Unclouded: Melody’s Echo Chamber plays it safe

French musician Melody Prochet, better known as Melody’s Echo Chamber, released Unclouded on December 5, 2025 via Domino Recording Company. If you don’t count her ‘lost’ compilation record of early rejected works (which, quite frankly, you should), this is Prochet’s fourth studio album in her critically celebrated discography. Although Unclouded captures the same ethereal, overlapping… Continue reading Unclouded: Melody’s Echo Chamber plays it safe

Savino Go and Otto Allard Join Forces in Junior Recital

On Sunday evening, March 2, Savino Go and Otto Allard took the stage at The Birenbaum for their joint junior recital, blending the serious with the light-hearted and technology with creativity. The evening promised an exciting mix of innovative sound exploration alongside classic pieces, offering a genre-bending experience. The recital began with Go sitting still… Continue reading Savino Go and Otto Allard Join Forces in Junior Recital

Live Becomes Living with Yuka Honda

Last month, I attended all five events for WOBC’s 75th anniversary band-a-thon fundraiser for El Centro and Obies for Undocumented Inclusion. The experience of seeing twenty-one live performances in under forty-eight hours alone was exhilarating, if not slightly overstimulating. However, this made the more atmospheric and immersive acts stand out more, and no concert was… Continue reading Live Becomes Living with Yuka Honda

Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain — Album/EP Review

The release of the March 2024 EP, Swaddling Silk and Gosammer Rain, marks part three of Dalia’s Mixtape, conductor Dalia Stasevska and the BBC symphony orchestra’s ten track journey toward reimagining the future of classical music. As easy as it has been in recent years to lose hope in the relevance of classical composers —… Continue reading Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain — Album/EP Review

Fronzoli and Its Psychedelic Supremacy

  It’s not difficult to be immediately fascinated by the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. The chaos of their name alone is provocative, but their sixth album, Fronzoli (2023), takes their intrigue to a whole other level.  I’ve been an adoring fan since I first started listening around 2020 and an obsessed freak ever since I saw… Continue reading Fronzoli and Its Psychedelic Supremacy