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Indianapolis’ Shipwreck Karpathos Soar Out Of Quarantine With First Full-Band Song In Five Years

July 9, 2021

If I'm being honest, I don't anticipate that many of our readers will be familiar with Shipwreck Karpathos. The band is working within the niche realm of post-rock during a fickle era where a five year stretch... Read More...

Post Rock Post // 2020 In Review

Nick Cusworth

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Lists!, Post Rock Post

Well! It certainly has been a year, hasn't it? 2020 was such a trial and disappointment in so many ways. It sucked, frankly. 0 stars, would not recommend, etc. etc. In spite of all of that though, I was genuin... Read More...

We Asked, You Decided: Heavy Blog Readers’ Top Albums of 2020

Nick Cusworth

January 25, 2021

Best of 2020, Lists!

In all the years I've been a part of this site and helping out with our end of year coverage, I have wanted to conduct a readers' poll. Alas, we never had the bandwidth to do so given the timing and timeframe ... Read More...

Rotten to the Core // December 2020

Calder Dougherty

December 7, 2020

Rotten to the Core

Nothing pithy or pissy this month. The world continues to burn, but we’re getting through it one riff at a time. Happy holidays from ours to yours! Stay safe out there and mosh responsibly. - Calder Dougher... Read More...

Editors’ Picks // November 2020

Scott Murphy

November 9, 2020

Editors' Picks

The last few weeks have been, to say the least, quite stressful for a lot of us at the blog. When you look at the list of albums that we chose to run for this month’s Editors’ Picks, it might be tempting to pa... Read More...

Post Rock Post // November 2020

Nick Cusworth

November 9, 2020

Post Rock Post

I'm gonna level with you all. I am too damn tired emotionally to write a proper intro this month. October was really fantastic when it came to post- releases, and we've got a whole lot of good content to get t... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 10/9/20

Scott Murphy

October 9, 2020

Release Day Roundup

Editor’s Note: Longtime reader Remi VL is a regular guest contributor to our Release Day Roundup posts! He submitted several of the albums listed below. Join his Facebook group for more recommen... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Massachusetts Alternative/Prog-Rock Quartet I Was Awake Has The Cure For What Ails You In New Video for “Collectors”

David Zeidler

March 25, 2020

Premieres, Video

I've had the pleasure of seeing I Was Awake twice to date. The first time was with Appalaches, Deer Leap and West Meets Wess at an ultra-dive basement bar in Boston that misspelled the former band as "Apple As... Read More...

Release Day Roundup – 5/10/19

Scott Murphy

May 10, 2019

Release Day Roundup

Each month, we always seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to our Editors’ Picks column: Friday release days open the floodgates and unleash a seemingly endless stream of... Read More...

Post Rock Post // January 2019

Nick Cusworth

February 6, 2019

Post Rock Post

I am not one to beat a dead horse, generally-speaking. I don't like seizing on a particular argument and continually pointing out the ways in which it is dead wrong once I've clearly established its wrongness.... Read More...

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