ACL 2025 ~ The Year’s Best Album Covers

There will never be enough time to listen to all the music being released, even in the instrumental field; but there is enough time to check out all of the album covers.  A winning album cover immediately gives an album

ACL 2025 ~ The Year’s Best Packaging

For collectors, the rarity of physical releases makes the gems sparkle all the more.  From gorgeous vinyl that begs to be released from its sleeve to liner notes far more elaborate than anything found in a digital release, this year’s

Will Glaser ~ Music of the Terrazoku: Ethnographic Recordings From An Imagined Future

Here’s a concept album this really works, packaged in a neat little box set housing two tapes and showcasing incredible art from Djoïna Amrani.  We’re not sure just how strong the box is, but we wonder if it might survive