“Music” Archives

An interesting glimpse of the earlier days of a band currently enjoying a renaissance.

There’s something ridiculously awesome about my favorite Mew moment.

Disasters isn’t just Forster’s most experimental release to date; it’s also one of his best and most emotional.

The sort of downtempo music that’s best listened to when you’re too tired to stay awake but not tired enough to go to bed yet.

The band’s upcoming album — their “most versatile yet” — will be released on April 27.

Luxury’s story isn’t necessarily your typical rock n’ roll epic, what with the priesthood and all, but it is a fascinating one.

Dynamic Stillness is one of the more challenging Steve Roach releases; it’s not without its rewards, but it makes its own demands of the listener.

Regardless of why Luxury released a new album after a decade, I’m glad they did; simply put, Trophies contains the best music I’ve ever heard from them.

I’ve compiled some of my favorite Yoko Kanno compositions to showcase the remarkable diversity and flare that typifies her music.

Björk, The Declining Winter, Sufjan Stevens, and many more. Time to start saving up…

If this is any indication of the group’s future endeavors, then their next release is going to be something fine, indeed.

The band’s first album since 1998 will be released on March 3.

Post-punk shoegaze, confessional ballads, solo piano, psychedelic pop, and more. Oh, and Weird Al as well.

Acoustic folk, emo done right, soulful electronic pop, twee, ’80s synth ballads, hip-hop, and more.

Swirling shoegaze, Christian psych-rock, dark ambient and industrial, ’80s-style disco pop, and more.

It’s a landmark album, but more importantly, it’s a beautiful album, and time has done nothing to change that.

It seems like forever ago that I first wrote about Native Lights, a Tulsa-based “super-group” featuring members of Ester Drang and Unwed Sailor.

None of these songs are actually on my year-end list, but they easily could’ve been.