Brothertiger - Ask (The Smiths Cover) (2012)

Bandcamp
Soundcloud

9.3

/Chillwave, Remixes, Glo-fi, Indie pop, Electronic pop/

Comment: Brothertiger (John Jagos), an eminent chillwave/glo-fi artist from Toledo, Ohio, USA takes on a song of the world`s best band ever. Indeed, The Smiths had issued Ask in 1986 where Mozza was backed up by Kirsty MacColl, an legendary indie gal (in fact, Ask wasn`t their only collaboration at the existing time of the Manchester legend - do not forget You Just Haven`t Earned it Yet, Baby). However, a decent single by any means.

Sleep Dealer - Endless Route

Laiila - Sabicu (2008)

Amduscias

9.4

/Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Chamber music, Avant-electronica, Crossover, Experimental electronica/

Comment: Nada Alleen, and Liam Maloney used to create an exciting set of 9 tracks which comprises experimentation-heavy, warped soundscapes and pitched guitar chords, didgeridoo-induced idiosyncratic propulsions, vowel experiments, chamber music-drenched bits and pieces and even slightly post-rock-esque or psych-out compositions, however, all of that is backed up with intense rhythm sequences, though, at times it used to appear more restraint and hushed. The flight of digital bugs and insects used to surface now and then. The outlet is unbelievably tight yet affirming.

Silver Wren - Fall Sky​-​Winter's Hum (2011)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Experimental folk, Dream pop, Shoegaze, Dark wave, Dream folk, Leftfield, Crossover, Ethereal pop/

Comment: just a pair of notches where a little murky, dreamy vocal manner is backed up with clear-cut, plucking strings and orchestrated vapour around and below it. There can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Pipher, Vlor, and Lycia. In a word, the result involving the elements of bucolic folk, dark wave, shoegaze, dream pop are bound into an unusual but astonishing whole. This one-man-project (Ross Campbell) comes out from Gainesville, home for many great DIY-infected groups.

[Teaser of the day] Magicks - Chillin All Along

Ivory - IVR01 (2011)

Ivory
Soundcloud

9.2

/Dubstep, 2-step, Electronic pop, Grime, Remixes, Club dance/

Comment: there is the single Slacker Bashing and a cover version of it. More concretely, it is an example of suggestive dubstep/2-step/grime progressions - it is ticklingly abrasive, intense in its vocal layers and apparently growing in its variegating rhythm patterns. The single is a little stronger than the remix version, and the outlet is superb at any rates.

Realistic Train - Realistic Train

Cobwebbs - Shake and Rattle (2010)

White Moon

9.1

/Psych-rock, Stoner rock, Avant-rock, Trance rock, Noise rock, Garage rock, Experimental rock, Alternative rock/

Comment: Cobwebbs, a Brisbane, Australia-based quartet provides a set of booming experimental rock progressions involving the seeds of stoner/psych/trance rock music. These three pieces used to swing and roll over the listener. More concretely, it rocks off getting inspiration both from the tradition of early rock and roll and by the likes of Suicide, Spacemen 3 and from the instances of angst-filled desert rock a la Sonic Youth. If to compare the collective with nowadays kindred souls the quartet shares the similar space with Voyageurs, Cults, Kent State, Ermine Coat.

Falcon Lake - Drown EP (2012)

Bad Panda

9.2

/Art pop, Glo-fi, Chillwave, Post-pop, Avant-pop, Post-psychedelic electronica, Experimental indie, Exotica pop, Crossover/

Comment: there is a set of 4 songs by Leon Piers, a Bristolian musician who used to fuse exotica pop elements with glo-fi/chillwave tendencies. The compositions are mostly instrumental ones just exploiting repetitive phrases-vocal loops. Beauty meets proficiency, the past meets the present. The project can be compared with Monster Rally who also likes to blend 60`s exotica pop with the slabs of contemporary hypnagogic pop.

[Teaser of the day] The Wind Whistles - Judo