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

Caspian ~ Waking Season

When You Are the Conductor dropped in 2005, we knew that we were in the presence of something special.  The EP was short, sweet and refined, an introduction to what would become one of the last decade’s most beloved post-rock bands.  Stretching

Caspian ~ Waking Season

When You Are the Conductor dropped in 2005, we knew that we were in the presence of something special.  The EP was short, sweet and refined, an introduction to what would become one of the last decade’s most beloved post-rock bands.  Stretching

Eziak ~ Nomads

Nomads by Eziak is the latest release by Greek label Triple Bath, a label whose releases have crossed the boundaries between pretty much all genres of experimental music.  On its website, Triple Bath declares its love for low-key, mysterious music, and Eziak are

Eziak ~ Nomads

Nomads by Eziak is the latest release by Greek label Triple Bath, a label whose releases have crossed the boundaries between pretty much all genres of experimental music.  On its website, Triple Bath declares its love for low-key, mysterious music, and Eziak are

Le Réveil Des Tropiques ~ Le Réveil Des Tropiques

Every post-rock album released this season arrives in the wake of Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s surprise comeback.  Of the myriad releases in this umbrella network, none is so competent and so Godspeed-like as the self-titled debut effort from the Paris

Le Réveil Des Tropiques ~ Le Réveil Des Tropiques

Every post-rock album released this season arrives in the wake of Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s surprise comeback.  Of the myriad releases in this umbrella network, none is so competent and so Godspeed-like as the self-titled debut effort from the Paris

Children of the Wave ~ The Electric Sounds of Far Away Choirs

Children of the Wave are a band from Melbourne, Australia, and like true children of the wave, make music whose form changes from one moment to the next, defying genres and surprising us at every corner.  While their music is truly

Children of the Wave ~ The Electric Sounds of Far Away Choirs

Children of the Wave are a band from Melbourne, Australia, and like true children of the wave, make music whose form changes from one moment to the next, defying genres and surprising us at every corner.  While their music is truly

Godspeed You! Black Emperor ~ Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

We waited a month.  We heard the album when it came out, we posted it on our News page, and we listened – we just wanted to make sure.  So often the first reaction to a new album is a

Godspeed You! Black Emperor ~ Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

We waited a month.  We heard the album when it came out, we posted it on our News page, and we listened – we just wanted to make sure.  So often the first reaction to a new album is a

Plantagenet 3 ~ The Darkening Green

Imagine a crazy summer surf kicked up by an offshore wind, waves tumbling over each other until the sea is a froth of foam.  Now imagine a pasta boat overturning in the breakers, dislodging its noodles, which then begin to

Plantagenet 3 ~ The Darkening Green

Imagine a crazy summer surf kicked up by an offshore wind, waves tumbling over each other until the sea is a froth of foam.  Now imagine a pasta boat overturning in the breakers, dislodging its noodles, which then begin to

Sunwølf ~ Beyond the Sun

It’s hard these days to launch a band, especially a post-rock band, and to get noticed.  Maybe it helps to define one’s sound as “stoner ambient drone”, the tag that Sunwølf has chosen to summarize its work.  But there’s something different

Sunwølf ~ Beyond the Sun

It’s hard these days to launch a band, especially a post-rock band, and to get noticed.  Maybe it helps to define one’s sound as “stoner ambient drone”, the tag that Sunwølf has chosen to summarize its work.  But there’s something different

Lento ~ Anxiety Despair Languish

Black metal was recently denounced by The Vatican and the Holy See, pointing at the genre as responsible for fuelling an increase in Satanism. No angelic light exists inside this music; the only light is pitch black. Demonisation within music reaches

Lento ~ Anxiety Despair Languish

Black metal was recently denounced by The Vatican and the Holy See, pointing at the genre as responsible for fuelling an increase in Satanism. No angelic light exists inside this music; the only light is pitch black. Demonisation within music reaches