Category Archives: the appleseed cast

Top 10 of the Decade? What?

It’s only 2009, but there’s already a Blog Tour going on for the 10 Best of the Decade. If you want a great way to catch up on what you’ve missed in the 2000s, then check out the link. I’ll admit it, I’m taking notes as I follow along.

The End of the Ring Wars (1998) by The Appleseed Cast

The Appleseed Cast
The End of the Ring Wars

1998, Deep Elm Records
emo, indie rock
3½

One of my favorite things as a music lover and the blogger here is to find the old albums of a band or an artist I particularly like. I came across this debut of The Appleseed Cast, and like many other debut albums by other artists, it was almost completely dissimilar to their most recent work.

Sagarmatha (2009) by The Appleseed Cast

The Appleseed Cast
Sagarmatha

2009, The Militia Group
post-rock, indie
4½

If Peregrine was The Appleseed Cast’s epic concept album, Sagarmatha is their most aesthetically pleasing. While not as cohesive, there is a certain honesty and root-sy rock throughout Sagarmatha that lifts this album to the top of the post-rock heap.