“People say to me I should make music for movies. I’m happy that’s what people think, because hopefully that means they listen carefully, and imagine […]
Tag: Folk
Grouper :: Ruins (Kranky / Yellow Electric)
Grouper’s dark path has taken Harris to confess her intimacies in the most straightforward way. For a specific kind of fan, Ruins must sound like […]
TAPE :: Transmissions 2
Ah. The humble cassette tape. For some it’s been consigned to the history books of defunct formats, for others it’s the medium of choice to […]
Sayaconcept :: Nara (Asadoya Yunta) (Bit-Phalanx)
On this debut single by a singular Japanese duo, the three-stringed shamisen leads light, caressing vocals by the hand beneath the shade of subtle electronics […]
V/A :: Future Sounds of Buenos Aires (ZZK/Waxploitation)
Although clearly “urban sounds,” the countryside encroaches on the city as rural styles are batted around like a cat with a ball of yarn. A […]
Francesco Giannico & Theo Allegretti :: Flow Signs (Oak Editions/Monkey)
Allegretti improvises a soothing melody up against Giannico’s quietly soaring guitar. Francesco Giannico and Theo Allegretti pose the “riddle of the mood” (as their final […]