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2012: the midterm

The circle is so complete we can only nod our heads in agreement: while Greg Haines assists an English student ensemble, a composition named Digression forms. Digression, a new thread, a departure from the thesis....

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2012: the midterm

Much is made of Hiva Oa's fragility and restraint, but more than anything, the various attractions along this route fall under the general heading of "unexpected." The meta-tempo percussive rattle of "Urban" leaves the...

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“no one reads reviews anymore” Glimmer, by Jacaszek

Margaret, are you grieving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leaves, like the things of man, you With your fresh thoughts care for, can you? --"Spring and Fall," (1880), by Gerard Manley Hopkins Gerard Manley Hopkins was a 19th century Jesuit priest, an...

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shortlisted: Glimmer, by Jacaszek

Available December 8, via Ghostly International. It defies language how close this album sits with me right now: musically, sonically, and psychologically. Maybe you'll hear the same? Embedded below is the second track "Dare-gale."...

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stream: Solaris rescore, by Ben Frost and Daniel Bjarnason

Stream Ben Frost and Daniel Bjarnason's rescore of the Solaris (1972) soundtrack at gokoyoko. Electroacoustic to the utmost, Frost and Bjarnason composed the score by conventional means, introduced it to a transcription software, then...

video: “Shake It Out,” by Florence + The Machine

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This is Florence country. In case we haven’t been clear on that point up until now.

The rumors are true. (All of them are true this time, strangely enough. Every last one.) Namely that she’s traded in the baroque machine for something a little more soulful. Yet there’s no mistaking those lungs, and no, there isn’t any known device built to shorten the time between now and October 28. Nor is there a holistic means guaranteed to let the disquieted sleep the remaining 25 days away. You’ll just have to white-knuckle it alongside the rest of us.

Enjoy:

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