Interviews
Katie Lou McCabe’s music transmits something well beyond the sonic shapes and sound forms. Her new album, Innersense, is a diaristic reflection that can almost feel like too much. All of McCabe is buried within the aural atmospheres and hypnotic vocal wanderings. Still, it is less a looking glass than an invitation to find our own […]
Interviews
Sam Wenc’s Post Moves project creates moments of stillness while never actually sitting still. His engaging approach to composition and, especially, his use of pedal steel builds unseen connections between expression and reflection. If this music imagines sonic spaces for us to look inward, the result is a bridge to some unknown place. Recall the Dream […]
Interviews
So much of John Atksinson’s solo work is tactile, which is doubly true on his newest, Energy Fields. Using field recordings made during a 2019 residency at the Ucross Foundation in Wyoming – the largest coal-producing state in America – he turns them into a revenant, engaging reflection. Meditative sinew ties the sonic spaces together, but […]
Track-by-Track
From the opening, frenetic bombast of “Do You Spiral Down Often?” to the downtrodden dream zones of “Sinking,” Youniss sends out a series of visceral sonic missives on his new album, White Space. Every time I’ve listened to this album, it’s stayed with me for hours after the last grinding guitar notes fade away. It’s emotionally […]
As always, Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon, making today and excellent day to sign up and support the cause! The Daily will be back on the main feed tomorrow, but until then, there’s plenty more to explore on the site. Album of the Day: Grimório de Abril “The Glass Labyrinth” Additional Links: Lucy Liyou Dog […]
It’s easy to get instantly lost in the simple, weightless vocal harmonies that open Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi’s beguiling EP, Wildflowers. Effortless melodies rise skyward, propelled through space by wistful guitar motifs and lilting arrangements. I am captivated by Hansen-Knarhoi’s voice, whose velvet timbre and vintage texture imbue each passage with ageless reverence. Moments small and large punctuate […]
While muted arpeggiations drip through whimsical concrete, elastic synth leads, and parched saxophone textures perch on a golden pedestal tilted toward the stars. “Wave Nature” is packed with melodies and intersecting timbres that create sonic worlds of wonder. The Israeli-born saxophonist and composer explores these new spaces through whimsical expression situated within intricate arrangements, and […]
RIP Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, a true visionary. Some thoughts about the latest, “Poverty,” from the enigma himself, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (plus a funny story about playing with him in 2007), and some news from marine eyes. Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon. Sign up now! Album of the Day: Jefre Cantu-Ledesma “Poverty” Additional Links: Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou […]
Contemplative guitar melodies point their compass toward open spaces where things move at a slower speed. Desolation may not be the intent, but a thread unwinding throughout “Delusion Drive” finds its way into the wilderness anyway. In the video, directed by Van Auken and filmed by Robert Delahanty, a narrative reflects on the weight of […]
A sporadic 2010-2012 project of Mack Chami, the end of 2022 and the start of 2023 is seeing a rebirth/reevaluation of the Crown of Cerberus moniker. Now a weirder, brighter, and more nimble animal, this tape steps into a freewheeling alchemy of breakcore sounds and Warp aesthetics. Having recently more heavily leaned into the slower […]
Want to know why camping isn’t my thing? It involves a scorpion. I’m still traumatized by it. Plus some news and praise for the Akuphone label before getting into today’s pick. Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon. Sign up now! Album of the Day: Mayssa Jallad “Marjaa: The Battle of the Hotels” Additional Links: AkuphoneRaed Yassin […]
Whenever I think of Zimoun, massive installations with a ton of tiny, moving parts is the first image that springs to mind. Often, the cumulative sonic quality of those works is something more intimate and drawn in. In that way, this mix encapsulates those ideals perfectly, traversing large spaces at a crawl, pulling us closer […]
Whenever I listen to “Pensacola Arches,” I think I am losing it. This woozy, wondrous pop madness is hypnotizing and perplexing in equal measure. Repeating mantras are put through a blender and baked on the backs of sidewalk paint masterpieces and long-forgotten suburban heroes. Push hard enough, and these globular basslines will make it through […]
