Curious sound.

Subscribe

crucial listening

Crucial Listening #106: MC Dälek

Earth-shifting philosophies, wordless shoegaze treasures, cinematic heartache. The MC and producer discusses three important albums.

Photo by Michael Patras

Earth-shifting philosophies, wordless shoegaze treasures, cinematic heartache. The MC and producer discusses three important albums.

Will’s picks:

Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded / By All Means Necessary
All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors – Turning Into Small
Tom Petty – Wildflowers

Check out Dälek’s new album, Precipice, over on Bandcamp (along with all their other incredible records). Follow Dälek on Facebook and Instagram.

Donate to Crucial Listening on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cruciallistening

Crucial Listening is also available as a podcast.

Read next

Feature: Review of 2016

Feature: Review of 2016

I realise this is coming out three weeks into the new year. That’s partly deliberate. While I’d intended to get this online within the first 10 days of 2017, I knew I couldn’t compile a proper retrospective without breaking free from 2016 first. Being impulsive and somewhat

Crucial Listening #104: Maria Moles

Crucial Listening #104: Maria Moles

A weaving of voices, moments of pure connection, sibling influences. The Narrm/Melbourne-based drummer and composer discusses three important albums.

Crucial Listening #87: Cecilia Lopez

Crucial Listening #87: Cecilia Lopez

More mayonnaise, electrified tango, unapologetic folk. The musician, composer and multimedia artist discusses three important albums. Cecilia’s picks: Charly Garcia – Clics Modernos Violeta Parra – Composiciones Para Guitarra Eduardo Rovira – Sonico The audio documentation of RED(DB) is out now via Relative Pitch Records. Head over to Cecilia’s website