The Postal Modern Theatrette returns to Growing Fins! I tried to have it over on my book blog but it just didn’t feel like the right place for it. This is mostly a catch-up post of the past year (and maybe a little bit beyond that!) There are other bits and bobs that I’ve been … Continue reading Postal Modern Theatrette Notes 08/02/2026
Considering it’s nearly midway through the second month of the year, I thought I’d better do an update about my listening for the past few months. The last month of the year was mostly about tunes from the 80s and the 90s because my rewatch/watch of Stranger Things had me on nostalgia overload. I made … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 08/02/2026
This is my last Growing Fins post of the year! I managed to be a lot more systematic and dangerously organized about my listening this year. The result is this list which I am posting earlier than in previous years. I’ll do a separate listing for Ambient and New Music titles, but that’s a 2026 … Continue reading My Favourite Albums of 2025
Hello from the land of spotty internet connectivity! I’m typing this on my macbook using the hotspot from one of my mobile devices because my home broadband connection has gone kaput to the extent that they’re sending a team to check matters (and give me a new modem). Nevertheless, I’ve been enjoying a lot of … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 06/10/2025
It’s that time again! I’m not going to list these as “repeated play” because it’s been a very selected, eclectic play kind of time. I’ve enjoyed all the newer releases that I’ve had on my listening schedule but a lot of my time went for my deadline comfort listens. The Amaarae and New Eve albums … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 27/09/2025
The past three months since my last post have been pretty intense on more than one front as I juggled post-(minor)operation recovery which exacerbated disability/accessibility issues, my academic deadlines and creative work. I’ve also been trying to be as prepared as I can for my much-postponed music exam. I’ve listened to A LOT of music … Continue reading Aural Chambers Notes 02/08/2025
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