ACL 2016: Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape

Few people would guess that the Field Recording and Soundscape section of our site would also be its most timely and political.  And yet, as this year’s selections indicate, the genre is far more than nature recordings. While these continue

ACL 2016: The Year’s Best Packaging

Next week we’ll look at the year’s best cover art; in this article, we consider overall packaging.  In an era when many consider the physical format to be extinct, these artists and labels say otherwise.  A couple can still be

Mikel R. Nieto ~ Dark Sound

Here’s a release for the blackest of hearts: a black book with black ink, housing a black disc, titled Dark Sound.  In addition, the price of the package is determined by the crude oil Brent price at the time of purchase.