ACL 2025 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year

This year’s top album was a revelation: one of the humblest records we’ve ever covered drew acclaim from our entire staff.  In a year of tumult, it comes as no surprise that we would be drawn to the quiet and

µ-Ziq ~ 1979

There is a certain nostalgia inherent to the more ambient compositions of the first major IDM artists. Mike Paradinas, under his most well known alias µ-Ziq, is one of these artists, who (alongside contemporaries like Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, and Boards