The Brothers Freeman grace us with a recent edition of the premier progressive rock magazine, full of in-depth reviews of new albums in the genre as well as trips down memory lane in terms of the Italian prog scene. Also included, of […]
Today, we have some fine contemporary classical music coming out of Russia. Fancy Music usually deliver consistently good albums, and this one is no exception. The Opensoundorchestra interpret the works of newer composers such as Nastasya Khrushcheva, Elmir Nizamov, Anatoly Palaev, Vladimir […]
We find music in the strangest of places. This release from Jesse Paul Miller is proof of it. From his Bandcamp site: “These tracks consist of a series of sequential “sound collages”, based on recordings I gathered in Southeast Asia, between 2008 […]
Both Spain’s BLAK and Japan’s MYY. are both incredible instrumental post-rock bands. They don’t play the sometimes irritating metal variant. This is a more pure form of the genre. Rather gentle to the ears considering the power of each band.
From Chitra Records’ Bandcamp site: “Shibui is a simple, unobtrusive beauty that expresses original imperfection and intelligent restraint. The track titles are based on various polysemantic aspects of Japanese aesthetics and culture.” Simple, sparse electronic music. Not quite ambient, but it’s easy […]
From the good souls over at Projekt Records: “Mira were a dream pop/shoegaze band from Tallahassee, Florida, formed in 1996 featuring vocalist Regina Sosinski, guitarist Tom Parker, bassist Max Fresen and drummer Alan Donaldson, with second guitarist Mark Davidson. After releasing several […]
Ilia Belorukov is a multi-instrumentalist who hails from Russia, but since the Russia-Ukraine conflict, he has been a resident of Novi Sad Serbia and will probably be for awhile. He is making wonderful use of his time by collaborating with local talent. […]
From the golden ears of Ian Nagoski and his wonderful Canary Records label, we have a compilation of 1960’s garage rock from Honduras. From the release’s Bandcamp site: “This album of Honduran bands who recorded ca. 1966-69 under the influence of American […]
The New Human is, as far as I am concerned, the new standard bearer for fresh music in the IDM genre. If you like groups like Boards of Canada, and of course, Aphex Twin, this is going to pique your interest. From […]
This album is an absolutely sublime combination of folk music and classical, with Gaelynn Lea’s violin sounding like a full orchestra. From the release website: “‘All the Roads that Lead Us Home’ is a focused, vibrant piece of music by a person […]