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Recommended Listening: Ilyas Ahmed & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - You Can See Your Own Way Out

Nathan Yoder

May 11, 2021

Recommended Listening: Ilyas Ahmed & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - You Can See Your Own Way Out

At DC we've followed both Cantu and Ahmed for some time now, and in our opinion the most interesting part of YCSYOWO is that each artist's d

Nathan Yoder

May 7, 2021

Song Premiere: Dolphin Midwives - Bloom

Bloom is warbling mix of Fisher's layered vocals and ambient noise - perhaps some synth and a little harp? She sings the phrase "I want to

Recommended Listening: Tender Crust - FS100

Nathan Yoder

May 5, 2021

Recommended Listening: Tender Crust - FS100

A huge congratulations goes out to Full Spectrum Records, who celebrates their 100th release on May 7th. Woot woot! Across 12 years, the n

Recommended Listening: Joseph Shabason - The Fellowship

Nathan Yoder

May 4, 2021

Recommended Listening: Joseph Shabason - The Fellowship

The album's narrative arc follows Shabason from his upbringing in an Islamic and Jewish dual-faith household, through his rocky teenage and

Recommended Listening: Ned Milligan - Enter Outside; jason calhoun - introduction to an apology

Nathan Yoder

May 3, 2021

Recommended Listening: Ned Milligan - Enter Outside; jason calhoun - introduction to an apology

Milligan actually released two full albums this past Friday on his Florabelle label. One carries his own music, and the other release is a

Recommended Listening: Ben Seretan - Cicada Waves

Nathan Yoder

Apr 27, 2021

Recommended Listening: Ben Seretan - Cicada Waves

Last summer, Seretan traveled to the base of the Appalachian Mountains for a two-week artist residency. He had been given the opportunity t

Recommended Listening: Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince

Nathan Yoder

Apr 26, 2021

Recommended Listening: Arooj Aftab - Vulture Prince

Over the past couple of months, Arooj Aftab's Vulture Prince has been hyped by NPR, NYT, Pitchfork, and so many other industry titans. Toge

Video Premiere: Anarchist Mountains Trio - Conspiracy Means Breathing Together

Nathan Yoder

Apr 21, 2021

Video Premiere: Anarchist Mountains Trio - Conspiracy Means Breathing Together

"This video/sound collaboration is part of an ongoing sonic dialogue that informs the Anarchist Mountains project, the creation of sonic lan

Recommended Listening: Ki Oni - Stay Indoors and Swim

Nathan Yoder

Apr 20, 2021

Recommended Listening: Ki Oni - Stay Indoors and Swim

Like so many ambient artists, Chuck Soo-Hoo (who records as Ki Oni) thematically centers much of his music around natural phenomena and livi

Recommended Listening: Alexandra Spence - A Necessary Softness

Nathan Yoder

Apr 19, 2021

Recommended Listening: Alexandra Spence - A Necessary Softness

Alexandra Spence, a globe-trekking Australian sound artist, released a pair of excellent performance pieces this past Friday. Tidewater and

Recommended Listening: M. Sage - The Wind of Things

Nathan Yoder

Apr 15, 2021

Recommended Listening: M. Sage - The Wind of Things

Sage currently lives in Chicago, but The Wind of Things is a travelogue of sorts. He grew up in rural Nebraska, and to us, his music groans

Recommended Listening: Didacte - Revenir; Adrien Casalis - Ghost; Leon den Engelsen - Growth

Nathan Yoder

Apr 14, 2021

Recommended Listening: Didacte - Revenir; Adrien Casalis - Ghost; Leon den Engelsen - Growth

Piano and Coffee Records is really getting at it this spring. The Valencia-based, contemporary classical label founded by Sergio Diaz De Ro

Recommended Listening: Balmorhea - The Wind

Nathan Yoder

Apr 13, 2021

Recommended Listening: Balmorhea - The Wind

The Wind feels intensely cinematic. There are spare moments, certainly, but also a good number of melancholy dips followed by emotional cre

Nathan Yoder

Apr 2, 2021

Song Premiere - Leider - Human Error

Leider is a Berlin-based ensemble who plays music that, frankly, is hard to classify. Human Error feels unsettling from the opening notes,

Recommended Listening: Taylor Deupree - Mur

Nathan Yoder

Apr 1, 2021

Recommended Listening: Taylor Deupree - Mur

Explaining Mur and its peculiarly-titled songs, Taylor Deupree writes, "...there's always something about my music that's like a murmur." W

Nathan Yoder

Apr 1, 2021

A Chat with Lisa/Liza

Liza Victoria (who records as Lisa/Liza) is a musician we've followed closely for a few years now. Something about her unique songcraft and

Recommended Listening: marine eyes - idyll

Nathan Yoder

Mar 31, 2021

Recommended Listening: marine eyes - idyll

Her solo debut, idyll is breathtaking. There is no shortage of ambient music these days (in an era of borderline oversaturation), but three

Recommended Listening: Floatie - Voyage Out

Nathan Yoder

Mar 30, 2021

Recommended Listening: Floatie - Voyage Out

Floatie combines Palm's twisting, intricate rhythms with Mothers' pace and melody. They write smart, angular pop songs that bop along and b

Recommended Listening: Armand Hammer and The Alchemist - Haram

Nathan Yoder

Mar 29, 2021

Recommended Listening: Armand Hammer and The Alchemist - Haram

Armand Hammer, the duo of E L U C I D and billy woods, grabbed our attention last year with Shrines. Maybe it was their impressive list of

Nathan Yoder

Mar 26, 2021

Song Premiere: Night Heron - Strangerz

Though their new single is titled Strangerz, those of you steeped in the Portland music scene might consider Night Heron somewhat familiar,