ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Experimental

Musically and geographically, these albums are all over the map.  This year’s picks include an album comprised of other albums, a band whose instruments are made from vegetables, a score to a film about lives erased under Stalin and a

ACL 2018 ~ The Year’s Best Film Scores

What makes a great film score?  There are many ways to answer this question, but on our site, there’s only one criterion: does the album stand on its own?  The best film scores, like the best ads, make us want

ACL 2018 ~ Music for Haunted Houses

In 2018, the world reached a tipping point in which scary music is no longer scarier than real life.  The old monsters are disappointed; they just can’t compete with the news.  This being said, it’s one of our favorite times

Psychological Strategy Board ~ Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows

It’s rare that a debut act is asked to score a feature film, and rarer still that such an act surpasses expectations.  This is the case with Psychological Strategy Board, a duo comprised of Paul Snowdon (Time Attendant) and Maybury.  The