Audio Adventuring through North Eurasia Found Tapes
About a year-and-a-half ago, back in early 2022, I stumbled across an album titled закуток ↬ якутск by катя егорова и егор клочих
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Nathan Yoder
- May 2
Song Premiere: Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim - As It All Goes By
To the average listener, violins, saxophones, and trombones might not be considered natural compliments, at least at first. They certainly
Nathan Yoder
- May 1
April 2023 Favorites
April was absolutely stacked with new releases. Best music month of the year so far, for sure. Below, read about NINE of my favorite offer
Nathan Yoder
- Apr 27
Breaking and Mending with Lisa/Liza
Liza Victoria has gotten a good deal of press from DC, which makes a lot of sense, as she's been one of my favorite singer-songwriters durin
Nathan Yoder
- Apr 4
March 2023 Favorites
After a flurry of posts in January and February, I felt a little bit guilty about not publishing anything new in March. Well, I guess I did
Nathan Yoder
- Mar 29
Piano Day
Back in 2015, the one-and-only Nils Frahm invented Piano Day. On the holiday's official website, Frahm writes, “Why does the world need a P
Nathan Yoder
- Feb 28
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
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
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