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LCNL 091: Hotel Neon presents “Cold Suns”

Hotel Neon delivers this stunning ambient mix full of classic cuts from some of the genres biggest names. This mix is built around a brand new Hotel Neon song entitled “Cold Suns.” We’ve covered the trio a bit over the years, and are honored to debut this new song, a previously unreleased collaboration with Matt Kidd of Slow Meadow, mastered by Taylor Deupree.  You can find “Cold Suns (feat. Slow…

ACL 2015: The Top 20 Albums of the Year

Rich picked Matana Roberts, Chris picked Michael Price, James picked Ian William Craig, David picked Holly Herndon and Joe picked Heroin in Tahiti.  But this year’s #1, one of the longest albums ever recorded, drew support from across the board. We received approximately 2500 eligible albums for review consideration in 2015 (not counting all of the rap and singer-songwriter material), which…

ACL 2015: Top Ten Drone

Extended tones form the basis of Drone, a category that can be as soft as a refrigerator hum or as loud as the military plane that adopted its name.  But there’s so much more to the genre than simple extension.  Texture, abrasion and dynamic contrast all have their places, and the resulting spectrum of sounds between releases can be astounding. Drone works tend to be released in the darker…