Now this is some fun with guitars and drums! Continue reading Ground Patrol – Geophone (2020) Art As Catharsis
Category Archives: Experimenal
Rosella – EP (2019)
Combining twinkly mid-west indie styling’s with some bridging math-rock idea’s and dreamy ambient scores, this EP release from Adelaide group ‘Rosella’ is going to land a hit with fans of that sound.
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No Sudden Moves – The Shape Of Things To Come (2019)
Delicious, dark and full of textural layers ‘The Shape of Things To Come’ is a post-rock delight from Melbourne based artists Nate Hill & Geoff Kerr under the moniker of No Sudden Moves. Continue reading No Sudden Moves – The Shape Of Things To Come (2019)
Bonniesongs – Energetic Mind (Art as Catharsis) 2019
Hype. While I normally feature harder music (as is my preference) sometimes a curve ball comes along that just floors me as a listener and it doesn’t matter what ‘genre’ tag fits…the only thing I can say is this one of the best albums of 2019. Easily. Continue reading Bonniesongs – Energetic Mind (Art as Catharsis) 2019
SEIMS – 3.1 (2019)
Spoiler Alert: The following contains gushing, froth and hype. A lot of it. I’m not sorry. Continue reading SEIMS – 3.1 (2019)
SETMEONFIRE – Lowtech (2019)
Imagine an album which brings together all the coolest electronic parts of every hardcore and metal album of the last decade, the interludes, intros, outros and instrumental sections…and just turns them into full songs. That’s what this is: an entire album of post hardcore riffs, choruses and electronic elements. Continue reading SETMEONFIRE – Lowtech (2019)
[A]part – Ellen Kirkwood & Sirens Big Band (2018)
This is a jazz album. It is incredibly smooth, complicated, eclectic and utterly fantastic. Continue reading [A]part – Ellen Kirkwood & Sirens Big Band (2018)
MNMM – Minimum (2018) Art As Catharsis
This is post-rock on a level you haven’t heard. Continue reading MNMM – Minimum (2018) Art As Catharsis
Instrumental (adj.) – Reductio ad Absurdum
It is no small irony that the tile of this album resembles a spell from the world of Harry Potter because this is some next level Hogwarts kind of shit. Continue reading Instrumental (adj.) – Reductio ad Absurdum
The Other List. (aka amazing releases I didn’t write up > but should have.)
Real talk. You know what? I dropped the ball several times on some absolutely outstanding releases in 2017 and I just couldn’t find my chill after doing the normal Top 10 list until I’d made some sort of penance. So below is a handful of the best stuff I DIDNT get around to penning reflections on. And I feel bad. Continue reading The Other List. (aka amazing releases I didn’t write up > but should have.)