A Closer Listen
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A home for instrumental and experimental music. Since 2012, A Closer Listen has claimed a specialized niche in the music industry: instrumental album reviews. By concentrating on this above all else (singles, videos, concerts, interviews, lyric albums, announcements), we've built a healthy fanbase and a strong reputation.
A Closer Listen
1d ago
Meidän täytyy valvoa jottemme nukkuisi, sillä maailma on liukas (Google translation: We must watch that we do not sleep, for the world is slippery) refers to a letter written by nineteenth century painter Pekka Halonen to his sister. He warns that ..read more
A Closer Listen
2d ago
The kinetic energy of Bristol looping duo Socks and Ballerinas is hard to resist – so why try? It’s easier to give in to their supercharged tone. Just check out the video for “Newton,” the album’s first single, a cracker at only ..read more
A Closer Listen
3d ago
Marc Namblard and Yannick Dauby engage with contrasting soundscapes in the split set Brownsberg and Other Topographics. Dauby’s dérive (an urban walk) mirrors the “drift” of being lost in an urban environment. Namblard’s composition, recorded in Suriname, restores the connection ..read more
A Closer Listen
4d ago
Last weekend we covered the first eleven of Inner Demons‘ massive 33-strong Batch 2024B. Today we’ll cover the middle 11, and next weekend we’ll finish the set. The whole idea of releasing so much music in a single day is ..read more
A Closer Listen
5d ago
It’s always nice to return home and be welcomed by old friends. After years away, Nonconnah (Magpie + Denny Wilkerson Corsa) has returned to Absolutely Kosher, which has greeted them with open arms; label mates Spencer Krug and Spaceheads lend their ..read more
A Closer Listen
6d ago
Patrick Shiroishi is not only a multi-instrumentalist, but a multi-genre composer. Glass House extends his talents even further, to the world of dance. The album is the score to a theatre piece from Volta Collective, directed by Mamie Green. From the ..read more
A Closer Listen
1w ago
Hot on the heels of his soundtrack to Innocence on Moderna Records, Snorri Hallgrímsson presents a gorgeous EP on Deutsche Grammophon. The young Icelandic composer has made a name for himself through original scores, EPs, collaborations and an album, and ..read more
A Closer Listen
1w ago
Godspeed You! Black Emperor has been around long enough to see most of its societal fears come true. No longer prophets – because what is left to prophecy? – they continue to be truth-tellers and agitators. More than a quarter century ..read more
A Closer Listen
1w ago
One of the season’s most fascinating projects is also a piece of physical art, and well it should be, as Material Prosody examines the materiality of sound. Whether one holds the physical edition or simply views it, one can grasp the ..read more
A Closer Listen
1w ago
Whatever culture we come from, plucked strings are somewhere in our musical DNA. Classical poets and heroes; prehistoric ancestors; divine visitors from above: all might be evocatively depicted with a stringed accessory. Even the futurism of Detroit techno has the ..read more