Library Recommendation
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Released: 1989 Label: Caroline Records Genre: Alternative [T]he best moments came when a band played the song like it was their own. Listen to Sonic Youth’s rampaging “Computer Age,” Dinosaur Jr.’s faithful “Lotta Love,” or The Pixies’ gorgeous take on “Winterlong” for proof. allmusic.com
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Released: 2019 Label: Klanggold Genre: Contemporary [A] lovingly detailed, hybrid ambient/field recording piece. We hear wind blow, birds sing, rustling hay, guitars and more. The 24-minute work is loosely formed, like a casual stroll through the meadow it’s meant to depict. Not quite searching, not quite aimless. It has an extraordinary strength of presence. The Moderns
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Released: 2017 Label: Enough Records Genre: Contemporary Cruz has built 10 pieces that feature the kind of genuine white noise that dissolves into whatever space you’re occupying. Whether you’re feeding the music through ear buds on the subway or noise-cancelling headphones in your basement, you’ll hear things that you will be unable to place. This has two…
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Released: 2017 (reissued in 2022) Label: Warm Winters Ltd. Genre: Contemporary [W]hat sets this one apart is the thrift shop contribution. Because we only hear the woman’s voice, we’re left with a discomforting sense of neediness. Clearly this is a relationship built around some distance, literally and perhaps otherwise. And because she is clearly not a young…
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Released: 2023 Label: Whited Sepulchre Genre: Contemporary Ripping the guts out of a piano and making it an ASMR horror show. Higher Plain Music
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Released: 2017 Label: Dronarivm Genre: Contemporary What could be a simple collage exercise in the hands of a lesser artist is something entirely different with omrr at the controls. The album’s centerpiece reveals this young man’s genius at pulling together a variety of sound sources, to produce an intensely musical result. The Moderns
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