February 2023 Favorites
DC is back again with another monthly roundup of favorite new releases. If you need a reminder of why I (Nathan) decided to switch to this
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Nathan Yoder
- Feb 21
A Chat with Lia Kohl
Lia Kohl is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist who dabbles in a bit of everything. She composes and she improvises. She works solo a
Nathan Yoder
- Feb 14
Route 34
Over the past three-plus years, I've offered up a number of playlists on this site. Some of these mixes have been music festival primers, o
Nathan Yoder
- Feb 1
January 2023 Favorites
I've decided to try something new here on DC, but I'm not yet sure if it'll become a monthly thing, or just be a spring experiment. We'll s
Nathan Yoder
- Jan 10
Deepest Currents
Last summer I was fortunate enough to complete an artist residency at the Sou'wester Lodge on the Washington Coast. During my four days spe
Nathan Yoder
- Jan 2
Winter 2023 Music Preview
Winter is typically seen as a slow season for new music, but it's not completely quiet. Far from it, in fact. My 2023 release calendar alr
Nathan Yoder
- Dec 1, 2022
DC's Favorite Albums of 2022
Welcome to DC's annual favorite albums roundup! I change the format of this post a little bit each year, but the purpose remains the same.
Nathan Yoder
- Nov 29, 2022
DC's 2022 Year in Listening
Today, however, I'm just gonna write about some random musical things I've loved over the past 12 months in a free-flowing format, without r
Nathan Yoder
- Aug 30, 2022
Fall 2022 Music Preview
For this fall preview piece, I've decided to try something slightly different. In the past, I've recommended albums at the start of a seaso
Nathan Yoder
- Aug 2, 2022
Sounds from the Gulch
DC's official slogan is "a space to discover new sounds," and so far, all the "new sounds" featured on this site have been musical in some s
Nathan Yoder
- Jul 21, 2022
A Pickathon Preview: Must-See Sets
Pickathon, the best fest in the Northwest, is BACK after a two-year hiatus! As I've expressed many times on this site, I am a long-time and
Nathan Yoder
- Jul 7, 2022
A Dundee Lodge Campout Music Sampler
Every year I kick off festival season celebrating Treefort in Boise, and close things out in early August just down the road at Pickathon.
Nathan Yoder
- Jun 28, 2022
Song Premiere: airport people - from morning no. 2
There are so many highlights across airport people's debut, but from morning no. 2 stands out. Is that a rain sample to open the track? A
Nathan Yoder
- Jun 20, 2022
A Chat with Mike Weis
Mike Weis is a Michiana-based sound artist, percussionist, photographer, and ecological activist. To an outsider, he seems to be juggling a
Nathan Yoder
- Jun 2, 2022
Summer 2022 Music Preview
In a couple short weeks, Portland schools will let out for a much-needed breather, and the city will embrace another season of park hangs, b
Nathan Yoder
- May 31, 2022
May 2022 Favorites
If DC has any regular readers out there, they'll know that I've been on a bit of a posting break as of late. Sure, I made that one playlist
Nathan Yoder
- May 25, 2022
May 25th
I've been sitting at home for five days now, waiting off my Covid quarantining period. Since we're not really leaving our Southeast Portlan
Nathan Yoder
- Apr 29, 2022
New Sounds 04/29/2022
We've reached the end of April, and though there is still a month or so left of the high-volume spring release season, this is going to be D
Nathan Yoder
- Apr 22, 2022
New Sounds 04/22/2022
Nine albums this week? NINE? Quite a step up from last week's lil list, for sure. I thought about cutting a few of these out for a more f
Nathan Yoder
- Apr 15, 2022
New Sounds 04/15/2022
My release calendar indicates a fairly light listening week relative to other April dates, so I've highlighted four selections today (three
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