Posts Tagged: Ninja Tune
ACL 2020 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
After all the chaos of 2020, there’s some solace found in the fact that the artist who scored our Album of the Decade at the beginning of the year now receives our Album of the Year award at year’s end.
ACL 2020 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
After all the chaos of 2020, there’s some solace found in the fact that the artist who scored our Album of the Decade at the beginning of the year now receives our Album of the Year award at year’s end.
ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Ambient
A Closer Listen received over 10,000 submissions this year, 7000 of them valid, and we listened to at least a segment of every one. Now we’ve chosen 70 of them ~ one percent ~ to include in our year-end lists. The competition has never
ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Ambient
A Closer Listen received over 10,000 submissions this year, 7000 of them valid, and we listened to at least a segment of every one. Now we’ve chosen 70 of them ~ one percent ~ to include in our year-end lists. The competition has never
Romare ~ Home
Home has been a long time coming, and might be considered a culmination of a lifelong journey. Archie Fairhurst (Romare) was born to a nomadic family and extended his travels with a career on the road. But now it seems like
Romare ~ Home
Home has been a long time coming, and might be considered a culmination of a lifelong journey. Archie Fairhurst (Romare) was born to a nomadic family and extended his travels with a career on the road. But now it seems like
Julianna Barwick ~ Healing Is A Miracle
Juliana Barwick‘s The Magic Place was our Album of the Decade, so we were extremely excited to hear that she would be releasing a new album in 2020. Barwick’s music has always suggested healing, but on this set the association is front-and-center. The entire
Julianna Barwick ~ Healing Is A Miracle
Juliana Barwick‘s The Magic Place was our Album of the Decade, so we were extremely excited to hear that she would be releasing a new album in 2020. Barwick’s music has always suggested healing, but on this set the association is front-and-center. The entire
A Winged Victory for the Sullen ~ The Undivided Five
Everyone listens to instrumental music. In developed countries, most people listen every day. A much smaller number tries to figure out who they are hearing in films, on TV and online; and an even smaller number follows these artists. A Winged Victory
A Winged Victory for the Sullen ~ The Undivided Five
Everyone listens to instrumental music. In developed countries, most people listen every day. A much smaller number tries to figure out who they are hearing in films, on TV and online; and an even smaller number follows these artists. A Winged Victory
ACL 2017 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
2017 was the most tumultuous year in recent memory, and we’re still trying to make sense of it all. One thing we do know: the year produced a lot of great music, much of it related to the hopes and
ACL 2017 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
2017 was the most tumultuous year in recent memory, and we’re still trying to make sense of it all. One thing we do know: the year produced a lot of great music, much of it related to the hopes and
ACL 2017 ~ Top Ten Electronic
Two types of electronic music battle on this page: the smooth and soothing v. the jagged and challenging. 2017 was an especially good year for electronic music, as new genres seemed to develop before they could be named. Industrial music
ACL 2017 ~ Top Ten Electronic
Two types of electronic music battle on this page: the smooth and soothing v. the jagged and challenging. 2017 was an especially good year for electronic music, as new genres seemed to develop before they could be named. Industrial music
The Bug vs. Earth ~ Concrete Desert
Inspired by JG Ballard’s writings, Concrete Desert does feel like one more nail in the coffin of the architectural dreams of mid-20th century modernism, if only because it sounds like vast, empty spaces lifelessly baked by the sun, that ancient
The Bug vs. Earth ~ Concrete Desert
Inspired by JG Ballard’s writings, Concrete Desert does feel like one more nail in the coffin of the architectural dreams of mid-20th century modernism, if only because it sounds like vast, empty spaces lifelessly baked by the sun, that ancient
a closer listen 