Pure Pop for Then People Living NOW – “Kristina” by Red Sleeping Beauty
If you miss the Depeche Mode of old but don’t miss how they lapsed into pandering...
Author: Dave Cantrell
Fearsome, Unflinching, Often Gorgeous and Dramatic – “Utopia” from Vancouver BC’s SPECTRES
Here in the shadowy back corner of the SEM office where sits the post-punk desk, we...
A Steady Lithesome Elegance – “Carolina” from slowcore pioneers Spain
On their third album since being reformed by Josh Haden in 2007 out of his solo...
Making Mayhem on Prime Time – Martin Bramah & Blue Orchids Three-Album Spree
Echoing, in deed if not word, his once (and almost certainly never again) future bandmate, who...
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE – Hear the Kramer-produced “Two Years” album from Emily Rodgers
We’re jaded, we’re over-saturated, we’re cynical and under-infatuated. The internet has ruined our dreams, scorned our...
Unraveling the Infinite – Swans’ “The Glowing Man”
The future, as usual, is a wild animal, prowling a hazy perimeter, its only allegiance to...
LIGHTNING STRIKES – Kikagaku Moyo’s “House in the Tall Grass,” Oxenfree’s “Beacons,” The Divine Weeks’ “See Those Landing Lights”
Just before our faithful readership concludes that the column has bitten the bitter editorial dirt, we...
gilded with longing – “highs and lows” by the black watch
As a writer covering, however inadequately, the immeasurably vast array of (primarily rock-related) music emerging from...
STEREO EMBERS EXCLUSIVE – Premier Album Stream of Blue Orchids’ New Early Years Collection “Awefull”
Precisely one week from today, on June 3rd, whatever low profile Martin Bramah might have been...
Stereo Embers (Post-Punk Darkwave Tech-Electro Futuristic Dancefloor) TRACK OF THE DAY: “Leathe” from Vancouver BC’s Brutes
We’re grateful for a lot of things here around the SEM post-punk desk – the sustained...