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 …

That late summer feeling. Sad about the summer passing, still some occasional dips in the lake, and a pulling inwards. Musically it brings me to a sound with a somewhat specific emotional tone. My …

Yesterday I went to Concerto record store for Personal Trainer’s album release with fellow Listenings writer Berry. I saw a tight band with great chemistry playing slacker indie rock songs with joy. I …

[ ](https://song.link/nl/i/1528519981) There are several reasons why I did not want to pick this album today: it’s slightly cheesy, slightly sleazy, easy listening smooth jazz - in many ways the …

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 …

This summer was a little (too?) ambitious with long distance driving. Stockholm —> Amsterdam —> Cologne —> Italy —> Cologne —> Dresden —> Stockholm. Playing CDs in the car was a real …

Opal is a gem stone consisting of tiny spheres of the mineral silica that bend light, showing beautiful bright colors when you look at it from different angles. I like to think of this image when …

I think it must be the heat that’s making me reach for this record again and again recently. Listen to ‘Amandrai’, the sluggish, stubbornly-chugging-along track at the album’s …

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 …

Vanity press alert!!! This week’s listening is about my own album, MythStream which got released yesterday. I told myself it’s okay to write about it, if we can treat this as a retrospective of …