Cigarettes After Sex: Beauty in Simplicity
The self-titled debut full length album from Cigarettes After Sex was released over six months ago. I’m certainly familiar with the literal idea of cigarettes after sex, but the music of Greg Gonzales’ band, born in El Paso, Texas ten years ago, only recently flew...
New Ear Festival in New York City
The annual New Ear Festival is happening this upcoming week at Fridman Gallery, 287 Spring St., New York City (February 2 through February 8). I’m very excited to be attending the Saturday night performance for a set of ambient and experimental music by Stephen...
In and Out of Dreams
“The Last Stage of Consumption” is one of the most compelling pieces of ambient music I’ve ever heard. Recently, while listening to The Swiss Illness, the latest album from Lowercase Noises, I drifted off to sleep somewhere near the beginning of that song. It became...
Hotel Neon Releases Context Remixes
Hotel Neon is a Philadelphia based ambient trio consisting of Michael Tasselmyer, Andrew Tasselmyer and Steven Kemner. Their long form drones and slowly moving soundscapes were captured perfectly on the 2017 album, Context, which has literally been a soundtrack to...