ACL 2015: The Year’s Best Album Covers
Album art can draw listeners to music, or push them away. The best album art enhances the overall presentation, while the worst detracts from it. In some cases, we’ve reviewed albums because of the art, while in others we’ve declined.
ACL 2015: The Year’s Best Album Covers
Album art can draw listeners to music, or push them away. The best album art enhances the overall presentation, while the worst detracts from it. In some cases, we’ve reviewed albums because of the art, while in others we’ve declined.
ACL 2015: The Year’s Best Winter Music
Winter music is inspired by winter and sounds like winter, yet winter contains a wide range of inspirations and sounds: from ice-locked ships to children’s games, from piano flurries to fronts of drones. Its variety is its beauty. Just as
ACL 2015: The Year’s Best Winter Music
Winter music is inspired by winter and sounds like winter, yet winter contains a wide range of inspirations and sounds: from ice-locked ships to children’s games, from piano flurries to fronts of drones. Its variety is its beauty. Just as
ACL 2015: The Happiest Music of the Year
Let’s face it, 2015 was a tough year for Planet Earth. Terrorists attacked, politicians argued, and the climate continued to destabilize. There has never been a better time for happy music, and thankfully, we’ve got a great selection right here!
ACL 2015: The Happiest Music of the Year
Let’s face it, 2015 was a tough year for Planet Earth. Terrorists attacked, politicians argued, and the climate continued to destabilize. There has never been a better time for happy music, and thankfully, we’ve got a great selection right here!
ACL 2015: The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos
The music video landscape has changed. We are less likely to view new videos on our televisions than on our phones; and YouTube and Vimeo have become the new industry leaders. The best videos are only a click away, and
ACL 2015: The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos
The music video landscape has changed. We are less likely to view new videos on our televisions than on our phones; and YouTube and Vimeo have become the new industry leaders. The best videos are only a click away, and
ACL 2015: The Year’s Best Labels
Montreal’s Constellation Records returns to our top spot this year, with five charted releases. Also selected as ACL’s labels of the year are London’s Erased Tapes and France’s Eilean Records. These labels are producing some of the industry’s finest work.
ACL 2015: The Year’s Best Labels
Montreal’s Constellation Records returns to our top spot this year, with five charted releases. Also selected as ACL’s labels of the year are London’s Erased Tapes and France’s Eilean Records. These labels are producing some of the industry’s finest work.
ACL 2015: Overview
A Closer Listen continued to grow in its fourth year. We are grateful to all of our readers, as well as to the artists and labels who trust us with their wonderful music! Two weeks of year-end features begin here!
ACL 2015: Overview
A Closer Listen continued to grow in its fourth year. We are grateful to all of our readers, as well as to the artists and labels who trust us with their wonderful music! Two weeks of year-end features begin here!
Yves Bouliane ~ Champ (10 opérations)
Champ (10 opérations) is the solo work of a pillar of Montreal’s 1970s free improvisation scene. A skilled improviser, this piece is indeed a composition, recorded in 1977, and stands as a momentous and perplexing document of that time. This
Yves Bouliane ~ Champ (10 opérations)
Champ (10 opérations) is the solo work of a pillar of Montreal’s 1970s free improvisation scene. A skilled improviser, this piece is indeed a composition, recorded in 1977, and stands as a momentous and perplexing document of that time. This
Mikael Delta ~ Life Is Now
Restless beats. Smouldering atmosphere. The hum and screech of traffic. Everything about Life Is Now evokes a lonesome walk through a frenzied urban landscape, and is doubtless best enjoyed while doing exactly that on a crisp winter night – in
Mikael Delta ~ Life Is Now
Restless beats. Smouldering atmosphere. The hum and screech of traffic. Everything about Life Is Now evokes a lonesome walk through a frenzied urban landscape, and is doubtless best enjoyed while doing exactly that on a crisp winter night – in
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