Bomb The Music Industry! - Vacation (2011)

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Lastfm

8.9

/Psychedelia, Pop punk, Alternative pop/rock, Brass pop, Baroque pop, Art rock/

Comment: pop punk/happy punk/easycore is obviously not the first choice of mine. Yet, Bomb The Music Industry!`s Vacation is an issue I used to love to. Why? Because of those trivial and straightforward rock hooks which are mixed up with the acute form of psychedelia, dream-soaked appearances, infectious brass pop whiffs and even art rock-ish splashing. For instance, the favorite of mine is The Shit That You Hate which in its baroqueness reminds of High Llamas, and Flaming Lips. The shit what we like.

Shinobu Nemoto - Tetsuo (2011)

Resting Bell

9.3

/Minimalism, Drone, Ambient noise, Ambient drone, Soundscape/

Comment: a bunch of 3 tracks by the Japanese ambient hero Shinobu Nemoto. His musical approach is truly minimal - just a bleak, hiss-loaded drone universe, yet, on the other side these appearances are potently dream-filled and shakingly elusive. If you want to search for the kindred souls of him I recommend to check out for the slept.`s doings.

Schaua - Remove Protective Film (2011)

Laridae

9.0

/Experimental electronica, IDM, Indietronica/

Comment: Stefan Schauer aka Schaua aka Phonomat has been very active since the mid-00`s. A set of countless albums have carried the torch for this release`s sake. While these 9 track do often ring a bell they are whimsical and tricky at the same time. Intense and noisy, even drilling electronic worms are creeping along the crunchy paths of rhythms. More generally, the album is a drift between IDM, indie and electro.

Greg Bird & Flamingo Flame - Statuette/Fire & Horses (2011)

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Lastfm

10.0

/Experimental indie, Dance rock, Alternative pop,Post-punk, Chillwave, Shoegazetronica, Indie dance, Glo-fi/

Comment: a thrilling 2-track miracle by Greg Bird & Flamingo Flame. In fact, I do have no words to convey the proper sense of it over to you. It is somehow related to shoegazing/and post-punk-ish propulsive aesthetics and on the other side showcasing blissed-out whiffs. What else? The vocal lines are highly soul-soaked in its dance-centered catchiness. Pure gold indeed!

Zack Kouns - Mount Of Olives

Monster Rally - Crystal Ball (2011)

Bandcamp

9.2

/Chillwave, Lounge pop, Exotica pop, Glo-fi, Sampledelic, Psychedelic pop, Cut and paste/

Comment: Monster Rally is back with his new album, yet, the formula is continuously same. Blissed-out sample-driven psychedelic/lounge pop where glo-fi meets exotica pop. 17 short-running glimpses will pop out from the recycle bin of pop music making up an uplifting, hitting touch in this way. Indeed, Monster Rally is still the one and only and his muzak schemes used to work perfectly. La Kooka is the favorite of mine.

Katechontico - Avantgarding Christmas (2007)

Bellagioia

9.3

/Noise, Experimentalism, Electro-acoustic, Avant-industrial, Minimal, Microtonal, Avant-garde/

Comment: Christmas music? Music for holidays? Why not. Especially if it happens to be vanguard-ish. Restraint yet lush noiseful scapes which are filled in with the fresh breath of air and electro-acoustic coat a times. Now and then it gets quite symphonic or psychedelic parameters or even microscopic dance-appealed oscillation. Crafty and well sublimely balanced. Behind Katechontico and Bellagioia label is Roberto Maldoror Manfredini, an outstanding Italian noisenik.

Vziel Projet - Rotten Music: The Legacy (2011)

Popsakal

8.4

/Black folk, Experimental folk, Neofolk, Avant-folk, Improvised music/

Comment: yelling, highly desperate vocal lines above dark-hued folk strumming. Just one track a little more than for 18 minutes. The sung language is not decipherable. From Ukraine.

Mister M - Soundtracks Vol1 (2011)

Jamendo

8.8

/Post-rock, Soundtrack, Dark pop, Neoclassical, Crossover, Classical/

Comment: a smorgasboard of sonic layers and pieces...from crescent rock-ish appearances to dreamy or more malignant (neo)classical symphonies, from punching piano-driven chords to colourful slow tempo electro(nica) at times resembling of the soundtrack for a funest movie. For instance, if you like Yann Tiersen, then this 12-track issue does have perspective to enter into your mind.

Stendek - Blouf (2010)

NoEcho

9.2

/Experimental electronica, Psychedelic dance, Techno, IDM, Dubstep/

Comment: Stendek comes out from Poland. He offers a set of different kind of beats mixed up with atmospherical vistas and psychedelic clouds set farctately around it. At times it reminds of the outputs by the Estonian electronic music composer Sven Grünberg. A lucid revelation indeed.