“Music” Archives

Few bands convey the dreariness of the colder seasons, as well as the wistfulness for something better as well as Hood does.

Hood updates their pastoral post-rock with glitchy electronics and Anticon hip-hop to create a compelling wintry sound.

A very solid debut from a group that clearly knows their strengths and plays to them consistently from beginning to end.

Pascal Humbert’s cinematic music conjures up images of rundown desert locales and holes-in-the-wall.

Rainstick Orchestra’s music doesn’t quite come together in a way that ultimately satisfies.

The EP comes across as more an experiment, a toss-off than anything else.

Ultimately, only hardcore fans of the band need to pick this up.

Understated, subtle, patiently constructed electronic pop at its finest.

I find it rather troubling and disappointing that Piano Magic’s songs have become this predictable.

The fact that their music still has plenty of its own charm says something to me.

About as perfect a summation of Slowdive’s career as one can find.

Full of examples of why Kranky is one of the most essential — and consistent — labels currently out there in indie-dom.