Robin Hilton

What Does It Mean To Listen?

Robin Hilton — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:51:00 +0000

We got a lot of thoughtful comments and replies from readers this week when we asked whether they really listen to full albums from start to finish. Much of the discussion focused on the ways we listen and what constitutes actually engaging with an entire album in a full-on listening, as opposed to merely having it on.

Most people said they listen to full albums, but many aren't giving them their undivided attention.

Do You Really Listen To Full Albums?

Robin Hilton — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:08:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxyUl3DrOLE

First Watch: Sam Amidon, 'As I Roved'

Robin Hilton — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:34:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCHcH2xCBlE

First Watch: Exitmusic, 'White Noise'

Robin Hilton — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:09:00 +0000

Exitmusic's Passages was one of 2012's darkest and most arresting ambient rock albums. Now, the band returns with an equally transfixing new video for one of the album's standout tracks, "White Noise."

The Gothic, gorgeously shot video shows Exitmusic's Aleksa Palladino and Devon Church as they slowly drift and turn in a dark pool of water. "'White Noise' is such a visual song," Palladino and Church write via email.

First Watch: Telekinesis, 'Empathetic People'

Robin Hilton — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:29:00 +0000

In the latest video from Seattle-based pop masters Telekinesis, for the song "Empathetic People," frontman Michael Benjamin Lerner ambles into an abandoned record-pressing factory and gets it running again.