Tag: Sigur Ros

John Diliberto’s Top 10 CDs 2013

This was one of the hardest lists ever to compile.  It’s different from 25 Essential Echoes CDs of 2013, which is our picks of the best music played on Echoes.  And it’s also different from The Best of Echoes 2013 Listener Poll results.   These are my picks from all the music I heard in what…

The Echoes Discovery of 2013: Mree

Hear Mree interviewed on Echoes tonight. Technically, Mree isn’t a new artist.  She released her debut album, Glow,  in 2011 when she was all of 17 years old.  But it’s her sophomore release, Winterwell, that revealed an artist of intoxicating depth and studio virtuosity.    Mree is not your typical singer song-writer.  Even though she started…

25 Essential Echoes CDs for 2013

Some years are better than others and 2013 was much better than most.  Right now, you can Vote in the Best of Echoes 2013 Listener Poll.   But, this list is different.  This is compiled by the brain trust of Echoes.  These are the CDs we played on the show in 2013 that we thought represented…

Ethereal Girl: Mree in Echoes Podcast.

Hear Mree interviewed in the Echoes Podcast. Mree isn’t your typical singer song-writer.  Even though she started out playing acoustic guitar in her bedroom and recording alt-rock songs on YouTube,  she’s evolved her sound into something closer to dream pop than folk, embracing sounds from the New Age, Alt-Rock and ambient into a music that…

Mree’s Magical Sound on Echoes.

Hear Mree interviewed on Echoes tonight. Mree isn’t your typical singer song-writer.  Even though she started out playing acoustic guitar in her bedroom and recording alt-rock songs on YouTube,  she’s evolved her sound into something closer to dream pop than folk, embracing sounds from the New Age, Alt-Rock and ambient into a music that is…

Krimson, Kveikur and Church tonight on Echoes

Sigur Ros is touring the US this fall.  Hear some of what they’ll be playing when we hear a track off their latest CD, Kveikur.  We’ll also hear a sublime classic from the Discipline era of King Crimson and there’s a surprising track from Charlotte Church, the former child-prodigy opera star who tunes her pipes…

New Music: The Boards of Canada & Sigur Rós

Hear New Music from the Boards of Canada and Sigur Ros on Echoes tonight. Tonight on Echoes, new music by downtempo electronic denizens, Boards of Canada, from their highly anticipated and hyped Tomorrow’s Harvest, and the latest by Sigur Rós off their new album Kveikur (Candlewick). Below, watch Boards of Canada with “Reach for the…

New Music: The Boards of Canada & Sigur Rós

New music by downtempo electronic denizens, The Boards of Canada, from their highly anticipated and hyped Tomorrow’s Harvest, and the latest by Sigur Rós off their new album Kveikur (Candlewick). Below, watch Sigur Rós’ “Hoppipolla” from their 2005 album, Takk. John Diliberto (((echoes))) Sign up for Echoes CD of the Month Club. With the Echoes…

Sigur Ros Live From Dresden.

Sigur Rós will be playing a live performance of their new CD Kveikur on-line today from Dresden.  It will take place at 2:50 PM ET.  Judging from reports of their recent tour and their intense performance on Jay Leno a few weeks ago, it should be wild.  It’s also supposed to have a surround camera…