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still warm: Future Nostalgia for sale, by Hiva Oa

The first half-minute, indeed the first ten seconds set the terms. This whitewashed chorus is the sound of inner dissonance, nothing really to do with the external world of instruments or processing. This...

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new to the watchlist: Leyfdu ljosinu, by Hildur Guðnadóttir

Wildbirds and Peacedrums fans take note. (The rest of you, too.) Icelandic cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir -- who provided choral arrangements for Andreas and Mariam's Retina -- has released her third solo album, and...

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stream: Black Swan III: Aeterna

At long last, you can stream Aeterna in full. Find the player embedded at page bottom, or take in with its natural surroundings at Bandcamp. Best with "headphone use and without equalization. Uninterrupted...

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Dear… Keaton Henson

Imagine you’re an introvert – the type that keeps a journal. Within the journal, you document every experience (especially the deeply vulnerable, very personal ones) and every thought (especially the deeply anxious, very worrisome...

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The 2012 shortlist: Spring Break edition

A few more albums to shortlist as I head off to vacate. I'm not doing the whole SXSW thing this year, unless you mean the acronym's alternate long-form: Strangled By Sea World. --Patience (After Sebald)...

stream: Black Swan III: Aeterna

At long last, you can stream Aeterna in full. Find the player embedded at page bottom, or take in...

stream: “Amber Balanced,” by Olan Mill

Stream track #3 from the steady and breathcatching Paths, at page bottom. Olan Mill is Alex Smalley and Svitlana...

kickstarter campaign: Le Blorr

Don't think of it as a fundraiser. Think of it as an album pre-order with some pretty stellar perks....

Stream Edward Sharpe & The Magentic Zeros – “Man On Fire”

It's been a good long while since Edward Sharpe & The Magentic Zeros' 2009 genre bending album Up From Below...

Stream Silversun Pickups – “Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)”

Having the success that Silversun Pickups had with their 2009 album Swoon tends to change a band. Unfortunately it's usually...

Stream Sigor Ros – “Ekki Mukk”

After months of speculation and rumors we can officially say that there will be a new Sigur Rós album in...

Stream Regina Spektor – “Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)”

Almost exactly a month ago we got to hear "All The Rowboats" as the frist single from Regina Spektor's upcoming...

preview: Guilt OST, by Matthew Collings

And here's the best part: you're never quite sure which Matthew Collings will show up. There is his Sketches...

The 2012 shortlist: Spring Break edition

A few more albums to shortlist as I head off to vacate. I'm not doing the whole SXSW thing...

excerpt: Black Swan’s forthcoming album

The lake is coming better into view. Head over to Black Swan's Facebook page and stream a tense, murky,...

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