Review: From the Mouth of the Sun – “Light Caught The Edges” October 23, 2021 There’s reason to be very excited for Light Caught the Edges, the fourth LP from ambient duo From the Mouth of the Sun, out Oct…. Continue Reading
Review: Raphael Weinroth-Browne – “Worlds Within Live” July 13, 2021 What can we learn when a musician re-records a post-classical solo work, without an audience, then bills it and releases it as a live… Continue Reading
Review: Less Bells – “Mourning Jewelry” August 18, 2020 There is a visible, conscious process of decision-making, maybe even a brand of self-reflection, behind the constructions on Mourning Jewelry, the sophomore outing by post-classical… Continue Reading
Review: Gaelynn Lea – “Rebuild” April 7, 2020 Man, Gaelynn Lea knows how to wring the sentimentality out of an Electro Harmonix. The Duluth, Minnesota-bred composer/songwriter, who won the NPR Tiny Desk… Continue Reading
Review: Helen Money – “Atomic” April 6, 2020 The Chicago-based cellist Alison Chesley is accustomed to providing the sonic equivalent of accent marks and highlights on other people’s statements of intent. She… Continue Reading
Review: Magnetic Ghost – “Pixels” March 13, 2020 There are many spots where one can enter Pixels, the new LP from Magnetic Ghost, the nom de guerre of Minneapolis multi-instrumentalist Andy Larson. I… Continue Reading
Review: Raphael Weinroth-Browne – “Worlds Within” January 17, 2020 Reconsideration, at least in this writer’s case, has been very kind to Raphael Weinroth-Browne. I was introduced last year to the Canadian cellist and… Continue Reading
Video Premiere: Rachel Grimes – “For So Long” October 14, 2019 Rachel Grimes is a Louisville-based musician who was a founding member of post-classical chamber ensemble Rachel’s (incidentally, not named after her) and, since the… Continue Reading
Profile: Rachel Grimes (2019) October 7, 2019 It starts, appropriately, by rolling on the seams of piano keys. “There is something/ got ahold of me/ and it won’t let go,” the… Continue Reading
Profile: Loscil (2019) July 19, 2019 Scott Morgan doesn’t listen to his work as Loscil after it’s been released. The Canadian avant-ambient sound-sculptor has little concrete sense of his discography…. Continue Reading