Sinemis ~ Farewell

Turkish Injazero label head Sine Buyuka steps out as Sinemis to deliver a devastating diatribe against the government of her home country.  Farewell is also heartbreaking, pulsating with love and loss, the artist now in London, looking back on a once-thriving democracy and

Cicada ~ Farewell

One of our favorite recent discoveries, Taiwanese female chamber ensemble Cicada, came to our attention via their compilation Ocean.  That album combined most of their two latest albums under a single theme.  The latest set collects earlier works in similar fashion, packaging

ACL 2012: The Year’s Best Album Covers

These are times of widespread disconnect, and music is one of the most genuine ways for a person all alone to feel understood. We’re seeing DIY backlashes against this loss of connection everywhere (Just look into the boom on homesteading

Aurabox ~ Farewell

This Farewell starts off like a quietly intense combination of pieces by Anton Webern and Claude Debussy, suddenly precise and direct, suddenly diffuse and harmonic. It is a great first gesture of goodbye, eyes shying away and hands slightly tense