Blog Tag - post-rock

Beijing Music Scene Buzzes Ahead of Japanese Hardcore Band Envy's Jan 20 Gig
Submitted on Oct 23, 2018
On Jan 20 you'd best brace your body for a bruise-inducing mosh pit, prepare your ears for some deafening scream-singing and guitar squealing, and...
Mouse on the Keys Buck Against Post-Rock Label Ahead of Yugong Yishan Festival Slot, Apr 21
Submitted on Apr 20, 2018
Even though Tokyo instrumental rockers Mouse on the Keys have been hailed as one of Japan's top post-rock acts, frontman Akira Kawasaki rejects that...
DP Q&A With Burgeoning Beijing Post-Rockers Swarrm Ahead of Jan 27 DDC Gig
Submitted on Jan 27, 2018
Since forming this past summer, Swarrm have been making a name for themselves as one of Beijing's most promising up-and-coming post-punk bands....
Japanese Post-Rock Star Taka Talks Boozing With Chinese Bands, His Group Mono, New Solo Project and More Ahead of Oct. 27 Yugong Yishan Gig
Submitted on Oct 25, 2017
As the lead guitarist of Mono, Takaakira "Taka" Goto struck a major chord in every sense of the word, playing in one of Japan’s most beloved post-...
R Bostonian Post-Rockers Caspian to Play ModernSky Lab, May 1
Submitted on Apr 25, 2017
It's easy to be dismissive of post-rock. After all, the genre's filled with bands that write complex, dense, lyric-free, and lengthy jams that are as...
R Dreamy Melodies: Q&A with Guitarist of Australian Post-Rockers sleepmakeswaves, playing Yugong Yishan March 11
Submitted on Mar 11, 2017
Guitarist Otto Wicks-Green and his bandmates in sleepmakeswaves had just played a triumphant set at Yugong Yishan, and the promoter offered to...