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Victoire, Victoire: Cathedral City

09.04.10 You know that numb, nagging feeling at the base of your brain when you're awake at 4 a.m., watching the ceiling cracks start to swarm in front of you? Victoire's hesitant, haunted instrumental miniatures are that feeling made manifest. Comprised of five women from the NYC contemporary classical scene, Victoire first came to our attention in 2008. eMusic released their moody, inscrutable four-song EP A Door Into the Dark on eMusic Selects. The evocative title perfectly matched the music contained within — the four pieces were a chill of creeping… more »

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Upper Air

Bowerbirds

Dead Oceans / SC Distribution

Bowerbirds, Upper Air

Label: Dead Oceans / SC Distribution

By Peter Blackstock eMusic Contributor

07.06.09 "A simple I-love-you, moon/June song, that just doesn't do much for me," Bowerbirds songwriter Phil Moore commented when discussing the earth-centric nature of his band's 2007 debut Hymns For A Dark Horse. He's had perhaps a partial change of heart since then: On Upper Air, Moore shows willingness to write love songs but, true to his word, they're not of the "moon/June" variety. For Moore and his partner (in music and life) Beth Tacular, the result is a line like "You could move like a secret and slip past… more »

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06.01.12 Radio Program 6

Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original vision is at least partially consumed by their new sounds, and their albums feature as many or more elements of post-rock, prog, hardcore, alternative, industrial or jazz as they do metal. Regardless of the genres in which they dabble, acts… more »