A Chat with American Dreams Records
American Dreams Records is, in their words, a "label dedicated to showcasing art inspired by wonder, intention, and hope." Expanding on the
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Nathan Yoder
- 7 days ago
New Sounds - 01/14/2022
DC is back with our second "New Sounds" post, this time highlighting seven new releases we're excited to sit with over the upcoming weekend.
Nathan Yoder
- Jan 7
New Sounds - 01/07/2022
Welcome to DC's first "New Sounds" post - a fresh model we're trying out in 2022. If you're new to the site, I (Nathan) voraciously consume
Nathan Yoder
- Jan 2
Quiet
About a month ago I purchased Ilyas Ahmed's song HOW TO TRANSFORM INTO COMPLETE & TOTAL SILENCE the same morning that I ordered a copy of Jo
Nathan Yoder
- Dec 29, 2021
While We Were Away (2021 Edition)
For the past couple of years, DC has taken a month-long break in December. Those EOTY posts we whip up in November require a ton of time an
Nathan Yoder
- Dec 2, 2021
DC in 2022
2021 was a strange year for DC, so I'm gonna switch over to first person to tell you all about it, as well as my plans for the site in 2022.
Nathan Yoder
- Dec 1, 2021
DC's Favorite Albums of 2021
There were so many amazing albums released in 2021, and it was difficult to narrow it down to just ten, but after much deliberation and hand
Nathan Yoder
- Nov 30, 2021
DC's Favorite EPs of 2021
DC heard a ton of EPs over the past 12 months and enjoyed a good number of them. But here at the year's close, three stuck with us, seeming
Nathan Yoder
- Nov 29, 2021
DC's Favorite Songs of 2021
Many of the tracks we favor carry a poppy flavor (please forgive the rhyme), as you'll see in our roundup below. Sure, the albums we cover
Nathan Yoder
- Oct 18, 2021
The Black Dice!
Black Dice (there is no "the" in the group's name, actually), collage together these psychedelic scraps to make woozy electronic jams. Biza
Nathan Yoder
- Oct 4, 2021
A Treefort Weekend - Five Favorites
Each year I look forward to Boise's Treefort Music Fest. It always feels like the start of winter's thaw, and the energy in the city's stre
Nathan Yoder
- Sep 22, 2021
Fall 2021 Music Preview
Go ahead and bookmark this post, follow the featured artists on socials, preorder albums on Bandcamp - whatever, really! Hope y'all have a
Nathan Yoder
- Sep 21, 2021
Song Premiere: Adeline Hotel - In a Simple Way
In A Simple Way sows together sounds you'll hear across The Cherries Are Speaking, feeling a bit like a stolen peek over a wall into Adeline
Nathan Yoder
- Sep 16, 2021
Song Premiere: Andy Aquarius - Chapel
Chapel opens with three minutes of solo harp, but Aquarius' plucking is anything but spare. On his homemade instrument (!!!) the musician i
Nathan Yoder
- Sep 14, 2021
Saariselka+Golden Retriever at The Old Church & Marisa Anderson+William Tyler at Mississippi Studios
Finally, a concert review! It's been just about nineteen months since I wrote about Fennesz blowing out the Holocene sound system right b
Nathan Yoder
- Sep 7, 2021
Recommended Listening: Nico Hedley - Painterly
There are many impressive elements on Painterly, but the first to stand out is Hedley's voice. With a Buck Meek tone, he delivers lines abo
Nathan Yoder
- Sep 7, 2021
Recommended Listening: Rob Collier - Moving Backwards
Collier's five spare, meditative piano pieces do not actually move us backwards (an impossibility), but they do slow things down for a momen
Nathan Yoder
- Sep 3, 2021
Song Premiere: Starlight Assembly - Still Air
Still Air is a perfect entry point into the sonic universe which Starlight Assembly has realized together - a song blending singular vocal p
Nathan Yoder
- Aug 25, 2021
Recommended Listening: Virke - Hovsjö 80
Musically, Virke decided to stick with a fairly simple approach (using just a drum machine, a vintage synth, and two Jags), but across Hovsj
Nathan Yoder
- Aug 24, 2021
Recommended Listening: Gerycz/Powers/Rolin - Lamplighter
About halfway into Lamplighter's opening track, Rotations, you can tell the album is going to be special. Rolin's strums are the first note