experimental rock
Album Review: Big|Brave – ‘A Chaos Of Flowers’ : The Montreal rock trio craft a post-metal touchstone.
Ever since Big|Brave‘s core members Robin Wattie (vocals/guitar) and Mathieu Ball (guitars) experienced a ‘loud can be quiet’ epiphany over a decade ago, ditching the acoustics and plugging in, their elemental sound has set the aerobatic thrill of Wattie’s singular voice within a swirling storm of riffs, distortion and pummelling rhythms. In some ways their …
Album Review : New Age Doom & Tuvaband – ‘There Is No End’ : re-constituting electric rock and breaking real new ground.
Unintentional maybe but the title of New Age Doom’s latest ‘There Is No End’ describes the extent of the Vancouver duo’s musical vision, reach and range. Drummer Eric J. Breitenbach and guitarist Greg Valou have always shown intention to develop their original dark ambient doom metal chaos theory rather than dig deeper into the same …
Album Review: Teeth of the Sea – ‘Hive’: the electro-psych pioneers re-boot and impress.
Techno doom, electro metal, dub psych, industrial prog, prog techno, doom psych, metal dub, doom prog disco…Teeth Of The Sea have been spinning reviewers’ genre-wheel for a decade plus now. Once they were even tagged as ‘android kestrels’ ….try to find that section on the rack. What you can take from this is that here …
Track: Taking post-rock further – New Age Doom & Tuvaband preview new album ‘There Is No End’ with the climactic title track.
Now here’s some news from the consistently beneficial We Are Busy Bodies to lighten up the post summer gloom. The Toronto label will be releasing the new album ‘There Is No End’ from experimental rock collective New Age Doom on 27th October. Centring around the core partnership of drummer Eric J. Breitenbach and guitarist Greg …
Gallery and set-list: Wider Than Pictures series featuring Future Islands / Just Mustard / Sprints -Collins Barrack Dublin 24.08.2023
American synth-pop act Future Islands graced the stage of the third night of the Wider Than Pictures series at National Museum of Ireland -Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks Dublin and opening the night were first on stage garage punk act from Dublin Sprints and shortly following them were Dundalk experimental rock outfit Just Mustard. Sprints …
Live Review: Swans – Albert Hall Manchester 12th Aug 2023
It’s over 40 years since Michael Gira’s Swans burst onto the scene. Actually, more like oozed onto the scene, a bit like that monster in Dr Who who seeped under your door, Now, 16 albums later, Gira returns to Manchester, the location for many a triumphant Swans gig, with his revolving entourage of musicians in …
News : Swans announce Albert Hall show as part of UK tour
As the sweltering start to the UK summer fizzled out just as the festival season was in full flow, its good to know that there are some touring bands still intent (pun intended) on playing indoor shows. August is traditionally a quiet month for major bands, as the university venues close their doors for the …
Track/Video: Electro-psych pioneers Teeth Of The Sea preview new album ‘Hive’ with the pulsating rush of ‘Megafragma’.
Techno doom, electro metal, dub psych, industrial prog, prog techno, doom psych, metal dub, doom prog disco…Teeth Of The Sea have been sending the genre-makers scrabbling at their combinations for a decade plus now. One reviewer once got so desperate to describe the band as ‘android kestrels’ …you know that sound? What’s more important is …
Album Review: BIG|BRAVE – nature morte : a profound, powerful post-metal statement.
If nothing else the release of nature morte, the sixth album from the Montreal post metal unit BIG|BRAVE, is a testament to the band’s stamina and stoic dedication to their work. Exploring the challenging frontiers of drone-shaded, slow core, electric rock since 2014 and still discovering cracks of inspiration is a tough pursuit but that’s …
Album Review: Steve Bates – All The Things That Happen: Elemental sounds for a wild world.
Some ‘ambient music’ can often come across as ambivalent, leaving the listener floating but uncommitted, relaxed but possibly underwhelmed. ‘All The Things That Happen’, the debut solo album from Canadian musician and sound artist Steve Bates (available from Constellation 23rd September), could superficially pick up the broad ambient tag except this fine record gouges out …