post-rock

  • Japanese post-math-rock group toe release the title track off of their upcoming EP on Topshelf Records. Topshelf is a fitting home for these guys, as their jangling clean guitars are reminiscent of the label’s “twinkly” sound. However, where Topshelf’s usual fare is indebted to the thump of punk

  • Japanese post-math-rock group toe release the title track off of their upcoming EP on Topshelf Records. Topshelf is a fitting home for these guys, as their jangling clean guitars are reminiscent of the label’s “twinkly” sound. However, where Topshelf’s usual fare is indebted to the thump of punk

  • Chicago experimental rock group Locrian creates some evocative sounds on a rough recording. I just wish their melodies and songwriting were as gripping as their moody, apocalyptic aesthetic. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2013

    A video for one of the more post-rock-inspired moments from the new Locrian album, Return To Annihilation. It’s the Chicago experimental rock group’s first LP for Relapse records, and it sounds like they’re taking a slight turn for the accessible on this one in an attempt to

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    Return To Annihilation by Locrian For almost a decade, the Chicago band Locrian has been combining various forms of experimental music into a slightly lo-fi and texturally dense discography that challenges most who come into contact with any piece of it. The band added another release to that gauntlet this

  • A bunch of quick, cursory reviews of some songs and albums I wanted to touch down on, featuring a slew of different artists. WATCH THE REVIEWS

  • 2013

    Har Nevo by The Black Heart Rebellion Try out this new, sophomore full-length from experimental rock act Black Heart Rebellion. It’s got an interesting blend of sounds that I think will appeal to a lot of different music fans. This collection of tracks not only have the quaint, atmospheric

  • 2013

    Stream: Saltland – “ICA” A mournful and desolate track from the forthcoming Saltland album, I Thought It Was Us But It Was All Of Us, which is dropping on Constellation Records this May. Saltland is basically spearheaded by Montreal cellist Rebecca Foon, which is a name Thee Silver Mt. Zion and

  • While combining the hatred of black metal with the atmosphere of post-rock is certainly not new territory for a band to tread, England’s Fen have definitely been offering some of the most interesting takes on this genre mish-mash for the past several years. Their new and third full-length album,