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
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
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
All Night — Ginger Root Not Today — Thee Marloes Beaches — Beabadoobee Seed of a Seed — Haley Heynderickx Young Man — HYUKOH(혁오), Sunset Rollercoaster Continue reading Saturday Mixtape 10/08/2024
Stick of Gum — Nemahsis Colores Del Mar — Helado Negro Heaven (feat. Kevin Abstract and Lev) — Toro y Moi Better Than Monday — Ginger Root Call It Love — Niloufer Yanya Lithonia — Childish Gambino Continue reading Friday Mixtape 12/07/2024
Desperate Kingdom of Love –PJ Harvey I have been listening nonstop to PJ Harvey’s Uh Huh Her, lately. It’s the one PJ Harvey album I had not listened to yet because it’s always nice to have something from a favourite artist that is left undiscovered, waiting for the day you open it like an unwrapped … Continue reading Aural Chambers Playlist 03/04/2024
I’ve been listening non-stop to Sonic Youth’s Sonic Nurse (my favourite SY album), which necessitated a new playlist. Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream — Sonic Youth Demon John — Jeff Buckley Fashion — David Bowie Today, I’ve been listening to Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) all day while I worked. Let’s Do … Continue reading Aural Chambers Playlist 27/03/2024
Seasons (Waiting on You) — Future Islands Happy tenth anniversary to this brilliant indie classic, and Single (the album that contains it). Words cannot express how much I love this song. And yes, I got to hear it live, which was absolutely magic! Dude Ranch Nurse — Sonic Youth Fear — Low Ivo — Cocteau … Continue reading Aural Chambers Playlist 25/03/2024