Posts Tagged: bvdub

ACL 2017 ~ The Year’s Best Album Covers

Hundreds of albums are released every single day.  So how does one stand out?  By making a great first impression.  Great art calls attention to great music.  On this list, appearance is everything.  We enjoyed each of the albums listed below,

ACL 2017 ~ The Year’s Best Album Covers

Hundreds of albums are released every single day.  So how does one stand out?  By making a great first impression.  Great art calls attention to great music.  On this list, appearance is everything.  We enjoyed each of the albums listed below,

bvdub ~ Heartless

Heartless is an unusual name for a bvdub album, in that Brock Van Wey’s music always seems to have heart.  But it’s a more restrained album that we are used to hearing from the prolific artist, which leads us to believe that the script has

bvdub ~ Heartless

Heartless is an unusual name for a bvdub album, in that Brock Van Wey’s music always seems to have heart.  But it’s a more restrained album that we are used to hearing from the prolific artist, which leads us to believe that the script has

bvdub ~ Yours are Stories of Sadness

‘In 2012, I was singing karaoke in the lavish VIP suite of the most opulent bar of Shaoxing. Hours in, at the height of drunken revelry, suddenly, literally out of nowhere, one of the hired girls walked over to me

bvdub ~ Yours are Stories of Sadness

‘In 2012, I was singing karaoke in the lavish VIP suite of the most opulent bar of Shaoxing. Hours in, at the height of drunken revelry, suddenly, literally out of nowhere, one of the hired girls walked over to me

ACL 2014: Top Ten Electronic

Electronic music isn’t just for dancing, although there’s plenty of dance music included in our year-end list.  The list also includes childlike lullabies, dense sonic fuzz, and smooth, languid excursions.  The eclectic selection below represents a cross-section of our tastes.

ACL 2014: Top Ten Electronic

Electronic music isn’t just for dancing, although there’s plenty of dance music included in our year-end list.  The list also includes childlike lullabies, dense sonic fuzz, and smooth, languid excursions.  The eclectic selection below represents a cross-section of our tastes.

LCNL 056: n5MD Ambient Immersion Mix

Following the last few beat heavy mixes, Oakland-based record label n5MD delivers this soothing mix as a welcome departure, perfect for these first cold days of winter.  Specializing in more melodic forms of music,  label boss Mike Cadoo puts together this

LCNL 056: n5MD Ambient Immersion Mix

Following the last few beat heavy mixes, Oakland-based record label n5MD delivers this soothing mix as a welcome departure, perfect for these first cold days of winter.  Specializing in more melodic forms of music,  label boss Mike Cadoo puts together this

bvdub ~ A History of Distance

Physical distances are there for all to see, but the longer, seemingly insurmountable distances are, to outside eyes, invisible. They linger in the silent gaps, in the deadened pause, afflicting two lovers with its rose-scented disease. The distance hurts because it’s close

bvdub ~ A History of Distance

Physical distances are there for all to see, but the longer, seemingly insurmountable distances are, to outside eyes, invisible. They linger in the silent gaps, in the deadened pause, afflicting two lovers with its rose-scented disease. The distance hurts because it’s close

bvdub ~ A Careful Ecstasy

The sequel to Serenity, A Careful Ecstasy continues Brock Van Wey’s fine vein of form. A Careful Ecstasy drapes a clearer veil of melancholia over herself, and this is quite a change for the usually sanguine bvdub. If Serenity was head over heels in love,

bvdub ~ A Careful Ecstasy

The sequel to Serenity, A Careful Ecstasy continues Brock Van Wey’s fine vein of form. A Careful Ecstasy drapes a clearer veil of melancholia over herself, and this is quite a change for the usually sanguine bvdub. If Serenity was head over heels in love,

ACL 2012: Top Ten Ambient

A Closer Listen receives more submissions in the Ambient field than in any other, which means that our ambient artists must try even harder to stand out.  This seems ironic, since the nature of ambient music has been not to stand out.

ACL 2012: Top Ten Ambient

A Closer Listen receives more submissions in the Ambient field than in any other, which means that our ambient artists must try even harder to stand out.  This seems ironic, since the nature of ambient music has been not to stand out.