Marc Masters
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The veteran composer crafts a masterfully emotional and poignant score to Yoji Yamada's heartbreaking new film. The 28 tracks here are so patient, they can make the world seem to move in slow motion.
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A breathy voice floats over insistent beats in a mesmerizng collection of first takes. Singer Anika asks, "Can't you let me fly far and wide / Up to where I can reach the sky?"
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Listening to the music of Canadian singer and composer Ian William Craig is like watching a classic black-and-white movie slowly fade, decay and disintegrate.
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New music from the Scottish rock instrumentalists is familiarly cinematic, full of mountainous waves that build momentum more through patience than velocity.
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The American Primitive-style acoustic guitarist makes albums that fit together beautifully, working together rather than merely occupying the same piece of vinyl.
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Watch the new video from the underground supergroup featuring Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls) and Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance).
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A brief, richly suggestive drone piece that conjures chilly atmospheres and faded family memories.
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The grand instrumental music that Wolf Eyes founder Mike Connelly now makes with his wife Tara sounds like lost scores in search of epic films.
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Like the car for which it's named, the retro-futurist band is built for comfort and speed. The bulk of Rehumanizer is sleek, pedal-to-the-metal rock, executed with a sly wink.
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The Australian band's soulful, Motown-worthy punk poetry sounds simple and direct on its second album, whose innate momentum makes even the calmest moments feel tense.