ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Drone

This year’s best drone albums do more than offer steady, immersive tones; they also tackle weighty issues and serve as the voices of the voiceless.  The topics include the erasing of history, the removal of human rights, the specter of

Grand River ~ Tuning the Wind

Those familiar with Grand River‘s All Above – one of our top electronic releases of 2023 – may be surprised at the timbre of Tuning the Wind.  But Aimée Portioli has always been about more than electronics.  Tuning the Wind is a grand experiment

ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Electronic

This year’s top ten electronic albums run the gamut from quirky and fun to industrial and dark.  These albums cross boundaries, incorporating drone, pop, hip-hop, and modern composition, while the themes include death and vulnerability, gender roles and climate change.

Grand River ~ All Above

Tears leak from Aimée Portioli’s eyes as she looks to the sky, surrounded by a cascade of water.  Her left hand rests on her right shoulder, as if in supplication.  When matched with the album title ~ All Above ~ and