Posts Tagged: Dunk! Records

ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

The last of our genre lists brings the guitars, the energy, the aggression, but also the sweetness, as some of these albums include moments of surprising tenderness.  Their dynamic contrast highlights their emotional impact.  Catharsis is a word often used to

ACL 2025 ~ Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

The last of our genre lists brings the guitars, the energy, the aggression, but also the sweetness, as some of these albums include moments of surprising tenderness.  Their dynamic contrast highlights their emotional impact.  Catharsis is a word often used to

Solkyri ~ Cranebrook

The trajectory of Australian band Solkyri has been fascinating to follow.  Debuting in 2011 with the EP No House, the post-rock quartet demonstrated a penchant for mixing generous amounts of strings, brass and glockenspiel into their post-rock, a welcome trend

Solkyri ~ Cranebrook

The trajectory of Australian band Solkyri has been fascinating to follow.  Debuting in 2011 with the EP No House, the post-rock quartet demonstrated a penchant for mixing generous amounts of strings, brass and glockenspiel into their post-rock, a welcome trend

ACL 2022 ~ Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

One of the wonderful things about this blended portfolio is that when one genre produces less than the others, another steps up to fill the gap.  This year, we are proud to say that all four made the list.  Some

ACL 2022 ~ Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz

One of the wonderful things about this blended portfolio is that when one genre produces less than the others, another steps up to fill the gap.  This year, we are proud to say that all four made the list.  Some

Indignu ~ Adeus

There’s a slight disadvantage to leading with one’s best, fullest track, as Indignu has done with “urge decifrar no céu.”  One expects the entire album to sound like the (extended) single.  Only after hearing the piece in context does the whole make

Indignu ~ Adeus

There’s a slight disadvantage to leading with one’s best, fullest track, as Indignu has done with “urge decifrar no céu.”  One expects the entire album to sound like the (extended) single.  Only after hearing the piece in context does the whole make

Nonsun ~ Blood & Spirit

Lviv, Ukraine quartet Nonsun did not write their sophomore album about the invasion, yet like Kotra’s Radness Methods, Blood & Spirit matches the tumult of its time.  The band writes, “Never could we imagine how painfully relevant the album’s title would sound near

Nonsun ~ Blood & Spirit

Lviv, Ukraine quartet Nonsun did not write their sophomore album about the invasion, yet like Kotra’s Radness Methods, Blood & Spirit matches the tumult of its time.  The band writes, “Never could we imagine how painfully relevant the album’s title would sound near