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

Lullatone ~ Summer Songs EP

Fun, fun, fun!  This EP is for positive people, and for people who want to be positive.  If you are a grouchy person who hates barbecues, prefers to stay inside all summer and doesn’t want to get wet, this music

Lullatone ~ Summer Songs EP

Fun, fun, fun!  This EP is for positive people, and for people who want to be positive.  If you are a grouchy person who hates barbecues, prefers to stay inside all summer and doesn’t want to get wet, this music

Debuts and Downloads: Post-Rock and Post-Metal

After the success of our last feature, we’ve expanded our parameters to include a few harder-edged releases. Post-everything is not dead, as proven by these debuts from Caves of Glass, Envoys, Mandelenda, Mobility Chief, Secheron Peak and Those Amongst Us Are Wolves.

Debuts and Downloads: Post-Rock and Post-Metal

After the success of our last feature, we’ve expanded our parameters to include a few harder-edged releases. Post-everything is not dead, as proven by these debuts from Caves of Glass, Envoys, Mandelenda, Mobility Chief, Secheron Peak and Those Amongst Us Are Wolves.

Glockenspiel ~ Dupleix

Let’s address the obvious first:  Glockenspiel does not feature a glockenspiel.  A drunk friend just happened to say the word in a funny voice, and it stuck.  The album title may have been meant to honor a French governor, metro station, ship,

Glockenspiel ~ Dupleix

Let’s address the obvious first:  Glockenspiel does not feature a glockenspiel.  A drunk friend just happened to say the word in a funny voice, and it stuck.  The album title may have been meant to honor a French governor, metro station, ship,

Sigur Rós ~ Kveikur

Q:  “What’s that Sigur Rós song that goes, ‘Oo-OO-oo’, and then there’s some guitars? A:  All of them. That’s the popular joke about the Icelandic supergroup.  At one time the band’s sound seemed fresh and new, an antidote to the staid and

Sigur Rós ~ Kveikur

Q:  “What’s that Sigur Rós song that goes, ‘Oo-OO-oo’, and then there’s some guitars? A:  All of them. That’s the popular joke about the Icelandic supergroup.  At one time the band’s sound seemed fresh and new, an antidote to the staid and

Henry the Rabbit ~ Earthen Birth By

One would be hard-pressed not to like this album; in fact, one would need to be a total curmudgeon.  Adorned by the artist’s own stylized woodcuts, Earthen Birth By (not, as some might expect, Earthen Birth, by) is instantly endearing, a return to

Henry the Rabbit ~ Earthen Birth By

One would be hard-pressed not to like this album; in fact, one would need to be a total curmudgeon.  Adorned by the artist’s own stylized woodcuts, Earthen Birth By (not, as some might expect, Earthen Birth, by) is instantly endearing, a return to

Human Pyramids ~ Planet Shhh!

Planet Shhh! is my favorite album of the summer.  It’s already accompanied me to the beach, a music festival, and a host of sports competitions.  It’s pumped me up when my energy was low and cooled me down when my temper

Human Pyramids ~ Planet Shhh!

Planet Shhh! is my favorite album of the summer.  It’s already accompanied me to the beach, a music festival, and a host of sports competitions.  It’s pumped me up when my energy was low and cooled me down when my temper

driveby ~ aSymmetry

Austria’s driveby pulls out all the stops on its ambitious new album, a 22-track opus whose bonus disc includes a dozen alternate takes and remixes.  Such ambition is rare for an instrumental progressive / post-rock band, demonstrating a bold confidence and an

driveby ~ aSymmetry

Austria’s driveby pulls out all the stops on its ambitious new album, a 22-track opus whose bonus disc includes a dozen alternate takes and remixes.  Such ambition is rare for an instrumental progressive / post-rock band, demonstrating a bold confidence and an

Amiina ~ The Lighthouse Project

The four women of Amiina form one of music’s most endearing groups.  While they have played with Sigur Rós, they have formed a strong identity on their own, and their sound is distinctly theirs, a comforting blend of guitar, glockenspiel and strings that

Amiina ~ The Lighthouse Project

The four women of Amiina form one of music’s most endearing groups.  While they have played with Sigur Rós, they have formed a strong identity on their own, and their sound is distinctly theirs, a comforting blend of guitar, glockenspiel and strings that