Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Rx Bandits - Mandala (2009)
Alternative Rock / Experimental
2009 offering from the best thing ever to come out of Orange County chucks the horns and some of the pop hooks in favor of a looser, album-oriented jam rock feel.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Fear Before - Fear Before (2008)
Experimental / Metal / Noise-Pop
Long having shaken out their scene hardcore sillies, Aurora, Colorado’s Fear Before the March of Flames now birth music equal parts metal, industrial, and pop, and fire it straight at experimental and noise-pop fans. And all without the last half of their name!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Porcupine Tree - We Lost the Skyline (2008) [LIVE] and Nil Recurring (2007) [EP]
Prog-Rock / Hard Rock / Acoustic / Experimental
In Absentia or Deadwing are likely to be the first Porcupine Tree albums on anyone’s plate, but their massive back catalog is solid all the way through. The Tree’s two most recent releases carry the torch.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Les Fragments de la Nuit - Musique Du Crépuscule (2008)
Modern Classical / Experimental
French neo-classicalists Les Fragments de la Nuit toss us under a killing moon on the haunting Musique Du Crépuscule.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The Sound of Animals Fighting - The Ocean and the Sun (2008)
Experimental / Prog-Rock
Experimental supergroup including Anthony Green and members of Rx Bandits seizes eardrums with bombastic jams, scattered musical non sequiturs, tempered by jazz-like restraint. If you haven’t yet been introduced, say hello to the new Radiohead.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Watersigns - Watersigns (2007) [FREE MUSIC]
Rock / Instrumental / Technical
Hard-edged music theorists Watersigns forego a singer in favor of wandering guitar suites that toe the line between technical/math rock and pop repetition.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Rail - Rail (2008)
Jazz / Fusion / Post-Jazz / Experimental
Self-labeled “post-jazzers” Rail have a lot more in common with alt-rock and punk than they do with classic rock. Their self-titled is like jazz fusion without the boring wank and updated for the new millenium.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Under the Influence of Giants - Under the Influence of Giants (2006)
Pop / Dance Rock / Funk
Under the Influence of Giants deliver half an album of adrenaline-pumping dance-funk and half an album of aimless water-treading on their half-refreshing self-titled debut.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Raein - Nati Da Altri Padri (2008)
Punk / Prog / Screamo / Experimental
Fans of heavy music with orchestral compositional technique will feel perfectly at home with this burst of spitfire prog-punk from Italian five-piece Raein.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Calexico - Carried to Dust (2008)
Frankenstein folk
- Victor Jara’s Hands
- Two Silver Trees
- The News About William
- Sarabande In Pencil Form
- Writer’s Minor Holiday
- Man Made Lake
- Inspiracion
- House Of Valparaiso
- Slowness
- Bend In The Road
- El Gatillo (Trigger Revisited)
- Fractured Air (Tornado Watch)
- Falling From Sleeves
- Red Blooms
- Contention City
