Tuesday, March 24, 2009

If These Trees Could Talk - Above the Earth, Below the Sky (2009)

Post-Rock / Post-Metal / Instrumental

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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.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Hello again to Sirens Sound!

The popular Blogspot post-rock music blog Sirens Sound was shutdown earlier this week to the chagrin of its many faithful readers, myself included. Well, now Sirens Sound is back with its own dotcom!

Monday, November 10, 2008

God Is An Astronaut - God Is An Astronaut (2008)

Electronic Rock / Instrumental

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Of interest to craftsmen and headbangers alike, God Is An Astronaut’s all instrumental music is electronic rock of the utterly enjoyable sort.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Les Fragments de la Nuit - Musique Du Crépuscule (2008)

Modern Classical / Experimental

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French neo-classicalists Les Fragments de la Nuit toss us under a killing moon on the haunting Musique Du Crépuscule.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Souvenir’s Young America - An Ocean Without Water (2007)

Post-Rock / Slowcore / Instrumental

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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.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The American Dollar - A Memory Stream (2008)

Explosions At the Postal Service

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  1. The Slow Wait Pt. 1
  2. The Slow Wait Pt. 2
  3. Call
  4. Bump
  5. Intermission
  6. Lights Dim
  7. Transcendence
  8. Our Hearts Are Read
  9. Anything You Synthesize
  10. We’re Hitting Everything
  11. Starscapes