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Wednesday, November 9 2011

Marc Carroll: In Silence

A couple of tracks stand out on their own, but In Silence, as a whole, is an awkward hodgepodge of Irish folk music and sappy piano ballads.


Monday, September 26 2011

To Destroy a City: To Destroy a City

A pleasing debut from a Chicago post-rock outfit.


Thursday, March 31 2011

Grails: Deep Politics

The instrumental stalwarts turn in a record brimming with ideas and dripping with atmosphere, as thrilling as their live shows.


Friday, February 11 2011

Wires Under Tension: Light Science

While it’s not an altogether successful enterprise, listeners can walk away from Light Science feeling that they’ve engaged in something of an alternative post-rock spectacle.


Friday, February 4 2011

a.d.l.r.: Foam on the Waves of Space-Time…

Foam on the Waves of Space-Time... is a boisterous debut that squirms in its seat.


Goonies Never Say Die: No Words to Voice Our Hopes and Fears

Just sit back, listen on headphones and listlessly drift away to the organic, victorious music contained within.


Thursday, January 6 2011

Klangwart: Sommer

Sommer collects new and old electro-acoustic experiments from Klangwart.


Monday, August 30 2010

Asura & Anenon: Silver Trees/Damiel

There is room to grow at Non Projects, but green-ish producers/multi-instrumentalists Asura & Anenon have things mostly figured out.


Thursday, June 24 2010

Drip Audio, Home of Inhabitants and Other Greatness

Our neighbors to the north have awesome taste in music.


Friday, June 4 2010

Caspian: The Four Trees / You Are the Conductor EP

Naysayer journalists and irony-obsessed hipsters may be quick to declare the post-rock genre dead and buried, but they probably haven't heard The Four Trees.


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