Myriam Gendron Hovers Between Balladry and Freer Spaces
Myriam Gendron effortlessly houses old musical DNA in new musical organisms, bridging the original with the traditional to guarantee her music’s timelessness.
Bruce Miller
Bruce earned an MFA in fiction from Goddard College. He teaches college-level composition and literature. He has traveled, documenting music from India, Uganda, Ghana, Senegal, Vietnam, and elsewhere. He's published in Magnet, Rootsworld, Signal to Noise, The Old Time Herald, and The Oxford American.
Abigail Lapell’s ‘Anniversary’ Is Mournful and Celebratory
Abigail Lapell navigates space somewhere between folk, classic country, and lullabies for songs that harness a productive disquiet on Anniversary.
Jlin’s Sonic Palette Defies Gravity and Genre on ‘Akoma’
On Jlin’s Akoma, composers long recognized for their innovations, such as Philip Glass, the Kronos Quartet, and Björk, are pulled into her orbit.
Tuareg Guitar Godfather Abdallah Oumbadougou
Abdallah Oumbadougou’s music is astounding, with guitar lines that seep into one’s pores and lyrics addressing revolution, homesickness, and lost love.
HAAi Uses “Always Ascending” As a Concept for ‘DJ Kicks’
HAAi places older artists in the company of contemporary DJs for a set offering insight into how electronic dance music can be a transportive experience.
Lee Gamble’s ‘Models’ Wallows in AI’s Unharnessability
Lee Gamble recognizes that AI is outstripping our ability to understand or harness it. Models can be seen as an unsettling commentary on that reality.
Colleen Delivers Micro-Focused Version of Her Sound Sculptures
Le Jour et la Nuit du Réel is a departure for Colleen and a natural progression. She delivers a micro-focused version of her sound sculptures.
Laurel Halo’s Music Becomes Even More Glacially Cinematic on ‘Atlas’
Laurel Halo’s Atlas feels like a natural progression. Mixing her voice with electronics and instruments, she creates her most glacial music yet.
RP Boo’s ‘Legacy Volume 2’ Reminds of Chicago Footwork’s Radical Origins
Anyone coming to RP Boo or footwork in general via this release needs to be prepared to have their bones rearranged and their senses overloaded.
Natural Information Society’s ‘Since Time Is Gravity’ Derives Energy From Communion
The music Joshua Abrams makes with his Natural Information Society is at once inviting, spell-inducing, and consciousness provoking.
SABIWA Folds the Music of Taiwan’s Ethnic Groups Into Odd, Elastic Concréte
SABIWA relies on Taiwan’s natural beauty and its traditions for a record that defies comfortable categorization and demands repeated listening.
YoshimiOizumikiYoshiduO Apply Synthesized Alterations to Piano and Voice
As one-half of the experimental YoshimiOizumikiYoshiduO, Yoshimi permits her music to seemingly pop up from under the ground like a rare and fragile fungus.