Children of the Wave ~ The Electric Sounds of Far Away Choirs

Children of the Wave are a band from Melbourne, Australia, and like true children of the wave, make music whose form changes from one moment to the next, defying genres and surprising us at every corner.  While their music is truly

Children of the Wave ~ The Electric Sounds of Far Away Choirs

Children of the Wave are a band from Melbourne, Australia, and like true children of the wave, make music whose form changes from one moment to the next, defying genres and surprising us at every corner.  While their music is truly

Godspeed You! Black Emperor ~ Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

We waited a month.  We heard the album when it came out, we posted it on our News page, and we listened – we just wanted to make sure.  So often the first reaction to a new album is a

Godspeed You! Black Emperor ~ Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

We waited a month.  We heard the album when it came out, we posted it on our News page, and we listened – we just wanted to make sure.  So often the first reaction to a new album is a

LCNL Mix 013: mise_en_scene

LCNL 013: Mise en Scene Our lucky 13th mix comes just after Halloween, and in fact after the one year anniversary of this mix series.   If you’ve been enjoying these forays into creative and sometimes challenging musics, please help spread the

LCNL Mix 013: mise_en_scene

LCNL 013: Mise en Scene Our lucky 13th mix comes just after Halloween, and in fact after the one year anniversary of this mix series.   If you’ve been enjoying these forays into creative and sometimes challenging musics, please help spread the

Interview: Francisco Lopez

  This short interview took place just before the start of the 2012 edition of the AKOUSMA festival of electroacoustic music in Montreal.  I hoped it would give added context to the performance, and indeed it did.  My review of

Interview: Francisco Lopez

  This short interview took place just before the start of the 2012 edition of the AKOUSMA festival of electroacoustic music in Montreal.  I hoped it would give added context to the performance, and indeed it did.  My review of

The Cloisters ~ The Cloisters

Michael Tanner has had a busy year and has been covered frequently on these pages, although only the most astute readers might have noticed.  In addition to recording under his own name, Tanner is also known as Plinth and The Cloisters,

The Cloisters ~ The Cloisters

Michael Tanner has had a busy year and has been covered frequently on these pages, although only the most astute readers might have noticed.  In addition to recording under his own name, Tanner is also known as Plinth and The Cloisters,

Fabrizio Paterlini ~ Autumn Stories

There is something about the change of seasons that makes us realize so much about ourselves and our place in the world, but no season does that better than Autumn.  Autumn Stories, the latest album by Italian composer and piano virtuoso Fabrizio

Fabrizio Paterlini ~ Autumn Stories

There is something about the change of seasons that makes us realize so much about ourselves and our place in the world, but no season does that better than Autumn.  Autumn Stories, the latest album by Italian composer and piano virtuoso Fabrizio

Sylvain Chauveau ~ Simple

How long does it take to break a person’s heart through music?  Does it take  the length of a symphony, an opera, an album?  Sylvain Chauveau proves that it can be done in under two minutes, a revelation to many, a

Sylvain Chauveau ~ Simple

How long does it take to break a person’s heart through music?  Does it take  the length of a symphony, an opera, an album?  Sylvain Chauveau proves that it can be done in under two minutes, a revelation to many, a

Plantagenet 3 ~ The Darkening Green

Imagine a crazy summer surf kicked up by an offshore wind, waves tumbling over each other until the sea is a froth of foam.  Now imagine a pasta boat overturning in the breakers, dislodging its noodles, which then begin to

Plantagenet 3 ~ The Darkening Green

Imagine a crazy summer surf kicked up by an offshore wind, waves tumbling over each other until the sea is a froth of foam.  Now imagine a pasta boat overturning in the breakers, dislodging its noodles, which then begin to