Posts Tagged: ACL 2015
ACL 2015: The Top 20 Albums of the Year
Rich picked Matana Roberts, Chris picked Michael Price, James picked Ian William Craig, David picked Holly Herndon and Joe picked Heroin in Tahiti. But this year’s #1, one of the longest albums ever recorded, drew support from across the board.
ACL 2015: The Top 20 Albums of the Year
Rich picked Matana Roberts, Chris picked Michael Price, James picked Ian William Craig, David picked Holly Herndon and Joe picked Heroin in Tahiti. But this year’s #1, one of the longest albums ever recorded, drew support from across the board.
ACL 2015: Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
If there was any doubt about our pick of Constellation Records as our Label of the Year, this feature should prove it, as three of our Top Ten picks come from their stable. GY!BE continues to cast a long shadow.
ACL 2015: Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
If there was any doubt about our pick of Constellation Records as our Label of the Year, this feature should prove it, as three of our Top Ten picks come from their stable. GY!BE continues to cast a long shadow.
ACL 2015: Top Ten Modern Composition
The loveliest sounds of the year are found right here. With a tender approach and attention to detail, these composers mine the spectrum of emotions to produce works of gravity and grace. Once upon a time, we called this music
ACL 2015: Top Ten Modern Composition
The loveliest sounds of the year are found right here. With a tender approach and attention to detail, these composers mine the spectrum of emotions to produce works of gravity and grace. Once upon a time, we called this music
ACL 2015: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape
This year’s top field recording and soundscape albums travel to global extremes, from the frozen Arctic to the heart of the jungle. They commute to congested cities and retreat to quiet streams. They fall in love with frogs and olives.
ACL 2015: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape
This year’s top field recording and soundscape albums travel to global extremes, from the frozen Arctic to the heart of the jungle. They commute to congested cities and retreat to quiet streams. They fall in love with frogs and olives.
ACL 2015: Top Ten Experimental
The cool, the crazy, the distinctive ~ every artist and album has a shot here. In this section, we celebrate music that’s clearly different from the competition. Experiments don’t always work, but here they have; these risks have produced rewards.
ACL 2015: Top Ten Experimental
The cool, the crazy, the distinctive ~ every artist and album has a shot here. In this section, we celebrate music that’s clearly different from the competition. Experiments don’t always work, but here they have; these risks have produced rewards.
ACL 2015: Top Ten Electronic
When looking at this year’s staff selections in the Electronic category, I am struck by one glaring fact: none of these selections are typical. There’s no straight-up house, techno or club music here, although we do cover such genres. This may
ACL 2015: Top Ten Electronic
When looking at this year’s staff selections in the Electronic category, I am struck by one glaring fact: none of these selections are typical. There’s no straight-up house, techno or club music here, although we do cover such genres. This may
ACL 2015: Top Ten Drone
Extended tones form the basis of Drone, a category that can be as soft as a refrigerator hum or as loud as the military plane that adopted its name. But there’s so much more to the genre than simple extension.
ACL 2015: Top Ten Drone
Extended tones form the basis of Drone, a category that can be as soft as a refrigerator hum or as loud as the military plane that adopted its name. But there’s so much more to the genre than simple extension.
ACL 2015: Top Ten Ambient
We received and reviewed more ambient music in 2015 than any other genre. Yet conversely, we also received and didn’t review more ambient music than in any other genre. Ambient is a tricky form, so often eager to melt into the background.
ACL 2015: Top Ten Ambient
We received and reviewed more ambient music in 2015 than any other genre. Yet conversely, we also received and didn’t review more ambient music than in any other genre. Ambient is a tricky form, so often eager to melt into the background.
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