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.
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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
Nathan Yoder
- Apr 8, 2022
New Sounds 04/08/2022
Thanks for checking out DC's "New Sounds" selections on this beautiful Friday morning. Though it's currently raining, things feel pretty br
Nathan Yoder
- Apr 1, 2022
New Sounds 04/01/2022
Welcome to another edition of DC's New Sounds - where I (Nathan) share a selection of just-released albums I'm exited to hear across the upc
Nathan Yoder
- Mar 25, 2022
New Sounds 03/25/2022
Good morning from beautiful Boise, Idaho! I wasn't totally sure if I would be able to crank out a New Sounds post this week due to my being
Nathan Yoder
- Mar 18, 2022
New Sounds 03/18/2022
Just a brief one this week, folks. Heading off on spring break shortly, and since I'll be away from home next Friday, this may be the last
Nathan Yoder
- Mar 11, 2022
New Sounds 03/11/2022
DC is back with four fresh releases for your weekend listening pleasure - some strings, a couple of water-themed recordings, and even some p
Nathan Yoder
- Mar 4, 2022
Song Premiere: Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau - Leikkikalu
Leikkikalu, the new single out just this morning, is a document dedicated to the summer these friends spent playing, creating, and dreaming
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