richard allen

2 min read 2022-02-04 07:01:38

bvdub ~ Violet Opposition

Patient composition meets patient listening in the world of prolific artist bvdub, whose latest album features only four tracks, each approximately

2 min read 2022-02-03 07:01:40

What does it take to master a skill? Sven Helbig‘s album is a loving tribute to generations of artisans, engravers, doctors, debaters, and of

2 min read 2022-02-02 07:01:59

One of the season’s loveliest albums was borne out of heartbreak. An aubade is “a morning love song about lovers separating at dawn.”

1 min read 2022-02-01 07:01:04

A lock for our year-end Winter Music chart, stars of ice is a gorgeous half hour of samples and loops. The photograph, taken in 1900, suggests

2 min read 2022-01-29 07:01:26

It’s a podcast! It’s an album! It’s a podcast AND an album! No, wait, TWO albums! Update: two albums and two books! On the excuse the

2 min read 2022-01-28 07:01:15

On the heels of Lawrence English‘s Viento reissue comes a new work one might consider a companion. ‘Oseni is a benefit album for the Kingdom

2 min read 2022-01-27 07:01:25

Is post-rock meant to be this relaxing? According to The Royal Arctic Institute, this isn’t post-rock, it’s “post-everything.” The album

1 min read 2022-01-26 07:01:23

The EP may be short, but so is the life of a cloud. We identify shapes in clouds, turn to a friend, look again, and all too often the shapes are

2 min read 2022-01-25 07:01:58

Terre Promise (Promised Land) is an uplifting album, dedicated to Blutch‘s native Brittany. The title’s dual implication is that there is

1 min read 2022-01-24 07:01:29

The Slow Music Movement Label plunges into winter with an album suited to its theme. The Irish folk of multi-instrumentalist Ben McElroy seems to

2 min read 2022-01-21 07:01:51

Few people visiting our website today thought, “I hope they review an album about moss!” And yet, here one is, proving once again that

2 min read 2022-01-20 07:01:43

These days, nearly every album is a COVID album, but few have recognized the most basic of positive forces: amitiés (friendships). Racine‘s

2 min read 2022-01-19 07:01:29

Is Tissues the best opera of all time? Our immediate reaction is to say no, of course not. There have been hundreds of operas written over the

2 min read 2022-01-18 07:01:19

Is it brave or foolhardy to launch a new music label in the middle of a pandemic? When the music is solid and the presentation is sublime, the

2 min read 2022-01-17 07:01:21

Hoek is an enchanting release, nearly an hour in length, accompanied by a film that many would be happy to mount on their living room wall. The