Mar 2, 2017 Grails’ Chalice Hymnal Blends Numerous Genres to Create Cinematic Soundscapes (Review) Post-rock, electronic music, film scores, modern classical, and jazz figure into Grails’ graceful, sublime music.
Jan 29, 2017 ISON’s Cosmic Drone Conveys the Beauty and Terror of Outer Space (Review) This gorgeous space-themed EP blends metal and shoegaze to stunning effect.
Jan 28, 2017 Luxury’s Lee Bozeman Is Recording New Music for Velvet Blue Music The as-yet-untitled release will be recorded this February.
Jan 28, 2017 Austin’s Knife in the Water Announce New Album Reproduction, Reissue 1998’s Plays One Sound and Others The Texas group’s darkly cinematic take on country-western and Americana is still as timeless and haunting as ever.
Jan 17, 2017 Everywhere I Go Is Silence by Box And The Twins (Review) It’s easy to let yourself get swallowed up by the trio’s dark, chilly music.
Jan 17, 2017 “Cold Souls” by Drab Majesty Gloomy post-punk that’ll make you want to break out the black fingernail polish again.
Jan 17, 2017 “Star Roving” by Slowdive Slowdive’s first new song in over 20 years is arguably their most aggressive yet.
Jan 17, 2017 Definite Structures by High-Functioning Flesh (Review) Jagged industrial and EMB with a punk-like attitude and posture.
Jan 17, 2017 In Rotation: High-Functioning Flesh, Slowdive, Drab Majesty, Box and the Twins (Review) Minimalist industrial punk; the return of a shoegaze legend; dreamy inter-dimensional post-punk; and darkly lush pop from Germany.
Jan 11, 2017 Watch Arcade Fire’s 2014 Performance of “Reflektor” at London’s Earls Court It’s one of the best Arcade Fire songs to date — and a nice tease for their upcoming concert film.
Jan 10, 2017 Insides’ “Ghost Music” Is the Ambient Pop Duo’s First New Song in 16 Years And it picks right up where their masterpiece, 1993’s Euphoria, left off.
Jan 8, 2017 This Tooth & Nail Records Catalog Is a ’90s Christian Music Time Capsule I’d spend hours poring over catalogs like these, trying to decide what music to buy with my meager college paychecks.
Dec 31, 2016 My Favorite Songs of 2016 2016 sucked in many ways. But there was beautiful music to be heard in the midst of the year’s ugliness.
Dec 29, 2016 25 Albums (and 1 Reissue) I’m Looking Forward to Hearing in 2017 One of my favorite albums gets reissued and several great shoegaze/noise-pop acts return with promises of new music.
Dec 27, 2016 I’d Buy a 25th Anniversary Reissue of The Violet Burning’s Strength in a Heartbeat It’d be a shame to overlook the anniversary of one of Christian music’s true masterpieces.
Dec 10, 2016 Awakened by Decay by 1 Mile North (Review) Patient listeners will find much to appreciate in the post-rock outfit’s latest album.
Dec 10, 2016 Via Subterranea by Trance to the Sun (Review) The Portland group conjure up a heady blend of goth, shoegaze, and psychedelia.
Dec 10, 2016 Stars and Dust by Yagya (Review) Atmospheric, intricately detailed techno that’s perfect for late-night blogging or coding sessions.
Dec 10, 2016 They Moved in Shadow All Together by Emily Jane White (Review) For all of their heaviness, White’s songs never plod but rather, float and drift effortlessly.
Dec 10, 2016 In Rotation: Emily Jane White, Yagya, Trance to the Sun, 1 Mile North (Review) Dark-tinged folk balladry, spacey techno from Iceland, goth-y psychedelia, and stripped down post-rock.