5/01/2012
This Lonely Crowd - Doppeldanger And Other Delicious Secrets (2012)
9.3
/Shoegaze, Dream pop, Experimental rock, Ambient rock, Noise rock, Alternative rock, Covers, Post-rock, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock/
Comment: This Lonely Crowd, the combo from Curitiba, Brazil used to showcase their power and aesthetical strength in a way having never chimed so promisingly after their fabulous debut album An Endless Moment Everyday All The Time. Furthermore, their previous, third album Some Kind Of Pareidolia seemed to be lacking a little bit of sharp ideas and ever-winning propulsions. However, any next step is needful for something bigger or higher level achievable in the future. This time, more concretely, they do counterbalance massive, hirsute guitar riffs and eargasmic, orchestration-pitched noise walls and ingurgitating noise bits with silentful yet highly meaningful compositions. I have never perceived their oeuvre to be related to the post-rock scene somehow. Now they have done it due to epic frames and elusive visions. Very convincing and beautiful indeed. This is a way how rock music should be produced and transmitted. There are up 15 ditties, 2 of them are covers (Depeche Mode`s Everything Counts, and Napalm Death`s Lucid Fairytale). This Lonely Crowd are Humpty Dumpty, Jabberwock, Red Queen, Tweedledee, and Tweedledum.
4/30/2012
Fanta Stika - 20L12G EP (2012)
8.4
/Hip-hop, Rap, Urban music/
Comment: these 9 hip-hop compositions chanted in Estonian used to take on fake musicians (fellow hip-hop dudes?), tough guys and braggarts, however, criticized in angry way. In a word, it is about stupidity and devastating mentality ruling in the community. On the other side, one notch which seems to be more neutral talks about massacres regarding the video games.
TV Girl - Our First 2 EPs (2011)
9.3
/Indie pop, Experimental indie, Glo-fi, Electronic pop, Alternative, Surf pop, Leftfield/
Comment: this batch of 8 tracks reveals an interesting and intriguing approach to indie pop mixing up The Avalanches-alike electronically driven propulsions with exotica pop-esque milieus and pieces which in turn are bruished against the surf and sunshine aesthetics of The Beach Boys.
4/28/2012
Mixtape #1 (28-04-2012)
Tracklist:
Badass Yuki - Cherry Tree Bonanza
http://badassyuki.bandcamp.com/album/cherry-tree-bonanza
Maston - Strange Rituals
http://maston.bandcamp.com/album/voyages
Duncan Malashock - Lookin`Around (Positivity Mojo)
http://www.last.fm/music/Duncan+Malashock/Secret+Animals
Julies Moron - Trillion Sundays
http://brightside.ee/private/jm/mp3/
Ratkiller - Normal For Romans
http://edasi.bandcamp.com/album/estrange-tactics
2muchachos - Spring Breath
http://2muchachos.bandcamp.com/album/vesnywki-ep
Binärpilot - Bend
http://binaerpilot.no/
Children of Cain - Goodbye
http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a88609/children-of-cain-night-loving-creatures-prepare-thyselves-for
Comment: all these tracks represented there are made for free download (or for donations or pay-what-you-want) and uploaded by the abovementioned artists themselves. The one and only purpose of mine regarding the mixtape is to promote and spread a word about their excellent music and exemplify it with some astonishing tracks waiting to be discovered in future.
4/27/2012
Tumblewoof - M ▲ J O R (2012)
9.0
/Hip-hop, Indie-hop, Sampledelic, Mash-up, Sound collage, Cut and paste/
Comment: this is a mash-up album which does mean it is made up of the samples of other musicians and musical groups, though, having different intention and purpose. More concretely, it is wrapped up in hip-hop aesthetics, though having indie pop attitude now and then. It is intriguing because of having such elements as autotuned snippets, cinematic gliding, and crispy rhythms.
SALA - Jurmala Revisited-Breath (2012)
8.8
/Ambient, Musique concrète, Modern classical, Field recording, Minimal, Crossover/
Comment: just a pair of long-running tracks which start off with lush sounds coming out directly from within the natural environment, however, soon getting slowly mixing up other sounds into it. Such sound can be considered as natural kind of ambient music where changes used to be minimal and laconic yet captivating ones thus reminding of the likes of Juanjo Palacious, and Oskar Hallbert. The project originates from Lithiania and is headed by Audrius Simkunas.
mnttaB - shiny stones and miracles (2010)
9.3
/Art-punk, Post-punk, No Wave, Avant-rock, Noise rock, Experimental rock/
Comment: mnttaB is a frantic art-punk/post-punk group from Australia warming up old No Wave traditions a la The Screamers, and 80`s Sonic Youth with more angry and propulsive hints at British post-punk examples a la The Fall, where abrasive, angular guitar-induced noise wall is mixed up with the chords of violins, and manifesting vocal manner. In a nutshell, it is highly convincing due to its nihilistic approach.
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