New Sounds 03/11/2022
DC is back with four fresh releases for your weekend listening pleasure - some strings, a couple of water-themed recordings, and even some p
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Nathan Yoder
Mar 4, 2022
Song Premiere: Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau - Leikkikalu
Leikkikalu, the new single out just this morning, is a document dedicated to the summer these friends spent playing, creating, and dreaming
Nathan Yoder
Mar 3, 2022
New Sounds 03/04/2022
Just as I did four weeks ago, right before the last Bandcamp Friday, I've decided to publish DC's "New Sounds" post a day early to beat the
Nathan Yoder
Feb 26, 2022
New Sounds 02/25/2022
Coming in a day late due to this writer's last-second decision to watch Kishi Bashi perform with the Oregon Symphony on Thursday night inste
Nathan Yoder
Feb 18, 2022
New Sounds 02/18/2022
Thanks for swinging by the site before heading into your long weekend. Presidents don't really deserve their own holiday IMO, given that th
Nathan Yoder
Feb 11, 2022
New Sounds 02/11/2022
Welcome back to DC's weekly roundup of new sounds. Below we've highlighted six just-released albums we're looking forward to hearing over t
Nathan Yoder
Feb 4, 2022
New Sounds 02/04/2022
DC's "New Sounds" post comes a day early this week, as we're anticipating a high amount of internet traffic tomorrow - the first Bandcamp Fr
Nathan Yoder
Jan 28, 2022
New Sounds 01/28/2022
To close out January, we've got one more round of new releases to highlight, and together, these albums should get us through the long, cold
Nathan Yoder
Jan 21, 2022
New Sounds 01/21/2022
Felt a bit stretched last Friday, so I've opted to publish a leaner post this week. Though my release calendar shows another full slate of
Nathan Yoder
Jan 14, 2022
New Sounds - 01/14/2022
DC is back with our second "New Sounds" post, this time highlighting seven new releases we're excited to sit with over the upcoming weekend.
Nathan Yoder
Jan 7, 2022
New Sounds - 01/07/2022
Welcome to DC's first "New Sounds" post - a fresh model we're trying out in 2022. If you're new to the site, I (Nathan) voraciously consume
Nathan Yoder
Dec 29, 2021
While We Were Away (2021 Edition)
For the past couple of years, DC has taken a month-long break in December. Those EOTY posts we whip up in November require a ton of time an
Nathan Yoder
Sep 22, 2021
Fall 2021 Music Preview
Go ahead and bookmark this post, follow the featured artists on socials, preorder albums on Bandcamp - whatever, really! Hope y'all have a
Nathan Yoder
Sep 21, 2021
Song Premiere: Adeline Hotel - In a Simple Way
In A Simple Way sows together sounds you'll hear across The Cherries Are Speaking, feeling a bit like a stolen peek over a wall into Adeline
Nathan Yoder
Sep 16, 2021
Song Premiere: Andy Aquarius - Chapel
Chapel opens with three minutes of solo harp, but Aquarius' plucking is anything but spare. On his homemade instrument (!!!) the musician i
Nathan Yoder
Sep 7, 2021
Recommended Listening: Nico Hedley - Painterly
There are many impressive elements on Painterly, but the first to stand out is Hedley's voice. With a Buck Meek tone, he delivers lines abo
Nathan Yoder
Sep 7, 2021
Recommended Listening: Rob Collier - Moving Backwards
Collier's five spare, meditative piano pieces do not actually move us backwards (an impossibility), but they do slow things down for a momen
Nathan Yoder
Sep 3, 2021
Song Premiere: Starlight Assembly - Still Air
Still Air is a perfect entry point into the sonic universe which Starlight Assembly has realized together - a song blending singular vocal p
Nathan Yoder
Aug 25, 2021
Recommended Listening: Virke - Hovsjö 80
Musically, Virke decided to stick with a fairly simple approach (using just a drum machine, a vintage synth, and two Jags), but across Hovsj
Nathan Yoder
Aug 24, 2021
Recommended Listening: Gerycz/Powers/Rolin - Lamplighter
About halfway into Lamplighter's opening track, Rotations, you can tell the album is going to be special. Rolin's strums are the first note
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