“Music” Archives

One of my favorite albums gets reissued and several great shoegaze/noise-pop acts return with promises of new music.

It’d be a shame to overlook the anniversary of one of Christian music’s true masterpieces.

Patient listeners will find much to appreciate in the post-rock outfit’s latest album.

The Portland group conjure up a heady blend of goth, shoegaze, and psychedelia.

Atmospheric, intricately detailed techno that’s perfect for late-night blogging or coding sessions.

For all of their heaviness, White’s songs never plod but rather, float and drift effortlessly.

Dark-tinged folk balladry, spacey techno from Iceland, goth-y psychedelia, and stripped down post-rock.

Mimi Parker’s lovely voice makes “Some Hearts (at Christmas Time)” another fine Christmas tune from the slowcore pioneers.

They’ve only released seven songs in four years, and each song is a lovely little gem in its own right. Even the REO Speedwagon cover.

No disrespect to Depeche Mode, but HKE’s track is a better match for the Ghost in the Shell aesthetic.

And yes, that’s really the new artwork. Those Texas boys are something else.

It has everything you could ever possibly want in a shoegaze song.

A really solid slice of electronic pop with a nice, dubby groove.

Circle of Dust’s famous “lost” album from 1998 gets reissued with three discs’ worth of bonus tracks, alternate versions, outtakes, and remixes.

Kosmische-inspired ambient music that evokes the most distant and forsaken reaches of space.

The Pennsylvania trio create lush, evocative dream pop that might fly under the radar of most.

Autumnal dream-pop, cosmic electronic music, impeccable Swedish pop, and the final Circle of Dust reissue.

One of the prettiest things I’ve ever heard from Gustav Ejstes and his bandmates.

Amir Abbey creates an atmosphere full of grandeur and majesty shadowed by melancholy.

An enjoyable collection of odds and ends that explore different facets of the C418 sound.