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Tombs – Under Sullen Skies

December 7, 2020

When we get band promos, we typically receive a few things. Of course we get the album, but we also get a lot of promotional materials like press releases and photos and the like. I sometimes read the releases... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: The “Scorpio Moon” Looms With Empress’ New Single

Eden Kupermintz

November 5, 2020

Premieres

Another day, another great from Australia. But this time, in contrast to the bright, ecstatic trappings of our recently premiered tracks from the island continent, we have something more sinister. Brisbane's E... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Bound Resonate with “The Last Time We Were All Together”

Trent Bos

October 19, 2020

Premieres

Wistful yearning is perhaps no better expressed than through the genres of post-rock and shoegaze. The memories, nostalgia, and both the warmth and coldness associated can be poured into us from these textural... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Scaphoid Range Far For Their Sound On “Marauder”

Eden Kupermintz

September 15, 2020

News

It's always a blast to get to write about entirely new bands. That is, bands that I've never covered before on the blog. Sure, it's also nice to go back to old favorites and catch up with them but there's noth... Read More...

All Them Witches – Nothing as the Ideal

Jordan Jerabek

September 8, 2020

Reviews

All Them Witches have certainly made a name for themselves as a psych-rock staple over the last decade. Their blues-inflected brand of heavy psych has taken on a variety of forms across their studio releases, ... Read More...

The Ocean – Phanerozoic II : Mesozoic | Cenozoic

Eden Kupermintz

September 2, 2020

Reviews

By now, The Ocean occupy one of the most illustrious points in a contemporary metal band's career. They took part in the birth of their genre, namely post metal, rose with its exploding and wide spread appeal,... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: I Hear Sirens – “Ad Caelum”

Trent Bos

July 1, 2020

Premieres

Back with a tasty treat for the followers of our monthly Post-Rock Post column. I Hear Sirens have been a respected force in the American post-rock scene dating back to their debut self-titled EP in 2007. Sinc... Read More...

Brume – Rabbits

Jordan Jerabek

November 29, 2019

Reviews

A couple years back, bay area doom trio Brume caught some ears with their fantastic debut LP, Rooster. The Billy Anderson-produced effort put them on doomsters’ radars with an enjoyably dark, psychedelia-tinge... Read More...

Post. Festival, Year Two: Electric Boogaloo

David Zeidler

October 24, 2019

Deep Dive, Features, News

For the past two years, Post. Festival has emerged as the best weekend of the year for a re-energized American post-rock scene and transformed Indianapolis into the unlikely beating heart of this small but ded... Read More...

Botanist – Ecosystem

Scott Murphy

October 14, 2019

Reviews

Uniqueness is often conflated with interesting ideas in our modern music consumption landscape. There's plenty of experimental music that, while undeniably different, is pretty deniably good. I've encountered ... Read More...

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