“Music” Archives

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.

Nearly beatless ambient dub that drift around the listener with nary any resistance.

These dozen songs possess an emotional heft that one doesn’t always associate with the synth-pop genre.

Haunting, dark, epic, and danceable. Recommended for fans of Makeup & Vanity Set and Daft Punk.

Cinematic electronic music, Quaker-influenced synthpop, spacious ambient dub, atmospheric chamber music, and exotic instrumentals.

My latest “Chrindie ‘95” piece looks back on Circle of Dust’s self-titled debut and its place in Christian industrial music’s history.