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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 ~ Best Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
All four of our sub-categories find a home in this year’s list, forming a diverse community. Loud and soft tones co-exist, but no voice is raised to drown out the rest. If only our whole world could be like this!
ACL 2020 ~ Best Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
All four of our sub-categories find a home in this year’s list, forming a diverse community. Loud and soft tones co-exist, but no voice is raised to drown out the rest. If only our whole world could be like this!
SUSS ~ Promise
SUSS are a big city band for the lone ranger. They write music for warm car rides through the blistering American west with a self-proclaimed “Eno meets Ennio” approach that splits hairs between psychedelic wanderlust and escapist contemplation. Their third
SUSS ~ Promise
SUSS are a big city band for the lone ranger. They write music for warm car rides through the blistering American west with a self-proclaimed “Eno meets Ennio” approach that splits hairs between psychedelic wanderlust and escapist contemplation. Their third
Horse Lords ~ The Common Task
Like the Bridget Riley-styled art of the album cover, The Common Task seems to emerge, fully armed, from the traces of a bright modernist history whose ruins yet infuse our hearts with hope. The many references of the album have
Horse Lords ~ The Common Task
Like the Bridget Riley-styled art of the album cover, The Common Task seems to emerge, fully armed, from the traces of a bright modernist history whose ruins yet infuse our hearts with hope. The many references of the album have
The Necks ~ Body
One of the things that makes The Necks so brilliant is their continual exploration of organicism in any and all its forms, not only in pure musical terms but also as ensemble. For the past few years that’s meant drawing
The Necks ~ Body
One of the things that makes The Necks so brilliant is their continual exploration of organicism in any and all its forms, not only in pure musical terms but also as ensemble. For the past few years that’s meant drawing
The Necks ~ Vertigo
Low drones, high-pitched buzzes fading in and out, seemingly meandering piano and percussions – Vertigo seems to try its best to represent a bodily affection, a perceptual disruption that denies the sufferer respite even after having closed the eyes. The
The Necks ~ Vertigo
Low drones, high-pitched buzzes fading in and out, seemingly meandering piano and percussions – Vertigo seems to try its best to represent a bodily affection, a perceptual disruption that denies the sufferer respite even after having closed the eyes. The
Interview: Rhys Chatham
Come summer Montreal becomes a parade of constant festivals. Suoni per il Popolo (Sounds for the People) remains my favorite festival because it’s really an anti-festival; it’s a well-curated concert series that rewards attention and reflection. The way that the
Interview: Rhys Chatham
Come summer Montreal becomes a parade of constant festivals. Suoni per il Popolo (Sounds for the People) remains my favorite festival because it’s really an anti-festival; it’s a well-curated concert series that rewards attention and reflection. The way that the
a closer listen 