Tag Archives: Post Rock

Spotlights Share a New Single and Video for “050809 (2025 Remaster)” – New Release “Rarities” Coming Soon

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Spotlights release Rarities, a remastered nine-song compilation of early and rare tracks spanning the band’s full discography on Nov. 21 via Ipecac Recordings. A preview arrives with “050809” which you can see below! This was the first song the now-married Mario and Sarah Quintero ever wrote together. “Sarah and I had been talking about making music together before we were even dating,” Mario shares. “05/08/09 is the day we became an item.” Watch it now and pre-order it at the links below. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: -ii- (two eyes) – Apostles of the Flesh

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-ii- (pronounced “two eyes”) hail from Nancy, France, and Apostles of the Flesh (Self-Released) is their second album. For this release they have ventured away from their previous electronic approach and into something more organic performed by a full band. Indeed, joining the core duo of Hélène Ruzic (vocals) and Benjamin Racine (guitars, basses, synths, percussions, kayamb, xaphoon, bouzouki, piano) are Maxime Keller (basses, synths, prepared piano) and David l’Huillier (drums, percussion).

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Brutus Shares “War (Live in Brussels)” – New Live Album Coming Soon on Limited-Edition Formats

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Brutus – Live Roadburn 2023, Tilburg Netherlands, by Dante Torierri / Useless Rebel Imaging

Belgian Post-Rock leaders Brutus have released a live performance video of their track “War (Live in Brussels)” which you can watch below. The band will release their epic sixteen-track live album Brutus: Live in Brussels, across limited and numbered 3 LP vinyl, double cassette, VHS, 2 CD set, and more, coming on November 29th, 2025. Pre-orders are live at the links below. The release comes exactly one year after their three-night stand at Ancienne Belgique. The band is off the road this fall while they write a new album. Watch the video here!

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ALBUM REVIEW: The Cure – Mixes of a Lost World

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The Cure’s Songs of a Lost World was my favorite album of 2024, so hearing it remixed by 24 different artists gave me pause. It’s not the first time Robert Smith has loosened his notoriously tight grip to allow artists to remix his work. With Mixes of Lost World (Fiction Records), it’s obvious Smith was in control of curating who he trusted with these songs. There are the obvious culprits who you almost expect having their hand in a re-mix album like Paul Oakenfold and Oribital, then he handed it over to bands in his close circle like tour-mates The Twilight Sad and Mogwai to not just prep the songs for the dance floor but applied their instruments into their reworkings which were both very true to the creative spirt of the band. Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Steve Von Till – Alone in a World of Wounds

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Steve Von Till probably needs little introduction to most Ghost Cult Magazine readers. His hugely influential work with post-metal icons Neurosis needs no further elaboration here. What people may be less aware of, though, is that Von Till has been releasing solo records since 2000. Indeed, Alone in a World of Wounds (Neurot Recordings) is his sixth solo offering to date.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Kazea – I. Ancestral

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Formed by two former members of Orochen (Jonas Mattsson and Rasmus Lindblom) plus Daniel Olsson of Hellsongs, Kazea have existed since 2023, and I. Ancestral (Suicide Records) is their debut album.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Jaye Jayle – After Alter

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Jaye Jayle went from being Evan Patterson’s solo project that explored sounds outside of what he did in Young Widows and has now become a full-fledged band.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Mogwai – The Bad Fire

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Robert Smith once called these guys his favorite band and it is easy to hear why. Eleven albums into their career, Mogwai has a clear focus on their sonic journey on The Bad Fire (Rock Action Records). Vocals appear right from the first song, serving as a smooth texture that sits in the swirl of sound. Things get more into their older bran of majestic melancholy on the second song. It’s less pop-oriented than the opening track. If you came here wanting post-rock this is the song for you. “What Kind of a Mix is This” feels like it just spills out from the end of the lingering ebb of the previous song. It takes a minute for a guitar melody to establish the song’s footing.Continue reading →


Post. Festival 2025 Books This Will Destroy You, Glacier, Pillars, and We Lost The Sea

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The annual celebration of the expansive realms of post-Rock, post-Metal, post-Hardcore, and post-Punk, known as Post. Festival, is set to return to Indianapolis from July 24-26, 2025, at the HiFi & HiFi Annex. Celebrating its sustained growth since its founding in 2018, the festival is proud to announce an exciting lineup featuring headliners such as This Will Destroy You, Glacier, Pillars, We Lost The Sea, and more bands to be announced! Watch The 2024 Post. recap video!Continue reading →


CONCERT REVIEW: Solstafir – Oranssi Pazuzu – Hamferð Live at Manchester Club Academy

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“The Nordic Descent” tour must be carrying in its wake a touch of that famous Nordic climate as the UK is treated to its one light dusting of snow for the year. And of course as is tradition, once the first flakes touch ground all roads are rendered seemingly unusable which means our journey to the venue is inevitably delayed, throw in some minor confusion with passes on the door and we are unfortunately only able to catch the tail end of tonight’s opening act.Continue reading →