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

Party Dozen ~ Crime in Australia

It’s hard to believe that the first video from this album debuted nine months ago, but that’s how long it takes to prepare a baby.  Now this party-rocking, riff-happy album is ready to be unleashed upon the world.  And while

Party Dozen ~ Crime in Australia

It’s hard to believe that the first video from this album debuted nine months ago, but that’s how long it takes to prepare a baby.  Now this party-rocking, riff-happy album is ready to be unleashed upon the world.  And while

Glacier ~ A Distant, Violent Shudder

A camera crew captures an astonishing moment.  At first there is the large, imposing mass, shattering all sense of scale.  Then, by a stroke of serendipity, the glacier cleaves, a huge segment, as wide as tall as a skyscraper, falls

Glacier ~ A Distant, Violent Shudder

A camera crew captures an astonishing moment.  At first there is the large, imposing mass, shattering all sense of scale.  Then, by a stroke of serendipity, the glacier cleaves, a huge segment, as wide as tall as a skyscraper, falls

And So I Watch You From Afar ~ Megafauna

Belfast post-rockers And So I Watch You From Afar first appeared on our radar with “Set Guitars to Kill,” the opening track of their 2011 debut album.  Those hard riffs, time signature changes, and occasional vocal expulsions are now hallmarks

And So I Watch You From Afar ~ Megafauna

Belfast post-rockers And So I Watch You From Afar first appeared on our radar with “Set Guitars to Kill,” the opening track of their 2011 debut album.  Those hard riffs, time signature changes, and occasional vocal expulsions are now hallmarks

The Electric Nature ~ Plastic Mind

Plastic Mind is a “lost” work, unearthed and put on display by Already Dead Tapes & Records; any irony in the label’s name is unintended.  But as more and more music looks to the past for influences, the listener will

The Electric Nature ~ Plastic Mind

Plastic Mind is a “lost” work, unearthed and put on display by Already Dead Tapes & Records; any irony in the label’s name is unintended.  But as more and more music looks to the past for influences, the listener will

Lilacs & Champagne ~ Fantasy World

Has it really been ten years since the last album?  In the interim, Lilacs & Champagne has grown from being an offshoot of Grails (sharing two founding members) to a mysterious entity with an extremely different sound.  While spinning Fantasy World, one would

Lilacs & Champagne ~ Fantasy World

Has it really been ten years since the last album?  In the interim, Lilacs & Champagne has grown from being an offshoot of Grails (sharing two founding members) to a mysterious entity with an extremely different sound.  While spinning Fantasy World, one would

Anoice ~ Stories in White

Anoice‘s The Black Rain was one of the first albums we ever reviewed, way back in the winter of 2012.  It went on to be named as one of our Best Albums of the Decade.  A sequel, Ghost in the Clocks, arrived

Anoice ~ Stories in White

Anoice‘s The Black Rain was one of the first albums we ever reviewed, way back in the winter of 2012.  It went on to be named as one of our Best Albums of the Decade.  A sequel, Ghost in the Clocks, arrived

KASHIWA Daisuke ~ Ice

We invite you to spend a single, unforgettable hour with KASHIWA Daisuke, whose new album is a clash of the titans.  Three kaiju – post-rock, electronics and modern composition – battle for dominance in the most intricately plotted album of its

KASHIWA Daisuke ~ Ice

We invite you to spend a single, unforgettable hour with KASHIWA Daisuke, whose new album is a clash of the titans.  Three kaiju – post-rock, electronics and modern composition – battle for dominance in the most intricately plotted album of its

Kessoncoda ~ Outerstate

Outerstate offers an aural illusion.  Even though we know there are only two members of Kessoncoda, Tom Sunney and Filip Sowa sound like a full band ~ occasionally drawing comparison to label mates GoGo Penguin, with a languid combination of

Kessoncoda ~ Outerstate

Outerstate offers an aural illusion.  Even though we know there are only two members of Kessoncoda, Tom Sunney and Filip Sowa sound like a full band ~ occasionally drawing comparison to label mates GoGo Penguin, with a languid combination of