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Jun 16, 2024 Reviews

10 Post-Rock Songs You Must Hear

Post-rock is a genre that defies easy categorization, characterized by its use of rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, favoring texture and atmosphere over traditional song structures. It's a journey into expansive soundscapes, intricate rhythms, and emotional depths. Here, we delve into ten quintessential post-rock tracks that epitomize the genre's breadth and beauty. 1. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "Sleep" This 23-minute epic from the album Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to He

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Jun 14, 2024 Reviews

Novere - 'Nothing Stays Hidden in Daylight'

Novere - 'Nothing Stays Hidden in Daylight' Novere is a Post-Metal band from London, UK The opening track 'Hydra' hammers in with a chugging riff, heavy growling vocals, well harmonized guitars and a hefty drum beat hall us into this Doom laden, haunting opening track. Tribal-like vocals shape a tense atmosphere as steadily rising rolling drums & thunderous riffs rise toward an anthemic mid section. We reprise the main, bone shaking riff, with heavier vocals - ending on a hum of feedback 'Ap

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Jun 12, 2024 Reviews

Alex Henry Foster - 'The Power of the Heart' Review

Alex Henry Foster (AHF) is a Canadian musician, singer, producer, and composer, best known as the frontman of Juno Awards nominee band Your Favorite Enemies. In November 2018, Foster released a first solo album "Windows in the Sky” (Hopeful Tragedy Records) With shades of: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Fugazi, Pixies, My Bloody Valentine, Mars Volta, Radiohead, Swans and Nick Cave - Silent Radio best described the group as "Sonic Youth meets Slint at a party hosted by Mogwai!" His new single -

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Jun 12, 2024 Reviews

Mountainscape - 'Iridescent' Single Review

Mountainscape are a Post-Metal Instrumental group from Reading, UK . Their new single 'Iridescent' (with album of the same name) is out now on all streaming platforms! The track floats in with subtle soundscaping and a light wandering guitar riff before the sledgehammer is dropped with the crunching main riff and thunderous drums. Returning to an atmospheric and melancholic verse section, with rolling drums and meandering delayed guitar while a growing sense of suspense push toward a heavy ri

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Mar 21, 2024 Reviews

Silent Whale Becomes A° Dream - Requiem

An Epic Tapestry of Darkness and Light album review I can’t remember exactly how I came across this band: whether it was because someone recommended them to me or simply because I was idly browsing playlists and Bandcamp looking to discover new, interesting music. Either way, I remember only needing a few minutes to be blown away, and getting deeply invested in all their albums soon after. Ironically, I discovered their albums the “wrong way round”, probably thanks to the randomness of how I

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Mar 21, 2024 Reviews

Slint - Spiderland

A Different Kind of Darkness album review The first time I listened to this, I hated it. It was early in my post rock journey; I had been to my first Sigur Rós concert and listened to a couple of bands in the same vein, thinking that’s what post rock “meant”: vast expanses of instrumental music which take you on a journey and penetrate your soul. So when I started delving deeper, thirsty for more of the same, I invariably came across this album, mentioned across multiple forums and reviews an

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Mar 21, 2024 Reviews

Jakob - Solace

Every Listen Weaves a Different Story album review This is a tough album to review. Whenever the topic of post rock comes up and someone asks me for albums to recommend, this tends to be one of the first five I mention. However, it’s one of the toughest to explain exactly why, and what emotions it will elicit in a listener, especially someone new to the genre. After years of listening to it, I’ve come to the conclusion that the reason for that is that it simply changes in meaning around your

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Mar 21, 2024 Reviews

BRUIT ≤ - The Machine is Burning and Now Everyone Knows It Could Happen Again

A Radical Album for Radical Times album review I can certainly remember what happened as soon as I listened to its first few minutes. It was immediately apparent that this debut album would change the genre once again and act as a monolith on the landscape of post rock / post metal. It’s no exaggeration to say that this album shook the scene’s understanding of what can be achieved when the boundaries are challenged. A quartet from France whose name literally means “Noise”, Bruit had already

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Mar 18, 2024 Reviews

Top 5 Post-Rock bands you should check out.

Welcome to the world of post-rock, a genre where music speaks louder than words! Today, we dive into the ethereal soundscapes crafted by the greatest post-rock bands that have ever graced our ears. First up, Explosions in the Sky - their cinematic tracks are like emotional rollercoasters, taking you from serene valleys to explosive peaks in a matter of minutes. Their album 'The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place' is a masterpiece that will leave you breathless. Next, we can't talk about post-rock

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