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Eluvium - Similes -

Ambient music suffered terribly at the hands of a late-90s boom in chill-out compilations, ostensibly assembled to bring one down after a night of hackneyed gesticulating to the sounds of the Gallaghers and their laddish ilk. Bands you knew, remixes you didn’t, but the end products always much of a...

Featured Stream: Caspian (Part One) -

Caspian don't need much of an introduction - they are easily one of the most recognized and talented bands of their scene. If you enjoy post-rock, or just great music in general, then you must check them out if you have yet to. To celebrate the deluxe reissue...

Gregor Samsa -

I couldn't quite understand the concept of Gregor Samsa's Over Air. What I mean is, I get it, being a collection of previous songs recorded live at a Dutch radio station. What I didn't understand was why. I couldn't quite wrap my head around the reasons for an organic, yet...

Saxon Shore Sign Publishing Deal - Saxon Shore have inked a publishing deal with Primary Wave Music (Nirvana) and is headed into the studio with Fridmann to record new music. Saxon Shore's music can be heard in this Sony HD commerical and will soon be found in ads from: Sundance Film Festival, Major League Baseball,...

Wish I Was All Flames - When a cd's liner notes tell you that "twenty-four effects pedals were harmed in the making of this record", you can be pretty sure you've stumbled onto some ambitious shoegazing/post-rock music, which is exactly what this Canadian group delivers on their second full length album. Before going any further I...

Reviews: God Is An Astronaut - Age Of The Fifth Sun -

Rating: 7Given that post-rock as a genre is so often described in terms of apocalyptic imagery, it always come as something of a surprise that so few instrumental bands have sought to deal with the subject directly. However, as the somewhat portentous title (not to mention highly questionable cover art)...

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