the Distance Is Blue
“The world is blue at its edges and in its depths,” writes Rebecca Solnit in the first of four elaborate, interconnected essays, each titled “The Distance of Blue,” collected in A Field Guide to Getting Lost. She writes of the
Halvcirkel & Anders Lauge Meldgaard ~ Spirit
Spirit reunites Copenhagen composer Anders Lauge Meldgaard with string trio Halvcirkel, following the År & Dag collaboration Fragment 94. But something’s a little different this time; violinist Pernille Kristiansen is on parental leave (congratulations!) and Meldgaard is stepping up on New Ondomo, billed
Halvcirkel & Anders Lauge Meldgaard ~ Spirit
Spirit reunites Copenhagen composer Anders Lauge Meldgaard with string trio Halvcirkel, following the År & Dag collaboration Fragment 94. But something’s a little different this time; violinist Pernille Kristiansen is on parental leave (congratulations!) and Meldgaard is stepping up on New Ondomo, billed
Whatever the Weather II ~ S/T
Whatever the Weather II’s opening track, “1°C,” samples a voice that observes, “Bit chilly, innit? […] Can’t wait for it to be summer.” It’s the voice of the artist, Loraine James, or Whatever the Weather, which is a moniker she
Whatever the Weather II ~ S/T
Whatever the Weather II’s opening track, “1°C,” samples a voice that observes, “Bit chilly, innit? […] Can’t wait for it to be summer.” It’s the voice of the artist, Loraine James, or Whatever the Weather, which is a moniker she
Hekla ~ Turnar
Turnar may contain glimmers of sunlight, but it is not a daylight album; this is music for the depths of night and the soul, music of desolation and heartfelt prayer, music for long winters yearning for spring. Partially recorded in
Hekla ~ Turnar
Turnar may contain glimmers of sunlight, but it is not a daylight album; this is music for the depths of night and the soul, music of desolation and heartfelt prayer, music for long winters yearning for spring. Partially recorded in
Zoë Mc Pherson ~ Upside Down
The beats seldom stop on Zoë Mc Pherson‘s latest record, and the energy never flags. And yet the artist has more on their mind than dancing; Mc Pherson also calls out stark indictments of the “neoliberal war machine” and the
Zoë Mc Pherson ~ Upside Down
The beats seldom stop on Zoë Mc Pherson‘s latest record, and the energy never flags. And yet the artist has more on their mind than dancing; Mc Pherson also calls out stark indictments of the “neoliberal war machine” and the
Gellért Szabó’s Ideal Orchestra ~ Live at Berghain
Words to describe Live at Berghain: pummeling, overwhelming, emotional. And yet also: tender, restrained, thoughtful. The cover image suggests desolation and loss, the track titles religion, war, heroism. How can a set be all these things at once? The one-hour concert from
Gellért Szabó’s Ideal Orchestra ~ Live at Berghain
Words to describe Live at Berghain: pummeling, overwhelming, emotional. And yet also: tender, restrained, thoughtful. The cover image suggests desolation and loss, the track titles religion, war, heroism. How can a set be all these things at once? The one-hour concert from
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