Jon Hassell ~ Seeing Through Sound

You don’t hear too many octogenarian trumpet players. The horn is a cruel instrument, in that embouchure collapse cuts many Continue reading →

M. Sage ~ Data in the Details / Half-Speed Flourish

M. Sage ~ Data in the Details Regular readers of ACL might remember this excellent mix from last year, Half-Speed Flourish by Continue reading →

Queer Noise

Sam Galloway and I co-wrote an article entitled “Queer Noise: Sounding the Body of Historical Trauma,” which was including in Continue reading →

Pedro Soler & Gaspar Claus

Originally published at SSG Music   Marion Lefebvre/Courtesy of the artist While in Paris during the summer of 2011, I Continue reading →

Suoni per il Popoli

This post collects two previews written for Cult MTL. In honor of their upcoming 20th anniversary, I’ll be publishing a Continue reading →

Sigur Rós ~ Heima and Hvarf/Heim

Originally published at The Silent Ballet Heima The music of Sigur Rós has a way of impressing melancholy and hopefulness Continue reading →

Old Bicycle Records ~ Sparkle in Grey, Nuno Moita/Matteo Uggeri, Stefano De Ponti, and Tape Crash # 6 & #7

This is a compendium gathering posts originally published at A CLOSER LISTEN Old Bicycle Records ceased operations in 2016 (with Continue reading →

Interview: Linear Obsessional’s Richard Sanderson on ‘For Syria’

Interview: Linear Obsessional’s Richard Sanderson on ‘For Syria’   Since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, Continue reading →