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ACL 2022 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
Thousands of submissions, hundreds of reviews, and it all comes down to this: The Top 20 Albums of 2022! Our headlines: women dominate, filling the top five spots, and a former champion returns to the top. The top three albums
ACL 2022 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
Thousands of submissions, hundreds of reviews, and it all comes down to this: The Top 20 Albums of 2022! Our headlines: women dominate, filling the top five spots, and a former champion returns to the top. The top three albums
ACL 2022 ~ Top Ten Ambient
The best ambient albums of the year include a set of short stories, an ode to a remote island, a celebration of sailing, a score to ice diving and an expression of hope from Ukraine. Fans of classic ambience will
ACL 2022 ~ Top Ten Ambient
The best ambient albums of the year include a set of short stories, an ode to a remote island, a celebration of sailing, a score to ice diving and an expression of hope from Ukraine. Fans of classic ambience will
Ian William Craig ~ Music for Magnesium_173
One doesn’t listen to an Ian William Craig album as much as experience it. This is again the case with Music for Magnesium_173, which finds the composer at the top of his abilities and still rising. Surprisingly, the album is the score to
Ian William Craig ~ Music for Magnesium_173
One doesn’t listen to an Ian William Craig album as much as experience it. This is again the case with Music for Magnesium_173, which finds the composer at the top of his abilities and still rising. Surprisingly, the album is the score to
Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch ~ Ravage
The death of a parent is never easy, especially when the relationship is strained or the death is unexpected. For good or ill, parents scaffold our lives and when they suddenly disappear, we’re forced to relearn how to stand. When
Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch ~ Ravage
The death of a parent is never easy, especially when the relationship is strained or the death is unexpected. For good or ill, parents scaffold our lives and when they suddenly disappear, we’re forced to relearn how to stand. When
Resina ~ Speechless
How does one speak without words? Resina answers the question by using voice as instrument and texture, percussion and emotion, howl and hum ~ expressing a massive inner galaxy, worlds upon worlds, all without a single word. Stripped to basic inflection,
Resina ~ Speechless
How does one speak without words? Resina answers the question by using voice as instrument and texture, percussion and emotion, howl and hum ~ expressing a massive inner galaxy, worlds upon worlds, all without a single word. Stripped to basic inflection,
Rutger Hoedemaekers ~ The Age of Oddities
While we haven’t finished saying goodbye to Jóhann Jóhannsson, we may have found his successor. Not that Rutger Hoedemaekers wanted to carry such a torch; he’d rather have his friend alive. The Age of Oddities pays tribute to the beloved composer, now three years
Rutger Hoedemaekers ~ The Age of Oddities
While we haven’t finished saying goodbye to Jóhann Jóhannsson, we may have found his successor. Not that Rutger Hoedemaekers wanted to carry such a torch; he’d rather have his friend alive. The Age of Oddities pays tribute to the beloved composer, now three years
ACL 2020 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
After all the chaos of 2020, there’s some solace found in the fact that the artist who scored our Album of the Decade at the beginning of the year now receives our Album of the Year award at year’s end.
ACL 2020 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
After all the chaos of 2020, there’s some solace found in the fact that the artist who scored our Album of the Decade at the beginning of the year now receives our Album of the Year award at year’s end.
ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Ambient
A Closer Listen received over 10,000 submissions this year, 7000 of them valid, and we listened to at least a segment of every one. Now we’ve chosen 70 of them ~ one percent ~ to include in our year-end lists. The competition has never
ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Ambient
A Closer Listen received over 10,000 submissions this year, 7000 of them valid, and we listened to at least a segment of every one. Now we’ve chosen 70 of them ~ one percent ~ to include in our year-end lists. The competition has never
a closer listen 