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Music Resources: 50 Miles of Elbow Room
Where we buy our music determines the music we buy. Even when buying from that giant retailer in the sky, the selection is limited. There’s simply no such thing as a place where you can […]
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Album of the Week: Fontaines D.C.
I flipped over Fontaines D.C. debut release, Dogrel, released back in April of 2019. Their sophomore album, A Hero’s Death has arrived and while it’s different from Dogrel, why would it be the same?, it’s […]
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Happy Bandcamp Friday!
Standing in stark and lovely contrast to Spotify, Bandcamp continues to give back to the music community. Today, as they’ve done in the past, Bandcamp is waiving their revenue share so the artists get more […]
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Daniel Ek, Spotify’s CEO, Doubles Down On Greed
There’s not much I can find to like about Daniel Ek. The more he speaks, the less I think of him.
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Album of the Week: Waxahatchee
Perhaps more than any other record so far this year, Waxahatchee’s Saint Cloud has taken up permanent residence in my mind’s ear.
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Album of the Week: Juliana Barwick
She had me at Healing Is A Miracle.
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A Favorite Music Resource: Kevin Richard Martin
There’s nothing I enjoy more about hifi than discovering new music.
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Album of the Week: Phoebe Bridgers
There are times when I find myself listening to and silently singing a new album over and over and the more I do, the deeper and richer it gets (much to my delight). This is […]
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Michael Lavorgna’s Favorite Albums of 2019
Perhaps contrary to popular belief, retirement from hi-fi does mean retirement from music. Here are twenty of my favorite records from this year. Enjoy!
Classic Albums
Classic Albums: Bill Dixon & Cecil Taylor, DUETS 1992
I transferred to Bennington College from the School of Visual Arts as a philosophy major, which lasted all of two weeks before I switched back to fine art.
#NewMusicFriday
#NewMusicFriday: August 9, 2019
Each Friday, Stephen Mejias, AudioQuest’s Director of Communications and former Stereophile and Audiostream.com columnist, will browse through the many exciting albums released that day and select 15 worth a closer listen.
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Album of the Week: Lingua Ignota
Raw power, sheer emotion, and frightening fury. These are some of the things that make Kristin Hayter as Lingua Ignota’s second album Caligula a force to be reckoned with.