Posts Tagged: Richard Allen

SP* Episode 29: CRITICAL POSITIVITY – with ACL [podcast]

Happy (very belated) birthday to us! Back in January of 2022 we celebrated the tenth anniversary of our blog. To celebrate, in this episode, we pull the curtain back a bit to talk with ten of the writers who have

SP* Episode 29: CRITICAL POSITIVITY – with ACL [podcast]

Happy (very belated) birthday to us! Back in January of 2022 we celebrated the tenth anniversary of our blog. To celebrate, in this episode, we pull the curtain back a bit to talk with ten of the writers who have

Golden Hymns Sing ‘Hurrah’ ~ The Great Dystopian Songbook III: Songs for the Homeland

Is The Great Dystopian Songbook III: Songs for the Homeland the conclusion of a trilogy, or the third in an ongoing series?  The answer may lie in how quickly society marches to dystopia.  When the project began in early COVID, the seeds

Golden Hymns Sing ‘Hurrah’ ~ The Great Dystopian Songbook III: Songs for the Homeland

Is The Great Dystopian Songbook III: Songs for the Homeland the conclusion of a trilogy, or the third in an ongoing series?  The answer may lie in how quickly society marches to dystopia.  When the project began in early COVID, the seeds

Aaronson ~ The Great Swells That Carry Us Will Pull Us Under

The album starts and ends in waves, a metaphor for the music, which ebbs and flows like the tide.  The Great Swells That Carry Us Will Pull Us Under is a perfect post-rock title, and Cardiff’s Aaronson uses the track

Aaronson ~ The Great Swells That Carry Us Will Pull Us Under

The album starts and ends in waves, a metaphor for the music, which ebbs and flows like the tide.  The Great Swells That Carry Us Will Pull Us Under is a perfect post-rock title, and Cardiff’s Aaronson uses the track

Berlin Strings ~ On a Dark Night

Our sharpest readers may remember the enchanting Toechter, whose debut album we reviewed last year.  On a Dark Night might be considered a sequel, in that the cover art shares the same design format and Lisa Marie Vogel is found on

Berlin Strings ~ On a Dark Night

Our sharpest readers may remember the enchanting Toechter, whose debut album we reviewed last year.  On a Dark Night might be considered a sequel, in that the cover art shares the same design format and Lisa Marie Vogel is found on

Sauf les drones ~ versions du vivant

If not for the abbreviated beach season, I would consider moving to Montreal, the post-rock Mecca of the world.  I imagine post-rock playlists in every mall, post-rock at the hockey rink, ice cream trucks playing GY!BE.  If this impression is

Sauf les drones ~ versions du vivant

If not for the abbreviated beach season, I would consider moving to Montreal, the post-rock Mecca of the world.  I imagine post-rock playlists in every mall, post-rock at the hockey rink, ice cream trucks playing GY!BE.  If this impression is

Zhaoze ~ No Answer Blowin’ in the Wind

China’s Zhaoze may be new to Western audiences, but over the last two decades, the band has amassed quite an impressive body of work.  Their immediate selling point is their incorporation of electric Gugin and xiao (bamboo flute) into a post-rock frame.

Zhaoze ~ No Answer Blowin’ in the Wind

China’s Zhaoze may be new to Western audiences, but over the last two decades, the band has amassed quite an impressive body of work.  Their immediate selling point is their incorporation of electric Gugin and xiao (bamboo flute) into a post-rock frame.

V/A ~ Healer

How many experimental electronic Hungarian artists can you name?  I can’t name any … hold on, now I can name 14. That’s the value of a good compilation, and Healer is an excellent primer for the uninitiated. Our guess. is that

V/A ~ Healer

How many experimental electronic Hungarian artists can you name?  I can’t name any … hold on, now I can name 14. That’s the value of a good compilation, and Healer is an excellent primer for the uninitiated. Our guess. is that

CORIN ~ Lux Aeterna

Lux Aeterna is an audio-visual sci-fi excursion.  We’ve only seen a taste of Tristan Jalleh’s visuals, but the teaser helps us to imagine an immersive, in-person experience.  We do, however, have access to the audio, which honors both the gradual awakening

CORIN ~ Lux Aeterna

Lux Aeterna is an audio-visual sci-fi excursion.  We’ve only seen a taste of Tristan Jalleh’s visuals, but the teaser helps us to imagine an immersive, in-person experience.  We do, however, have access to the audio, which honors both the gradual awakening