Category Archives: Music
Fero Lux – Cheap Funeral: For Me [EP] (blackened post-hardcore)
Neurasthene – Moloch (black metal)
Ellen Kirkwood and Sirens Big Band, Permanent Tension, Philip Zoubek Trio, Big Lad, Esperanza Spalding, Voragine of Autumn, Bluelight, Julia Holter, and Amira Kheir
Ellen Kirkwood and Sirens Big Band – [A]part
From Earshift Music, we get this monstrous work of art: Ellen Kirkwood‘s tetraptych “[A]part” suite, played by herself and Sirens Big Band, with additional soloists. The album is lyriclessly about many contemporary social issues, and uses similarly modern jazz to convey them. This is an album that not only needs to be listened carefully, but also read into. This is an absolute must!
Permanent Tension – Dedicated to the Guilt That Should Have Been but Never Was
Technical and emotive, Permanent Tension‘s newest release is chaotic yet relatable. Dedicated … Read more
Weekly Release Dump
Saturday, 20 October
64-Hit Combo! – 64-Hit Combo! EP (progressive metalcore, post-hardcore)
Omaha, Nebraska
Sunday, 21
Thiquid – For She EP (progressive metal, mathcore)
British Columbia
Monday, 22
Barús – Drowned (black metal)
Grenoble, France
On Emanations
Edoardo Marraffa – Diciotto (avant-garde jazz)
Berlin, Germany
On Aut Records
Kalya Scintilla – Woodland Womp (psybient)
Australia
On Merkaba Music
… Read more Blast – Drifting
The Music
The Words
Blast is the newest project involving French pianist Anne Quillier, who seems to be unable to do anything bad, as our previous reviews of Watchdog, Asylon Terra, and her own sextet can attest. This new moniker is basically the aforementioned Watchdog duo with Pierre Horckmans with an added drummer: Guillaume Bertrand. Percussions were one thing I would have liked to hear on Watchdog’s album, so this should be perfect!
On Rhodes and Moogs, Anne’s parts are rhythmically interesting and lay down the complex harmonic framework of the compositions, mostly hers and Guillaume’s. Sometimes distorted, … Read more
Haken – Vector
The Music
The Words
Haken are back at it again with their fifth album Vector releasing this Friday, October 26th. A surprisingly short album, clocking in at just under 50 minutes, with only one track “Veil” breaking the 10 minute mark. That’s not to say this album isn’t still jam packed with prog metal goodness. The album starts off with “Clear” a short instrumental intro similar to “affinity.exe” off their last album. This leads right into the first single “The Good Doctor” a fun song that sets the theme for the album.
According to the band, this album very riff … Read more