Instrumental

Indie Rock Instrumental Post-Hardcore Rock 

The Uncontainable We Contain Multitudes 

October 16, 2025October 15, 2025 Ron Hart 1 Comment 2025, Bitch Magnet, Black Flag, Jon Fine, Minako, Minako Yoshida, Orestes Morfín, Simon Kobayashi, We Contain Multitudes

How two post-hardcore veterans kept their new band a secret

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Indie Rock Instrumental Rock 

WATCH: The Mighty Missoula Shares ‘Signals’

May 15, 2025May 16, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ghost in the Mountain, Jean-Michel Jarre, Oregon, Portland, Signals, The Mighty Missoula

New album, Ghost in The Mountain, out in June

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Dub/Reggae Funk Instrumental jazz Soul 

Apifera Have Arrived

October 24, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Apifera, Frankie Reyes, Keep The Outside Open, Public Records, Stones Throw Records

Catching up with the Stones Throw supergroup

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Instrumental 

WATCH: Divine Hand Ensemble Shares “Phantom of the Opera” 

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Andrew Lloyd Webber, Aria 51, David Bowie, Divine Hand Ensemble, Frank Zappa, Label 51 Recordings, Phantom of the Opera, The Specials, Theremin

New album, Aria 51, celebrates a century of the theremin

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Art Pop Folk Instrumental Pop 

LISTEN: Stephen Bluhm Shares Early Peek at New Albums

April 17, 2024April 17, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bard College, Hudson Valley, John Cale, New York, Nick Drake, Out of the Nowhere Into the Here, Pennsylvania, Stephen Bluhm

Both the vocal and instrumental versions of Out of the Nowhere. Into the Here. come out this Friday

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Alternative Rock Electronic Industrial Instrumental Rock 

Every Proper Nine Inch Nails Record Ranked

March 8, 2024March 9, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Add Violence, Albums, Bad Witch, Broken, Ghosts, Nine Inch Nails, Not The Actual Events, Pretty Hate Machine, The Downward Spiral, The Fragile, The Slip, Trent Reznor, With Teeth, Year Zero

Looking back from Pretty Hate Machine to Ghosts VI: Locusts

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Experimental Indie Rock Instrumental Post-Hardcore Post-Punk Rock 

WATCH: Terms Share Video For “Blurred Photo of a Fragment of a Drawing”

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Christopher Trull, Danny Piechocki, King Crimson, Mike Watt, Mr. Bungle, SKiN GRAFT Records, Terms

The math rock duo’s second album, All Becomes Indistinct, out now

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Funk Instrumental Soul 

War’s Lee Oskar Says Mahalo

September 18, 2023February 19, 2024 j. poet 0 Comments 2023, Dreams We Share, Greg Errico, Harmonica, Hawaii, Lee Oskar, She Said Mahalo, Sly and the Family Stone, war

Catching up with funk’s harmonica master

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Electronic Hip Hop Instrumental 

Spirit Fingers: Four Tet’s Rounds at 20

May 20, 2023May 20, 2023 Chris Parker 0 Comments 2003, 20th Anniversary, Beats, Domino Records, Four Tet, Fridge, instrumental, Kieran Hebden, Rounds

Looking back on the sonic pointilism of Kieran Hebden’s studio masterwork

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Electronics Experimental Films Instrumental Pop 

Golden Hours: Brian Eno at 75

May 15, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Brian Eno, Cluster, David Bowie, David Byrne, Devo, Harold Budd, John Cage, John Cale, Jon Hassell, Nico, Paul Simon, Phil Manzanera, Robert Fripp, Roxy Music, Talking Heads, U2, Ultravox

Looking back on the career of rock’s avant-garde icon

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Experimental Indie Rock Instrumental jazz 

WATCH: Balmorhea Share Video for “Step Step Step”

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Balmorhea, Deutsche Grammophon, Gillian Welch, Pendant World, Rachel's, Rob Lowe, Sam Gendel, Step Step Step, Tortoise

The Sam Gendel-assisted track appears on new LP, Pendant World, due June 16th

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Art Pop Indie Rock Instrumental Rock 

How Talkdemonic Was Revived From Oblivion 

January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 Brad Cohan 0 Comments instrumental, Isaac Brock, Kevin O’Connor, Modest Mouse, Oregon, Portland, Talkdemonic, Unwound, Various Seasides

Art-pop dynamo Kevin O’Connor explains how he resurrected his one-man-band for Various Seasides

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Blues Fusion Hard Rock Instrumental jazz Remembrance Rock 

Jeff Beck: The Guitarist’s Guitarist

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 Kara Tucker 2 Comments Blow By Blow, Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, guitar, Guitarist, Jeff Beck, Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, Led Zeppelin, RIP, Rod Stewart, The Jeff Beck Group, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Wired

Remembering the life and career of England’s greatest axe man

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Alternative Rock Instrumental Rock 

WATCH: Jack Irons Shares “Race Against Everything”

October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Alain Johannes, Courtney Love, Dreamer's Ball, drummer, Jack Irons, MARK LANEGAN, Neil Young, ORG Music, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Wallflowers

The acclaimed former RHCP/Pearl Jam drummer’s solo EP Dreamer’s Ball out now

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Experimental Folk Instrumental 

Glenn Jones is a One-Man Guitar Army

October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 Brad Cohan 0 Comments American Primitive, Bill Orcutt, Cul-de-Sac, Daniel Bachman, Elizabeth Cotten, Glenn Jones, guitar, John Fahey, John Jackson, Piedmont Blues, Piedmont Guitar, Thrill Jockey

On Vade Mecum, the guitar maestro and John Fahey disciple perfects a style: his own  

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