Category Archives: Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

Hey Elbow ~ FLOCK

One of the coolest things about this album is how blue it is.  The cover is blue, the Bandcamp page is blue, the vinyl edition is blue and the sound is blue. FLOCK is the bluest release ACL has received since Macie

Hey Elbow ~ FLOCK

One of the coolest things about this album is how blue it is.  The cover is blue, the Bandcamp page is blue, the vinyl edition is blue and the sound is blue. FLOCK is the bluest release ACL has received since Macie

ACL 2026 Spring Music Preview ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

As The Beatles once sang, it’s been a long, cold, lonely winter.  Spring finally arrives today, and children will celebrate by attempting to balance eggs upright.  With the equinox comes the first major release date of the season, with dozens

ACL 2026 Spring Music Preview ~ Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

As The Beatles once sang, it’s been a long, cold, lonely winter.  Spring finally arrives today, and children will celebrate by attempting to balance eggs upright.  With the equinox comes the first major release date of the season, with dozens

Red Largo ~ Hotel Neuf

Introducing an album with a non-album track is a rare and risky thing, but Berlin’s Red Largo pulled it off impressively with their December single Snow.  It helps, of course, to release a seasonal-themed track in its season, so one can enjoy

Red Largo ~ Hotel Neuf

Introducing an album with a non-album track is a rare and risky thing, but Berlin’s Red Largo pulled it off impressively with their December single Snow.  It helps, of course, to release a seasonal-themed track in its season, so one can enjoy

Shane Parish ~ Autechre Guitar

It would appear Shane Parish likes a challenge. First of all, how to follow Repertoire, an album that saw the guitarist cover everyone from John Cage and Alice Coltrane to Aphex Twin and Charles Mingus. And second, once a theme

Shane Parish ~ Autechre Guitar

It would appear Shane Parish likes a challenge. First of all, how to follow Repertoire, an album that saw the guitarist cover everyone from John Cage and Alice Coltrane to Aphex Twin and Charles Mingus. And second, once a theme

Barry Walker Jr. ~ Paleo Sol

Seldom has the term “post-rock” seemed as accurate as when applied to the music of Portland WA geologist Barry Walker Jr.. Paleo Sol refers to paleosol, “ancient soils that are variably rusted and leached of their original components.”  The incredibly specific liner

Barry Walker Jr. ~ Paleo Sol

Seldom has the term “post-rock” seemed as accurate as when applied to the music of Portland WA geologist Barry Walker Jr.. Paleo Sol refers to paleosol, “ancient soils that are variably rusted and leached of their original components.”  The incredibly specific liner

St. Catherine’s ~ a nothing / a void

a nothing / a void is an album of “fragments, detours and half-formed ideas” that coalesce into a whole – even if this is not the composer’s intent.  Asher Fusco (St. Catherine’s) is more interested in texture than in form, process

St. Catherine’s ~ a nothing / a void

a nothing / a void is an album of “fragments, detours and half-formed ideas” that coalesce into a whole – even if this is not the composer’s intent.  Asher Fusco (St. Catherine’s) is more interested in texture than in form, process

Barry Adamson ~ SCALA!!!

As an original member of Magazine and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Barry Adamson is the perfect choice to compose the OST for SCALA!!!  The documentary film traces the history of the infamous countercultural movie venue in King’s Cross, which

Barry Adamson ~ SCALA!!!

As an original member of Magazine and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Barry Adamson is the perfect choice to compose the OST for SCALA!!!  The documentary film traces the history of the infamous countercultural movie venue in King’s Cross, which

Pullman ~ III

Given the fact that Pullman‘s first release arrived in 1998 and their second in 2001, no one anticipated a third; and yet personal circumstances brought this supergroup together for what may be a final hurrah. Featuring band members of Tortoise, Come

Pullman ~ III

Given the fact that Pullman‘s first release arrived in 1998 and their second in 2001, no one anticipated a third; and yet personal circumstances brought this supergroup together for what may be a final hurrah. Featuring band members of Tortoise, Come