ACL 2016: Music for Haunted Houses

Halloween is just around the corner, which means it’s time for A Closer Listen‘s first wrap-up chart of 2016! 2016 was a particularly good year for dark music, as these selections are culled from a list many times their size.  The

Daghraven ~ #1

Is it too early for Halloween?  Because here comes Daghraven with some dark sounds, just as the earth is turning light again.  For those who enjoy listening to haunted music, there’s never a bad time for a release, but the

My Tiger Side ~ 1

With a dichotomous debut that offers intriguing insight into the diverse disciplines of composition and improvisation, My Tiger Side demonstrates how a stripped-down approach focusing on absence as much presence can succeed in wedding these opposing approaches. The album, simply titled