Category Archives: Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
Fall Music Preview: Rock & Post-Rock
The biggest instrumental music preview on the planet returns! With nearly 250 albums already announced, we’re expanding our feature into a five-part series. We begin with the Rock and Post-Rock calendar, one that has seemed sparse in recent months but
Fall Music Preview: Rock & Post-Rock
The biggest instrumental music preview on the planet returns! With nearly 250 albums already announced, we’re expanding our feature into a five-part series. We begin with the Rock and Post-Rock calendar, one that has seemed sparse in recent months but
Cam Butler ~ Find Your Love
Find Your Love is the most heroic-sounding album I’ve heard all year. Cam Butler‘s music conjures images of frontiersmen and explorers venturing into the great unknown, six-guns at their sides, ready to fight hordes of enemies on their way to unknown territories.
Cam Butler ~ Find Your Love
Find Your Love is the most heroic-sounding album I’ve heard all year. Cam Butler‘s music conjures images of frontiersmen and explorers venturing into the great unknown, six-guns at their sides, ready to fight hordes of enemies on their way to unknown territories.
Širom ~ I Can Be A Clay Snapper
Širom’s press release tops a thousand words, which doesn’t leave much for us to say, but we’re still going to try. I Can Be A Clay Snapper is one of the most original releases of the upcoming season, offering timbres we
Širom ~ I Can Be A Clay Snapper
Širom’s press release tops a thousand words, which doesn’t leave much for us to say, but we’re still going to try. I Can Be A Clay Snapper is one of the most original releases of the upcoming season, offering timbres we
NYOS ~ Navigation
After two black-and-white albums and one black-and-white single, Finland guitar and drums duo NYOS has finally burst into color. The cool wintry blue artwork of Navigation is a confident metaphor for the music, which continues to surprise. Thanks to the looping, there’s no way
NYOS ~ Navigation
After two black-and-white albums and one black-and-white single, Finland guitar and drums duo NYOS has finally burst into color. The cool wintry blue artwork of Navigation is a confident metaphor for the music, which continues to surprise. Thanks to the looping, there’s no way
We Stood Like Kings ~ USA 1982
Brussels quartet We Stood Like Kings has no shortage of ambition. After releasing scores for the silent films Berlin and A Sixth Part of the World, they’ve chosen to tackle a more modern film that is known for its score. It’s hard to think of Koyaanisqatsi without
We Stood Like Kings ~ USA 1982
Brussels quartet We Stood Like Kings has no shortage of ambition. After releasing scores for the silent films Berlin and A Sixth Part of the World, they’ve chosen to tackle a more modern film that is known for its score. It’s hard to think of Koyaanisqatsi without
Liam J. Hennessey ~ Held
Ah, the middle of summer, when the sun is high in the sky and the clouds offer a widescreen array of steadily changing shapes. We notice these things when we’re outside. The old men take Polaroids, the young men use
Liam J. Hennessey ~ Held
Ah, the middle of summer, when the sun is high in the sky and the clouds offer a widescreen array of steadily changing shapes. We notice these things when we’re outside. The old men take Polaroids, the young men use
The Doomed Bird of Providence ~ Burrowed Into The Soft Sky
Before 2017, The Doomed Bird of Providence was a vocal band, known for its stories of Australian colonial history. Leader Mark Kluzek, an Australian living in the U.K., released a series of albums and EPs featuring an ever-changing lineup. Fair comparisons were
The Doomed Bird of Providence ~ Burrowed Into The Soft Sky
Before 2017, The Doomed Bird of Providence was a vocal band, known for its stories of Australian colonial history. Leader Mark Kluzek, an Australian living in the U.K., released a series of albums and EPs featuring an ever-changing lineup. Fair comparisons were
I/O ~ Anyone, Anywhere
Boston post-rock septet I/O has come a long way in three years. 2014’s Saudade was a solid debut, albeit nondescript. Anyone, Anywhere adds brass and strings and dares listeners to dismiss it. The tasteful integration of these elements, along with careful sequencing, lifts the band’s
I/O ~ Anyone, Anywhere
Boston post-rock septet I/O has come a long way in three years. 2014’s Saudade was a solid debut, albeit nondescript. Anyone, Anywhere adds brass and strings and dares listeners to dismiss it. The tasteful integration of these elements, along with careful sequencing, lifts the band’s
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