“Grace Notes” Articles

“Most of us could probably think of a band that meets any ‘favorite band’ criteria. For me, that band is Slowdive.”

Dead Can Dance come back from the dead, The Mary Onettes adjust their 80’s sound, and Saint Etienne just want you to dance.

C418’s soundtrack paints a picture of an intriguing and wonder-filled environment.

Talk Talk’s influence has lived on and only grown stronger, even two decades after their break-up.

Variations of “Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet”.

Kate Bush’s latest may be pretentious at times, but it’s also otherworldly, delightful, and constantly arresting.

An assortment of albums to help you enter fully into a wintry state of mind.

M83’s extravagance will blow you away and Sam Billen needs your help to spread some holiday cheer.

Emil Klotzsch explores the Scottish Highlands and Youth Lagoon’s video would make Terrence Malick proud.

The Prayer Chain reissues a long-lost recording and Teen Daze explores a silent planet.

Jay Tholen offers more Gospel chiptune and Mount Eerie contemplates mankind’s fragile existence.

Wild Beasts explores the good and bad sides of love and sensuality; Balam Acab crafts eerily beautiful slices of electronica.

Jay Tholen’s music is bizarre, worshipful… and unlike anything else you’ve likely heard emerge from Christian circles.

Sam Billen crafts quirky-yet-affecting indie/electronic pop and Talik’s beat-laced atmospherica is perfect for lazy summer evenings.

Gang Gang Dance melts your brain while M83 gets epic with the saxophone.

This week: a friend’s eclectic mix for his unborn son and a sonic journey through alien tropical environments.