ACL 2013: Top Ten Ambient
Ambient music continued to stretch its wings in 2013. Among our top picks: an album conceived as a love letter, an EP addressing mental illness and a 7″ vinyl that samples the original Dracula. It’s not just piano and birds anymore.
ACL 2013: Top Ten Ambient
Ambient music continued to stretch its wings in 2013. Among our top picks: an album conceived as a love letter, an EP addressing mental illness and a 7″ vinyl that samples the original Dracula. It’s not just piano and birds anymore.
ACL 2013: The Year’s Best Album Covers
The greatest album covers tell a story before you even hear a sound. And here we are employing the most widely parodied album cover of all time in honor of Storm Thorgerson, the brains behind long fabled design team Hipgnosis
ACL 2013: The Year’s Best Album Covers
The greatest album covers tell a story before you even hear a sound. And here we are employing the most widely parodied album cover of all time in honor of Storm Thorgerson, the brains behind long fabled design team Hipgnosis
ACL 2013: The Happiest Music of the Year
When last year’s list was published, it wasn’t very popular. But over the course of the year, the hits kept increasing, until it became our number one specialty list. Why? Because people need happy music, and search for it online.
ACL 2013: The Happiest Music of the Year
When last year’s list was published, it wasn’t very popular. But over the course of the year, the hits kept increasing, until it became our number one specialty list. Why? Because people need happy music, and search for it online.
ACL 2013: The Year’s Best Winter Music
Winter music begins with the sound of wind and freezing rain, the crackle of ice and the soft tap of snowflakes. It continues with the sound of boots on snow, shovels and snow plows. Months later, it concludes with melting
ACL 2013: The Year’s Best Winter Music
Winter music begins with the sound of wind and freezing rain, the crackle of ice and the soft tap of snowflakes. It continues with the sound of boots on snow, shovels and snow plows. Months later, it concludes with melting
ACL 2013: The Year’s Best Labels
Five labels stood above the rest in 2013, impressing us with the quality, consistency and variety of their releases. Their names are synonymous with trust; their music is always worth hearing. And now, in order of votes received, we present A
ACL 2013: The Year’s Best Labels
Five labels stood above the rest in 2013, impressing us with the quality, consistency and variety of their releases. Their names are synonymous with trust; their music is always worth hearing. And now, in order of votes received, we present A
ACL 2013: The Year in 10 Tracks
These ten tracks represent the year in instrumental and experimental music: a selection from across the board, along with a summary of current issues. How experimental is too experimental? Should bands change? And of course, Is post-rock dead yet? We
ACL 2013: The Year in 10 Tracks
These ten tracks represent the year in instrumental and experimental music: a selection from across the board, along with a summary of current issues. How experimental is too experimental? Should bands change? And of course, Is post-rock dead yet? We
ACL 2013: The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos
MTV started the music video craze, then abandoned it. In the years that followed, music videos retreated to the web. At first, they languished in obscurity; then they began to catch on. These are the ten most effective videos we’ve
ACL 2013: The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos
MTV started the music video craze, then abandoned it. In the years that followed, music videos retreated to the web. At first, they languished in obscurity; then they began to catch on. These are the ten most effective videos we’ve
ACL 2013: The Year’s Best Packaging
When it comes to the year’s best packaging, the “wow factor” is a must. The design of these releases is so good that their music seems almost secondary. We are enthralled first by sight, then by sound. If we were
ACL 2013: The Year’s Best Packaging
When it comes to the year’s best packaging, the “wow factor” is a must. The design of these releases is so good that their music seems almost secondary. We are enthralled first by sight, then by sound. If we were
a closer listen 