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Review: GRAILS-“Deep Politics”
By Lane Oliver It’s been a pretty decent year for post-rock. Explosions in the Sky and Mogwai’s new albums have been met with great praise by critics. I enjoyed those albums so much that I almost let...
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Lane Oliver’s Top 25 Releases Of 2011
It’s been a very, very good year for music in my opinion. I have been lucky enough to listen to a plethora of great albums throughout 2011. So I knew it was going to be torture just to narrow my …...
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Would You Like Some LILACS With Your CHAMPAGNE?
Alex Hall and Emil Amos of the band Grails have started a very interesting project that will release a self titled debut on January 31st, 2012. Lilacs & Champagne can best be described as a...
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Watch LILACS & CHAMPAGNE’S New Video For “Everywhere, Everyone”
Lilacs & Champagne, the new project from Grails’ own Alex Hall and Emil Amos, have released the video for their song “Everywhere, Everyone”. The video is just as eerie as the song that contains...
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Review: LILACS & CHAMPAGNE-“Self-Titled”
By Lane Oliver Instrumental rock outfit, Grails, put out the phenomenal Deep Politics last year that ended up being number five on my Top 25 of 2011 list. Early this year I found out that one half of...
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OM Announce New Album
Ex-Sleep bassist Al Cisneros’ droning lovechild Om will be releasing the follow up to God is Good this year. This new record will be entitled Advaitic Songs and will be released on July 24th. The...
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GRAILS, Your Chariot Awaits: New Track Released
Following on the heels of last year’s outstanding Deep Politics, the psychedelic instrumental outfit Grails will be releasing volume 5 of their Black Tar Prophecies EP series. The sprawling, entrancing...
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Wake Up Drill: GRAILS Release New Track
Portland based instrumental act Grails have released another new track from their upcoming installment in their Black Tar Prophecies EP series. First Grails teased us with “Chariot” and now they...
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LILACS & CHAMPAGNE Announce New Album
Obscure samples, trip hop beats and eccentric effects are what Lilacs & Champagne (Emil Amos and Alex Hall of Grails) are all about. Their self titled release of last year was one of my favorite...
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WATTER Streaming New Album “This World”
Watter is the collaboration between multi-instrumentalists Zak Riles of Grails and Tyler Trotter, along with Slint drummer Britt Walford. The group are currently streamed their forthcoming debut, This...
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