“Music” Archives

Irezumi crafts ambient soundscapes with such elegance that they never feel insufferable or too consumed by their own gloom.

I’m almost forty but the part of me that’s still an awkward, music-obsessed sixteen-year-old is absolutely loving this.

These songs may not have been in my top picks but they still deserve notice in their own right.

Sleepy trip-hop, atmospheric indie-electronic, religious experimental folk, harrowing post-punk/EBM, mournful folk & experimental electronic rock.

Incendiary hip-hop, soaring shoegaze, aggressive indie-rock, poignant synth-wave, thought-provoking emo & atmospheric rock.

Soulful hip-hop, lo-fi psychedelia, ambient dub, soaring electronic pop, abstract electronica, and otherworldly neo-folk.

The first Ester Drang song in nearly a decade will be released in February 2016.

Ominous ambience, funky hip-hop, pan-global instrumentals, crushing electronica, elegant post-punk, and forlorn post-rock.

Sufjan reminds us to acknowledge the silly and the sublime during the Christmas season.

I’m already looking ahead to 2016’s musical offerings — and I like what I see.

Maybe someday, something will come along that matches Rdio’s simplicity and elegance, but I’m not holding my breath.

The mammoth 5-disc set features all of the usual suspects, plus many lesser known shoegaze acts.

Arguably my favorite worship album of all time.

Snow Leopard Messiah reveals that Cashmore’s greatest contribution to neofolk is how supremely listenable and pleasant he makes it.

If a song like this played on the radio today, it would result in outrage from multiple points on the cultural spectrum — though for different reasons.

The experience of listening to music is so much more than simply the music’s audio fidelity.

Lush’s catalog will be reissued prior to their first gig in two decades.

In addition to standard LP, CD, and digital editions, the album is also available in two very limited quantity “deluxe” editions.

It’s not often that an album comes from out of nowhere and immediately charms and enchants you. This is one of those albums.

Easily one of the best and most sublime releases I’ve ever heard from the Hearts of Space label.