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Fennesz Refines His Alluring Digital Symphonies On The Minimalist 'Agora'

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Fennesz Refines His Alluring Digital Symphonies On The Minimalist 'Agora'

March 21, 2019 • The Austrian electronic-music pioneer uses his laptop to splice, sample and otherwise subvert the sound of his guitar and field recordings, in the process forming crackling electric symphonies.

The Glands' Posthumous 'Double Coda' Extends A Lifeline

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The Glands' Posthumous 'Double Coda' Extends A Lifeline

November 1, 2018 • Ross Shapiro built hooks that betrayed both sardonic armor and a soft heart. Double Coda collects two decades worth of Glands demos and recordings.

Roy Montgomery's Ghostly Disappearing Act

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Roy Montgomery's Ghostly Disappearing Act

August 9, 2018 • Roy Montgomery's ambient guitar symphonies foreground the voices of Circuit Des Yeux's Haley Fohr, Julianna Barwick, Grouper's Liz Harris and others.

For Nathan Salsburg, The 'Third' Time Really Is A Charm

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For Nathan Salsburg, The 'Third' Time Really Is A Charm

July 12, 2018 • What best differentiates Salsburg from his field is the incandescence of his playing, or the feeling that he writes and plays guitar largely because he loves the work as much as he does the results.

First Listen: Nathan Salsburg, 'Third'

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Deafheaven's 'Ordinary Corrupt Human Love' Inspires Outrage And Obsession

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Deafheaven's 'Ordinary Corrupt Human Love' Inspires Outrage And Obsession

July 5, 2018 • Punchlines or saviors, champions or charlatans, leather-gloved posers or earnest bleeding hearts: Deafheaven has become one of its generation's most divisive bands.

Dave Matthews Band And The Sound Of Settling

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Dave Matthews Band And The Sound Of Settling

June 8, 2018 • For one writer, the Dave Matthews Band was a gateway to progressive politics in music. On its first album in six years, the group seems like it's sheltering in place.

Mary Lattimore's 'Hundreds Of Days' Reinvigorates The Imagination

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Mary Lattimore's 'Hundreds Of Days' Reinvigorates The Imagination

May 10, 2018 • Indie rock's most in-demand harpist conjures a veritable sky of sound on her third album.

Unlikely Duo Venetian Snares And Daniel Lanois Makes Unhinged Music Together

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Unlikely Duo Venetian Snares And Daniel Lanois Makes Unhinged Music Together

April 26, 2018 • One has produced classic U2 and Bob Dylan albums. The other makes unhinged electronic music. Together, they form a sort of free jazz duo for the new millennium.n

Keiji Haino, Dark Wizard Of The Avant-Garde, Enjoys A Good Snack Cake

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Keiji Haino, Dark Wizard Of The Avant-Garde, Enjoys A Good Snack Cake

March 27, 2018 • Even musicians world-famous for manipulating darkness say they feared Haino, a legendary figure within avant-garde sound — until they realized he had a sense of humor, too.

Review: Superchunk, 'What A Time To Be Alive'

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Review: Superchunk, 'What A Time To Be Alive'

February 12, 2018 • The indie-rock veterans' 11th studio album is a rebuke of President Trump's first year in office.