Posts Tagged: Richard Allen
2019 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient and Drone
Happy Year of the Pig! Now that we’ve put the old year to bed, it’s time to look forward once again. Every new year brings a mixture of hopes and fears, but it also brings a reliable supply of brand
2019 Winter Music Preview ~ Ambient and Drone
Happy Year of the Pig! Now that we’ve put the old year to bed, it’s time to look forward once again. Every new year brings a mixture of hopes and fears, but it also brings a reliable supply of brand
ACL 2018 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
After 2500 submissions and 350 reviews, we finally have a winner! Our top album of 2018 comes from a prolific female artist who has unveiled a dozen releases in the last five years. This one is her best to date.
ACL 2018 ~ The Top 20 Albums of the Year
After 2500 submissions and 350 reviews, we finally have a winner! Our top album of 2018 comes from a prolific female artist who has unveiled a dozen releases in the last five years. This one is her best to date.
ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
2018 started off slowly for post-rock, but picked up steam in the closing months. Many of our favorite acts were quiet this year, leaving the door open for others to be noticed. One band even made a triumphant return after
ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
2018 started off slowly for post-rock, but picked up steam in the closing months. Many of our favorite acts were quiet this year, leaving the door open for others to be noticed. One band even made a triumphant return after
ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition
When averaged, the Modern Composition category included not the most submissions, but the best. We wish we could make this a list of 20, but then we’d have to double every list, and not every category features this many excellent releases in a given year.
ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition
When averaged, the Modern Composition category included not the most submissions, but the best. We wish we could make this a list of 20, but then we’d have to double every list, and not every category features this many excellent releases in a given year.
ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape
2018 was an amazing year for field recordings and soundscapes, perhaps the best to date. We reviewed over 40 works this year, and had an incredibly difficult time choosing ten for this list since the overall quality was so high.
ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Field Recording & Soundscape
2018 was an amazing year for field recordings and soundscapes, perhaps the best to date. We reviewed over 40 works this year, and had an incredibly difficult time choosing ten for this list since the overall quality was so high.
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 ~ 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 ~ Top Ten Drone
In terms of ACL submissions, drone took a back seat to ambient this year. But when we did hear drone albums, we loved them. As we reported a year ago, drone artists received a surge of inspiration after the Brexit/Trump votes and
ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Drone
In terms of ACL submissions, drone took a back seat to ambient this year. But when we did hear drone albums, we loved them. As we reported a year ago, drone artists received a surge of inspiration after the Brexit/Trump votes and
ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Ambient
2018 was a particularly strong year for ambient music. We received over a thousand albums for consideration, in some weeks more than all other genres combined ~ and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. While composing this introduction, we
ACL 2018 ~ Top Ten Ambient
2018 was a particularly strong year for ambient music. We received over a thousand albums for consideration, in some weeks more than all other genres combined ~ and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. While composing this introduction, we
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