Posts Tagged: Richard Allen
2020 Winter Music Preview ~ Electronic
The largest of our five winter previews boasts over 50 releases, enough to keep us dancing until the sunlight returns! This is already shaping up to be a banner year for the electronic genre, with highlights spread across the board.
2020 Winter Music Preview ~ Electronic
The largest of our five winter previews boasts over 50 releases, enough to keep us dancing until the sunlight returns! This is already shaping up to be a banner year for the electronic genre, with highlights spread across the board.
2020 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone
Today we shift from the best music of the 10s to the first music of the 20s. This one is our biggest Winter Music Preview ever, listing nearly 200 albums in five days! A new year starts with new hopes
2020 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient & Drone
Today we shift from the best music of the 10s to the first music of the 20s. This one is our biggest Winter Music Preview ever, listing nearly 200 albums in five days! A new year starts with new hopes
ACL 2019 ~ The Year’s Best Labels
When it came time to tally our votes, we discovered that this year’s winners had never been listed before! A huge congratulations to Wisconsin’s well-deserving and hard-working Lost Tribe Sound, A Closer Listen‘s Label of the Year for 2019, followed closely
ACL 2019 ~ The Year’s Best Labels
When it came time to tally our votes, we discovered that this year’s winners had never been listed before! A huge congratulations to Wisconsin’s well-deserving and hard-working Lost Tribe Sound, A Closer Listen‘s Label of the Year for 2019, followed closely
ACL 2019 ~ The Year’s Best Film Scores
We’re not talking about the same films as everybody else, but for good reason; we’ve packed our slate with dark horse candidates. So no Star Wars (too obvious), no Joker (the artist’s score for Chernobyl was better), no Ad Astra (not the composer’s best soundtrack), no Us (although
ACL 2019 ~ The Year’s Best Film Scores
We’re not talking about the same films as everybody else, but for good reason; we’ve packed our slate with dark horse candidates. So no Star Wars (too obvious), no Joker (the artist’s score for Chernobyl was better), no Ad Astra (not the composer’s best soundtrack), no Us (although
ACL 2019 ~ The Year’s Best Album Covers
The competition was tough this year, but we’ve been able to whittle our selection down to ten. These album covers made us want to hear the music, and even if the music wasn’t much good (don’t worry, it was), we
ACL 2019 ~ The Year’s Best Album Covers
The competition was tough this year, but we’ve been able to whittle our selection down to ten. These album covers made us want to hear the music, and even if the music wasn’t much good (don’t worry, it was), we
ACL 2019 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
Are you ready for some holiday cheer that has naught to do with the holidays? After sifting through thousands of albums, we believe we’ve found the happiest music of 2019! This is music for playpens, for beaches, for the open
ACL 2019 ~ The Happiest Music of the Year
Are you ready for some holiday cheer that has naught to do with the holidays? After sifting through thousands of albums, we believe we’ve found the happiest music of 2019! This is music for playpens, for beaches, for the open
ACL 2019 ~ The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos
The Golden Age of Music Videos ended with the decline of MTV; but as much as MTV launched the popularity of the format, it also delayed its evolution. In the Silver Age, restrictions are gone. Videos no longer need to
ACL 2019 ~ The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos
The Golden Age of Music Videos ended with the decline of MTV; but as much as MTV launched the popularity of the format, it also delayed its evolution. In the Silver Age, restrictions are gone. Videos no longer need to
ACL 2019 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music
We have a soft spot for winter music, as do our readers. The 25 Best Winter Albums of All Time remains our all-time most-viewed post; every year, as the cold descends, we post an update as The Year’s Best Winter Music.
ACL 2019 ~ The Year’s Best Winter Music
We have a soft spot for winter music, as do our readers. The 25 Best Winter Albums of All Time remains our all-time most-viewed post; every year, as the cold descends, we post an update as The Year’s Best Winter Music.
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