Glorie – Glorie
Posted on 21st Jun 11 by Jonathan Keane | 
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“…a beautiful and wonderful tapestry of lush melodies and slick nuances…”
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…And So I Watch You From Afar – Gangs
Posted on 4th May 11 by Steve Hunt | 2
At long last (part 1, says ye): Steve Hunt’s review of ASIWYFA’s bonzer new elpee. Get on it!
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Shardborne – ‘Aeonian Sequence EP’
Posted on 4th May 11 by John O Brien | 2
Irish Metal takes another giant step out of the shadows as Limerick lads Shardborne display proudly what makes them great. John O’Brien has the whole story.
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The Pattern Theory – The Pattern Theory
Posted on 20th Apr 11 by Patrick Gormley | 0
Berlin based instrumentalists The Pattern Theory have spent almost two years distilling their ideas for the eight songs that make up their self titled debut album. The band has put this down to producing too many ideas musically and being overly perfectionist, so lucky for The Pattern Theory all this time and care has paid [...]
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The Winchester Club – Negative Liberty
Posted on 15th Mar 11 by Jonathan Keane | 0
Calm but intense. That seems to be the fairest way to express the waves omitted by Negative Liberty, the new album from London instrumental post rock outfit The Winchester Club. The album is a delicate trek of inexorable beauty, however, Negative Liberty is still characterised, almost equally, by brooding darker shades. The band swan in [...]
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Scale The Summit – The Collective
Posted on 8th Mar 11 by Jonathan Keane | 0
Back in 2009 Scale the Summit released their sophomore album, the ambitiously titled, Carving Desert Canyons. A stunning piece of intricate and progressive instrumental metal, the album opened up many doors for the band that included tours with Dream Theater as well as the mega bill that was Between The Buried And Me, Cynic and [...]
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Sert One – The View From Above
Posted on 21st Feb 11 by Mike McGrath Bryan | 1
Sitting somewhere between Dilla-esque instrumental hip-hop and cool, minimal electro, the debut EP from Portadown native Sert One is a head-scratcher. Despite there being many touchstones that the record can be heard to relate to, it doesn’t quite sound like any of them. Instrumental hip-hop is a genre dominated by a small amount of big [...]
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Interview: Deadhorse
Posted on 5th Feb 11 by Patrick Gormley | 1
American post rock/ instrumental kids Deadhorse released their excellent debut studio album We Can Create Our Own World late last year in between a hectic touring schedule of the states. Drop-d caught up with the band’s guitarist and all round nice guy Brian Morgante to discuss among other things the highs and lows of recording [...]
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Overhead, The Albatross – Lads With Sticks EP
Posted on 23rd Jan 11 by Jonathan Keane | 1
After several false starts and numerous Facebook inquisitions, the Overhead, The Albatross EP has finally arrived. Lads With Sticks falls under the ever widening awning of post rock and perhaps it does wear its influences on its sleeve but there are no uncertainties regarding what a superb effort this is. There are only four tracks [...]
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Alright The Captain – Snib
Posted on 16th Jan 11 by Jonathan Keane | 1
Back in 2009 Alright The Captain released their ephemeral three track EP debut, the simply titled, 123. At a scant ten minutes it proved to be one of the more interesting and alluring efforts of that year, with regards to debuts. It’s rare that a band can make such a strong impression with so little, [...]
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