来自Milwaukee的Post Rock名团Lights Out Asia在时隔一年之后终于推出了他们的全新唱片Eyes Like Brontide，淡绿色灰调子的封面预示了他们的变化：Lights Out Asia较之前作在情绪上变得更加黑暗与晦涩，氛围感把之前的Shoegaze感觉削弱了不少，而电子节奏依旧是亮点，至于好不好听，就完全在个人了，从艺术角度来看，这张唱片非常出色。

Ohio has long been known as a source of wonderful instrumental music: Six Parts Seven, Silencio, and Mortimur, just to name a few, but people often overlook the fact that these bands develop independently of the rest of the country's instrumental bands. Six Parts Seven is one of the landmark instrumental bands in the US and Silencio was/is so unique that it's scary. If These Trees Could Talk happily joins the ranks amongst their buckeye bretheren. Although their debut EP follows the HydraHead and Neurot school of thought, it's fair to say it's not a direct result as much as they share common influences: Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and other progressively minded rock bands. If These Trees Could Talk is certainly a rock album, although the use of reverb and delay make the music very amicable to fans of "post-rock" music. The band's potential is just as large as its appeal -- with a solid foundation to build upon, If These Trees Could Talk was a variety of viable options for its next record.

被譽為義大利的Mogwai的Giardini di Miro六人組，繼2003年發行了許多樂評人認為是該年度最優的一張專輯，Punk...Not Diet! 後，進行了一次回顧而呈現這張樂團早期（1998-2002年間）絕版罕見作品的合輯。儘管團員說：「我們不需要逃向過去......因為我們把過去握在手中，它就在我們眼前耳邊」，Hits...仍免不了懷舊代表著做音樂是為了打發冬季漫長週末無聊時間的那段美好時光。

epic45 are a British indie/post-rock band. Core members Rob Glover and Benjamin Holton, who grew up in Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire, formed the band in 1995 when the two school friends were only 13 years old.

by Matt Fink
Their second release of richly textured chamber pop, Halifax Pier makes nary a misstep on Put Your Gloves on and Wave. Gorgeously unfolding in layers of subdued cello, violin, twisting acoustic guitars, velvety electric guitars, and snaking basses, the loping arrangements bend and weave around vocalist Nathan Salsburg's overcast verse. Still, the dourly elegant and intricate mix does well to distract from the gloomy nature of Salsburg's imagery, allowing listeners to lose themselves in the unique nature of this morose orchestra. If any complaint can be leveled, it might be said that the songs suffer from a somewhat similar quality, as largely comparable textures are common to each track, yet repeated listens reveal the dazzling intricacy of the musicianship and ultimately allow each to take on their own identity. Breaking from the pack somewhat with a quasi-country-blues guitar line, "Lightly Noise" flows through turns in tempo and tune before ending up as a good-natured folk mantra. Haunted as it is haunting, saturated with longing and loss, Halifax Pier succeeds in finding understated beauty while keeping most of the cheery colors out of their musical collage.

一张日系后摇作品，旋律很舒缓、温暖、平静，旋律中包含的元素还是蛮丰富。这张后摇人声还是占了很大比例的，是很美的女声，有时在诉说，有时在歌唱...
《days》，说的是时光么？日子一天天的过去，留在心中的美好究竟有多少？《blind》，缓慢，讲述的是怎样的一个故事？《dry me up》，带着点诡异，是不是那情人疯狂的迷恋？
DAYS - 青春的每一天。慢慢变老的每一天。充满喜悦的每一天。遗忘的每一天。那些包围着我们的各式各样颜色的感情，每一天都是一种独特的存在。每一天都应该去爱，把它温柔地融入其中，每当我们轻松的呸的一声舍弃他们，我们依然能够看到他们颜色鲜明的历史。
喜欢从旋律中感觉歌者想诉说什么，即使有时我的感觉相去甚远。这都不重要，心里的感动一样的真切。

今年他们终于出版了首张正式专辑《I hold a wish for you》，取材自日常生活的所思所感，九首歌曲融合乐器演奏、温暖人声呢喃与柔和声响采样。从纯粹抒情的“On the Summer Solstice”、有着浓密多层次音景的《花火》再到即兴写意的“common colors in the air”，他们全心全意打造出一张满载追忆与情感，却跳脱文字，纯粹以深思熟虑的声音设计营造出独特氛围的专辑，《l hold a wish for you》无疑在动人旋律与实验声响间找到个人化的绝佳平衡。而他们的好朋友，日本新生代著名音乐人haruka nakamura也特别为他们的“Endless Dreamless”作了一个原音版编曲，其实他们早前已经在nakamura的个人专辑《grace》中有客串过，这回算是礼尙往来吧。