“Music” Archives

Antony Harding’s ephemeral music holds up pretty well in a live setting.

If the Bible has room for Job, Psalm 88, and Lamentations, then the Church’s music should have room for such content, too.

Suffice to say, I’m very jealous of those lucky souls who saw any instance of the reformed Lift to Experience.

The classic 4AD song gets a modern update that highlights everything good about it.

The ‘Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads’ remaster will be released this fall.

A wonderfully direct and captivating album, though it’s somewhat hampered by some muddled production.

Light, airy vaporwave that moves as smoothly as clouds across the face of a perfect blue sky.

These blurry, murky tracks possess an exotic, sensual aspect akin to Wong Kar-wai’s movies.

Fritch’s elaborate arrangements may require four or five listens to peel back all of the layers.

Winter Severity Index lives up to its name with iced-over synths, brittle guitars, crushed rhythms, and androgynous vocals.

Wintry darkwave, glorious orchestral-folk cacophonies, sleepy urban soundscapes, and vaporwave muzak.

I’m struck yet again by the primal-yet-artful beauty that fills Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard’s music.

Disasterpeace’s evocative soundtrack is reason enough to play “Hyper Light Drifter.”

I daresay they’re some of the best material The Cure has produced in quite some time.

An interview sheds some insight into the creation of the ambient classic.

Starflyer 59’s next album, titled “Slow,” will be released by Tooth & Nail Records this summer.

Leave it to a guy from Denmark to compose the perfect soundtrack for driving across the Nebraska prairie.

Lush’s first release in two decades contains nothing all that groundbreaking— but why would it need to?

Another solid, engaging release by one of the best musicians working in electronic music today.

Brainchild built on the industrial sound of Circle of Dust’s self-titled debut but added a heavier, more guitar-based aspect.