Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Spring Album Overview Part 1: The Quarantine Collection

Overview of recent albums in rotation, including:

Steve Hackett: At the Edge of Light (2019)
avery r. young: tubman. (2019)
dumama + kechou: buffering juju (2020)
Dana Jean Phoenix: PixelDust (2018)
Anna Meredith: FIBS (2019)
Venetian Snares: Rossz Csillag Alatt Született (2005)



Relevant Links:
Older text review of Anna Meredith’s Varmits


2020 Spotify playlist

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Duran Duran's New Ordinary: The Wedding Album

Review and discussion around Duran Duran’s 1993 self-titled release, often referred to as The Wedding Album.




Wednesday, March 18, 2020

black midi, Schlagenheim, and Arts-Based Curriculum

Review and discussion of black midi’s Schlagenheim (2019).


Relevant links:

2019 Top ten


Monday, March 9, 2020

Swimming With the Fish Part 1: Marillion's "Script for a Jester's Tear."

Review and discussion on Marillion’s 1983 landmark, Script for a Jester’s Tear



Relevant Links:

A couple of older text posts on Hogarth-led Marillion albums




Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Floating Points "Crush:" The Aesthetic of Intellect

Review and discussion on Crush by Floating Points (2019)


Relevant links:
Review of Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s The Kid, with an eye towardsthe Buchla Synthesizer