Posts Tagged: Richard Allen
ACL 2013: The Year in 10 Tracks
These ten tracks represent the year in instrumental and experimental music: a selection from across the board, along with a summary of current issues. How experimental is too experimental? Should bands change? And of course, Is post-rock dead yet? We
ACL 2013: The Year in 10 Tracks
These ten tracks represent the year in instrumental and experimental music: a selection from across the board, along with a summary of current issues. How experimental is too experimental? Should bands change? And of course, Is post-rock dead yet? We
ACL 2013: The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos
MTV started the music video craze, then abandoned it. In the years that followed, music videos retreated to the web. At first, they languished in obscurity; then they began to catch on. These are the ten most effective videos we’ve
ACL 2013: The Year’s 10 Best Music Videos
MTV started the music video craze, then abandoned it. In the years that followed, music videos retreated to the web. At first, they languished in obscurity; then they began to catch on. These are the ten most effective videos we’ve
ACL 2013: The Year’s Best Packaging
When it comes to the year’s best packaging, the “wow factor” is a must. The design of these releases is so good that their music seems almost secondary. We are enthralled first by sight, then by sound. If we were
ACL 2013: The Year’s Best Packaging
When it comes to the year’s best packaging, the “wow factor” is a must. The design of these releases is so good that their music seems almost secondary. We are enthralled first by sight, then by sound. If we were
ACL 2013: Overview
A Closer Listen tripled in size in 2013, but our dedication to covering the best instrumental and experimental music stayed the same. Thank you to everyone for your support, your readership and your social media sharing! Our second annual retrospective
ACL 2013: Overview
A Closer Listen tripled in size in 2013, but our dedication to covering the best instrumental and experimental music stayed the same. Thank you to everyone for your support, your readership and your social media sharing! Our second annual retrospective
V/A ~ The Holidays Don’t Have to Be So Rotten: Volume 4
Flannelgraph’s annual panacea has arrived! As the stores and stations ring with the sound of the same ten Christmas songs, over and over, this collection of all-new instrumentals restores some sanity to the season. Every year, Flannelgraph offers a viable
V/A ~ The Holidays Don’t Have to Be So Rotten: Volume 4
Flannelgraph’s annual panacea has arrived! As the stores and stations ring with the sound of the same ten Christmas songs, over and over, this collection of all-new instrumentals restores some sanity to the season. Every year, Flannelgraph offers a viable
Already Dead Tapes: 100 Albums for $10 (And a Button)
Yes, you read that right. Already Dead Tapes’ 100th release, “DOCUMENT: A Retrospective” is streaming online for free, but if you buy the cassette, you’ll also get a golden ticket good for downloads of the previous 99 releases: a full
Already Dead Tapes: 100 Albums for $10 (And a Button)
Yes, you read that right. Already Dead Tapes’ 100th release, “DOCUMENT: A Retrospective” is streaming online for free, but if you buy the cassette, you’ll also get a golden ticket good for downloads of the previous 99 releases: a full
Francisco Meirino ~ An Extended Meaning for Something Meaningless
Francisco Meirino is the composer formerly known as phroq; in the past two decades, he’s released over a hundred solo and collaborative ventures. After such achievements, most performers would be content to rest on their laurels. Not so Meirino, whose new
Francisco Meirino ~ An Extended Meaning for Something Meaningless
Francisco Meirino is the composer formerly known as phroq; in the past two decades, he’s released over a hundred solo and collaborative ventures. After such achievements, most performers would be content to rest on their laurels. Not so Meirino, whose new
Emanuele de Raymondi ~ Ultimo Domicilio
The work of Italian composer Emanuele de Raymondi lands in the juncture between drone, electronic and modern composition. Ultimo Domicilio (Last Domicile) is a work that one yearns to dissect, taking the original tracks and laying them side by side to see where
Emanuele de Raymondi ~ Ultimo Domicilio
The work of Italian composer Emanuele de Raymondi lands in the juncture between drone, electronic and modern composition. Ultimo Domicilio (Last Domicile) is a work that one yearns to dissect, taking the original tracks and laying them side by side to see where
