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

The Mountaineering Club Orchestra ~ A Start On Such a Night Is Full of Promise

What a joyous album this is!  Inspired by the first crossing of Greenland, A Start On Such a Night Is Full of Promise steers away from the darkness of the Arctic explorers, choosing instead to highlight the hope of Norway’s

The Mountaineering Club Orchestra ~ A Start On Such a Night Is Full of Promise

What a joyous album this is!  Inspired by the first crossing of Greenland, A Start On Such a Night Is Full of Promise steers away from the darkness of the Arctic explorers, choosing instead to highlight the hope of Norway’s

Jónsi ~ We Bought a Zoo OST

Will Jónsi fans be happy to part with their hard-earned cash for a new half-hour EP?  Absolutely.  But the same fans may be put off by the fact that We Bought a Zoo also contains a little bit of Riceboy

Jónsi ~ We Bought a Zoo OST

Will Jónsi fans be happy to part with their hard-earned cash for a new half-hour EP?  Absolutely.  But the same fans may be put off by the fact that We Bought a Zoo also contains a little bit of Riceboy

1982 ~ Pintura

Sigbjørn Apeland‘s Glossolalia “brought back” the harmonium in 2011, and on Pintura, he teams up with the accomplished Hardanger fiddle/violin player Nils Økland and drummer Øyvind Skarbø for a series of mostly improvised pieces that skirt the edge of the accessible.  A

1982 ~ Pintura

Sigbjørn Apeland‘s Glossolalia “brought back” the harmonium in 2011, and on Pintura, he teams up with the accomplished Hardanger fiddle/violin player Nils Økland and drummer Øyvind Skarbø for a series of mostly improvised pieces that skirt the edge of the accessible.  A

Overhead, The Albatross ~ Mr. Dog

Overhead, The Albatross‘ debut EP, Lads With Sticks, brimmed more with potential than with originality.  Follow-up EP Mr. Dog makes a more concerted effort to turn heads.  The melodic “Pigeonometry” tilts gently on the math-rock axis before tumbling into a

Overhead, The Albatross ~ Mr. Dog

Overhead, The Albatross‘ debut EP, Lads With Sticks, brimmed more with potential than with originality.  Follow-up EP Mr. Dog makes a more concerted effort to turn heads.  The melodic “Pigeonometry” tilts gently on the math-rock axis before tumbling into a