John Grant began his career as frontman of the Czars, a Colorado-based band whose music split the difference between shoegaze, dream pop, and alternative country. Fueled by Grant’s songwriting and rich baritone vocals, the band released a pair of independent albums in the ‘90s before signing with Bella Union, a British label run by two … Continued
Jon Hopkins (London) is a British musician and song writer. He started playing the piano at the age of 5 and when he turned 12 he joined the Royal College of Music in London. He made his record debut in 2001 with the album Opalescent, then he published Contact Note in 2004 and The Fourth … Continued
The Album Leaf is the solo project of Jimmy LaValle, a San Diego-based songwriter who began recording solo material one year after forming the post-rock band Tristeza. Inspired by a number of genres — classical, jazz, and post-rock among them — LaValle constructed his own songs in a similarly eclectic manner, utilizing everything from ambient … Continued
port-royal (intentionally written in lower case and with hyphen between “port” and “royal”) is an electronic and post-rock Italian band from Genoa. The band was formed in 2000 by Attilio Bruzzone (guitars and keyboards) and Ettore Di Roberto (Piano and keyboards). The two members were later joined by Michele Di Roberto (drums), Emilio Pozzolini (sampling) … Continued
