The ongoing collaborative works by Ryuichi Sakamoto on grand piano and Raster-Noton label founder Carsten Nicolai have certainly been a highlight in this past decade of neo-classical and ambient music. So much so, that I'm not hesitant to recommended the series to even the curious/casual fan of the genre. The initial impression I had of this new (and...Continue

Comparisons to Jesus and Mary Chain, Spacemen 3, and Sonic Youth are common for the Telescopes, an English band formed in 1987 and currently active once again. With those contemporaries, it's no surprise that UK labels such as Cheree, Fierce, and Creation (home to My Bloody Valentine, Ride, and others) were involved in their proliferation. Here we have Bomp Records...Continue

The dubstep genre has taken a number of twists and turns in the course of the decade of its brief, already convoluted history. No producer has quite had the hindsight, scope and vision of what the form is, or could become, than Bristol's Steve Goodman. Having set up his Hyperdub imprint in late 2003 to specialize in various...Continue

Recommended read! The ongoing tale from Grant Morrsion's (award-winning author of Invisibles & Doom Patrol) previous run on Batman, which ended with the seeming demise of Bruce Wayne. The thread continues as the Robin of many years past dons the Batman cowl alongside the pernicious son of the Wayne legacy - a borderline sociopath trained by...Continue

Something of an event in the ambient/neo-classical world, a new Deaf Center album! The Norwegian duo of Erik Skodvin and Otto Totland are back after the lengthy (overlong) six-year gap between their previous release on the UK's Type Records and what is arguably their masterwork in Owl Splinters. Like their previous albums, this is a largely acoustic music,...Continue

 I don't often find good enough reasons to force my musical opinion on others, but lately I've been listening to an album that's made me feel inspired enough to have to share it, like for show and tell when I was in 3rd grade.  

The album is called The Magic Place by Julianna Barwick, out on Asthmatic Kitty (Sufjan...Continue

Just finishing listening to Adele for the very first time. Missed out on her debut, 19, and likely would have paid no mind to her new record, 21, as well, if I hadn't heard a snippet of it at Easy Street the other day. Then it grabbed me. Damned if the song I heard, "Take It All," wasn't a...Continue

Everyone loves an album they can put on that just goes with the feeling of the day. It’s sunny outside, you’re out on a walk, and it just makes you feel good. Might Cape Dory be one of those albums? Tennis is the collaboration between husband and wife Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore. The album is a collection of songs...Continue

In the early days, Wire were the unchallenged masters of minimal - fifteen of the twenty-one songs on their 1976 debut, Pink Flag, were under two minutes, with six coming in at under one minute. Working within that time frame, the band could rarely fit more than a few chords into a single composition. This was a good thing....Continue

Totally perfect fall tunes! Icelandic string player Hildur Gudnadottir, the lady behind the previous Lost in Hildurness project has her first solo album reissued with much finer visuals (thanks to John Wozencroft) and a new title on the nearly-infallible Touch label. An expanded instrumental lineup from her previous Touch album, Without Sinking, can be found with...Continue