Denovali Swingfest Sampler

As Denovali prepares to bring their popular Swingfest back to Essen, Germany (October 2-5), the label has just unleashed a massive sampler ~ and it’s free!  Full details of the festival, including ticket information and sampler tracklisting, are included below.

Denovali Swingfest Sampler

As Denovali prepares to bring their popular Swingfest back to Essen, Germany (October 2-5), the label has just unleashed a massive sampler ~ and it’s free!  Full details of the festival, including ticket information and sampler tracklisting, are included below.

This Patch of Sky ~ S/T

Rare is the band that improves with every release, but this Oregon septet has done it again.  This self-titled album – the band’s fourth – is its best yet, representing another leap forward.  To those unfamiliar with the band: it’s

This Patch of Sky ~ S/T

Rare is the band that improves with every release, but this Oregon septet has done it again.  This self-titled album – the band’s fourth – is its best yet, representing another leap forward.  To those unfamiliar with the band: it’s

Inscape ~ American Aggregate

As the often misquoted William Congreve writes, “music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rock, or bend a knotted oak.”  The music of the Inscape collective possesses such charms.  The American heart has been bruised, hardened and knotted in

Inscape ~ American Aggregate

As the often misquoted William Congreve writes, “music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rock, or bend a knotted oak.”  The music of the Inscape collective possesses such charms.  The American heart has been bruised, hardened and knotted in

Call for Participants: 10″ Sound Fragments for Community Collage

We recently posted our 1,500th post.  Next February will mark the start of our third year.  We’re close to reaching 5,000 followers on Twitter and 2,500 on Facebook.  For a little blog that emphasizes content over design, that still believes

Call for Participants: 10″ Sound Fragments for Community Collage

We recently posted our 1,500th post.  Next February will mark the start of our third year.  We’re close to reaching 5,000 followers on Twitter and 2,500 on Facebook.  For a little blog that emphasizes content over design, that still believes

Monist ~ New Romans: A History

Constantinople became Istanbul, Datsun became Nissan, Prince became a glyph for a bit, then became Prince again.  Now ontopsych has become Monist.  What’s in a name?  Apparently, a lot.  While a rose by any other name would still smell as

Monist ~ New Romans: A History

Constantinople became Istanbul, Datsun became Nissan, Prince became a glyph for a bit, then became Prince again.  Now ontopsych has become Monist.  What’s in a name?  Apparently, a lot.  While a rose by any other name would still smell as

Chapelier Fou ~ Deltas

The cover of Deltas says it all: the music of Chapelier Fou is bright and happy, twinkling and colorful, creative and adventuresome.  On his third album, Metz (France) artist Louis Warynski doesn’t defy genres as much as invite them in. A delta is a convergence of

Chapelier Fou ~ Deltas

The cover of Deltas says it all: the music of Chapelier Fou is bright and happy, twinkling and colorful, creative and adventuresome.  On his third album, Metz (France) artist Louis Warynski doesn’t defy genres as much as invite them in. A delta is a convergence of

This Will Destroy You ~ Another Language

An eerie feeling must have enveloped the members of This Will Destroy You when they realized that their band name was about to become prescient.  Over the last few years, the band has been haunted by stress fractures, tragedies, and the loss

This Will Destroy You ~ Another Language

An eerie feeling must have enveloped the members of This Will Destroy You when they realized that their band name was about to become prescient.  Over the last few years, the band has been haunted by stress fractures, tragedies, and the loss

Soiled ~ Splices and phases

An unusual album from an enigmatic artist, Splices and phases delivers on the promise of its title by including multiple genres, often within single tracks.  The album goes through phases, and seems spliced from a large sonic soundboard.  For example, the opening

Soiled ~ Splices and phases

An unusual album from an enigmatic artist, Splices and phases delivers on the promise of its title by including multiple genres, often within single tracks.  The album goes through phases, and seems spliced from a large sonic soundboard.  For example, the opening