Posts Tagged: Denovali
Origamibiro ~ Collection
In advance of Origamibiro‘s latest album, Denovali has released Shakkei, Shakkei Remixed and Cracked Mirrors and Stopped Clocks as a lovely three-disc box set. We celebrate by republishing the original Shakkei review, representing the band’s best work to date. Everything is musical. The claim has
Origamibiro ~ Collection
In advance of Origamibiro‘s latest album, Denovali has released Shakkei, Shakkei Remixed and Cracked Mirrors and Stopped Clocks as a lovely three-disc box set. We celebrate by republishing the original Shakkei review, representing the band’s best work to date. Everything is musical. The claim has
Birds of Passage ~ This Kindly Slumber
This Kindly Slumber is Alicia Merz’s third outing as Birds of Passage. It is kindly, for awhile, but it bears the thorn of sorrow, too. Hopes and dreams lay beside the pavement; they’ve taken such a battering that they seem unresponsive, left for
Birds of Passage ~ This Kindly Slumber
This Kindly Slumber is Alicia Merz’s third outing as Birds of Passage. It is kindly, for awhile, but it bears the thorn of sorrow, too. Hopes and dreams lay beside the pavement; they’ve taken such a battering that they seem unresponsive, left for
ACL 2013: The Top 20 Albums of the Year
Over the course of the past year, we received thousands of albums and EPs to pore over, review and discuss. Out of these, we reviewed approximately 500. In this feature, we answer the Big Question: Which releases were the best?
ACL 2013: The Top 20 Albums of the Year
Over the course of the past year, we received thousands of albums and EPs to pore over, review and discuss. Out of these, we reviewed approximately 500. In this feature, we answer the Big Question: Which releases were the best?
ACL 2013: Top Ten Experimental
What’s new? The Experimental field has the answers: tortured tapes, disturbing images, military drums, a garden of monsters brought to life. This selection is where to turn for the most creative and original music of the year. You’ve been warned!
ACL 2013: Top Ten Experimental
What’s new? The Experimental field has the answers: tortured tapes, disturbing images, military drums, a garden of monsters brought to life. This selection is where to turn for the most creative and original music of the year. You’ve been warned!
ACL 2013: Top Ten Ambient
Ambient music continued to stretch its wings in 2013. Among our top picks: an album conceived as a love letter, an EP addressing mental illness and a 7″ vinyl that samples the original Dracula. It’s not just piano and birds anymore.
ACL 2013: Top Ten Ambient
Ambient music continued to stretch its wings in 2013. Among our top picks: an album conceived as a love letter, an EP addressing mental illness and a 7″ vinyl that samples the original Dracula. It’s not just piano and birds anymore.
ACL 2013: The Year’s Best Labels
Five labels stood above the rest in 2013, impressing us with the quality, consistency and variety of their releases. Their names are synonymous with trust; their music is always worth hearing. And now, in order of votes received, we present A
ACL 2013: The Year’s Best Labels
Five labels stood above the rest in 2013, impressing us with the quality, consistency and variety of their releases. Their names are synonymous with trust; their music is always worth hearing. And now, in order of votes received, we present A
SaffronKeira + Mario Massa ~ Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect is an expansive record whose soundscapes reach to the abstract to cavort with a concept that can stray equally far from our comprehension. With his third full-length, electronic sound composer, Eugenio Caria, under the name SaffronKeira, ruminates
SaffronKeira + Mario Massa ~ Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect is an expansive record whose soundscapes reach to the abstract to cavort with a concept that can stray equally far from our comprehension. With his third full-length, electronic sound composer, Eugenio Caria, under the name SaffronKeira, ruminates
Thisquietarmy ~ Hex Mountains
Hex Mountains has sprung up from a collision between the tectonic plates of post-rock and drone – a menacing, guitar-driven organism that seems to have emerged from far beneath the surface of the everyday. Thisquietarmy presents a soundtrack to a
Thisquietarmy ~ Hex Mountains
Hex Mountains has sprung up from a collision between the tectonic plates of post-rock and drone – a menacing, guitar-driven organism that seems to have emerged from far beneath the surface of the everyday. Thisquietarmy presents a soundtrack to a
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