Explosions in the Sky News

Opening with a flurry of toms and sparse, echoing guitars, Lymbyc Systym 's second album, Shutter Release , is another instrumental electronic pop effort from brothers Jared and Michael Bell.

Harder but with even more Explosions in the Sky-type finesse than last year's sophomore LP, Station , and yet unable to match the emotional and narrative wallop of still-best 2006 debut Enter , Chicago instrumentalists Russian Circles arrive at neutral ground with Geneva .

Russian Circlesa latest album makes their aimlessness a strength. There is a moment in the Explosions in the Sky song "First Breath After the Coma," when the listener is enveloped by the combination of sound and the song title.

The BQE , Sufjan Stevens's latest and ninth studio album, is a puzzling, yet somewhat spectacular attempt to depart from the indie singer-songwriter superstar's typical sensationally soft folk music.

This past weekend might have been one for the ages but The Mohawk is not resting on its mighty laurels just yet.

Festivals are supposed to build from no-name acts to those you anticipate the most.

Durrie and Lizzie are on a quest to find the hip and cool buried under the Syracuse snow.

A lot of folks know that the Musicfest NW officially starts tomorrow down in Portland.

Everything I write about is something I can't have or something that I did have or didn't get," says Jen Korte, explaining the significance of her band's name, the Loss.

ALL AGES 21+ ALL AGES Dante's 1 SW 3rd Ave. 21+ 21+ 21+ ALL AGES 21+ Comment on the "Venues A-H" article Wednesday 9/16 Listings WW STAFF Will Sheff and Damien Jurado kick things off in dark, literary style.

The most frustrating band to Google ever plays at the Record Bar tonight. Hailing from Tucson, they're called ...music video? and if the Record Bar's website hadn't had their website, I'd have no fucking clue what they sounded like.

Just when you think that Polvo will forever be delegated to a world of indie-rock obscurity, along comes Explosions In The Sky to remind the rest of you how great this Chapel Hill band was.

DJ: A-Con Time: Wednesdays 9 to 11 p.m. Real name: Adam Conner Major: Communications major, history minor Years at KCSU: 2 Q: Favorite music genre? A: Alternative/Indie rock, and --A of course -- death metal.

Comparisons to post-rock bands like Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky are easy to make when listening to This Will Destroy You's music, but don't let those comparisons fool you into thinking that this band is anything like, say, Ozma aping Weezer, for example.

By now, this might be ancient history in Internet time; but after the jump, check out a quick preview of the 200+ photos in the full gallery .

Took a little family trip down the highway on Wednesday evening to see The Flaming Lips at Chastain Park Amphitheater in north Atlanta.

Listen to the Music You'll have to forgive On the Tundra their album art, which makes the Eugene band's seven-song debut release, Electric Walls , look like the product of a psychedelic jam band with a focus on endless noodling solos .

They said it couldn't be done, that no one in Houston would dream of spending two days in the punishing August heat at an outdoor music festival.

The Art of Touring - a book w/ related NYC events Hello Everyone, Myself [ Mia Clarke of the indefinitely-on-hiatus band Electrelane ] and Sara Jaffe have co-edited a book called The Art of Touring .

The Art of Touring - a book w/ related NYC events Hello Everyone, Myself [ Mia Clarke of the indefinitely-on-hiatus band Electrelane ] and Sara Jaffe have co-edited a book called The Art of Touring .