Single review: Motion Picture Soundtrack – Glass Figures

Published on February 24th, 2010 by The Editor

Motion Picture Soundtrack - Glass FiguresLonely and plaintive post-indie soundscapers Motion Picture Soundtrack draw “Glass Figures” with their echoing melodies. Actually, it’s pretty good, this.

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EP review: Hollow Branches – Anchored In Sleep

Published on February 11th, 2010 by The Editor

Hollow Branches - Anchored In SleepSelf-professed international post-rock ambient explorers Hollow Branches take a coldly beautiful trip into the haze of memory on their Anchored In Sleep EP.

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Album review: Blueneck – The Fallen Host

Published on February 1st, 2010 by The Editor

Blueneck - The Fallen HostBlueneck are bigger than the term post-rock, so they say, but second album The Fallen Host is as canonical it could be, in all the best possible ways.

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Album review: Watzlawick – Prologue

Published on January 13th, 2010 by The Editor

Pisa is best known for that infamous leaning tower, but if there’s any justice it’ll get extra kudos for housing epic and proggy post-metallers Watzlawick.

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Single review: El Dog – Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Published on December 15th, 2009 by The Editor

El Dog - Let It SnowWhat would make a good band do a Christmas single? Who knows – but El Dog’s post-rock take on “Let It Snow” is something a bit different, to say the least.

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Interview: Mike Vennart of Oceansize

Published on November 27th, 2009 by The Editor

Mike Vennart of Mancunian post-prog stalwarts Oceansize takes some time out to answer a few questions about touring, releasing an “ambient” EP, and Una Stubbs.

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Album review: Dead Confederate – Wrecking Ball

Published on November 14th, 2009 by The Editor

Dead Confederate - Wrecking BallBlending a hint of country and a pinch of psychedelia with spacious grungy alt-rock, Confederate Dead’s Wrecking Ball is both gloomy and glorious at once.

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Album review: Russian Circles – Geneva

Published on November 3rd, 2009 by The Editor

Russian Circles - GenevaChicago duo-plus-one Russian Circles return with their third album, Geneva, taking their fluid post-metal compositions to new breadths of texture and emotion.

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Album review: Dead Days Beyond Help – Access Denied!

Published on October 29th, 2009 by The Editor

London guitar-and-drum duo Dead Days Beyond Help aren’t the usual mess of faux-garage clichés; Access Denied! is studded with avant-post-rock gems.

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Album review: Between The Screams – Our Last Days On Earth

Published on October 10th, 2009 by The Editor

Between The Screams - Our Last Days On EarthLike post-metal? Like bellowing and angry post-hardcore? Between The Screams got your missing link right here, buddy, so prepare for Our Last Days On Earth.

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