Posts Tagged: Godspeed You! Black Emperor
ACL 2024 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
This year, A Closer Listen received thousands of submissions and reviewed hundreds; today our international staff chooses twenty. Three former chart-toppers appear on this year’s list, while one artist appears for the fifth time, but half are new, while our
ACL 2024 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
This year, A Closer Listen received thousands of submissions and reviewed hundreds; today our international staff chooses twenty. Three former chart-toppers appear on this year’s list, while one artist appears for the fifth time, but half are new, while our
ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
Post-rock returned with a roar this year as three of the scene’s stalwarts, with discographies stretching back 20, 25 and 30 years, proved that they remain relevant. But this article celebrates far more than just post-rock. We also include a
ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
Post-rock returned with a roar this year as three of the scene’s stalwarts, with discographies stretching back 20, 25 and 30 years, proved that they remain relevant. But this article celebrates far more than just post-rock. We also include a
Godspeed You! Black Emperor ~ “NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD”
Godspeed You! Black Emperor has been around long enough to see most of its societal fears come true. No longer prophets – because what is left to prophecy? – they continue to be truth-tellers and agitators. More than a quarter century
Godspeed You! Black Emperor ~ “NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD”
Godspeed You! Black Emperor has been around long enough to see most of its societal fears come true. No longer prophets – because what is left to prophecy? – they continue to be truth-tellers and agitators. More than a quarter century
SP* Episode 32: INDISCREET MUSIC – with Patrick Nickleson [podcast]
Patrick Nickleson is the author of The Names of Minimalism: Authorship, Art, Music, and Historiography in Dispute, an academic study that radically reconsiders the origins and boundaries of musical minimalism. Uninterested in searching for the earliest work of musical minimalism,
SP* Episode 32: INDISCREET MUSIC – with Patrick Nickleson [podcast]
Patrick Nickleson is the author of The Names of Minimalism: Authorship, Art, Music, and Historiography in Dispute, an academic study that radically reconsiders the origins and boundaries of musical minimalism. Uninterested in searching for the earliest work of musical minimalism,
ACL 2021 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
If 2020 was the most surreal year in recent memory, 2021 was the runner-up. A rollercoaster of emotion was supplanted by a mountain of malaise. And yet, many artists broke through with the finest albums of their careers. Some of
ACL 2021 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
If 2020 was the most surreal year in recent memory, 2021 was the runner-up. A rollercoaster of emotion was supplanted by a mountain of malaise. And yet, many artists broke through with the finest albums of their careers. Some of
ACL 2021 ~ Top Ten Rock and Post-Rock
Sorry, friends, no folk or jazz made our top ten this year ~ 2021 was the year of rock and post-rock! With almost every major post-rock band releasing an EP or album in 2021, even some of the top performers
ACL 2021 ~ Top Ten Rock and Post-Rock
Sorry, friends, no folk or jazz made our top ten this year ~ 2021 was the year of rock and post-rock! With almost every major post-rock band releasing an EP or album in 2021, even some of the top performers
Godspeed You! Black Emperor ~ G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!
It may be an understatement to say that Godspeed You! Black Emperor‘s time has finally come. Not their musical time ~ that arrived when they first appeared on the scene a quarter century ago. But their socio-political time ~ the time they warned us about,
Godspeed You! Black Emperor ~ G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!
It may be an understatement to say that Godspeed You! Black Emperor‘s time has finally come. Not their musical time ~ that arrived when they first appeared on the scene a quarter century ago. But their socio-political time ~ the time they warned us about,
SP* Episode 18: INTO THE UNCANNY VALLEY – with Roger Tellier-Craig [podcast]
This episode features a wide-ranging conversation with Montreal’s Roger Tellier-Craig, known for his work with Fly Pan Am, Godspeed, Le Révélateur and others. In 2019, Fly Pan Am released C’est ça, their first record in 15 years, but their 2020
SP* Episode 18: INTO THE UNCANNY VALLEY – with Roger Tellier-Craig [podcast]
This episode features a wide-ranging conversation with Montreal’s Roger Tellier-Craig, known for his work with Fly Pan Am, Godspeed, Le Révélateur and others. In 2019, Fly Pan Am released C’est ça, their first record in 15 years, but their 2020
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