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

Ranges ~ Sin

What’s in the box?  Not, as one might reasonably expect from the concept, Gwyneth Paltrow’s head. Instead, a lucky 77 will receive 7 7″ records and 37 will also receive 7 pieces of ephemera: a shot glass, cigar, matches, poker

Ranges ~ Sin

What’s in the box?  Not, as one might reasonably expect from the concept, Gwyneth Paltrow’s head. Instead, a lucky 77 will receive 7 7″ records and 37 will also receive 7 pieces of ephemera: a shot glass, cigar, matches, poker

GoGo Penguin ~ Necessary Fictions

In 2023, GoGo Penguin responded to an onslaught of losses with Everything’s Going to Be Okay, a sentiment extended on their seventh album and the trio’s second with drummer Jon Scott.  Necessary Fictions implies that we tell ourselves stories to get us

GoGo Penguin ~ Necessary Fictions

In 2023, GoGo Penguin responded to an onslaught of losses with Everything’s Going to Be Okay, a sentiment extended on their seventh album and the trio’s second with drummer Jon Scott.  Necessary Fictions implies that we tell ourselves stories to get us

Goodbye, Kings ~ Transatlantic // Transiberian

Milan’s ten-strong post-rock collective Goodbye, Kings has just produced its finest document yet, a gorgeous two-track, 45-minute album that takes listeners on a literal journey; or in this case, two. Transatlantic // Transiberian is travel music in the finest sense of

Goodbye, Kings ~ Transatlantic // Transiberian

Milan’s ten-strong post-rock collective Goodbye, Kings has just produced its finest document yet, a gorgeous two-track, 45-minute album that takes listeners on a literal journey; or in this case, two. Transatlantic // Transiberian is travel music in the finest sense of

Grails ~ Miracle Music

Seeing the “devotional” tag sneak back to the top of Grails‘ Bandcamp list, one knows to expect another shift.  Since 2003, the chameleonic band has kept fans interested in their every move, while two individual members have thrown curveballs under

Grails ~ Miracle Music

Seeing the “devotional” tag sneak back to the top of Grails‘ Bandcamp list, one knows to expect another shift.  Since 2003, the chameleonic band has kept fans interested in their every move, while two individual members have thrown curveballs under

Ludwig Göransson ~ Sinners (Original Motion Picture Score)

Warning: Contains minor spoilers!  It’s been two weeks since I’ve seen the film, and one week since I’ve seen the film again, and I can’t get the music out of my head.  Ludwig Göransson‘s Sinners may not only be the best film

Ludwig Göransson ~ Sinners (Original Motion Picture Score)

Warning: Contains minor spoilers!  It’s been two weeks since I’ve seen the film, and one week since I’ve seen the film again, and I can’t get the music out of my head.  Ludwig Göransson‘s Sinners may not only be the best film

BRUIT ≤ ~ The Age of Ephemerality

Much has gone downhill in the news since The Age of Ephemerality was recorded, which makes the album not only prescient, but an album for our times.  The Toulouse, France post-rock quartet, whose name means noise, builds toward a concluding quote

BRUIT ≤ ~ The Age of Ephemerality

Much has gone downhill in the news since The Age of Ephemerality was recorded, which makes the album not only prescient, but an album for our times.  The Toulouse, France post-rock quartet, whose name means noise, builds toward a concluding quote

Divide and Dissolve ~ Insatiable

As the system’s parts plug into each other to grind our senses into shapes unrecognizable to ourselves, we are produced and reproduced to mimic its never-ending impulses. Doom metal has always been about the world’s end, the concrete burden of

Divide and Dissolve ~ Insatiable

As the system’s parts plug into each other to grind our senses into shapes unrecognizable to ourselves, we are produced and reproduced to mimic its never-ending impulses. Doom metal has always been about the world’s end, the concrete burden of

Baleine ~ II

We came for the cover and stayed for the music.  The graphics by Hector Morcrette and Nicolas Fourgeaud make us eager for surf season, even if we’re about to surf on the Rainbow Bridge right into the center of a

Baleine ~ II

We came for the cover and stayed for the music.  The graphics by Hector Morcrette and Nicolas Fourgeaud make us eager for surf season, even if we’re about to surf on the Rainbow Bridge right into the center of a