The Last Projectionist

MinionTV, about whom I’ve blogged before, will be releasing a new album in July.  I’m a big fan of their music, and absolutely love their first, self-titled, album and their magnificent EP Arecibo. Called The Last Projectionist, it’s something of a departure for them.  The Liverpool-based purveyors of beautful, arty post-rock have produced their first…

Arecibo – a review

You may remember me raving some time back about the self-titled debut album by Liverpool post-rock outfit MinionTV.  The album was my favourite listen of last year, I think, and its opening track, We Are Ghosts, a magnificent piece of music that remains one of my most-listened tracks of late.  You can listen to it…

The Echelon Effect

Twitter is a great way of discovering great examples of the sorts of stuff you’re into, not least music. When you tweet about a certain topic, you will often find yourself being followed by someone who has searched for that same topic.  The downside to that is the huge amount of spam on the go…

MinionTV

Some time back I was “followed” on Twitter by MinionTV, an instrumental rock band from Liverpool (who I assume found me in a search for the words “post-rock”).  I checked them out and discovered they were right up my street – a thoughtful, energetic guitar/drum sound that I would probably describe as a a slightly…