For the love of music
Let’s face it – despite its penchant for whimsy and sprightliness, indie pop band Belle and Sebastian remains among the most divisive acts of our time. They may be perched in the upper echelon of indie music’s infamously dogmatic coterie, but the Scottish septet is also perennially categorized as precious – a word that, in these circles, … [Read more...]
To append the alternately elegiac and purgative sentiments of Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, Glasgow’s favorite post-rockers are issuing a concise four-song EP that makes for a decidedly crestfallen epilogue. In fact, Earth Division’s spotlight on plaintive string arrangements and staid instrumentation more closely aligns it with … [Read more...]
It’s damn near impossible to discuss, let alone passively reference, the genre unfortunately tagged as post-rock without mentioning Scottish quintet Mogwai. By (mostly) eschewing a reliance on lyrics and instead focusing on the visceral and volatile results that can arise when one exacerbates the journey from tension to release, these purveyors … [Read more...]
15 years is a long time in the music world. In 1995, it was possible to argue that indie music was undergoing one of its periodic lows, at least in the UK. Britpop had conquered the mainstream, the best known bands of that moment all owed their success to the intervention of major labels or, like Creation, had found themselves promoted to major … [Read more...]