- Indie rock
- Alternative
rock
- Psych-rock
- Avant-rock
- Noise pop
- Hardcore
- Indie punk
- Speed metal
- Reggae
- Ska
- Acid rock
- Space rock
Comment: I have
mentioned a couple of articles about flourishing Indonesian music
scenes recently. However, the information about the prolific
Indonesian indie scene was earlier to be well known. Here it is one
of those spicy examples. By considering the title of this 9-notch
issue there are only two possibilities to come into fruition – if
it is seriously thought then this may obviously be a dead born, dull
crap. Or secondly it may be vamped up with tongue-in-cheek attitude
where the aesthetic of an issue is turned over the top, into a
frantic rush. Fortunately the latter description is the case.
Straight blatant bashes with speed metal, hardcore punk, and noise
pop bottoms are subverted by acidic, freely manipulated keyboards and
a melodica (or melodica-alike instrument). In true, when the melodica
takes the lead then the ragged psychedelia will change into a gentle
reggae or ska number. The singing manner is truly groovy, from loud
shouting and screaming to anxiety laden reciting and desperation
tinged singing. By kindred souls there can be drawn parallels upon
the likes of Motörhead, Hawkwind, Acid Mothers Temple, Atomic
Butterfly, The Damned, The Fall. Ear Alert is the imprint behind this
fascinating nuke.
