No one seems to be able to stop talking about Kendrick Lamar this year, and while we are no different from the rest in that regard, we’ve naturally made the effort, as usual, to put together an...
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Peter WoodburnMusicfestNW has always had one of the more diverse festival lineups around. A large part of that is because -- rather than jamming thousands upon thousands of people asses to elbows in a huge field on some farm somewhere -- MusicfestNW puts the...
On her debut album, cellist, vocalist, and composer Rebecca Foon — otherwise known as SALTLAND — creates a cosmic wasteland of sound and feeling. Through freeform string parts, spiritually reminiscent vocals, raw, distorted backdrops, and tribal...
As a true multimedia art installation, Jerusalem In My Heart are a sight to behold in a live setting, and also represent a modern update on traditional Arabic music and songwriting, with additional multicultural counterpoints.
It has been a decade since Godspeed You! Black Emperor released Yanqui U.X.O., and since then the musical landscape has changed quite a bit. As a new generation of music lovers have grown up with the concept that music is free, and the people making...
Vee Hua 華婷婷May 2012 marked the 15th anniversary of Constellation. This label mixtape draws from the past couple of years, and offers a pretty comprehensive picture of what we’ve been up to as of late.
This video for Eric Chenaux’s “Amazing Backgrounds” will no doubt feel pretentious to some, but I think there’s something marvelous about taking five minutes to focus in on subtle beauties around us. The importance of...
Watching Colin Stetson live is an absolute jaw-dropping marvel. With his circular breathing technique, Colin Stetson crafts soundscapes with a bass saxophone like no one else can. This video for “Those Who Didn’t Run” is quite...