Cloudspeakers

With the tragic passing of Jack Rose last year, virtuoso guitar playing lost one of its most forthright proponents. Rose carried the flame left by John Fahey - the sense of the power and importance... Read more

There’s a great scene in Twilight: New Moon where Bella sits by her window waiting for her drippy goth-vampire boyfriend Edward. She sits in her chair and waits. Months go by, and the camera slowly... Read more

What makes a great pop song? It’s a surprisingly difficult question to answer. There’s a loose consensus about what constitutes a film or a novel worthy of a place in the canon, but a pop song? It ... Read more

In an interview with Pitchfork, Six Organs of Admittance supremo Ben Chasny talks of his love of Jack Rose. Chasny said that Rose “calls out all the acoustic guitar hacks, like myself, and spanks o... Read more

I’ve always thought there’s something beautiful about listening to music around October and November. Everything begins to close off, shut down. In summer, it’s all hanging out, skin and human fles... Read more