Blogs about Music

Hi Darling Ones, Last night I had a conversation with my friend, Em, about writing, writing habits, and routine. It was a great talk and we vowed in the new year to establish a routine …

Photo courtesy Boston Globe We’re doing Mahler’s 8th Symphony this weekend. It’s the first time for me since 2015 and only the second since I joined the Tanglewood Festival Chorus 19 years ago. (I wrote …

To celebrate the reissue of Selected Ambient Works Volume II, there will be a special listening event at the Tate Modern in central London on the 25th of October. This will be free to attend, …

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. …

(click on the image to see the full issue) Cover: Annie Lennox Back cover: Free stickers offer Interviews: Eurythmics; Roddy Frame; Shakatak; Rod Stewart; Malcolm McLaren Lyrics: Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.; Tesla Girls O.M.D.; …

My Circular 4 track has changed and lost some features / glitchiness that I miss. The little crispy moves of the sliders that made a satisying zzzzzzzzzip sound as I played - these got smoothed …

Quick Hits Sabbah was a DJ and composer who tried to bring Northern Indian Hindustani music to the masses. This is an album of traditional ragas mixed with more western-friendly bass and percussion.

So, it’s been almost a year since Steve Wright in the Afternoon came to an end. This popular Radio 2 show had been on air for nearly 24 years, and Steve Wright himself has been …

Do I always have to write a tldr? I live in Britain, I like to talk about the weather. While all my favourite writers on the internet are pouring their thoughts on the current debate …

GO GET THAT The post No Bells, Issue 1 is available for pre-order now appeared first on No Bells.

New Model Army Thunder And ConsolationGet It At DiscogsNMA proved that they were well worth waiting for. Thunder and Consolation begins grandly, keeping the keyboards from "White Coats" on "I Love the World," an anthem …

5/5 golden merles Variety’s “Plover” is Texan avantpop rock composed of compelling narrative subversion, sticky melody and tone. The hook is a compacted material derived from descriptions of naturalistic imagery, the conflict of the domesticated …

At least in the indie music genre, people are advised to make music videos in order to fulfill a requirement of publicity. The music video needs a certain degree of polish, which creates a natural …

With the publication of his new book Experiencing Sound: The Sensation of Being, American musicologist Lawrence Kramer explores the history of attempts to capture the soundscape of battle From ancient times to the war-torn present, …

Researching another piece of writing, I discovered today with great sadness that the American composer and instrument builder Chas Smith died earlier this year, on 13 May. I can’t say that I knew a huge …

There’s something raw about the new album from The Submissives. Despite being the band’s first foray into the studio as a complete ensemble, the sheen and shine of the studio environment do little to diminish …

Sergey Yakovlev is a Russian producer based in The Netherlands. Originally know as Syberian, he now operates as Syberian98 while his label is still called Syberian. It’s been going since around 2016 but you can …

Hello You. Been a while since I wrote anything on these pages, but certainly not for lack of incident round these parts. I’ve been beavering away behind the scenes, mostly on mixing and editing audio …

From the river to the sea. The post It’s Nice That on the Palestinian Sound Archive appeared first on Sampleface.

Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles available today. As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Duran Duran, Danse Macabre: De Luxe (Tapemodern/BMG) CD: Amazon U.S. / …