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Album review: ‘Analog’

Analog โ€˜Analogโ€™ Roll the Tape Records Analog Roc on Facebook Iโ€™ve always loved instrumental music because it invites the listener to supply his or her own story. The band Analogโ€™s self-titled album presents a similar invitation. The CD is a succinct study in rock โ€™nโ€™ roll, captured with apropos analog production. And the trio of […]

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Album review: ‘Orpheus Unsung’

Steven Mackey with Jason Treuting “Orpheus Unsung” New Amsterdam Records newamsterdamrecords.bandcamp.com Released on October 6 through New Amsterdam Records, “Orpheus Unsung” is a wordless post-rock opera written by composer-guitarist Steven Mackey and composer-percussionist Jason Treuting, an Eastman School of Music alumnus. Mackey and Treuting’s music is just as wild and mercurial as the hero’s journey […]

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Album review: ‘Insistences’

Ocular Panther “Insistences” Self-released ocularpanther.com Ocular Panther’s “Insistences” opens with a tapestry of guitar so melodic that the absent words pop into the listener’s ear like a whisper. It’s like a collaboration with the band. Don’t sweat it; there’s plenty room in the band’s fourth album of instrumental salvos to hum along. Hell, the band […]

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