Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Onesies for everyone: Mona's summer festival makes Launceston debut
With Violent Femmes, Gotye and a block party – and a cameo from a psychic convention – city is a fun fit for Mona Foma
Brigid Delaney
16, Jan, 2018 @2:25 AM
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Luciferian Towers review – orchestral post-rock across the barricades
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
21, Sep, 2017 @9:15 PM
Miley, Morrissey and Marnie the opera: the essential pop, classical and jazz for autumn 2017
Liam goes for broke, St Vincent bounces back, Nico Muhly gets Hitchcockian, Taylor Swift defends her reputation, and Peggy Seeger pens her memoirs
Alexis Petridis, Andrew Clements, John Fordham and Robin Denselow
13, Sep, 2017 @5:00 AM
Edinburgh festival: Monumental five-star review – a thunderous dance dystopia
This exhilarating collaboration between post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor and dance company the Holy Body Tattoo lives up to its title
Alice Bain
09, Aug, 2016 @3:18 PM
Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Monumental review – an almighty revelation
Canadian post-rockers bring their massive drums and sad, soaring crescendos to two Adelaide shows, including a dance piece that polarises audiences
Kate Hennessy
08, Mar, 2016 @6:14 AM
Simple Things festival review – masterfully curated and delivered
The two-day weekender put math-punk with mumblecore, house, grime and happy hardcore as Battles and Galcher Lustwerk played to impress
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
26, Oct, 2015 @2:54 PM
Inside Max Richter's vinyl collection: Aphex Twin, Bach, Grouper and more
In the lead-up to the release of his eight-hour lullaby album, Sleep, the composer creates a playlist of some his favourite music, from noise-rockers Girl Band to Aphex Twin
Max Richter
01, Sep, 2015 @4:21 PM
Godspeed You! Black Emperor review – classical precision, heavy-metal heft
A few audience members sought respite from the intense Quebec eight-piece in the bar, but they missed out on the oceanic grooves of the four-song suite at the heart of the band’s set
Caroline Sullivan
21, Apr, 2015 @2:18 PM
Five albums to try: Sufjan Stevens, Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Stream new albums, from Benjamin Clementine’s soulful pop to a Special AKA reissue
Tshepo Mokoena
30, Mar, 2015 @10:24 AM
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress review – threat and grandeur
The Montreal post-rockers’ latest ranks among their most immediate
Kitty Empire
29, Mar, 2015 @7:00 AM
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress review – a resolute, defiant return
Godspeed’s sixth album is a resolute, defiant work full of angry convulsions and devastating drones
Maddy Costa
26, Mar, 2015 @10:45 PM
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress – album stream
Have a listen to the new album from the mighty Canadian noiseniks and let us know what you think …
Guardian music
24, Mar, 2015 @7:00 AM
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