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Post-Trash's Year In Review: The Best of 2024

Post-Trash's Year In Review: The Best of 2024

We present Post-Trash’s Year In Review, featuring 150+ of our favorite releases throughout 2024. It’s been a great year for discovering new music and we hope you find something you love. Dig in and explore.

William Basinski and the Music of Time | Feature Interview

William Basinski and the Music of Time | Feature Interview

It’s hard to imagine a larger gulf between an artist’s persona—in Basinski’s case: joyous, bawdy, mischievous—and work. Basinski’s decaying tape loops are desperately lonely and beautiful, yielding one of ambient music’s most influential works, The Disintegration Loops, among many others. Attending a live performance of the work is akin to experiencing a new sense.

Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (August 26th - September 1st)

Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (August 26th - September 1st)

Welcome to FUZZY MEADOWS, where we recap the past week in music. We're sharing our favorite releases of the week in the form of albums, singles, and music videos along with the "further listening" section of new and notable releases from around the web.

Further Listening: A Compendium | Year-End 2022 Feature

Further Listening: A Compendium | Year-End 2022 Feature

As anyone who reads our “Fuzzy Meadows” column already knows, the “list” is just the beginning, and we’re always eager to add some “Further Listening” for consideration. Despite what some would have you believe, music is not a contest. We profiled many records in our “Year In Review” feature, but the fun doesn’t stop there.

William Basinski & Janek Schaefer - “ . . . on reflection " | Album Review

William Basinski & Janek Schaefer - “ . . . on reflection " | Album Review

“Repetition is the mother of learning” and “the devil is in the details”. These are the maxims William Basinski and Janek Schaefer abide by here. Picking up on piano passages recorded anywhere between 2014 and 2022, the duo explore how weaving passages can create repetition, but small changes can make a big difference in sound.

Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (April 11th - April 17th)

Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (April 11th - April 17th)

Welcome to FUZZY MEADOWS, where we recap the past week in music. We're sharing our favorite releases of the week in the form of albums, singles, and music videos along with the "further listening" section of new and notable releases from around the web.

Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (March 14th - March 20th)

Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (March 14th - March 20th)

Welcome to FUZZY MEADOWS, where we recap the past week in music. We're sharing our favorite releases of the week in the form of albums, singles, and music videos along with the "further listening" section of new and notable releases from around the web.