TIER 3 : THE ESSENTIALS OF 2008 : TOP 40
ALL ENTRIES ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY ARTIST 2562 – Aerial Aidan Baker And Tim …
Searching for Nico Muhly
20 Compilations and Mixes of 2009 [part 1]
Compilations are notoriously difficult to cover. Usually, when I write an article on a collection of …
Vanessa Wagner
Inland + Inland Versions (InFiné)
… in which the unexpected becomes the new normal…
Ben Frost
By The Throat (Bedroom Community)
A RECITAL of a monumental album from 2009
Valgeir Sigurðsson
Dissonance (Bedroom Community)
Valgeir Sigurðsson may not be a widely recognizable name among the purveyors of ambient, experimental, and …
Bryce Dessner; Jonny Greenwood – St. Carolyn by the Sea; Suite From “There Will Be Blood” (Deutsche Grammophon)
“a new frontier for symphonic music…” I’d like to preface this write-up with a short update …
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Saman (Touch)
Hildur Guðnadóttir is one of those players, able to extract the essence of an instrument until …
Sound Bytes : Soundtracks : Jóhann Jóhannsson, Steven Price, Ben Frost, Peter Peter and Peter Kyed
Jóhann Jóhannsson Prisoners WaterTower Music When I first heard Jóhann Jóhannsson‘s soundtrack to Prisoners, I forgot …
Ólafur Arnalds
For Now I Am Winter (Mercury Classics)
There is a certain sense of pride, which I awaken within, each time a favorite artist …
Valgeir Sigurðsson and Nadia Sirota
Live at Le Poisson Rouge
On what appears to be just a regular Wednesday night in New York City, I find …