PSK – Greatest Hits-Anarchy In The Indie (2016)

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• 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.

Putro And The Money Making Machine Bedroom Session Part 1 (2013)

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• Anti-folk
• Lo-fi
• DIY
• Unplugged
• Singer-songwriter
• Covers

Comment: indeed, this set of 10 tracks embraces covers and the unplugged session with vocal and acoustic guitar and all this set of 25 and a half minute is played in the vein of agit-pop (based on the intensely strumming guitars, and straightforward and clear vocal line). The artist provides attention to such artists as Green Day, Operation Ivy, The Ramones, The Descendent, Social Distortion, No Use For A Name, Alkaline Trio, The Bouncing Souls, MXPX, and The Vandals. If you have not made acquaintance with the artists and songs before that yet it is time to do it now with regard to compare the original oeuvre with the cover versions. In fact, for me that agit-pop edge adds a welcome edge to the original ones. The more I listen to it the more I like it. The outing is a part of the discography of Indonesian imprint Ear Alert Records.