ACL 2012: Music for Synagogues & Cathedrals
The music of organized religion is often bland when it has no right to be. The subject matter is the breadth of life, from the heights of heaven and depths of hell to unknowable mysteries, hallowed understandings, and transcendent awe.
ACL 2012: Music for Synagogues & Cathedrals
The music of organized religion is often bland when it has no right to be. The subject matter is the breadth of life, from the heights of heaven and depths of hell to unknowable mysteries, hallowed understandings, and transcendent awe.
ACL 2012: The Year’s Best Winter Music
As the leaves land, as the frost forms, and as the first flakes begin to fall, we set our minds to winter. Some will experience the stalwart winter of Wallace Stevens, and others the cold, claustrophobic winter of Sylvia Plath.
ACL 2012: The Year’s Best Winter Music
As the leaves land, as the frost forms, and as the first flakes begin to fall, we set our minds to winter. Some will experience the stalwart winter of Wallace Stevens, and others the cold, claustrophobic winter of Sylvia Plath.
ACL 2012: Overview
A huge thank you to all of our contributors, readers, artists, labels and friends for making A Closer Listen a success in its very first year! Our readership has grown steadily month by month and it still continues to soar!
ACL 2012: Overview
A huge thank you to all of our contributors, readers, artists, labels and friends for making A Closer Listen a success in its very first year! Our readership has grown steadily month by month and it still continues to soar!
V/A ~ The Holidays Don’t Have to Be So Rotten: Volume Three
And here it is: The Best Christmas Album of 2012. For the third year in a row, the fine folks at Flannelgraph Records have filled a basic need: to produce great new music for the holidays. These playful instrumentals provide
V/A ~ The Holidays Don’t Have to Be So Rotten: Volume Three
And here it is: The Best Christmas Album of 2012. For the third year in a row, the fine folks at Flannelgraph Records have filled a basic need: to produce great new music for the holidays. These playful instrumentals provide
abre ojos ~ HÄXAN
Three facts you should know about this reviewer prior to reading this: 1. I’m a sucker for concept albums (being a former hardcore proghead) 2. A dark ambient album done right will pretty much make my day…any day. 3. You
abre ojos ~ HÄXAN
Three facts you should know about this reviewer prior to reading this: 1. I’m a sucker for concept albums (being a former hardcore proghead) 2. A dark ambient album done right will pretty much make my day…any day. 3. You
Giulio Aldinucci ~ Tarsia
The beautiful Tarsia is the first full-length album released under the name Giulio Aldinucci, better known by his moniker Obsil. His three previous records as Obsil have been rightly praised, and Aldinucci’s gift as a composer and soundscaper are in
Giulio Aldinucci ~ Tarsia
The beautiful Tarsia is the first full-length album released under the name Giulio Aldinucci, better known by his moniker Obsil. His three previous records as Obsil have been rightly praised, and Aldinucci’s gift as a composer and soundscaper are in
Ektoise ~ Down River
Brisbane, Australia’s genre-blurring Ektoise commissioned several artists to reshape material from their LP Kiyomizu, with complete freedom. The result is Down River, a precursor to the full-length remix album Distortions, which includes contributions from Mark Fell (SND), The Haxan Cloak,
Ektoise ~ Down River
Brisbane, Australia’s genre-blurring Ektoise commissioned several artists to reshape material from their LP Kiyomizu, with complete freedom. The result is Down River, a precursor to the full-length remix album Distortions, which includes contributions from Mark Fell (SND), The Haxan Cloak,
Scott Walker ~ Bish Bosch
Footnotes are useful, and yet, possibly because they are relegated to the bottom of the page, often overlooked – or at least under-appreciated. This is a shame because much can be gleaned from them in order to increase our understanding
Scott Walker ~ Bish Bosch
Footnotes are useful, and yet, possibly because they are relegated to the bottom of the page, often overlooked – or at least under-appreciated. This is a shame because much can be gleaned from them in order to increase our understanding
a closer listen 