ACL 2012: Top Ten Experimental
Many artists claim to be experimental, simply since they experiment; but this does not make them experimental artists. In order to be placed in this category, an artist must be wildly improvisational, incredibly creative, or straight out hard to define.
ACL 2012: Top Ten Experimental
Many artists claim to be experimental, simply since they experiment; but this does not make them experimental artists. In order to be placed in this category, an artist must be wildly improvisational, incredibly creative, or straight out hard to define.
ACL 2012: Top Ten Electronic
It would appear that the Electronic section of A Closer Listen is the poor relation of the site, which in a way is no bad thing; certainly the remit when the site was founded was to give those artists who
ACL 2012: Top Ten Electronic
It would appear that the Electronic section of A Closer Listen is the poor relation of the site, which in a way is no bad thing; certainly the remit when the site was founded was to give those artists who
ACL 2012: Top Ten Drone
The drone category might be defined as the extended notes that draw our interest and spark our imagination. These drones range from the quiet and soothing to the loud and abrasive; at times they are musical, at other times random.
ACL 2012: Top Ten Drone
The drone category might be defined as the extended notes that draw our interest and spark our imagination. These drones range from the quiet and soothing to the loud and abrasive; at times they are musical, at other times random.
ACL 2012: Top Ten Ambient
A Closer Listen receives more submissions in the Ambient field than in any other, which means that our ambient artists must try even harder to stand out. This seems ironic, since the nature of ambient music has been not to stand out.
ACL 2012: Top Ten Ambient
A Closer Listen receives more submissions in the Ambient field than in any other, which means that our ambient artists must try even harder to stand out. This seems ironic, since the nature of ambient music has been not to stand out.
ACL 2012: The Year’s Best Album Covers
These are times of widespread disconnect, and music is one of the most genuine ways for a person all alone to feel understood. We’re seeing DIY backlashes against this loss of connection everywhere (Just look into the boom on homesteading
ACL 2012: The Year’s Best Album Covers
These are times of widespread disconnect, and music is one of the most genuine ways for a person all alone to feel understood. We’re seeing DIY backlashes against this loss of connection everywhere (Just look into the boom on homesteading
ACL 2012: The Year’s Best Labels
It seems only a year ago that I wrote an article on another site about the wonderful new label Time Released Sound. Oh wait ~ it was a year ago! In only a short span, TRS has risen to the very top.
ACL 2012: The Year’s Best Labels
It seems only a year ago that I wrote an article on another site about the wonderful new label Time Released Sound. Oh wait ~ it was a year ago! In only a short span, TRS has risen to the very top.
ACL 2012: The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos
Hauschka! Sigur Rós! Flying Lotus! Explosions in the Sky! A Winged Victory for the Sullen! Matthew Dear! Beirut! These artists and more turned to directors old and new, and their trust was rewarded with amazing photography, special effects and storytelling.
ACL 2012: The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos
Hauschka! Sigur Rós! Flying Lotus! Explosions in the Sky! A Winged Victory for the Sullen! Matthew Dear! Beirut! These artists and more turned to directors old and new, and their trust was rewarded with amazing photography, special effects and storytelling.
ACL 2012: The Happiest Music of the Year
Some may call this a guilty pleasure, but we all need happy music: joy without melancholy, cheer without irony. These ten releases – some short, because happiness is hard to sustain – each offer listeners a brief burst of ebullience.
ACL 2012: The Happiest Music of the Year
Some may call this a guilty pleasure, but we all need happy music: joy without melancholy, cheer without irony. These ten releases – some short, because happiness is hard to sustain – each offer listeners a brief burst of ebullience.
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