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There’s a great amount of inflation over writing sad, dreamy music, and, to paraphrase Tom Waits, the quality of much of it is affecting the quality of our suffering. Most of us are firmly in the gutter, but Redolent are among those starring at the stars.

Darksoft sounds like a band that take video games, SciFi and gadgets very seriously. It’s a superficial conclusion, of course, but one that may be supported by their future-kitsch video for their latest single, as well as the game-soundtrack keys that dominate…

Kuwalla are deflecting questions about their brilliant ability to write catchy, well-crafted songs through humor. “7.000 Leagues under the Sea/What would anyone do with a creature like me.” There’s staying power to this single, with gloriously expansive…

Psyclo sounds like the dark wave project of an old black metal musician. It’s terrifying in scope and soundscape. The 18th Floor in Hell begins innocently enough with a keyboard pattern that echo Japan’s classic “Ghosts“. But, later, with each…

Alex Lucero makes the kind of quirky indie rock that dares you to call his bluff on whether he’s joking, or not. Just like Father John Misty, a modern rock figure operating in similar territories, the answer isn’t all that important. This material is far too…

If the vocals to this were any more strange, I would swear it’s a Genesis rarity from great ol’ Peter Gabriel days. Prog rock has evolved and so have recording techniques. It’s why Shimmer, as melodically sophisticated as it is, could be categorized as a…

If you’ve clicked on the article spurred on by the title you are soon to be pissed off. Black metal is not the genre that Defoe, modern music producer from LA, is covering here. And, for the record, neither is Black Metal the most extreme genre around by a country…

God is a traffic-cop, sometimes we roll, sometimes we stop. The hippies, and folkies took the world very seriously! Helluva lot of good that did them. Sam Roberts Band are past taking advice from well-intended people, and not quite ready to rage against the dying of the…