Artfully crafted Danish toybox rock (and/or classical) flows from Efterklang, this time with the Danish National Chamber Orchestra culled from their recent tour. The main quartet of the band (with their normal cadre of extra live performers helping) teamed with a chamber orchestra as well to create a large, warm…

Reductionism is alive and well in music, and nowhere is this more evident and apparent than on Parades, the most basic electronica record ever made. Incredibly, however, the album is never boring or tedious; it just lacks the pop sensibility that many post-electronic bands exemplify. Parades contains a glut of…