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TRACK REVIEWDia "Covered in Light"

Dia's single "Covered in Light" off her EP Tiny Ocean will transport you to another planet. Track review by AudioFemme.

Nicole Ortiz

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TRACK PREMIERELed to Sea “Breathe Some”

Elevate your Friday with the premiere of Led to Sea's new track "Breathe Some." It's the first song from the upcoming album, The Beautiful Humming of Ms. Fortune, set to drop May 5. Led to Sea is the solo project from the Seattle-based violinist, violist and singer Alex Guy. In a sea of recycled...

Sophie Saint Thomas

TRACK REVIEWGABI "Fleece"

If you’ve ever wondered what the perfect song for cloud-watching would be, this is it: “Fleece” by GABI is one of the track’s on the singer’s upcoming album, Sympathy. Gabrielle Herbst’s voice floats gentle by, sometimes as a whisper, other times soaring. A distant roll of percussion, droning...

Emily Daly

ALBUM REVIEWWeyes Blood "The Innocents"

Just now, I googled “1960s witchy psychedelic folk,” grasping, I guess, for a manageable term that encapsulates both Nico’s glamourous theatrics and Brigitte Fontaine’s quirky darkness. I’m sitting at a table in the pool-house out back of a big and beautiful summer home on the coast of Maine, where...

Carena Liptak

LIVE REVIEWBryce Dessner's Lachrimae US Premiere @ Le Poisson Rouge

Le Poisson Rouge might seem like an ill-suited venue for a classical concert, but on Friday March 7, the place was transformed into quite a classy joint. The disco ball hanging above the heads of the elegant and clearly seasoned audience was the only giveaway that the concert would be followed by a...

Raquel Dalarossa

ALBUM REVIEWBryce Dessner and Jonny Greenwood

Most people know Bryce Dessner and Jonny Greenwood as members of The National and Radiohead, respectively (they both play lead guitar). But outside of their work with two of the most respected rock bands currently around, both Dessner and Greenwood have a background in classical music—Dessner...

Raquel Dalarossa

TRACK REVIEWDavid T. Little "…and there was morning - the Second Day"

David T. Little's seemingly inborn theatricality complements his music's strong themes. A classical composer with a rock drumming background who, in the company of an array of edgy and sometimes rock-leaning classical groups--the Kronos Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, and his own project Newspeak, to...

Carena Liptak

ALBUM REVIEWSondre Lerche "The Sleepwalker Original Soundtrack"

Sondre Lerche's shadowy soundtrack to the Sundance contender The Sleepwalker opens with a love ballad turned inside out: “You Sure Look Swell”, is a familiar melody of lullaby arpeggios, touched with a creepy distortion that becomes more prevalent as the album progresses. Picture an empty gas...

Carena Liptak

ALBUM REVIEWSusanna and Ensemble neoN "The Forrester"

The sound Susanna and Ensemble neoN have created with their record "The Forrester" is hard to define, somewhere between classic, pop, and chant. It’s breathtaking, but easy to fall into, conjuring otherworldly spaces to accompany Susanna’s gorgeous, inviting vocals.

Alexandra Freeman