Category Archives: Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
Horizon Art Orchestra ~ Live at the Bird
Perhaps the best part of listening to Horizon Art Orchestra‘s Live at the Bird is imagining one’s self in the audience. One hears the small appreciative crowd between songs and wishes one were among them. The glad exuberance of this fifteen-piece Perth ensemble
Horizon Art Orchestra ~ Live at the Bird
Perhaps the best part of listening to Horizon Art Orchestra‘s Live at the Bird is imagining one’s self in the audience. One hears the small appreciative crowd between songs and wishes one were among them. The glad exuberance of this fifteen-piece Perth ensemble
[ B O L T ] ~ ( 0 2 )
The weeks following the Christmas and New Year holidays can often feel like a bit of a struggle, when those returning to work and school are hit by nebulous motivational issues, or actual illnesses when the body just gives up
[ B O L T ] ~ ( 0 2 )
The weeks following the Christmas and New Year holidays can often feel like a bit of a struggle, when those returning to work and school are hit by nebulous motivational issues, or actual illnesses when the body just gives up
V/A ~ The Holidays Don’t Have to Be So Rotten: Volume Three
And here it is: The Best Christmas Album of 2012. For the third year in a row, the fine folks at Flannelgraph Records have filled a basic need: to produce great new music for the holidays. These playful instrumentals provide
V/A ~ The Holidays Don’t Have to Be So Rotten: Volume Three
And here it is: The Best Christmas Album of 2012. For the third year in a row, the fine folks at Flannelgraph Records have filled a basic need: to produce great new music for the holidays. These playful instrumentals provide
Scott Walker ~ Bish Bosch
Footnotes are useful, and yet, possibly because they are relegated to the bottom of the page, often overlooked – or at least under-appreciated. This is a shame because much can be gleaned from them in order to increase our understanding
Scott Walker ~ Bish Bosch
Footnotes are useful, and yet, possibly because they are relegated to the bottom of the page, often overlooked – or at least under-appreciated. This is a shame because much can be gleaned from them in order to increase our understanding
V/A ~ Qu’allons-nous faire si loin d’ici?
What are we going to do so far from here? This is the question posed by French post-rocker Julien (My Own True Desire, Atlantic Drop), whose seventeen-track compilation brings new attention to a huge French underground. We’ve encountered a few
V/A ~ Qu’allons-nous faire si loin d’ici?
What are we going to do so far from here? This is the question posed by French post-rocker Julien (My Own True Desire, Atlantic Drop), whose seventeen-track compilation brings new attention to a huge French underground. We’ve encountered a few
Guns of Brixton ~ Inlandsis
Not many bands, let alone post-rock bands, make it to a fourth album. Guns of Brixton is the exception. The key to the band’s success is a mixture of influences, beginning with The Clash (who inspired the band’s name and
Guns of Brixton ~ Inlandsis
Not many bands, let alone post-rock bands, make it to a fourth album. Guns of Brixton is the exception. The key to the band’s success is a mixture of influences, beginning with The Clash (who inspired the band’s name and
Haiku Salut / Hopeless Local Marching Band
Earlier this year, Japan’s Hopeless Local Marching Band released the wonderful short album Caffeine and Sleeping Pills, which represented a shift to the chapter track: long score-like songs unfolding like books. This shift happily continues with two new pieces on this split EP,
Haiku Salut / Hopeless Local Marching Band
Earlier this year, Japan’s Hopeless Local Marching Band released the wonderful short album Caffeine and Sleeping Pills, which represented a shift to the chapter track: long score-like songs unfolding like books. This shift happily continues with two new pieces on this split EP,
Eternal Tapestry ~ A World Out Of Time
For their second full-length of the year Eternal Tapestry ring the changes by recording an album as a conceptual whole, rather than assembling the final work from a bunch of different tapes laid down over time. It’s not the most
Eternal Tapestry ~ A World Out Of Time
For their second full-length of the year Eternal Tapestry ring the changes by recording an album as a conceptual whole, rather than assembling the final work from a bunch of different tapes laid down over time. It’s not the most
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