post-rock Archive
18 Apr 2021
Album Review – Gerald Gradwohl Group — Episode 6
What might it sound like if Metallica was influenced by Allan Holdsworth? The answer might just be Episode 6, the new album by the Gerald Grawhol Group. But then Metallica […]
29 Mar 2021
The Solitary Sounds of Snake
An edited version of this feature appeared previously in SF Weekly. For Snake – also known as Oakland musician Nic Barbeln – spontaneity is a key ingredient in the process […]
12 Feb 2021
Not Your Father’s Terry Gross: Post-rock Trio Gears Up for a ‘Soft Opening’
Some of the most innovative and creative recording artists — Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis and Brian Wilson chief among them — have used the recording studio as an instrument. But […]
22 Jul 2020
Nest Egg: Straight-ahead Yet Twisting
A global pandemic may have temporarily taken live music off the stage, but creative endeavors continue apace. Right on the heels of a live set released in March, Nest Egg […]
27 Jan 2020
Hundred-word Reviews for January 2020
Every so often – pretty often, in fact – I find a stack of CDs has accumulated on my desk. They’ve made the cut as albums deemed worthy of sharing […]
09 Aug 2019
The Drive to 1981 Begins: A Look Back at Robert Fripp’s Masterful ‘Exposure’ (Part 2)
Continued from Part One … Fans of King Crimson’s Red receive a wonderful treat with “Breathless.” Though the specific players on each track aren’t noted, the song – very much […]
08 Aug 2019
The Drive to 1981 Begins: A Look Back at Robert Fripp’s Masterful ‘Exposure’ (Part 1)
Guitarist Robert Fripp has long been one of music’s most intriguing figures. Largely operating outside the pop mainstream (and, when he can, outside the traditional machinery of the music business […]
14 Dec 2018
John Lydon Tells It As It Is (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… In what ways do you think that that realization comes through in your music? I try to be as transparent and honest as I possibly can, […]
13 Dec 2018
John Lydon Tells It As It Is (Part One)
Crawling from the wreckage that was the Sex Pistols, vocalist Johnny Rotten reverted to his given name and put together a new group, Public Image Limited. PiL drew from dub […]
12 Dec 2018
John Lydon is … Happy? (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… A defining characteristic of most all of PiL’s releases is that – like Black Sabbath, oddly enough – each was critically panned upon release, only to […]