Posts Tagged: thrill jockey
Barn Owl ~ V
Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras have been exploring the more electronic facets of textural guitar compositions on a lot of solo outings, and they really bring it all together on their fifth Barn Owl album. The San Francisco duo’s provocative
Barn Owl ~ V
Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras have been exploring the more electronic facets of textural guitar compositions on a lot of solo outings, and they really bring it all together on their fifth Barn Owl album. The San Francisco duo’s provocative
Dan Friel ~ Total Folklore
Dan Friel uses a thrift store basement’s worth of pedals and odd gear to craft crumbling Nintendo anthems. When we say “anthems” we mean choreographed marching down the middle of the street with Super Mario and the fire department, fists in the air
Dan Friel ~ Total Folklore
Dan Friel uses a thrift store basement’s worth of pedals and odd gear to craft crumbling Nintendo anthems. When we say “anthems” we mean choreographed marching down the middle of the street with Super Mario and the fire department, fists in the air
ACL 2012: Top Ten Experimental
Many artists claim to be experimental, simply since they experiment; but this does not make them experimental artists. In order to be placed in this category, an artist must be wildly improvisational, incredibly creative, or straight out hard to define.
ACL 2012: Top Ten Experimental
Many artists claim to be experimental, simply since they experiment; but this does not make them experimental artists. In order to be placed in this category, an artist must be wildly improvisational, incredibly creative, or straight out hard to define.
Eternal Tapestry ~ A World Out Of Time
For their second full-length of the year Eternal Tapestry ring the changes by recording an album as a conceptual whole, rather than assembling the final work from a bunch of different tapes laid down over time. It’s not the most
Eternal Tapestry ~ A World Out Of Time
For their second full-length of the year Eternal Tapestry ring the changes by recording an album as a conceptual whole, rather than assembling the final work from a bunch of different tapes laid down over time. It’s not the most
Matthew Friedberger ~ Matricidal Sons of Bitches
‘I have hated many people in my life’, a young, French lady admits coolly in her recollective narrative, a faint smoke possibly rising on the drunken air of a dying cigarette, dropping embers of nicotine and covering the ground with
Matthew Friedberger ~ Matricidal Sons of Bitches
‘I have hated many people in my life’, a young, French lady admits coolly in her recollective narrative, a faint smoke possibly rising on the drunken air of a dying cigarette, dropping embers of nicotine and covering the ground with
Evan Caminiti ~ Dreamless Sleep
It’s amazing what can happen to us in a year. Something we did twelve months ago can mean something entirely different or fail to resonate with us today. Such a gap in time is what allowed Evan Caminiti to take
Evan Caminiti ~ Dreamless Sleep
It’s amazing what can happen to us in a year. Something we did twelve months ago can mean something entirely different or fail to resonate with us today. Such a gap in time is what allowed Evan Caminiti to take
Alexander Tucker ~ Third Mouth
As visitors to the Recommendations section of A Closer Listen might know, I recently read Electric Eden, Rob Young’s overview of British folk (and adjacent musics). This is a chunky tome, housing a comprehensive study of work mostly from the
Alexander Tucker ~ Third Mouth
As visitors to the Recommendations section of A Closer Listen might know, I recently read Electric Eden, Rob Young’s overview of British folk (and adjacent musics). This is a chunky tome, housing a comprehensive study of work mostly from the
David Daniell and Douglas McCombs ~ Versions
For years we’ve been encouraged to reuse and recycle, and although we’re quite happy to fill a green box with newspapers every two weeks, it’s the first part of the phrase that is more a struggle – can we find
David Daniell and Douglas McCombs ~ Versions
For years we’ve been encouraged to reuse and recycle, and although we’re quite happy to fill a green box with newspapers every two weeks, it’s the first part of the phrase that is more a struggle – can we find
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