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Floating mountains, urgent Urdu, quotidian ambient, fakeout psychobilly, and a synth-drone take on Sun Ra top our charts—Lana Del Ray, too.

Watch ambient artist Claire Rousay's A Kind Of Promise video. The song is taken from Rousay's 2021 album A Softer Focus.

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. What to Listen to This Week There’s a good chance you’ve heard John Lennon’s touching if terminally self-absorbed Plastic Ono Band, but Yoko Ono’s album of the same name is nothing to scoff at. IMAGE: Rogelio A. Galaviz C. Updated May 10 at 11:36 PM Listening recommendations from the past, present, Portland and the periphery. SOMETHING OLD Bohren & der Club of Gore would be a good name for a jokey metal band, but th...

From Claire Rousay, Field Recordings for a Modern World https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/t-magazine/claire-rousay-music.html With her new album, the emo ambient musician has learned to embrace everyday pleasures. Claire Rousay, an experimental musician who turns found sounds into explorations of intimacy, at home in San Antonio.Credit...Liz Moskowitz By Jenn Pelly One spring evening, the San Antonio-based experimental musician Claire Rousay was in the driver’s seat of her parked car, smoking cigarettes and sipping a well-concealed beverage, when she picked up the Zoom H5 field recorder th...

New York Times feature click to enlarge Facebook / Claire Rousay Claire Rousay's newest album "A Softer Focus" made her the focus of a New York Times Style Magazine article. San Antonio-based experimental musician claire Rousay is prolific and hardworking, having posted 22 releases to Bandcamp over the past two years. She's also a tireless live performer who put in 200 dates in 2017 alone. ...