Alcest is a French blackgaze band with many good songs and albums. This is the list of my top 10 best Alcest songs. My connection with Alcest began somewhere around 2012-2013. The song “Autre Temps” caught my ear, and I wound up seeing them live several times. When “Shelter” dropped Read more…
I’ve predominantly been a metal fan and a rock fan throughout my life, but shoegaze is a genre that has snuck in there more and more. From the early genre giants like Slowdive to the newer bands like Alcest and The Daysleepers, this is my list of the 30 ultimate Read more…
In late 2016, Klimt 1918’s new album “Sentimentale Jugend” finally arrived, almost ten years after predecessor “Just in Case We’ll Never Meet Again”. Klimt 1918 describe themselves as “uncomfortable emotional music”, and that label couldn’t be closer to the truth. Very few bands evoke as much bittersweet melancholy as Klimt. Read more…
It’s always nice to find a quality band you’ve never heard before. I ran into The Dark Third on rateyourmusic.com (also posted this review on there) and checked them out without any particular expectations. What I found was something both musically ambitious and emotionally touching. Let’s dive right into the Read more…