The Burning Of Eterna City - Dance Till Your Fucking Legs Break EP (2011)

Mediafire

7.9

/Doom, Grindcore, Goregrind, Crossover, Power rock, Electro-rock, Progressive rock, Trance, Avant-garde/

Comment: Indeed, behind this malevolent title can be discovered for even more wicked content of 5 songs, wherein angry electro-driven power rock riffs are being mingled with grindcore/goregrind/doom mandatory elements which are contiguous to some "non-sequitur" minutiae, for instance, including some chiptune-backed beepy elements, progressive rock details, club dance/brooding trance progressions, and spoken word samples. Finally I was able to figure out that the main keywords would be "eclectic" and "bulimic" and those 5 notches are not used to be reflections regarding the love themes somehow (haha!). By the way, the combo comes from the State of Virginia, USA.

Keyboard Choir - Electrical Unity EP (2009)

Lastfm
Brainlove Records

8.7

/Neokrautrock, Experimental indie, Electronic pop, Synth pop, Psychedelic/

Comment: This issue was publicized yet at those times (some years ago) while Lastfm embarked on with the official presentation of new albums under its own umbrella. However, Keyboard Choir, an Oxford-based and Brian Eno-approved combo was an excellent choice, showcasing a potent mix upon synthesized nowadays and yesterday. More concretely, soothing, even inside directed realms were variegated with subtly tumbling krautrock-esque lines, reminiscent sometimes of an impetus similar to Ladytron (Witching Hour, for instance).

Ana Threat - Tug Of War Of Love (2010)

Kill Mommy
Lastfm

7.7

/Primitive pop, Anti-punk, Lo-fi, DIY, Blues, Psychedelic, Weird, Garage rock/

Comment: Ugghhh, what the hell is the coverprint about... . This is a combo from Vienna, Austria offering a weird 5-track set of primitivistic notches. Though being apparently the primitive output, however, such sort of nihilistic approach toward punk, garage sounds, psychedelia makes sense nevertheless.

Isak Goldschneider, Amy Horvey, Jeff Morton - Mille Bayous (2011)

Panospria

8.6

/Electro-acoustic, Improvised music, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Psycho-acoustic/

Comment: On the first album of this classically trained Canadian trio can be detected for different aspects through electro-acoustic music, improvised jams and hardly definable sonic experiments. In fact, every path in the realm of electro-acoustic activity are so heavily explored thereby it should not be surprising at all if someone has managed to be a little prejudiced toward it either. Fortunately it is a different case (besides this is a short-running issue). However, the best moments on it are closely related to organ-induced passages and treated sonic tissues (warped voice snippets?) and abrasively chiming metallic overthrows evoking more moods and sensibility.

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Ocelote Rojo - Pacarina (2011)

Bandcamp
Lastfm

8.6

/Psych-folk, Avant-folk, Drone folk, Experimental folk/

Comment: Behind Ocelote Rojo is Francisco Aravena who has managed to sail on this 4-track EP with the help of tenderly fingerpicked and strummed guitars, hypnotic drone, mystically chiming gongs as if sounding from a remote distance and being surrounded by a sort of mystical vapour and found sounds. However, sometimes it seems to have acquired a profound ritualistic disposition, the other time just cutting down its brooding consistency and getting more lighter. First of all, it is a contemplative trip into yourself. The coverprint is grandeur as well.

Vent God - Running Thought (2010)

Radio Hand
Lastfm

8.4

/Grunge, Alternative rock, Power pop, Dream pop/

Comment: Vent God is a trio from Russia being influenced by sleepless nights, heaven and universe. However, this is a four-track EP filled in with vigorous grunge-influenced tunes of being mixed up with catchy yet dream-filled melodies and gears. The singer`s vocal is flavoured with Billy Corgan-alike abrasive tinge which makes really sense anyway. The outstanding track is Stuck In letting the positive final chord to the release. A honest rock and roll case.