Category Archives: Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
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
A Shelter in the Desert ~ Maze of Memories
In the category of “Mexican post-rock”, Wikipedia lists only three bands, while neglecting to name my own personal favorite, The Polar Dream, as well as my new favorite, A Shelter in the Desert. (Oddly, The Polar Dream’s album is called “Follow
A Shelter in the Desert ~ Maze of Memories
In the category of “Mexican post-rock”, Wikipedia lists only three bands, while neglecting to name my own personal favorite, The Polar Dream, as well as my new favorite, A Shelter in the Desert. (Oddly, The Polar Dream’s album is called “Follow
Svarta Stugan ~ Svarta Stugan
The Swedish duo Svarta Stugen calls its sound “post-rock/twee noise, a cuter form of noise”. The definition sounds daft until one listens ~ then it fits. Their self-titled debut EP begins in typical post-rock fashion, then mutates into something unrecognizable, as if
Svarta Stugan ~ Svarta Stugan
The Swedish duo Svarta Stugen calls its sound “post-rock/twee noise, a cuter form of noise”. The definition sounds daft until one listens ~ then it fits. Their self-titled debut EP begins in typical post-rock fashion, then mutates into something unrecognizable, as if
a closer listen 