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Explosions in The Sky - O2 Academy, Glasgow, Mon 23 Jan 2012
3 Feb 2012
An elemental, foundation-shaking post-rock rollercoaster
Explosions in The Sky’s music has always had very elemental feel to it. As the unforgiving Glasgow winter freezes the breath in every pair of lungs waiting to get into the Academy tonight, the Texan’s set, which could soundtrack the bleak, sparse cold…
Explosions in the Sky set for UK tour 2012
19 Dec 2011
The post-rock icons return to Glasgow to tour latest album Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
There’s a long tradition of guitar bands scrabbling around trying to define the zeitgeist or whatever. Then there are the more restrained bands who quietly go about the business of being casually awesome. Explosions in the Sky fall into the latter…
Interview - Munaf Rayani of Explosions in the Sky
11 May 2011
Guitarist talks about band's last few years and where they're going next
If you’re wondering what intervened and caused the long gap before Explosions in the Sky issued a follow-up to their remarkable 2007 album All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone, life is the short answer. The Texan instrumental post-rock quartet’s fifth…
Explosions in the Sky: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
21 Mar 2011
Post-rock titans add a few subtle colours to their palette for fifth album
(Bella Union) It’s been over a decade since this Texan post-rock foursome first formed through an advert – ‘Wanted: Sad triumphant rock band’ – and this fifth album sees them sticking to that definition while subtly expanding their sound. It’s…
Explosions in the Sky
17 Jan 2008
POST ROCK Barrowland, Glasgow, Sun 27 Jan What’s in a band name? In the case of Explosions in the Sky, a pretty accurate description of the mental images conjured up when they play. The intense and intelligent four-piece band from Austin, Texas…
Explosions in the Sky - album review
13 Feb 2007
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
POST ROCK (Bella Union) Girls’n’stuff bothereth not Texas post-rock rangers Explosions in the Sky. On their fourth long player, they have infinitely more important thematic fish to fry. Take opener, ‘The Birth and Death of the Day’ for instance…
