Tuesday, March 24, 2009
If These Trees Could Talk - Above the Earth, Below the Sky (2009)
Post-Rock / Post-Metal / Instrumental
Post-rockers with an earthy name and a metallic twist, If These Trees Could Talk borrow inspiration from Tool as much as from modern classical composers or Explosions in the Sky, and the results are riveting, to say the least.
Monday, November 10, 2008
God Is An Astronaut - God Is An Astronaut (2008)
Electronic Rock / Instrumental
Of interest to craftsmen and headbangers alike, God Is An Astronaut’s all instrumental music is electronic rock of the utterly enjoyable sort.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Souvenir’s Young America - An Ocean Without Water (2007)
Post-Rock / Slowcore / Instrumental
Before Pandora introduced me to Souvenir’s Young America, I went through quite a few post-rock ensembles that didn’t quite fit the bill in my search for the kind of music a space station might play as soundtrack to their decaying orbit.
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.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The American Dollar - A Memory Stream (2008)
Explosions At the Postal Service
- The Slow Wait Pt. 1
- The Slow Wait Pt. 2
- Call
- Bump
- Intermission
- Lights Dim
- Transcendence
- Our Hearts Are Read
- Anything You Synthesize
- We’re Hitting Everything
- Starscapes
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain (2006)
Explosions in the Sky above the Swamp of Sadness
Limbs
Falling Snow
This White Mountain On Which You Will Die
Fire Above, Ice Below
Not Unlike The Waves
Our Fortress Is Burning… I
II - Bloodbirds
III - The Grain
An American metal band influenced by heavy European guitar music that doesn’t sound like Iron Maiden or In Flames? With a “Loveless”-inspired album cover? [...]
