post-rock
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One of my favorite albums, which I’m reviewing in celebration of the YouTube channel hitting 50K. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Icelandic metal band Sólstafir released a new two-disc record titled Svartir Sandar on Seasons of Mist two weeks ago, and I can’t believe I almost missed it. They’ve got a really heavy and open atmosphere surrounding their music. The tunes here really build slowly and subtly, and I’
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On September 13th, black metal experimentalists Wolves In the Throne room will be dropping a new album via Southern Lord: Celestial Lineage. And to be honest, I wasn’t sure if I was gonna be looking to this one. I wasn’t a fan of the band’s output since
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This Will Destroy You’s latest LP starts and finishes with flying colors, but it gets a little underwhelming in the middle for me. Hearing the band revisit old sounds, work with an odd drum mix, and working with similar structures throughout this album make me rethink my original love
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On their debut full-length on Deathwish, Deafheaven take their seamless blend of black metal, post-rock, and post-hardcore to a new level of musicianship and recording quality. Though this may not be the most original black metal record on the block–yes, a lot of groups have been putting tons of
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Stream: Deafheaven- “Violet” (Edit) Last year, I was loving this demo from the West Coast metal outfit Deafheaven. I even donated some money for the tunes. I’m not completely psyched to hear that they’ve got a new LP out on Deathwish this week. Hear an edit of one
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Stream: Explosions In the Sky- Take Care, Take Care, Take Care The new EITS is up for streaming. Post-rock fans unite! The album was released this week on Temporary Residence Limited, and it’s got some pretty elaborate art to go along with the vinyl release, too. Expect a review
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Mogwai’s latest album is a potent concentrate of the band’s usual formula. Rather than varying in volume throughout a given song, the compositions here concentrate on adding more and more layers of guitars, keys, and effects as each song progresses. It’s pretty krautrock of them if you
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New video for the Mogwai track “Mexican Grand Prix.” Does anybody else think this track breathes “krautrock”? Check my review of the band’s new LP, Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will right here. Look for the album on Sub Pop. –
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Grails has announce they’re dropping a new album on March 8th titled Deep Politics. Dig on a track from it below: MP3: Grails- I Led Three Lives –
