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 don’t do best-of lists anymore because my listening is too sporadic these days and I keep forgetting things. Nevertheless, here’s what I remember enjoying the most. Spitting Off The Edge Of The World — Yeah Yeah Yeahs (ft Perfume Genius) Diarabi — Vieux Farka Touré and Khruangbin Billions — Caroline Polachek King — Florence + … Continue reading Some Music I Enjoyed in 2022: An Incomplete List
Becoming All Alone — Regina Spektor I feel rewarded for my Regina Spektor discography binge of a few weeks ago. A wonderful new song from Regina Spektor that feels like a hug for the soul! anotherlife — Nilüfer Yanya Another solid track from Yanya. Happy she’s got new material out. Capo 7 — verbrasco Chocolate … Continue reading Saturday Mixtape 26/02/2022
This past week, I’ve been listening to a lot of lute and classical guitar music, plus binge-listening to Maddy Prior, Sting and Loreena Mckennit on repeat. Comfort music, you know. But the general mixtape series were made for tracks released in the same year aka “new releases” — so I’m going to attempt to play … Continue reading Monday Mixtape 28/12/2020