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Austrian post-rock/digital trio Radian use both acoustic and digital instruments, as well as the group’s people often play their acoustic instruments in that rhythmically exact manner that Radian sound similar to an electric act when compared to a music group. Bassist John Norman, drummer Martin Brandlmayr, and synth participant Stefan …

Among the many criss-crossing collaborations between several ’90s U.S. indie rock and roll veterans, Pullman brought jointly Bundy K. Dark brown (Tortoise, Directions in Music, Loftus), Doug McCombs (Eleventh Fantasy Time, Tortoise, Brokeback), Chris Brokaw (Arrive, the New Season), and Curtis Harvey (Rex, Loftus). The people of Pullman got all …

Experimental/post-rockers the Polar Goldie Felines were a Polvo-esque group that emerged in 1992. They performed their initial show on the California Institute from the Arts, and their initial record, Polar Goldie Felines, arrived in 1995. The group continued to release many more albums over time: Detector arrived in 1997, Polar …

As indicated by their name, Pram brought a distinctly childlike world-view with their uniquely cinematic make of fractured electro-pop; unlike the cutesy, baby-doll mentality that up to date the work of several of their even more whimsical contemporaries, nevertheless, the group’s eyesight of child years was decidedly nightmarish, evoking a …

Jet Dark Crayon may be the instrumental post-rock outlet for former professional skater Tommy Guerrero, who also produces more eclectic, hip-hop oriented units under his personal name. (Back the 1980s, Guerrero was also the bassist within the famous — mostly for their really superb name — skatepunk clothing Free Ale, …

Blessed Elvin Estrela, the guy who become producer No one was raised in LA, exchanging hip-hop mixtapes along with his friends in senior high school, hanging out in the Good Lifestyle Café, and hearing a whole lot of different music, from rap to ’60s psychedelia to electronica, which influenced him …

Portland’s experimental duo Great Great features guitarist Jason Buehler and percussionist Tag Shirazi. Although pair started playing within the middle-‘90s, they didn’t adopt the Great Great moniker until 1999. Right away of their cooperation, nevertheless, their improvisations and nimble interplay described their music on record and within their concert events. …

El 10 Eleven are an instrumental post-rock duo from LA and comprising bassist/guitarist Kristian Dunn and drummer Tim Fogarty. Dunn takes on fretless bass or perhaps a doubleneck bass/acoustic guitar combo and Fogarty alternates between acoustic and digital drum kits, plus they utilize looping channels and results pedals instead of …

Pfeuti–sax participant Manabu Kunugi, guitarist Cal Lyall, bassist Peter Slade and drummer Naomi Chiaki–is an experimental jazz group from Tokyo, Japan. Originally released on Selecting Mushrooms in Japan, Pigeon Post was released by Oh!Tonito, written by Darla and work by Leigh Jurecka (that has played violin and keyboards with Le …

Yet another from the Athens, Georgia experimentalists, Maserati found where rings like Tortoise, Macha, and Labradford remaining off with organic, warmly textured instrumental music straying from your confines of rock and roll to explore the ambient, jazz, and also modern classical customs. The four-piece of Coley Dennis (acoustic guitar), Steve …