Posts Tagged: Less Bells

ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

The year’s most beautiful music can be found here, from soft piano to soaring strings, humble ensemble to booming orchestra.  This was a banner year for modern composition, which even recruited one of the world’s biggest post-rock bands into its

ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

The year’s most beautiful music can be found here, from soft piano to soaring strings, humble ensemble to booming orchestra.  This was a banner year for modern composition, which even recruited one of the world’s biggest post-rock bands into its

Less Bells ~ The Drowned Ground

It’s rare for an artist to release three excellent albums in a row, even rarer when it’s the first three albums; but this is what Less Bells has accomplished with The Drowned Ground.  Now billed as a duo, Mojave’s Julie Carpenter and Dain

Less Bells ~ The Drowned Ground

It’s rare for an artist to release three excellent albums in a row, even rarer when it’s the first three albums; but this is what Less Bells has accomplished with The Drowned Ground.  Now billed as a duo, Mojave’s Julie Carpenter and Dain

ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

Modern composition is arguably the most upscale of our categories, and often includes music composed for film, dance and theatre.  The genre lends itself well to conceptual projects and is strong enough to incorporate a great deal of experimentalism without

ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

Modern composition is arguably the most upscale of our categories, and often includes music composed for film, dance and theatre.  The genre lends itself well to conceptual projects and is strong enough to incorporate a great deal of experimentalism without

Less Bells ~ Mourning Jewelry

Mourning Jewelry is a stunningly gorgeous album; during the cavalcade of submissions we’ve had this summer, it’s the one record that stayed on repeat.  The music is adaptable to any situation.  It can occupy the foreground or fade into the background;

Less Bells ~ Mourning Jewelry

Mourning Jewelry is a stunningly gorgeous album; during the cavalcade of submissions we’ve had this summer, it’s the one record that stayed on repeat.  The music is adaptable to any situation.  It can occupy the foreground or fade into the background;

Less Bells ~ Solifuge

Solifuge is a sweet surprise, a debut album that seems to emerge out of nowhere and makes an instant impact.  During its live debut at a sunset concert in Joshua Tree, California, Less Bells (Julia Carpenter and friends) was paired with a stop-motion

Less Bells ~ Solifuge

Solifuge is a sweet surprise, a debut album that seems to emerge out of nowhere and makes an instant impact.  During its live debut at a sunset concert in Joshua Tree, California, Less Bells (Julia Carpenter and friends) was paired with a stop-motion