Tropic of Coldness ~ unrelated causalities

A spring thaw seems to have visited the Brussels duo Tropic of Coldness: a break in the cold, allowing the snow to melt and drain away.  Not that unrelated causalities is warm; six of its seven tracks are located just above the freezing

Various Artists ~ Fields

Compilation Week kicks off with an entry from the brand-new Fields Label, compiled by HXDK.  Last year the artist impressed us with The Letting Go; now he’s helping to call attention to some worthy artists in the field of drone.

ACL 2012: The Year’s Best Winter Music

As the leaves land, as the frost forms, and as the first flakes begin to fall, we set our minds to winter.  Some will experience the stalwart winter of Wallace Stevens, and others the cold, claustrophobic winter of Sylvia Plath.

Tropic of Coldness ~ Commuting

It’s always cold somewhere, so this shivering release may need to move away from the equator to find a home.  Tropic of Coldness is an American/Italian duo living in Brussels, so a sense of dislocation is already apparent.  The association of