I’ve noticed that film audiences are more sensitive to “spoilers” than literary theorists, so I will just say a few…
Recorded Security
Useless Sounds is a series I began in January 2019 to share unprocessed field-recordings. Stefan Christoff encouraged me to make…
Sound Propositions 018: Ahnnu
Leland Jackson has spent the last decade juggling two monikers, but there are many more than two sides to his…
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…
Queer Noise
Sam Galloway and I co-wrote an article entitled “Queer Noise: Sounding the Body of Historical Trauma,” which was including in…
Pedro Soler & Gaspar Claus
Originally published at SSG Music Marion Lefebvre/Courtesy of the artist While in Paris during the summer of 2011, I…
Suoni per il Popolo
This post collects two previews written for Cult MTL. In honor of their upcoming 20th anniversary, I’ll be publishing a…
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…
Colin Stetson ~ New History of Warfare Vol. 1
Originally published at The Silent Ballet. In the years since his debut, Colin Stetson has gone on to critical acclaim…
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…
Interview: Linear Obsessional’s Richard Sanderson on ‘For Syria’
https://acloserlisten.com/2014/07/19/various-artists-for-syria/ Since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War, the Middle East seems to have…
Richard Pinhas and Oren Ambarchi ~ Tikkun / Richard Pinhas and Yoshida Tatsuya ~ Welcome in the Void
https://acloserlisten.com/2014/08/25/richard-pinhas-and-oren-ambarchi-tikkun-richard-pinhas-and-yoshida-tatsuya-welcome-in-the-void/ Throughout his 40+ year career, French guitarist Richard Pinhas has studied philosophy with Gilles Deleuze (having…
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