Mondkopf ~ Hadès

Mondkopf‘s Hadès was released in February but has finally hit its proper season.  This album is no secret; it has sold out at source, and one has to scour the net to track down the remaining vinyl and CD copies.  It’s worth

Mondkopf ~ Hadès

Mondkopf‘s Hadès was released in February but has finally hit its proper season.  This album is no secret; it has sold out at source, and one has to scour the net to track down the remaining vinyl and CD copies.  It’s worth

LCNL 055: Ryan Alexander Diduck presents Miss Claire Remembers

  This all vinyl mix comes to us from Ryan Alexander Diduck, a fellow music critic writing for such outstanding publications as Fact Mag and the Quietus.  We’re also both products of McGill University’s department of Art History & Communication

LCNL 055: Ryan Alexander Diduck presents Miss Claire Remembers

  This all vinyl mix comes to us from Ryan Alexander Diduck, a fellow music critic writing for such outstanding publications as Fact Mag and the Quietus.  We’re also both products of McGill University’s department of Art History & Communication

Wist Records ~ The Unofficial Countryside

41 years ago, Richard Mabey penned The Unofficial Countryside, an ode to the tenacity of nature.  His classic essay finally has its soundtrack: seven 3″ CDs in a hand-burned wooden box.  Wist Records continues to impress by going all-out in its presentation,

Wist Records ~ The Unofficial Countryside

41 years ago, Richard Mabey penned The Unofficial Countryside, an ode to the tenacity of nature.  His classic essay finally has its soundtrack: seven 3″ CDs in a hand-burned wooden box.  Wist Records continues to impress by going all-out in its presentation,

Tape ~ Casino

With cover art this good, one prays the music will be worthy of a review, and in this case, it absolutely is.  Casino is the Swedish trio’s sixth album, and may be their best.  Fourteen years is a long time for

Tape ~ Casino

With cover art this good, one prays the music will be worthy of a review, and in this case, it absolutely is.  Casino is the Swedish trio’s sixth album, and may be their best.  Fourteen years is a long time for

Robert Curgenven ~ They tore the earth and, like a scar, it swallowed them / Sirène

The internet age poses both opportunity and difficulty for the politically minded instrumental composer.  The opportunity is that the liner notes can be shared far and wide, even to those who don’t purchase the music.  The difficulty is that many

Robert Curgenven ~ They tore the earth and, like a scar, it swallowed them / Sirène

The internet age poses both opportunity and difficulty for the politically minded instrumental composer.  The opportunity is that the liner notes can be shared far and wide, even to those who don’t purchase the music.  The difficulty is that many

Wrekmeister Harmonies ~ Then It All Came Down

While I listened to Then It All Came Down, I read the interview it’s based on, a 1973 Truman Capote piece with Bobby Beausoleil, one of the Manson Family members who killed musician Gary Hinman in 1969. As I stopped

Wrekmeister Harmonies ~ Then It All Came Down

While I listened to Then It All Came Down, I read the interview it’s based on, a 1973 Truman Capote piece with Bobby Beausoleil, one of the Manson Family members who killed musician Gary Hinman in 1969. As I stopped

Del Sol Quartet ~ Sculthorpe

This is didjeridu music for people who don’t prefer didjeridu music ~ I should know, because I’m one of them.  On this set, San Francisco’s Del Sol Quartet, accompanied by Stephen Kent, brings the work of Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe to

Del Sol Quartet ~ Sculthorpe

This is didjeridu music for people who don’t prefer didjeridu music ~ I should know, because I’m one of them.  On this set, San Francisco’s Del Sol Quartet, accompanied by Stephen Kent, brings the work of Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe to

Mecha/Orga ~ 41:38

It’s always a temptation to revisit previous works ~ to tinker with the words or sounds, to edit, to re-write or re-record.  This is especially true in the digital age, when such things can happen quicker than ever before and

Mecha/Orga ~ 41:38

It’s always a temptation to revisit previous works ~ to tinker with the words or sounds, to edit, to re-write or re-record.  This is especially true in the digital age, when such things can happen quicker than ever before and