Masakatsu Takagi made this album when he moved from the city to a small village in Japanese mountains. Such a Wikipedia-entry-style introduction usually isn’t that informative when describing …

The European summer has been exceptionally sunny - so much so that large swaths of forested land have been devoured by hungry fires. While I usually opt for more cheerful and careless music when the …

If you are looking for the soundtrack to your Sunday morning, look no further: I’ve got you. The Brooklyn duo Widowspeak has been making music for over a decade, carving out their own cosy little nook …

Judee Sill grew up in LA’s Studio City as the daughter of a man who imports exotic animals for the neighbouring studios. Truly an environment with many imaginative stories around - some of which may …

The other day, I stumbled upon an interview where Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings – a duo I hold in very high esteem - were both asked to name their top 5 albums ever. It struck me that they both …

First of all, happy New Year from us at Listenings! We have been all over the place over the past year - chronologically, that is. We have recommended some of our favourite 2025 releases and dug up …

Headache is a project by Vegyn, the elusive producer who became friends with James Blake in a nightclub and ended up working with Frank Ocean on Blonde and Endless. Ever since, he has been releasing …

When thinking about the plethora of new music releases that flood us on a daily basis, I sometimes find myself nostalgically wondering what it would have been like to live on the other side of the …

Last Wednesday, MJ Lenderman & The Wind played a stellar show in Amsterdam. As I suspect many of you are already familiar with his tiptop record Manning Fireworks (if not, go check it out), …

“Foxwarren” is a small town in western Manitoba, Canada and although I would have loved to tell you all about the interesting stuff I’ve encountered on my recent Streetview exploration, this is a …