post rock – The Cosmic Clash

Album review: Sprawling Post Rock project Sound Mass announced third album and Texas mini tour

July 16, 2024 Greg Ackerman 1026 Views album review, Big Star Bar, Carousel Lounge, Lightning Bar, live music, Lonesome Rose, My Education, new music, post rock, rock n roll, Sound Mass, Theta Naught

When our friends with Austin band, My Education and Salt Lake City’s Theta Naught told us a new album was coming ten years after the release of their second collaboration, it was a bit of a surprise it took that long to make the follow-up to Sound Mass II: Spiritual Docking. It was particularly perplexing given that the recording sessions for this release, entitled Ampersand were made in 2019 not long before the worldwide pandemic put a stop to pretty much everything including collaborations between awesome post-rock bands.

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Interview: post-rock act my education discusses EMKA, music industry and pizza

October 14, 2022 Greg Ackerman 599 Views EMKA, Interview, My Education, post rock

Austin post-rock act my education dropped EMKA today. it’s the band’s first record in five years. The record is the group’s eighth full-length album since 2001. They’ve also released 11 other records such as their collaboration with Theta Naught called Sound Mass in 2011.

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Live music review: Japan’s Boris destroyed Empire Garage, Megafauna played Chess Club after show

September 1, 2022 Greg Ackerman 809 Views Boris, Empire Garage, heavy rock, live music, Megafauna, Nothing, post rock, prog rock, Review

Guitar-heavy noise rockers, Boris visited Empire Garage August 25 for a stop on their Heavy Rock Breakfast tour with support from Philadelphia’s Nothing. Needless to say, it was an evening of loudness that fans felt in their organs at various points during the intense, 15-song set headliners Boris delivered.

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Live music review: Japan’s Mono delivered first performance in the new Parish last week

April 19, 2022 Greg Ackerman 718 Views live music, Mono, post rock, Review, The North Door, The Parish

Lauded post-rockers, Japan’s Mono played the first official live music performance at the new The Parish venue which had a soft opening over the weekend with Mono on Saturday and prog rock act, Battles filling the recently renovated room Sunday evening.

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Live music review: Semihelix had magical night at Radio Milk with my education and ThunderStars

October 26, 2021 Greg Ackerman 584 Views dream pop, live muisc, My Education, post rock, psych-rock, Review, Semihelix, ThunderStars

The unbridled bliss that comes when thing are aligned was present Saturday at East Austin’s Radio Milk Recording Co. The studio White Denim built is also a performance space that is truly special. It was the perfect spot to highlight the work Geannie Friedman of Semihelix has done with her new record, Recoil, which by all accounts is a hit with listeners near and far.

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