Category Archives: Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
Silent Whale Becomes A° Dream ~ Requiem
Settle in, and get ready for the long haul. Silent Whale Becomes A° Dream offers post-rock as post-rock should be: four songs over the course of an hour, including two eighteen-minute behemoths. The album contains all the excitement one could
Silent Whale Becomes A° Dream ~ Requiem
Settle in, and get ready for the long haul. Silent Whale Becomes A° Dream offers post-rock as post-rock should be: four songs over the course of an hour, including two eighteen-minute behemoths. The album contains all the excitement one could
Ranges ~ The Ascensionist
Nothing says “post-rock” like a big ‘ol mountain on the cover. Add the name Ranges and the album title The Ascensionist, and the association is cemented. But just as we’re starting to make a list of all the other post-rock bands with mountains on
Ranges ~ The Ascensionist
Nothing says “post-rock” like a big ‘ol mountain on the cover. Add the name Ranges and the album title The Ascensionist, and the association is cemented. But just as we’re starting to make a list of all the other post-rock bands with mountains on
Noon ~ Disquiet
America, you are fat, famished, and fleeting. Now gloating, now moaning your cabinet shift—Earth’s mantle rumbling four letter words—are we consumed by an age of terror apprised of its errors? Or are we gasping for air earned in appraisal of
Noon ~ Disquiet
America, you are fat, famished, and fleeting. Now gloating, now moaning your cabinet shift—Earth’s mantle rumbling four letter words—are we consumed by an age of terror apprised of its errors? Or are we gasping for air earned in appraisal of
Snow Palms ~ Origin and Echo
One cannot listen to the music of Snow Palms without making associations. The use of mallet instruments, in particular glockenspiel, marimba and metallophone, conjures images of snow, winter, Christmas and magic lands. The reason is likely subliminal, as church bells and sleigh
Snow Palms ~ Origin and Echo
One cannot listen to the music of Snow Palms without making associations. The use of mallet instruments, in particular glockenspiel, marimba and metallophone, conjures images of snow, winter, Christmas and magic lands. The reason is likely subliminal, as church bells and sleigh
Esmerine ~ Mechanics of Dominion
Constellation Records continues to be on a tear, the latest Esmerine record its crown jewel, eclipsing even the latest Saltland LP from Rebecca Foon. The themes of that album remain intact, and are amplified here: the world is in disarray, climate change
Esmerine ~ Mechanics of Dominion
Constellation Records continues to be on a tear, the latest Esmerine record its crown jewel, eclipsing even the latest Saltland LP from Rebecca Foon. The themes of that album remain intact, and are amplified here: the world is in disarray, climate change
Stafrænn Hákon ~ Hausi
This album is pure enjoyment ~ so warm, so inviting, so enveloping that the struggle behind it may be obscured. Icelandic composer Ólafur Josephsson has taken a long sonic journey to arrive at this point. Originally the sole member of Stafrænn
Stafrænn Hákon ~ Hausi
This album is pure enjoyment ~ so warm, so inviting, so enveloping that the struggle behind it may be obscured. Icelandic composer Ólafur Josephsson has taken a long sonic journey to arrive at this point. Originally the sole member of Stafrænn
Fovea Hex ~ The Salt Garden II
“Sometimes God’s ways are mysterious. Sometimes He reveals them bit by bit over long periods of time” – this is a quote from the novel The Salt Garden by Cindy Martinusen Coloma which has no connection to this EP by
Fovea Hex ~ The Salt Garden II
“Sometimes God’s ways are mysterious. Sometimes He reveals them bit by bit over long periods of time” – this is a quote from the novel The Salt Garden by Cindy Martinusen Coloma which has no connection to this EP by
Memory Drawings ~ The Nearest Exit
The title makes one think of an emergency: head for the nearest exit. The music is like the safety on the other side of that exit. As one plays this sublime album, one thinks of fields of wheat, filtered sun,
Memory Drawings ~ The Nearest Exit
The title makes one think of an emergency: head for the nearest exit. The music is like the safety on the other side of that exit. As one plays this sublime album, one thinks of fields of wheat, filtered sun,
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