Kuvatud on postitused sildiga Alt-folk. Kuva kõik postitused
Kuvatud on postitused sildiga Alt-folk. Kuva kõik postitused
1/29/2011
[Compilation] VV.AA. - Rock Against Mommies vol. I: Attack Of The Space Mommies (Kill Mommy)
Don`t be afraid of the Sicily-based label Kill Mommy Records` slogan which suggests that this is a label for homemade rock`n`roll for amateurs. In fact, this so-called amateur-ish music has its powerful output and subtle sense of feeling which often overweights lots of examples regarding so-called established (indie) music. Here are 25 tracks represented showcasing a retrospective cut about the label`s active period during the last 2 years including such artists like Vanny Zero, Nowhere Boy Simon, The Last Merendina, The Big Wireman, Thee Undead Big Blues Shit, With Bubble In The Jungle, Dead Bugs, Ryan Patrick, Cafè Bakunin, Stereo Moon, The Brazierlights In The Window, Johnny Hoodoo, Vaqueros Paganos, Quint Baker, Jim Guittard, Ana Threat, My Pal Dragon, Plakonik Projekt, Thedirtycoast, Therese De Genova, Jon E. Erkkila, Sbirros, Gone Fishing, Mumble Mumble Mumble, and Billcarson. In a more concrete way, here can be heard such kind of music which veers from crackly blues and rockabilly madness to sophisticated alt-folk/folk indie/weird folk experiments and catchy indietronic jams, from psychedelic garage shootings and schizoid strummings to new wave and austere, roots-influenced string music from straightforward grrl riot punk to rough, even exorcized bass gears of psych-rock. The geographical range is also ultramundane: from Italy to USA, from Canada to Scotland, from Argentina to France, from Brazil to New Zealand, from Austria to Denmark. One cover can also be found from here:Nancy & Frank Sinatra`s Something Stupid by Vaqueros Paganos.
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1/06/2011
[Old but important] e.p hall the edge the middle (CLLCT)
e.p hall has been one of the queens on the Bloomington-based CLLCT alongside with iron like nylon (Meghan Lamb) and Shelby Sifers. By avoiding to be a target by possible feminist attacks, however, I don`t feel myself internally hindered for to get name her as one the excellencers on the New Weird America scene as well. Moreover, she has been active since the first half of 00`s (the first demo was recorded in 2003), relatively long before the starting point of CLLCT. Listening to her home recorded 6-track album (2006) again after a while, after being on a year-long interval away from it I shall have to admit her conception works previously very good out. She is a musician who loves driving on acoustic guitars, mingling its mellow chords together with emotive, sometimes dream-alike voice and some synth currents and gurgling electronics. Indeed, at times e.p hall is used to be changed herself into an acutely flaming fur by putting acoustic guitars down or throwing them to the background and letting machine-inflected and electricity-filled sounds overlap and conquer the record`s backbone. For instance, That Letters and Numbers make is an epic maelstrom having lots of turnings up and down, getting quite close to the noise/shoegaze ensembles at times. A classic touch indeed.
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1/04/2011
Power und Beauty The Gnome EP (Peppermill)
Behind the Spokane-based, Washington, US-quartet Power und Beauty are four women (Anna Collins-Wakeman, Sarah Moyer, Karli Fairbanks, and Caroline Fowler) playing up an interesting, New Weird America-esque folk conception on 4 tracks by using more or less conventional musical instruments (a battery sustained second hand keyboard, tambourine, vegetable steamer(!), glockenspiel, accordion, guitars, tambourine, shakers), yet basically being actualized via at times magnificently glee vocal harmonies, conjuring sublime overtones as well, for instance at Author Of The Spring, the strongest notch on the issue, accompanied only by some sparse guitar fingerpickings. The opening track Beggars and Felons, on the other side, is a whimsical, accordion-backboned groove outlook, and the following one, Lavender, is a light run of fast-paced progression on the accordion, having made out the impression with the help of barely heardable yet affectively touching shaker shuffle on the backdrop. Peaches is a (more) synth-chorded, half-droned folk occurence. A fine workout indeed.
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8.7
Sildid:
Alt-folk,
Lo-Fi,
New weird America,
Peppermill,
Weird folk
1/02/2011
1/01/2011
12/20/2010
Jay Bennett Kicking at the Perfumed Air (Rock Proper)
Jay Walter Bennett (1963-2009) was first of all known as a keyboard player in the line-up of Wilco during the years 1994-2001. He was dropped out from the band after the artistic-relied disagreements with the frontman Jeff Tweedy, and Jim O`Rourke who was being invited for producing and mixing Wilco`s fourth (and legendary) album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot finally issued in 2002. Thereafter Bennett released 6 solo albums reflecting upon his personal failures (department from the band, divorce) and disturbed touch because of having been sustained on painkillers (lacking the money for hip replacement surgery).
Vis à vis with his previous album Whatever Happened I Apologize (2007/2008), the 11-track brand new heavy Kicking at the Perfumed Air (mastered and recorded(?) 2007-2009) is more fulfilled with suggestive splendour, making it up through crafty variegated tunes, first off, offering energic and dynamic proceedings, on the other side, downdrifting into a melancholic alliance of sparse fingerpicked guitar and husky voice manner, or on the third side being brought forth via mid-tempo songs, based, as usual, upon alt-country/alt-folk tunes spiced up with lush organ blowups. Moreover, having managed to get in for a touch upon Bennett`s approach at the silence-noise and traditional/modern scale it does not make much difference in comparison with Wilco`s last issues in principle, having its experimental oasises in the middle of the American roots music-drenched desert. As Kicking at the Perfumed Air is filled with excellent tracks from the outset to this closure, it can proudly be admitted about the presence of the beautiful swan song by this great singer-songwriter.
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9.6
12/02/2010
11/26/2010
Atlas Sound Bedroom Databank Vol. 1 (Atlas Sound)
Nowadays (experimental) indie music golden boy Bradford Cox is back again. No doubt, he was one of those remarkable newcomers - besides the tandem Avey Tare-Panda Bear, and Ariel Pink - whose conception poisoned profoundly the understandings of music lovers throughout the previous decade. At first, with Deerhunter, as the singer of the Atlanta-based quintet (now quartet), he has been evolving a blend of art-rock, noise rock, space pop/ambient, and shoegaze, all wrapped up in expansively psychedelic ambience. As Atlas Sound, his one-man-band, he is used to exploit the most of the abovementioned stylistic elements while showed up more electronic and laptop-based approach as well. By the way, besides the extraordinarily lank look he is also known by his exclusive songwriting method via stream-of-consciousness.
During last years he has released a lot of concert outtakes and bedroom demo recordings of the both projects via his/Deerhunter blog. Bedroom Databank Vol. 1 compiled of 11 tracks is the last appearance in the array (in Wikipedia has already mentioned the numerical follow-ups to the Bedroom Databank). The album is stilistically a wide-scale one, extending from minimally bleeping laptop-based lo-fi electronics, and Stereolab-esque light-filled synthetic pop to harmonica-leaded introvert alt-folk/indie folk songs (though it is mostly managed to be fulfilled with every kind of electronic effects). However, by my opinion, Lanterns is an outstanding ambient track, encircled by ticking icy-tinged IDM-beats. Really profound and sensitive, remembering a bit of Pulp`s Seductive Barry. There are also two covers represented here to get coated into new appearances (Bob Dylan`s This Wheel`s On Fire; Kurt Vile`s Freak Train).
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8.6
10/26/2010
10/21/2010
Bmind Uncommon Things EP (Tranzmitter)
Jätkame muusikaga Brasiiliast. 23-aastase Jaime de Almeida Simões`i aka Bmind`i aasta alul ilmunud 3-looline (ning 35-minutiline) EP on siinkirjutajat juba pikemat aega irriteerinud kui üsna hoomamatu taies. Iga kuulamisega on üha enam ilmnenud, et see on prog-muusika tänapäevaste mallide järgi. Ei, mitte ses mõttes, nagu oleks sel stilistiliselt pistmist neoprogega, vaid see sätestab ise omad reeglid, olles tugevalt mõjutatud 70ndate aastate intellektuaalsest kitarrimuusikast (a la Adrian Smith, Randy Rhoads, Jake E Lee, David Gilmour). Kaks esimest, pikka - umbes 15-minutilist lugu - kätkevad elemente kesktempolikust trance`st/bubblegum techno`st, millesse on integreeritud keelpilli- ja etnotrummide sämplid, mulksuv psühhedeelne elektroonika, dub`ilik kaja ning loova produktsiooni ja tämbriga vokaliis pluss tõnupedarilik manifesteeriv mana (ah jaa, teises loos lööb kaasa leiblikaaslane Holocaos). Erinevad kihid on kenasti üheks sulatatud, üksteise suhtes nihkuma pandud, võimaldades sünergiavektoril esile liikuda. Emotiivses plaanis on helindid hillitsetud, pigem mängides vastaspooluse võimalikkusega. Lõpulugu (ühtlasi nimilugu) on akustiline, peegeldades noormehe kitarrioskusi - omandatud muusikakoolist nullindate alul -, sisenduslikku vokaalmaneeri ning portugalikeelse laulu kaunikõlalisust.
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8.6
10/14/2010
10/11/2010
10/01/2010
9/29/2010
9/09/2010
A.K.A Gelbart Banjo Tapes (Birdsong)
Esiteks, üllitise pealkirjast ei tasu end väga eksitada lasta. Bandžoplõnnimine ei ole valdav, palju enam on siin elektrikitarriga mürgeldamist. Käesoleval hetkel kuuluvad Adi Gelbart`i (A.K.A The Lonesomes) arsenali viiulid (ilmselt juutide rahvuspill), gongid, trummid, tolmused klahvpillid ning heliefektid. Mis siinkirjutajale selle kõige juures enim meeldib, ongi uljas hoogsus, kuid teisalt ka läbimõeldud lähenemine, jäädes kokkuvõttes tasakaalustatud eksperimentalismi piiridesse- ühtides loomupäraselt meeleolulisusega. Paralleele võib tõmmata ameerika primitivistide kiretu kitarrikäsitlusega, kuid Gelbart`i jaoks ei ole emotsionaalne hillitsetus kidrasoikumise kaudu eesmärk omaette, vaid kui vahend, millelt õhku tõusta, millele vastandus - lopsakad motiivid, meloodiad ja harmooniad - rajada. Seesuguselt lähenemiselt meenutab ta oma kaasaegseid nagu Molloy And His Bike, Phil Reavis, Barbagallo ning gillicuddy. Vaikelu käändub ootamatult surfmuusika numbriteks, olles kord muretu, kord altkulmu põrnitsev. Kaheksa lühikese loo seast väärivad erilist rõhutamist I`ve seen Him rising (eepiliselt draiviv refrään), Fried haters (libisev sünkjas surfikäik) ning Interstellar (kõrvust haarav psühhedeelne kokteil exotic pop´ist ja surfgruuvist). Võimalik, et mainitud lugudes on poppotentsiaali pelgalt rohkem. Ei jää muud üle kui taaskord kõrged punktid anda.
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9.1
8/31/2010
Nodding by The Fire Nodding by The Fire EP (Bandcamp)
Javier Ordàs (kitarr), Carlos Puente (bass, kitarr, Casiotone, flööt, harmoonika) ning Jacob Gonzàlez (perkussioon) pakuvad hõrgu 10-loolise seti nautimiseks. Muusika on instrumentaalne, mis kätkeb eneses nii psühhedeelse folgi arhailisust kui ka esilepurskuvat sentimentaalset ja melanhoolset meelolulisust. Albumit alustab introlikult lühike Fanfare, mis happeliste pahvakutena kandub kaugele 60ndatesse. Teisalt El Monte krutib üles fantastilised harmooniad brassi, mandoliini ja harmoonika saatel (kes suudab seesuguse pilotaaži saavutada, väärib igati tunnustamist) või siis muretu kaasavilistamise näide Summer in the air. Kitarriarpedžod ja mandoliinid koovad jätkuvalt edasi, kuhu vahele mahuvad ka mariachi-kitarride varju(tuse)d. Lisaks tõdemusele, et suupill on seksikas instrument, saab edasi kuulates üha enam selgemaks, et käesoleva üllitise intentsionaalsus peitubki võrgutavas meeleolulisuses. Igati soliidne, väljapeetud ning lummav.
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9.7
Sildid:
Alt-folk,
Bandcamp,
Indie folk,
Mood music,
Psychedelic,
Self-released
8/22/2010
[Kogumik] Various Artists - Season of the Sun (Rack & Ruin)
Inglismanni Dean Birkett`i kureeritud Rack & Ruin on leibel, mis annab peavarju pöörasele lo-fi muusikale, mille nime esimene pool on kahe aasta vältel tunnusmärgitsenud alternatiivpoppi-indie`t ning teine pool eksperimentaalset, kohati suisa irriteerivat elektroonikat. Tõsi, nimetet kogumik - mis on pühendatud käesolevale suvele - ei järgi niivõrd teravalt seda eristust võrdluses mõne varasema eelkäijaga. Mõnes mõttes on see ka paratamatu, kuivõrd elektroonika on ajapikku segunenud traadimuusikaga ning ka vastupidi. (Nimetagem seda poptroonikaks). Ennekõike väljendub nimetet tendents artistide puhul nagu Western Homes, T Bear ning Hipster Youth. Vincent Lillis jätkab tavapärast peitusemängu varjude ning folgiga, Woodland Heights teeb silma hoogsa kidrapopiga, kompilatsiooni koostaja Chad Golda pakub omalt poolt elektrist särisevat elektroonikat. Kogumik pakub loomulikult ka üllatusi - Frost Faire`i - mis on siin esindatud surf pop-liuglemisega - ninamees Brad Fielder, kes eelmisel aastal sai maha meisterliku alternatiivfolgi albumiga, pakub brass rock`i ja hip-hop`i hübriidi; auger shell pakub sulnist unenäopopi ja kingapõrnitsemise segu - kuulajana tahaksin isegi volüümi juurde keerata; kogumiku pikima - 14-minutilise - träki eest hoolitseb Dave Menzo, kes segab üheks psühhedeeliat, lo-fi`d ning abrasiivset elektroonikat-efekte, hoolitsedes seekord märksõna "Ruin" eest. 11-looline kogumik on tõepoolest väärtasi, iseasi muidugi, kas see just päikeselõõsas kuulamiseks mõeldud oli; kuid mõnusalt jahedasse ning vihmaootel augustiõhtusse sobib küll suurepäraselt.
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8/09/2010
8/05/2010
8/04/2010
Chad Golda - [FASTER THAN BECOMING THE PAST - TASTING YOUR OWN TEMPERATURE (Rack & Ruin)
Tuleb märkida, et Chad Golda sooloalbumid on allutatud rohkem eksperimentidele kui ansamblid, mille koosseisu on ta kuulunud (Ringo Star; starstarstar). Kuid määrad teatavasti ei determineeri muusika kvaliteeti, selle headust või keskpära (ning ootan pikisilmi starstarstar`i teist üllitist, järge nende suurepärasele debüüdile "Electric Goose and the Nylon Moose"). Ameeriklase personaalsed otsingud on üha süvenenud, leides pidepunkte psühhfolgist ja (obskuursest) elektroonikast, moodustades helide kombinatsioone, mida siinkirjutaja suvatseb nimetada modaalfolgiks - muusikaks, mis opereerib folgi võimalikkustega, mis kokkuvõttes läheb kaugemale New Weird America-liikumise keskmest.
"FASTER THAN BECOMING THE PAST TASTING YOUR OWN TEMPERATURE" on Golda kolmas sooloalbum ning esimene duubelalbum. Album väärib osadesse jagamist, kuivõrd stilistiline erinevus tekitab selge veelahkme. Esimene pool koosneb akustilistest numbritest, mille kohta tuleb märkida, et Golda ei ole eales kõlanud nii akustiliselt, unistuslikult ning lihtsalt. "Lihtsus" on loomulikult tinglik määratlus, kuivõrd ka konkreetsed pisimuutused helikeeles omavad tektoonilist mõju. Muljetavaldavalt sugereerivad numbrid, mis kinnistavad ameeriklase staatust meisterliku singer-songwriter`ina, lähenedes arvatavasti enim Nick Drake`i loomingule.
Teine osa koosneb elektroonilise muusika (selle puhul tahaks tõesti vältida mõistet "elektroonika") ja kammermuusika seosest. Ka pealkirjad vihjavad üheselt sellele - põhirõhk on tšellodel (ning selle süitidel). Kontseptualism, mille minimalistlik, altkulmu põrnitsev elektrooniline mikrotonaalsus paneb ajukeemia pulbitsema. Tšellode tumemeelsus omandab uusi vorme, kulmineerudes (müra)orkestreeringutena. Ei imestaks, kui jänki järgmine üllitis sõuab juba modernklassika sõiduvees, kuivõrd neid elemente on ka käesoleval kuulda.
Esimese osa eest 10, teise poole eest 10. Meistriteos.
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10.0
Sildid:
Alt-folk,
Avant-garde,
Avant-industrial,
Chamber music,
Conceptual,
electro-acoustic,
Experimental electronic music,
Microtonal music,
New weird America,
Noise,
Rack And Ruin,
Singer-songwriter
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