Tag: POST ROCK
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I Forget Myself – An Exception
As you already know, the contemporary rock scene offers many brilliant artists and bands whose music often resonates with memorable moments, but those music outlets rarely manage to retain that essence from start to finish. Thankfully, there are artists like I Forget Myself who know how to do it properly, without ever sounding predictable, repetitive,…
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Bear, Man Dangerous – When We Cease To Understand The World CD
There’s a specific intellectual heaviness that comes out of the Pacific Northwest, and Seattle’s Bear, Man Dangerous has tapped into a particularly potent vein of it. His latest single, When We Cease to Understand the World, is a psychedelic post-rock manifesto for the disillusioned. If you’re a listener enjoying music that feels like a reading…
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Dark Satellite – Death Of A Classic EP
Forget everything you think you know about the San Francisco underground. When Dark Satellite dropped their 2023 EP, Death Of A Classic, they were releasing a sonic bomb right in the middle of the post-punk revival. While most bands are content to just recycle 1979’s greatest hits, this trio is busy building a time machine…
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Dark Satellite – Splitting Image CD
Let’s be real for a second, most progressive music can feel a little cold. It’s often technically perfect but emotionally empty. Then you have a band like Dark Satellite. Their latest full-length, Splitting Image, is the exact opposite of that. It’s a record sounding like it was forged in the back of a van, refined…
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Post-Rock Supergroup Jagged City Unveils Debut Single
Post-rock trio Jagged City, featuring Jake Woodruff (Defeater) and Carlos Torres (Explosions In The Sky), has unveiled their debut single, “Imaginary Lines,” and announced their debut EP, There Are More of Us, Always (Jan 30, Pelagic Records). The bold collection moves between spacious, melodic guitar passages and raucous, swelling climbs, delivering wonderfully balanced compositions. With…
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Gudness – We’re All Good
“We’re All Good” is the latest piece of sonic artistry by Gudness, an outstanding English band based in Leicester. It’s their second standalone single in 2025, serving as an appropriate follow-up to “In This House,” a critically acclaimed extended play released earlier this year that you should also check out as soon as possible. Right…
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Reflection – Cleft Stick LP (Geenger Records)
Let’s cut right to the chase: if you consider yourself a devotee of post-hardcore, screamo, or any music that uses raw emotion as a weapon, you need to stop what you’re doing and pay attention. Reflection have delivered their latest full-length, Cleft Stick, via Geenger Records, and it’s safe to say this is their magnum…
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Post-Rock Collective Shadowman Unveils Dark Debut Single “Flowers”
Shadowman is a new collaborative project featuring John J Presley, Ben Hillier, and Danielle Perry, focused on creating freely with mutual inspirations. Their debut single, “Flowers,” is a tapestry of sonics, featuring crunching guitars, motorik drum machines, and a death march brass section (with Pete Wareham on sax). Presley wrote the lyrics after observing a…
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The Dead Hearts – Plight Goes On
“Plight Goes On” is the latest release by The Dead Hearts, an outstanding Polish band based in Lublin. Heavily promoted by “Losing You,” “Lost Not Gone,” “No Way Of Healing,” and “Enslaved (Break This Cycle), four excellent compositions that vividly showcase what you might expect from this material, “Plight Goes On” stands as their debut…
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One Hundred Moons – Black Avalanche
“Black Avalanche” is the latest release by One Hundred Moons, an outstanding Canadian band based in Toronto. Arriving after “The Architect,” “Ear To Ear,” “Volodya,” “Black Avalanche,” and “Take Two,” five excellent compositions that vividly showcase what you might expect from the remainder of the material, it’s the new full-length album coming after their self-titled…
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Drill For Absentee Releases Double EP “Strand Of A Lake” On Limited Edition Vinyl
Drill For Absentee has released a double collection of music, Strand of a Lake Volume 1 and Volume 2, today via Expert Work Records. The band reformed earlier this decade, adding drummer Ken Kuniyoshi to create the EPs, which are available digitally and as a limited-edition 12-inch vinyl record (200 copies), with a collector’s pressing…
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Astronoid Unveil New Single ‘Love Weapon’
Astronoid have shared “Love Weapon,” the second single from their highly anticipated new album Stargod, out November 7 via 3DOT Recordings. The song pairs danceable rhythms with soaring guitars and synths, capturing the band’s signature balance of atmosphere and emotional power. Vocalist Brett Boland calls it “a love song about acceptance and moving forward.” The…
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