Articles by Eric Hill
Why?
Moh Lhean
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2017
Yoni Wolf's journey from his left-field hip hop beginnings in cLOUDDEAD some 15 years ago to today has been fascinating — and troubling to...
Matt Christensen and Eric Eleazer
Longform Improv
PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2017
Chicago's Zelienople has remained a compelling outfit for the last 15 years due to their ability to refract their moody aesthetic into both...
William Basinski
A Shadow in Time
PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2017
There is so much in the stillness of William Basinski's music, layer upon layer of musical information that finds a richness of harmony and...
Mark Eitzel
Hey Mr. Ferryman
PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2017
Recording in moody old London, England and under the gaze of producer of Bernard Butler has focused the heartbroken balladry of San Francis...
Tindersticks
The Something Rain
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
After spending part of 2011 presenting live shows in support of their box set of film scores, recently released on Constellation, the Tinde...
Siskiyou
Keep Away the Dead
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
There's a high, lonesome sound that runs through Colin Huebert's songs on this sophomore album by Siskiyou. Nervy and unsettled, like the b...
Huntsville
For Flowers, Cars & Merry Wars
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
This Norwegian trio continue to dissolve the boundaries between improvised jazz, electronic music, drone and even pop songwriting. At the c...
And in the Endless Pause There Came the Sound Of Bees
And in the Endless Pause There Came the Sound Of Bees
PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016
Unlike Fordlândia (the 2008 album for 4AD that scored an imaginary narrative for Henry Ford's failed Brazilian venture), Jóhan...