Andrew Weathers Trio – Guitar Man Whirligig (2018)

Futurerecordings

Bandcamp

• Post-rock 
• Art rock 
• Alternative rock 
• Indie rock 
• Experimental rock 
• Avant-rock 
• Americana 
• Epic

Comment: Andrew Weathers is a musician from Littlefield, Texas, USA whose trio embraces four persons in fact. In truth, I do not know how the trio should be considered – should the lead figure be included or not? Weathers plays guitars, an organ, a pianet; Aaron Oppenheim plays a bass, Scott Siler plays the drums, and Tom Djll operates with a trumpet, and electronic effects. On this 6-notch release they play post-rock with an experimental angle where they pay attention to the structure and sparkling timbres. At times the quartet may associate with Tortoise but just a bit. Similarly to the legend from Chicago it is a post-rock case yet they also do not follow the classic crescendo-bursting buildups of the style. However, those semi-crescendos make highly sense. It is very fine to partake in a whole filled in with internal power and profound impulses coming permanently to the surface. Because of that their intention to create a cohesive, well integrated release does not water down at all. The guitar used to repeat the main motive in an enchanting way by exuding ennobling warmth at Short Denim Demon Shirt. The guitar as the main instrument on the album recedes at Eastern Island Palm Dub by admitting the lead to a suggestive, dreamy trumpet play. The finishing track Creosote Band (Trio) is a different case by playing some sort of darker cinematic Americana with smouldering eyes. That's great again. The beguiling post-rock release is a part of the discography of a cult post-rock imprint, futurerecordings. Obviously one of the best (post-rock) albums in 2018.

[Teaser of the day] Airplanemusic - Astral Hologram Disappear

Tranzmitter

• Hardstep
• Electronic music
• Ambient techno
• Crossover
• Alternative

Artist: Airplanemusic

Release: Elements

Label: Tranzmitter/Bandcamp

Year: 2018

[Teaser of the day] G.G. Allin's Dick - Hiki, the Scaly Man

You Are Not Stealing

• Comedy music
• Music hall
• Freak pop
• Vaudeville
• Electronic music
• Alternative

Artist: G.G. Allin`s Dick

Release: King of the Road

Label: You Are Not Stealing

Year: 2005

We Hate All These Liberals – Lost Tapes (2018)

Anti-Demos-Cracia

• Nu jazz 
• Deep house 
• Club dance 
• Electronic music 
• Drum and bass

Comment: as we know very well Portugal is being a well fare to foster great imprints like Test Tube, You Are Not Stealing Records, Enoughrecords, Green Field Recordings, XS Records, MiMi Records. Anti-Demos-Cracia as a music label was founded more than 30 years ago with purpose to release music of a combo called Varples Pravles. Since then the discography of the imprint has grown remarkably and music one could find out from there used to range from dark ambient and (post-)industrial incantations and rough psychedelic outbursts and just artsy experimental/unclassifiable glass bead game to more contemporary club driven beats. By the way, under ADC one can find out older, analogue-processed yet now digitalised releases (originally released on tapes or just waiting its time to be issued) and just brand new stuff as well. We Hate All These Liberals is a domestic, rolific, at the moment 13-album project under the label by producing music which can be labelled as rhythmic, profound and catchy. It veers away from deep house vibes, sultry nu/acid jazz oscillations to sublime drum and bass and stylistically more transgressive instances. It is a true quality stuff worth to be played both in sapid night clubs and evening radio shows of a good quality. It is nice to see again that people with conservative world perception love house music. Indeed, who could love all those artificially behaving liberals just by thinking of themselves as kind of better people and as if by knowing what other people also must do and because of that sweeping on a very slippery slope. Hitler knew, Stalin knew, Pol Poth, and Mao Zedong also knew exactly what is the best under their rule. The less the country and lobbist groups come into the life of a single person the better it is. We can all see what is going on in France for more than a couple of months. Another unfortunate example is socialist Venezuela. Grass roots democracy/sub-anarchy would be also an alternative. We want to be set free. However, music is something which provides an asylum against inferior, oppressive tendencies within the human race.

[Teaser of the day] KOSIK - Center In, Center Out

Please Do Something

• Alternative
• Art pop
• Ambient pop
• Electronic music
• Indietronica

Artist: KOSIK 

Release: Fastas

Label: Please Do Something

Year: 2004

[Teaser of the day] Frank Biedermann - Endor Forest

Stadtgruen

• Electronic music
• Club dance
• Dub house
• Ambient house

Artist: Frank Biedermann

Release: Wookiee Woods

Label: Stadtgruen

Year: 2004

VA – Soundtrack For Your Wedding (2006)

Aerotone

• Electronic music 
• Indietronica 
• Post-rock 
• Alternative 
• Ambient pop 
• Art pop 
• Post-rock 
• Plinkerpop 
• Chamber pop

Comment: these 60 minutes are something special from the past when indie music was tightly mingled with electronic music. Aerotone was a German imprint which had complemented the tradition being launched by such imprints as Monika Enterprise, Morr Music, and City Slang. There are up 14 songs by such artists as The Royal Horse Gala, 7oi, Leader, Mint, Gras, Renniac, Turnus, Cignol, Cloinc, Blisaed, Muhr, Planet Boelex, Ecoplan, and Aligning Minds. In a word, back then in 2006 such sort of music was a borderline indie example but today it is not anymore. Such sort of music can be considered a mainstream indie case. However, old cases like this one are more pleasant for me than new ones because most new ones could be evaluated in the future while having a decent time span behind. One should get a chance to separate out between a hype and a lasting virtue. By the recent miscellany it can be admitted this borderline case is truly transgressive (it is the tautological assumption, though!) by providing many intriguing yet full-fledged dodges within the whole. All in all, admit a solid present for this special day.

Young Jeezy – The Real Is Back (2011)

RapRadar

• Hip-hop 
• Rap 
• Urban music 
• Gangsta rap

Comment: this is the tenth mixtape by Jeezy being compiled by DJ Drama. The mixtape features guest appearances from 211, Slick Pulla, Scrilla, Fabolous, Yo Gotti, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Boo, Freddie Gibbs, and Alley Boy. Throughout the 20 tracks he employs trivial gangsta themes like tough personal every day's experience, "niggas", women, money and hypocrisy (and the topic of credibility). Musically it is mostly driven by compelling, a bit foreboding bass drives which make a strong contrast to the recent, soul-soaked hip-hop. Arriving at the lyrics it wasn't about the politics though nowadays it would have been at least partly about Donald Trump, and Kanye West (allegedly to be a “token negro” endorsed by a couple of the so-called opinion leaders) as a supporter of him. By following the news about Donald Trump it must be admitted it is some sort of religious nightmare within the heads of left-wing intellectuals and journalists. Middle Ages seem to be back again what was frequently about feverish suspicions and beliefs and wishful thinking. If you have real facts to enact impeachment then ultimately do it. Do not waste your and other people's precious time while practising verbal self-stimulation. Additionally I do not believe in the fact that 90 per cent of black Americans support Democratic Party. Why I should do it while at the reigning period of Barack Obama there were tumultuous riots by black people against police violence but the demonstrators also demanded vacant jobs at the same time. For instance, in Baltimore, Maryland. Given that the recent economic climate is remarkably more stable and the country is more wealthy than some years ago why they should behave in an irrational way? And before someone called Ayanna Pressley denotes someone as "the occupant of the White House..." she should be aware of the presumption of innocence. Last but not least - it is a fine listening experience.

[Teaser of the day] Karmacoda - Motion Picture

Miasmah

• Trip-hop
• Electronic music
• Downtempo
• Cinematic
• Alternative pop

Artist: Karmacoda

Release: Display EP 

Label: Miasmah

Year: 2003

[Teaser of the day] Kris Keyser - Cutting Ties

8bitpeoples

• Chiptune
• 8-bit
• Tracker music
• Chipbreak
• Nintendocore
• Electro pop
• Primitive eletronica

Artist: Kris Keyser

Release: Reviver

Label: 8bitpeoples

Year: 2018