Music is my own personal dinner party. Tortoise is the uninvited guest who crashed and then became the life of … More
Category: Post-Rock
A Third Ear for “Suite for Max Brown”
Jeff Parker & The New Breed, Suite for Max Brown (Nonesuch) PERSONNEL Jeff Parker: guitar, drums, vocals, electronics, samplers Ruby … More
A Third Ear for “Be My Baby Tonight”
Molesome, Be My Baby Tonight (Roth Handle, 2019) PERSONNEL Mattias Olsson, Turntables, Mellotrons, Chamberlins, Electric guitars, Baritone guitars, Percussion, Some … More
A Few Days in the Life (11/20/19)
November 20, 20:53 Afternoon watch I swear, I think I’m training a teenager. Oh, he’s plenty mature. He just looks … More
A Few Words About Triumph & Disaster
WE LOST THE SEA, Triumph & Disaster (B.R.R., 2019) PERSONNEL: Matt Harvey (guitars); Mark Owen (guitars); Carl Whitbread (guitars); Kieran … More
Mark Owen (We Lost the Sea) Answers Seven Questions from CirdecSongs
From the first time I heard them, I made no secret of my love for the music of Australian post-rockers … More
Musings from MoonJune Mountain
A few weeks ago, I received a box of CDs from MoonJune Records, courtesy of label head Leonardo Pavkovic. He … More
A Few Words About “Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery”
THE COMET IS COMING, Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (Impulse, 2019) PERSONNEL: Danalogue (keyboards); Betamax (drums); King … More
A Few Words About “See”
OLD SOLAR, See (A Thousand Arms, 2019) PERSONNEL: Travis Brooks (guitar); Evan King (guitar, piano, and auxiliary instruments); William Baker … More
One You Missed: We Lost the Sea, Departure Songs
It is my long-held belief that the discovery of music is a never-ending series of happy accidents. The pursuit of … More
