The Sound of November 2021: This Month's Essential Listening
If the winter blues haven't set in yet, they surely will by the time November is over. As we all dig into our trove of self-soothing tools,...
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If the winter blues haven't set in yet, they surely will by the time November is over. As we all dig into our trove of self-soothing tools,...
Over the past two decades, Liz Harris has embarked on a series of northward moves up the Pacific — Los Angeles, Portland and then further no...
Cycles and decay are everywhere in ambient music. As characteristic properties, they effectively speak to the minimalist, generative nature...
Published May 26, 2021 7 Following the breakthrough success of her sophomore classic Ingénue and her subsequent coming out, k.d. lang occupied a curious corner of music's psyche throughout the '90s and leading into the new millennium. lang was a regular nominee at the Grammys and a Vanity Fair cover had her posing for a shave at the hands of Cindy Crawford, but radio didn't know what to do with her. Too queer for country, too country for pop, lang's musical expression was obscured in plain view, but at the same time, she was cultivating a devoted fan base that glommed on to her articulations...
Vallens Continue Their Lynchian Worship on 'In Era' Published Mar 15, 2021 8 A crisis of identity has arguably haunted Vallens from their early days, so it makes sense they'd mostly step back from the guitars on this sophomore effort. Robyn Phillips was already reluctant and cautious in validating media evaluations that had the band pinned as a shoegaze act in press ahead of releasing debut album Consent in 2016, and half a year later they were showing off a hungrier, more corrosive version of their sound. So when Phillips coos a line like, "Nothing like a new pain / Nothing like that old f...