Posts Tagged: Pelagic
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
NYOS ~ Growl
Hearing the sound of this big, brash, loud band, one wonders if there are five musicians or only four. The correct answer is two. Since 2014, Finland’s NYOS has been rocking out, creating an illusion of the ears. The combination of
NYOS ~ Growl
Hearing the sound of this big, brash, loud band, one wonders if there are five musicians or only four. The correct answer is two. Since 2014, Finland’s NYOS has been rocking out, creating an illusion of the ears. The combination of
BRUIT ≤ ~ The Age of Ephemerality
Much has gone downhill in the news since The Age of Ephemerality was recorded, which makes the album not only prescient, but an album for our times. The Toulouse, France post-rock quartet, whose name means noise, builds toward a concluding quote
BRUIT ≤ ~ The Age of Ephemerality
Much has gone downhill in the news since The Age of Ephemerality was recorded, which makes the album not only prescient, but an album for our times. The Toulouse, France post-rock quartet, whose name means noise, builds toward a concluding quote
And So I Watch You From Afar ~ Megafauna
Belfast post-rockers And So I Watch You From Afar first appeared on our radar with “Set Guitars to Kill,” the opening track of their 2011 debut album. Those hard riffs, time signature changes, and occasional vocal expulsions are now hallmarks
And So I Watch You From Afar ~ Megafauna
Belfast post-rockers And So I Watch You From Afar first appeared on our radar with “Set Guitars to Kill,” the opening track of their 2011 debut album. Those hard riffs, time signature changes, and occasional vocal expulsions are now hallmarks
A Burial at Sea ~ Close to Home
It’s the brass. Irish post-rock duo A Burial at Sea has a not-so-secret weapon, and they’re not afraid to use it. The surging guitars, the crashing drums, troughs and crests, breakdowns and crescendos are all here, but the brass takes the music
A Burial at Sea ~ Close to Home
It’s the brass. Irish post-rock duo A Burial at Sea has a not-so-secret weapon, and they’re not afraid to use it. The surging guitars, the crashing drums, troughs and crests, breakdowns and crescendos are all here, but the brass takes the music
ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
2023 was an extremely healthy year for post-rock, which takes up half the spots on this year’s list. The surprise is that some of the biggest names in the field didn’t make it, while newcomers crashed the party in their
ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Rock, Post-Rock, Folk & Jazz
2023 was an extremely healthy year for post-rock, which takes up half the spots on this year’s list. The surprise is that some of the biggest names in the field didn’t make it, while newcomers crashed the party in their
Spurv ~ Brefjære
Now this is how you make a rock album. Five years on from Myra, one of our top post-rock albums of 2018, comes Brefjære, which improves on its already-excellent predecessor by pulling out all the stops. The Norwegian sextet has added a string
Spurv ~ Brefjære
Now this is how you make a rock album. Five years on from Myra, one of our top post-rock albums of 2018, comes Brefjære, which improves on its already-excellent predecessor by pulling out all the stops. The Norwegian sextet has added a string
BRUIT ≤ ~ Apologie du temps perdu Vol. 1
Apologie du temps perdu (Apology for lost time) is an unannounced release from BRUIT ≤, the follow-up to The machine is burning and now everyone knows it could happen again. On that album, BRUIT ≤ was a post-rock band with touches of
BRUIT ≤ ~ Apologie du temps perdu Vol. 1
Apologie du temps perdu (Apology for lost time) is an unannounced release from BRUIT ≤, the follow-up to The machine is burning and now everyone knows it could happen again. On that album, BRUIT ≤ was a post-rock band with touches of
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