I’ve been very intensely working on both academic research and short fiction writing for the past couple of weeks which has determined the nature of my listening. But there’s also been a heavy component of nostalgia which influenced my listening choices. Soundgarden’s Superunknown has been on repeated play on my evening drives home and occasional … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 11/05/2025
I’ve had a month of listening to truly excellent music, from older comfort listens to new albums. It’s also been a matter of some amusement to me that in the year that I turn 50, a lot of the newer music releases sound like they could fit into the landscape of my twenties (the `90s). … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 30/04/2025
For the first three months of 2025 I feel that the music landscape of the year failed to capture me as much as 2024 did. I felt that 2024 was epic for music in more than one way. In fact, I was stubbornly listening to 2024 playlists for weeks and weeks in 2025 (I may … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 14/04/2025
It’s been some years since I started posting mixtapes and playlists here in the shape of YT videos but they tend to feel somewhat unsatisfying for more than one reason. For one thing, videos sometimes get deleted which messes up old posts. For another, embedded videos make for clunky pages. And with what is happening … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 6/04/2025
Insecurities — Shabaka ft. Moses Sumney The combination of Sumney’s ethereal voice with this sonic wizardry makes this song a total win for me. Burial Ground — The Decemberists The Decemberists continue to be bad-ass. True story, The Hazards of Love stirred in me aspirations to write my own rock opera. When it comes to … Continue reading (Some) Songs I loved the most in 2024 (Part Five)
Ethereal Dissolution — Hélène Vogelsinger Bandcamp link: https://helenevogelsinger.bandcamp.com/album/ethereal-dissolution The Vanishing Point — Lisel (Eliza Bagg) Bandcamp link: https://lisel.bandcamp.com/album/the-vanishing-point Chroma — loscil//Lawrence English Bandcamp link: https://loscil.bandcamp.com/album/chroma Endlessness — Nala Sinehpro Bandcamp link: https://nalasinephro.bandcamp.com/album/endlessness Mosaic — Fennesz Bandcamp link: https://fenneszreleases.bandcamp.com/album/mosaic Brödföda — Civilistjävel! Bandcamp link: https://civilistjavel.bandcamp.com/album/br-df-da Invitation to the Ice Queen’s Prom — Ursula’s Cartridges Bandcamp link: … Continue reading Dancing With Euterpe: 2024 Ambient/Experimental Albums
Bye Bye — Kim Gordon Kim Gordon was robbed of the Grammies, I say. Also, thank you Kim for giving me goals of how to be after 70. 💓 Alone — The Cure Also advanced age goals. Thank you Robert Smith and The Cure for proving you can still churn out bangers many years later. … Continue reading (Some) Songs I loved the most in 2024 (Part Four)
For the fifteenth Watermaidens Day, a Rosemirror-coded mixtape curated for people who have entered Yrejveree and the Fourfold Realms over the years. Stay tuned for a novel (the sequel to the BSFA-longlisted Watermyth) which is full of roses, and tea, and sirensong. Because you know, it was the music that made me create this world; … Continue reading Aural Chambers Mixtape 14/02/2025
Eusexua — FKA twigs Zuu (zoo) — Uche Yara 22 — Hana Vu Little Chaos — Orla Gartland This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both of Us — The Last Dinner Party Continue reading (Some) Songs I Loved The Most in 2024 (Part Three)
Clams Casino — Cassandra Jenkins When I Was Younger — Bonny Light Horseman Sonido Cosmico — Hermanos Guitiérrez Colores del Mar — Helado Negro Hold Me Up (Thank You) — Khruangbin One Last Dance — Baby Rose, BADBADNOTGOOD Continue reading (Some) Songs I Loved The Most in 2024 (Part Two)
I guess it’s almost tradition that I do these quasi “Best of the Year” music posts rather late in the following year. Mostly it’s because I’m always rushing to complete things at the end of the year AND at the beginning of the year. But it’s also because I love so many things each year … Continue reading (Some) Songs I Loved The Most in 2024 (Part One)
Something in the Room She Moves — Julia Holter Sonido Cósmico — Hermanos Gutiérrez Silver Sable — Cigarettes After Sex Romance in Me — Nourished by Time Continuum 1 — Nala Sinephro Sick of the Blues — Porridge Radio Continue reading Sunday Mixtape 11/08/2024