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V/A: When There Is No Sun REVIEW
NYC and Istanbul based label OMNI enlisted Berlin minimal techno producer/DJ Ricardo Villalobos to the experiment of bringing Sun Ra’s cosmic philosophy to life in sound. The compilation of 12 tracks from seven producers grounds samples of drawling trumpets and tinkling woodwind riffs into a carefully structured arc of stripped…
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REPLAY: Life Without Buildings’ “Any Other City” Turns 25
In retrospect, it doesn’t seem right that Life Without Buildings came out of Glasgow at the turn of the century. Throughout the 90s, Scottish alternative music was indebted to the melody-first vitality of indie pop. Teenage Fanclub put on their best Big Star impression to ecstatic effect, while Belle and…
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Brooklyn Folk Festival @ St. Ann’s Church, Nov 7-9, 2025
It wouldn’t be entirely incorrect to say that, nowadays, most folk festivals still around heavily rely on co-opting the entire genre of folk for their own capital, sanitizing the term down to a point of unmeaning by fronting music with an overly nostalgic, spectral connection to either Bob Dylan, protest…
