Category Archives: Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra ~ Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything
Throughout a productive 14-year career, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra has tested patience and parochial taste. It has pandered to no expectations – least of all, one suspects, its own, rendering it a vehicle for musical exploration that has
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra ~ Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything
Throughout a productive 14-year career, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra has tested patience and parochial taste. It has pandered to no expectations – least of all, one suspects, its own, rendering it a vehicle for musical exploration that has
This Patch of Sky ~ Heroes and Ghosts
A year and a half after their debut Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine, This Patch of Sky has returned with an album that is twice as long and more diverse. The album includes the expected post-rock belters, but has dropped the occasional
This Patch of Sky ~ Heroes and Ghosts
A year and a half after their debut Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine, This Patch of Sky has returned with an album that is twice as long and more diverse. The album includes the expected post-rock belters, but has dropped the occasional
Svarta Stugan ~ A mutation and a madness
Sweden’s young Svarta Stugan is one of the more adventurous bands around; we praised their debut EP for its refusal to follow formulas, and their follow-up continues in that worthy tradition. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, these four tracks trace a protagonist’s path
Svarta Stugan ~ A mutation and a madness
Sweden’s young Svarta Stugan is one of the more adventurous bands around; we praised their debut EP for its refusal to follow formulas, and their follow-up continues in that worthy tradition. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, these four tracks trace a protagonist’s path
The Echelon Effect ~ Atlantic (plus surprise side project!)
The Echelon Effect (Dave Walters) produces some of the most euphoric post-rock on the planet. After teasing us with a preview single last January and an EP last summer, he’s just released the first album of a two-part project. (Pacific and a physical
The Echelon Effect ~ Atlantic (plus surprise side project!)
The Echelon Effect (Dave Walters) produces some of the most euphoric post-rock on the planet. After teasing us with a preview single last January and an EP last summer, he’s just released the first album of a two-part project. (Pacific and a physical
Stefan Christoff / Sam Shalabi ~ родина
Howl! Arts Collective – St. Laurent Piano Project Melancholic and hopeful, this 12” record remains focused despite its open format, stemming from years of attentively playing together. Both piano and oud are melodic instruments with strong percussive qualities, and both
Stefan Christoff / Sam Shalabi ~ родина
Howl! Arts Collective – St. Laurent Piano Project Melancholic and hopeful, this 12” record remains focused despite its open format, stemming from years of attentively playing together. Both piano and oud are melodic instruments with strong percussive qualities, and both
Winkie ~ One Day We Pretended To Be Ghosts
One Day We Pretended To Be Ghosts shines a light on the shady, futuristic sound of shoegaze yet to come, ready for the new generation to step forward and zone out. This new musical generation is fortunate in that it
Winkie ~ One Day We Pretended To Be Ghosts
One Day We Pretended To Be Ghosts shines a light on the shady, futuristic sound of shoegaze yet to come, ready for the new generation to step forward and zone out. This new musical generation is fortunate in that it
Divine Circles ~ Oblivion Songs
Asheville, North Carolina, rises out of the shrouded mist and green slopes of its surrounding landscape like a mysterious vanished city in a some forgotten folk lore, a Brigadoon of mountain glens and crumbling cliffbanks wavering out of the fog
Divine Circles ~ Oblivion Songs
Asheville, North Carolina, rises out of the shrouded mist and green slopes of its surrounding landscape like a mysterious vanished city in a some forgotten folk lore, a Brigadoon of mountain glens and crumbling cliffbanks wavering out of the fog
ACL 2013: Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
The last of our genre lists is filled with WOW moments: big crescendos, bold moves, instinctive collaborations, explosions of brass. This is music for car stereos and open windows, music to lift the sullen heart and to make it race.
ACL 2013: Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
The last of our genre lists is filled with WOW moments: big crescendos, bold moves, instinctive collaborations, explosions of brass. This is music for car stereos and open windows, music to lift the sullen heart and to make it race.
a closer listen 