Articles by Tom Piekarski
Cult '90s Heroes Hum Are More Confident Than Ever on Comeback Album 'Inlet'
PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2020
22 years removed from their last release, Hum have returned with Inlet, their best album to date. Since 1998's Downward Is Heavenward, they...
Greg Fox Turns Drumming Into a Spiritual Practice on 'Contact'
PUBLISHED May 29, 2020
Greg Fox is best known for lending his drumming to experimental metal acts such as Liturgy, Ex Eye and Uniform. Despite the (overstated) ag...
Okkyung Lee Pushes the Cello to Its Limits on 'Yeo-Neun'
PUBLISHED May 19, 2020
Okkyung Lee has built a career out of mining the tonal depths of the cello. In solo work and in collaboration, she has mobilized that bundl...
C.R. Gillespie's 'Concentration Patterns' Succeeds When Its Sound and Sentiment Line Up
PUBLISHED May 15, 2020
Concentration Patterns began as a private practice. Looking to quell the constant buzz of anxiety pervading his physical and mental spaces,...
Rone's 'Room with a View' Is More Predictable Than Progressive
PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2020
Rone's Room with a View was shaped by at least two forces. The first was collaboration. Instigated by a live show commissioned by the Théât...
Jackie Lynn's 'Jacqueline' Finds Freedom on Back Roads and Dance Floors
PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2020
The last time we heard from Jackie Lynn, the vagabond's freewheeling lifestyle may have gotten the best of her. Having climbed the ranks of...
Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Keyboard Fantasies
PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2020
With its repress of Beverly Glenn-Copeland's now-classic 1986 album Keyboard Fantasies, Toronto's Séance Centre contributes to the legend o...
Wolves in the Throne Room
Thrice Woven
PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2017
Rejuvenated after taking a dive into the ambient undercurrents of their sound on 2014's Celestite, Wolves in the Throne Room are back with...