a closer listen
a bi-weekly round up of writing on experimental music
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A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #111.5
Lost Children will be launching three new cassettes later this month as part of Montréal’s Suoni per il Popolo festival.
The centerpiece is CRACKS, a benefit compilation that confronts borders, surveillance, and deportation. 14 tracks rang...
A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #111
Dear Listeners, Joseph here with another regular edition of the ACL newsletter. After the previous very lengthy edition, I’m going to keep this one relatively brief. Things are about to get hectic, but there’s a lot of great stuff in the pi...
Depth Map
Firas Shehadeh ~ Depth Map
Firas Shehadeh’s Depth Map transforms noise music into an act of forensic listening. Where 2025’s The Heaviest Shrouds Are The Smallest Ones unfolded like splinters of raw grief and collapse, Depth Map feels co...
OUT OF THE BOX #27
Out of the Box is a monthly series focusing on physical media. It’s an excuse to engage with my collection in a new way, as well as to write about older releases and genres we don’t often cover at ACL.
Photo: Jonathan Crabb
Kate Carr’s wo...
A CLOSER LISTEN weekly #110
Dear Listeners, Joseph here with another regular edition of the ACL newsletter. I intended to share the latest OUT OF THE BOX installment last week, but end-of-semester business derailed me and I’m still working on it. (Big Ears edition of...
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