Tag: ART ROCK
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Art-Punk Royalty Devo Bring Iconic Red Energy Domes And Rarities To NPR’s Tiny Desk
Devo makes their NPR Tiny Desk Concert debut in a riveting four-song performance featuring original members Gerald Casale, Bob and Mark Mothersbaugh, and touring members Jeff Friedl and Josh Hagar. The Tiny Desk Concert arrives ahead of the band’s stop next month at the Ohana Festival in Dana Point and arrives on the heels of the…
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Robot Hive – Black Umbrella Romancer
“Black Umbrella Romancer” is the latest song by Robot Hive, an outstanding Canadian sextet. It’s their third piece of work in 2024, acting as an adequate follow-up to”As Within, So Without” and “Floaters,” two excellent tracks released earlier this year. Still, “Black Umbrella Romancer” showcases many innovations in songwriting, composing, arranging, and producing, as these…
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Dark Tree Bark – Kameni Spavač LP (Geenger Records)
“Kameni Spavač,” the debut album by the Croatian experimental rock band Dark Tree Bark, is a bold and captivating exploration into the realms of post-rock, krautrock, progressive rock, and beyond. This ambitious release features five profoundly complex compositions— “Sanjarenje,” “Vražji Prolaz,” “Mrkla Šuma,” “Bijela Soba,” and “Fjord”—each carrying a unique mood and ambiance while collectively…
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Broken Filters – Uncharted Territory
Released in 2022, “Uncharted Territory” marks the second album from Broken Filters, a band unafraid to push the boundaries of music genres. This offering delves deep into the realms of experimental rock, while expertly integrating elements from krautrock, psych-rock, art-rock, free-jazz, and alternative rock. This fusion creates a unique auditory journey, characterized by the band’s…
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Broken Filters – Broken Filters LP
Back in 2018, Stockholm-based band Broken Filters made a remarkable self-titled debut album, which stands as their first piece of work. This collection of tracks showcases an impressive blend of experimental rock, krautrock, psych-rock, art-rock, free-jazz, and alternative influences, creating an innovative and deeply engaging ambiance. The album, consisting of nine diverse tracks, takes the…
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Broken Filters – ¡Atenciòn! LP
“¡Atenciòn!” is the latest full-length album by Broken Filters, an exceptional Stockholm-based band. The album consists of five longevous tracks, spanning across many different but complementary music genres. Broken Filters are pros in compiling various styles to illustrate a fresh, unique, rich, and luxurious ambiance that immediately grabs your attention and refuses to let go.…
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Mothman And The Thunderbirds – So Long (Portal Hopper)
“So Long (Portal Hopper)” is a new track by Mothman and The Thunderbirds, a music outlet of Philadelphia-based musician and produced Alex Parkinson. It’s his second piece of work in 2024, serving as an adequate follow-up of “Ruby Skies,” another excellent single you should check out as soon as possible. Together, these two tracks announce…
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Mofongo Released New Album “Coco Soco Asoco”
Jose Ayala (Mofongo) is a composer and improviser based in New York, NY. Jose is trained as a classical guitarist and studied composition with Joe Maneri and Lee Hyla. His current approach is primarily based around improvisations on modular synths. The recordings in Coco Soco Asoco are a result of a daily practice where new configurations are setup and recorded each…
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New Rose – Tracklist Within LP
Last week, you had a chance to read a review about “Hold No Grudges,” the exceptional second full-length album by New Rose, a Swedish alt-rock band you should put on your radar as soon as possible. Now, we delve back into the past, rediscovering “Tracklist Within,” their debut album released in 2011. I am not…
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Twenty One Trillion – 18,17,16,15 EP 12″ (Expert Word Records)
Last week, you had a chance to read a review of “LP2,” a second offering of Twenty One Trillion, a Columbia, Missouri-based post-rock duo. The band has treated us with “18,17,16,15” their latest extended play release strictly limited to 50 copies on black vinyl. While working on “LP1” and “LP2,” Twenty One Trillion had around…
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Twenty One Trillion – LP2 LP (Expert Work Records)
Columbia, Missouri-based duo Twenty One Trillion is back with another superb record that will immediately convince you to delve even deeper into their previous recordings. The self-explanatory title “LP2” carries seven exceptional compositions beyond anything they did before. Surely, there are resemblances to the ambiance they shaped with 21,000,000,000,000, their impressive debut full-length, but this…
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St. Vincent Released New Single “Big Time Nothing”
“Big Time Nothing,” the third song to be released in advance of St. Vincent’s feverishly anticipated All Born Screaming, is out now. Featuring a precarious balance of ennui and urgency underpinned by brainworm basslines, the newly unleashed track expands on the incendiary sonic palette of side one of the new album—forming a fiery trifecta with the…
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