A CLOSER LISTEN
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The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
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@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
The 100 Best Rap Albums Of All-Time List – As Rock Albums | Passion of the Weiss
"They'd never have the balls to do this to rock music." Son Raw dissects and inverts the new canon.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Best 100 Rap Albums List: Recast as Rock Albums.
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
@sonraw.bsky.social runs through Pitchfork's recent rewiring of the rap canon and re-imagines it by applying the same list-making decisions to rock albums.
8,000 words of inside baseball brilliance.
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/14/t...
Professor Skye is so corny. I really dislike the shift to video “criticism.” I know the kids want video but they also want sugar. They don’t know what’s good for them.
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Professor Skye is so corny. I really dislike the shift to video “criticism.” I know the kids want video but they also want sugar. They don’t know what’s good for them.
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Delighted to see the great review of the new #Errorgrid compilation .XOR on the ever excellent @acloserlisten.bsky.social
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🙏🙏🙏
#music #industrial #idm #electronic
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🙏🙏🙏
#music #industrial #idm #electronic
Errorgrid ~ .XOR
The future of instrumental industrial music continues to be safe in the hands of the Errorgrid imprint. .XOR unites five artists for a compilation that investigates what it means to hold on to one…
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November 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Delighted to see the great review of the new #Errorgrid compilation .XOR on the ever excellent @acloserlisten.bsky.social
acloserlisten.com/2025/11/15/e...
🙏🙏🙏
#music #industrial #idm #electronic
acloserlisten.com/2025/11/15/e...
🙏🙏🙏
#music #industrial #idm #electronic
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new review for Cicada's new album Gazing Shades of White by A Closer Listen @acloserlisten.bsky.social 🙏
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Cicada ~ Gazing the Shades of White
After Seeking the Sources of Streams, Cicada is now tracing the paths left by glaciers, Gazing the Shades of White. Their journey takes them from Greenland’s Ilulissat fjord to Iceland’…
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November 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
new review for Cicada's new album Gazing Shades of White by A Closer Listen @acloserlisten.bsky.social 🙏
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if u don't know SWITCHED-ON BACH is insane because the Moog synth is monophonic. meaning every single note of every single chord in every song had to be overdubbed separately. she had to be extremely precise & meticulous to make that album work
[Happy 86th birthday to solar eclipse photographer and composer Wendy Carlos, known for "Switched-On Bach," A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, THE SHINING, TRON, and “Peter and the Wolf” with Weird Al Yankovic. Listen to “Switched-On Bach” below.]
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November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
if u don't know SWITCHED-ON BACH is insane because the Moog synth is monophonic. meaning every single note of every single chord in every song had to be overdubbed separately. she had to be extremely precise & meticulous to make that album work
Critical Listening podcast live at SUNY Purchase this Thursday night!
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Critical Listening podcast live at SUNY Purchase this Thursday night!
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New Rosalia and Charli + Cale this past week makes me think we’re going to see the pop tides continue to turn towards the weird and uniquely self-defined in the face of genAI sonic wallpaper. Taylor Swift should’ve collaborated with Laurie Anderson on the new LP 🤦♂️
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
New Rosalia and Charli + Cale this past week makes me think we’re going to see the pop tides continue to turn towards the weird and uniquely self-defined in the face of genAI sonic wallpaper. Taylor Swift should’ve collaborated with Laurie Anderson on the new LP 🤦♂️
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Listen again: a closer listen / 09th November 2025
Playing tracks by Shabaka feat. billy woods, Shabaka feat. ELUCID, billy woods feat. ELUCID, Hatis Noit feat. Armand Hammer, Small Bills (ELUCID & THE LASSO) feat. billy woods and more.
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Playing tracks by Shabaka feat. billy woods, Shabaka feat. ELUCID, billy woods feat. ELUCID, Hatis Noit feat. Armand Hammer, Small Bills (ELUCID & THE LASSO) feat. billy woods and more.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Listen again: a closer listen / 09th November 2025
Playing tracks by Shabaka feat. billy woods, Shabaka feat. ELUCID, billy woods feat. ELUCID, Hatis Noit feat. Armand Hammer, Small Bills (ELUCID & THE LASSO) feat. billy woods and more.
@acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...
Playing tracks by Shabaka feat. billy woods, Shabaka feat. ELUCID, billy woods feat. ELUCID, Hatis Noit feat. Armand Hammer, Small Bills (ELUCID & THE LASSO) feat. billy woods and more.
@acloserlisten.bsky.social | www.mixcloud.com/camp_fr/a-cl...
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In his Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech, Jack White shouted out over 30 acts that inspired the White Stripes – none of whom have been inducted
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November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In his Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech, Jack White shouted out over 30 acts that inspired the White Stripes – none of whom have been inducted
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This week, in honor of Armand Hammer and the Alchemist's new record MERCY, a selection of tracks featuring ELUCID and billy woods from non Armand Hammer records.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This week, in honor of Armand Hammer and the Alchemist's new record MERCY, a selection of tracks featuring ELUCID and billy woods from non Armand Hammer records.
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6-7pm: A Closer Listen
The best of new instrumental and experimental sounds.
Joseph from @acloserlisten.bsky.social mixes new releases, showcasing records recently reviewed on the blog + some special treats.
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#Experimental #Ambient #SoundScapes #Electronic #Drone
⏰CET
The best of new instrumental and experimental sounds.
Joseph from @acloserlisten.bsky.social mixes new releases, showcasing records recently reviewed on the blog + some special treats.
acloserlisten.com
#Experimental #Ambient #SoundScapes #Electronic #Drone
⏰CET
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
The best of new instrumental and experimental sounds.
Joseph from @acloserlisten.bsky.social mixes new releases, showcasing records recently reviewed on the blog + some special treats.
acloserlisten.com
#Experimental #Ambient #SoundScapes #Electronic #Drone
⏰CET
The best of new instrumental and experimental sounds.
Joseph from @acloserlisten.bsky.social mixes new releases, showcasing records recently reviewed on the blog + some special treats.
acloserlisten.com
#Experimental #Ambient #SoundScapes #Electronic #Drone
⏰CET
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Sunday! (2 of 2)
listen.camp
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
8-9pm: ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN ASMR
@winterstrix.bsky.social
9-10pm: Fragile X presents In Silico
@fragilex13.bsky.social
Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/
*⏰CET
listen.camp
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
8-9pm: ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN ASMR
@winterstrix.bsky.social
9-10pm: Fragile X presents In Silico
@fragilex13.bsky.social
Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/
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November 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Sunday! (2 of 2)
listen.camp
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
8-9pm: ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN ASMR
@winterstrix.bsky.social
9-10pm: Fragile X presents In Silico
@fragilex13.bsky.social
Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/
*⏰CET
listen.camp
6-7pm: A Closer Listen
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
8-9pm: ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN ASMR
@winterstrix.bsky.social
9-10pm: Fragile X presents In Silico
@fragilex13.bsky.social
Show notes: www.facebook.com/CampFRRadio/
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This nickname discourse has got to be a cultural thing right
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This nickname discourse has got to be a cultural thing right
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Yes that is Venetian snares on Rosalia’s new album LUX
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Yes that is Venetian snares on Rosalia’s new album LUX
Well, I won’t be reviewing Unsound NY and Nowadays made a pretty bad impression. This is why I try to keep it DIY.
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Well, I won’t be reviewing Unsound NY and Nowadays made a pretty bad impression. This is why I try to keep it DIY.
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Beautiful write up of our new album (OUT TOMORROW) from @acloserlisten.bsky.social
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Always appreciate Richards words about our work.
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Always appreciate Richards words about our work.
Jilk ~ Fix Your Hearts
What would a French pop album of the 60s or 70s sound like if recorded through the filter of today? Bristol collective Jilk answers this question on an album whose timbres span the centuries, with …
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November 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Beautiful write up of our new album (OUT TOMORROW) from @acloserlisten.bsky.social
acloserlisten.com/2025/11/06/j...
Always appreciate Richards words about our work.
acloserlisten.com/2025/11/06/j...
Always appreciate Richards words about our work.
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listening to this for the first time in a looong time.
i don't really remember the making of it...
still feels like a fitting tribute.
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i don't really remember the making of it...
still feels like a fitting tribute.
lineimprint.bandcamp.com/album/centra...
Central (for M.Vainio), by RICHARD CHARTIER
2 track album
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November 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
listening to this for the first time in a looong time.
i don't really remember the making of it...
still feels like a fitting tribute.
lineimprint.bandcamp.com/album/centra...
i don't really remember the making of it...
still feels like a fitting tribute.
lineimprint.bandcamp.com/album/centra...
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Manja Ristić ~ Into Your Eyes
review on @acloserlisten.bsky.social
album out this friday
www.lineimprint.com/editions/sou...
READ: acloserlisten.com/2025/11/05/m...
review on @acloserlisten.bsky.social
album out this friday
www.lineimprint.com/editions/sou...
READ: acloserlisten.com/2025/11/05/m...
Manja Ristić ~ Into Your Eyes
Over the course of the year, Manja Ristić has been releasing a triptych of intertwined albums, starting with Purpurna vresišta on wabi-sabi tapes, followed by Sargassum aeterna on Rakem Records and…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Manja Ristić ~ Into Your Eyes
review on @acloserlisten.bsky.social
album out this friday
www.lineimprint.com/editions/sou...
READ: acloserlisten.com/2025/11/05/m...
review on @acloserlisten.bsky.social
album out this friday
www.lineimprint.com/editions/sou...
READ: acloserlisten.com/2025/11/05/m...
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I'm delighted to announce that the new 36 album 'A Warm Static Sphere' is due for release on Wednesday 12th November via @quietdetails.bsky.social
CD + Digital.
A real pleasure to be featured on such a wonderful label, which has featured many friends of mine over the last couple of years.
CD + Digital.
A real pleasure to be featured on such a wonderful label, which has featured many friends of mine over the last couple of years.
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I'm delighted to announce that the new 36 album 'A Warm Static Sphere' is due for release on Wednesday 12th November via @quietdetails.bsky.social
CD + Digital.
A real pleasure to be featured on such a wonderful label, which has featured many friends of mine over the last couple of years.
CD + Digital.
A real pleasure to be featured on such a wonderful label, which has featured many friends of mine over the last couple of years.
But they still charge for pro accounts and delete your archive when you stop paying, so this only works if you’re making more than the pro costs. How many accounts is that true of?
Users in the US will also be able to utilise SoundCloud's "fan-to-artist support" feature free of charge
Artists to keep 100% of distribution royalties as part of new SoundCloud subscription
The platform's new all-in-one artist subscription also offers features such as an on-demand vinyl service, artist storefronts and merch
mixmag.net
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
But they still charge for pro accounts and delete your archive when you stop paying, so this only works if you’re making more than the pro costs. How many accounts is that true of?
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Wrote a bit about PRAED Orchestra’s latest, ‘The Dictionary of Lost Meanings,’ for A Closer Listen. It’s a pretty wild fusion of Arabic urban pop and big-band free-jazz, and honestly just a thrilling ride.
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PRAED Orchestra! ~ The Dictionary of Lost Meanings
For nearly two decades, Lebanese experimental musicians and composers Raed Yassin and Paed Conca have been developing a thrilling hybrid of Arabic working-class popular music and psych-adjacent fre…
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November 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Wrote a bit about PRAED Orchestra’s latest, ‘The Dictionary of Lost Meanings,’ for A Closer Listen. It’s a pretty wild fusion of Arabic urban pop and big-band free-jazz, and honestly just a thrilling ride.
acloserlisten.com/2025/11/01/p...
@acloserlisten.bsky.social
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@acloserlisten.bsky.social
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Somehow it's been nearly 5 years since I released this. Should I do a physical release? Here are some codes
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October 31, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Somehow it's been nearly 5 years since I released this. Should I do a physical release? Here are some codes
lostchildren.bandcamp.com/album/music-...
lostchildren.bandcamp.com/album/music-...