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Album review: ‘Analog’

Analog ‘Analog’ Roll the Tape Records Analog Roc on Facebook I’ve always loved instrumental music because it invites the listener to supply his or her own story. The band Analog’s self-titled album presents a similar invitation. The CD is a succinct study in rock ’n’ 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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