Posts Tagged: Various Artists
A Closer Listen’s Best Field Recording & Soundscape Albums of the Decade
If you’ve ever wanted to get into field recordings, this article is a perfect place to start. Field recording and soundscape artists capture sounds before they vanish, preserving them for future generations. Our best of the decade list includes the
A Closer Listen’s Best Field Recording & Soundscape Albums of the Decade
If you’ve ever wanted to get into field recordings, this article is a perfect place to start. Field recording and soundscape artists capture sounds before they vanish, preserving them for future generations. Our best of the decade list includes the
ACL 2019 ~ Top Ten Experimental
From locked grooves to dueling drummers; from abstract voices to plastic instruments; from stories of slavery to modern African drones, the Experimental category represents creativity at its best. These artists follow their own paths, abandoning the marked roads, more interested
ACL 2019 ~ Top Ten Experimental
From locked grooves to dueling drummers; from abstract voices to plastic instruments; from stories of slavery to modern African drones, the Experimental category represents creativity at its best. These artists follow their own paths, abandoning the marked roads, more interested
V/A ~ Ethereal Transects: The Lore of Celestial Objects
Ethereal Transects is a perfect December album, leaning into the winter solstice. The set honors the celestial orbs of our solar system, starting with the Sun and eventually restoring a bit of Pluto’s lost honor. Each artist selected a specific body
V/A ~ Ethereal Transects: The Lore of Celestial Objects
Ethereal Transects is a perfect December album, leaning into the winter solstice. The set honors the celestial orbs of our solar system, starting with the Sun and eventually restoring a bit of Pluto’s lost honor. Each artist selected a specific body
ACL 2019 ~ Music for Haunted Houses
In this article, we list ten albums to play while holding a seance, carving pumpkins, or giving out candy to trick or treaters! Some of these albums were released when we weren’t in the mood ~ we were building snowmen,
ACL 2019 ~ Music for Haunted Houses
In this article, we list ten albums to play while holding a seance, carving pumpkins, or giving out candy to trick or treaters! Some of these albums were released when we weren’t in the mood ~ we were building snowmen,
Various Artists ~ Now That’s What I Call Silence
Silence is one of the most important elements in music, but it’s often underused or overlooked. Without silence (or rests), everything would be no bueno, a clusterf*** with no end in sight. It would drive us all insane, and that’s
Various Artists ~ Now That’s What I Call Silence
Silence is one of the most important elements in music, but it’s often underused or overlooked. Without silence (or rests), everything would be no bueno, a clusterf*** with no end in sight. It would drive us all insane, and that’s
Patient Sounds ~ STILL, waiting
“We’re still waiting, we’re still waiting, we’re still waiting, we’re still waiting …” This children’s chant launches the amusing new mixtape from Patient Sounds. “We’re waiting for everything,” they sing as a music box chimes over their boredom. We’ve all
Patient Sounds ~ STILL, waiting
“We’re still waiting, we’re still waiting, we’re still waiting, we’re still waiting …” This children’s chant launches the amusing new mixtape from Patient Sounds. “We’re waiting for everything,” they sing as a music box chimes over their boredom. We’ve all
*Press A* ~ The Music of Red Dead Redemption II (Original Score)
Finally! It’s taken nine months for Rockstar Games to release a soundtrack to 2018’s #1 video game, Red Dead Redemption II ~ as long as it would take to produce an actual baby. We write “a” soundtrack rather than “the” soundtrack (though
*Press A* ~ The Music of Red Dead Redemption II (Original Score)
Finally! It’s taken nine months for Rockstar Games to release a soundtrack to 2018’s #1 video game, Red Dead Redemption II ~ as long as it would take to produce an actual baby. We write “a” soundtrack rather than “the” soundtrack (though
V/A ~ Seconde Nature – Nature & Renaturation
In the digital age, we rarely stumble across a sonic surprise in a physical package, but when we do the delight is palpable. This is the case with Seconde Nature, which comes from the same source as the mesmerizing Acoustic Cameras. The
V/A ~ Seconde Nature – Nature & Renaturation
In the digital age, we rarely stumble across a sonic surprise in a physical package, but when we do the delight is palpable. This is the case with Seconde Nature, which comes from the same source as the mesmerizing Acoustic Cameras. The
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