ACL Singles Chart ~ February 2014

While preparing our second monthly singles chart, it was hard not to think of the Grammies.  In 2014, Herb Alpert won for Best Pop Instrumental, while Brian Eno received a nomination in the New Age category.  Sadly, no instrumentals were

ACL Singles Chart ~ February 2014

While preparing our second monthly singles chart, it was hard not to think of the Grammies.  In 2014, Herb Alpert won for Best Pop Instrumental, while Brian Eno received a nomination in the New Age category.  Sadly, no instrumentals were

Glottalstop ~ Woodsmoke

For the second time in recent months, we’ve loved the work of a new artist only to learn that we’ve actually been listening to the work of a favorite artist using a pseudonym.  The last example was Shoganai (Bas van

Glottalstop ~ Woodsmoke

For the second time in recent months, we’ve loved the work of a new artist only to learn that we’ve actually been listening to the work of a favorite artist using a pseudonym.  The last example was Shoganai (Bas van

Call for Contributions – eContact! 16.4 — Experimental Practices and Subversion in Sound

A Call for Contributions that may appeal to many of our readers.  If you don’t have something to submit, I’d recommend checking out the eContract! archive anyway. (JS) The Canadian Electroacoustic Community’s (CEC) electronic journal eContact! is now accepting submissions

Call for Contributions – eContact! 16.4 — Experimental Practices and Subversion in Sound

A Call for Contributions that may appeal to many of our readers.  If you don’t have something to submit, I’d recommend checking out the eContract! archive anyway. (JS) The Canadian Electroacoustic Community’s (CEC) electronic journal eContact! is now accepting submissions

Christina Kubisch & Eckehard Güther ~ Mosaïque Mosaic

Eastern sounds are unfamiliar to most Western ears, and vice versa.  What seems innocuous in one territory may be misinterpreted in another.  Never is this more apparent than on the opening selection of Mosaïque Mosaic, as what seems at first to

Christina Kubisch & Eckehard Güther ~ Mosaïque Mosaic

Eastern sounds are unfamiliar to most Western ears, and vice versa.  What seems innocuous in one territory may be misinterpreted in another.  Never is this more apparent than on the opening selection of Mosaïque Mosaic, as what seems at first to

Tomorrow We Sail ~ For Those Who Caught the Sun in Flight

Four years in the making, For Those Who Caught the Sun in Flight is an example of slow cooking: a meal made right.  Since 2010, the seven-piece ensemble has been road-testing a number of songs and releasing some on singles and EPs;

Tomorrow We Sail ~ For Those Who Caught the Sun in Flight

Four years in the making, For Those Who Caught the Sun in Flight is an example of slow cooking: a meal made right.  Since 2010, the seven-piece ensemble has been road-testing a number of songs and releasing some on singles and EPs;

UpCDownC ~ The Black Sea

Over the course of the past decade, UpCDownC have gotten together, broken up, realigned, gone digital and experimented with a longer name, but in all this time, they’ve never stopped rocking.  Black Sea is the proof.  With a host of classics already

UpCDownC ~ The Black Sea

Over the course of the past decade, UpCDownC have gotten together, broken up, realigned, gone digital and experimented with a longer name, but in all this time, they’ve never stopped rocking.  Black Sea is the proof.  With a host of classics already

Forgonia ~ S/T

This may be the first album of its kind: fully pop and fully post-rock, with three potential vocal-led singles AND three long tracks containing some of the year’s best post-rock crescendos.  Sydney brothers Mike and Dave Evans cite influences ranging

Forgonia ~ S/T

This may be the first album of its kind: fully pop and fully post-rock, with three potential vocal-led singles AND three long tracks containing some of the year’s best post-rock crescendos.  Sydney brothers Mike and Dave Evans cite influences ranging

Sound Propositions 06: Giuseppe Ielasi

Our friends at  Experimedia  are currently doing a Spotlight feature on Giuseppe Ielasi.  Head over to their site to check out 28 Ielasi-related albums, and check out this playlist highlighting the many sides of this very singular talent. I know

Sound Propositions 06: Giuseppe Ielasi

Our friends at  Experimedia  are currently doing a Spotlight feature on Giuseppe Ielasi.  Head over to their site to check out 28 Ielasi-related albums, and check out this playlist highlighting the many sides of this very singular talent. I know