“Music” Archives

William Orbit takes pieces by the likes of Vivaldi and Beethoven, as well as Cage, Satie, and Górecki, and runs them through his bank of synthesizers.

“I think that my conviction has always been to write about what God has brought me through.”

If there was ever a band that we here at Opus wish would make it big, it’d probably be Havalina Rail Co.

He describes his music as a a little bit of folk, a bit of blues, and a lot of pop and rock.

This is a must-hear record if you want a truly different type of pop.

By the middle of the CD, I was beginning to really look forward to hearing someone from this stable of artists take on something downtempo and textured.

Joe Hisaishi’s masterful soundtrack ably conveys both the beauty and darkness in Hayao Miyazaki’s anime masterpiece.

Blue Wonder Power Milk is comparable to Hooverphonic’s past accomplishment, though not nearly as dark.

A few of the tracks are comparable to older Sonic Youth.

Maybe they are “OK Computer” leftovers, but on the first play, it felt like a brand new album.

What keeps Molasses from sounding like a tired rendition of old folk numbers is the alien sense of dread and foreboding just below the surface.

I am here to say that Sigur Rós lives up to everything you’ve ever read or heard about them.

Each track blends into the other, providing constant music for dancing.

A sense of refuge allows for a recording as sparse, mysterious, and intimate as this one.

Though hundreds of miles from the ocean, Los Straitjackets echo the feel of rushing waves hovering over your head in their impressive debut.

A lush (npi) mixture of hip-hop beats, vinyl scratches, orchestral undercurrents, ominous basslines, and lazily seductive vocals

It might be just what you need at 10:30 on a Sunday night.

It’s a rocket into the future while it also makes you realize why you loved music in the past.

The Elevator Division’s music is rife with atmosphere, but it’s tempered by the edge the band brings to their songwriting.

Putting out soundtracks as records implies they are indeed good enough to stand on their own, and I’m not convinced this one can.