Die Stille Diastole - Experimental Little Monkey (2010)

Trastienda
Bandcamp

9.4

/Indietronica, Experimental rock, Post-rock, Art pop, Organic electronica, Cover, Experimental indie, Crossover, IDM/

Comment: Die Stille Diastole is the nom de plume for Bolaño Lucas and Experimental Little Monkey is his 4-pieced issue really worth to try it now and then (at the moment now, of course). More concretely, indeed, it is a stunning exploration between organic sounds and mellow electronica, having its spot directed upon the creation process of a blend of jagged IDM-esque beats/indietronic progressions and lofty musique concrète/found sound/spoken-infiltrated evolvements, and even some esoterical sort of folk-alike sound. The third track is a cover of the Sonic Youth`s Little Trouble Girl. Onwards, by regarding Lucas`s soulmates, however, there can be appealed to Cantaloup and The Dylan Group, Tortoise and Monokle. In a nutshell, is a highly crafty yet effortless result.

SEA Compilation - Summers Daydream (2011)

Sea Indie

8.8

/Twee pop, Indie pop, Alternative pop/rock, Jangle pop, Baroque pop/

Comment: In fact, I have myself pampered with listening to indie music compilations on such labels as Eardrums Pop, Beko DSL, and Hobo Cult so far. Here is another one, offering a 15-track miscellany created basically in the belief pertaining of the goodness of old school alternative pop stuff. Here can be detected for an abundant amount of influences popping out from the C86 movement and its closely related jangle and twee pop, 90`s galant baroque pop/brass/folk. On the other side, however, a few songs are doo wop, ye-ye and disco-drenched. By the way, all the artists come only from the countries of the Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Philippines, Singapor, Thailand).

Motorama - Alps (2010)

Motorama
Free Music Archive
Lastfm

8.7

/Post-punk, New Wave, Alternative pop/rock, Indie, Dance rock, Gothic rock/

Comment: Rostov-on-Don, Russia-based combo melts poppy elements with post-punk battens and sometimes dashing, dance-appealed grooves on this 10-track publication within the 36 minute length limit. First of all, I am entranced with the interaction of black and white/or dark-hued and light-hearted trilled sounds fluttering around during its course. The notches are frequently beatific in its deliberately resigned condition. My heart-throb is Warm Eyelids which towers upon the sky thanks to a sublime blend of post-punk-ish cadences, jangle pop-ish impetus and Richard Hawley-alike monumental warbling of guitars. Moreover, the track should conquer the charts instead of tarrying its time at the moment. The more listening times I vouchsafe to give to the album the more it used to appeal to the pop recipients in my brain.

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Lizard Kisses - Sleeping In (2010)

Bandcamp

9.5

/Alt-folk, Indie folk, Folk indie, Avant-folk, Indie pop, Epic, New Weird America, Dream folk, Free folk/

Comment: Similarly to Nemo Asakura`s older EP reviewed yesterday this album of 9 tracks takes on a pile of sparse instrumentation to conjure up simple yet promptly convincing artistic songs. However, the Brooklynites Cory Siegler and Marc Merza seem to be self-assured in their doings. Merza`s simple yet punctuated guitar strums are up here to create a decent background for Siegler`s sensitive singing manner which respectively is either seemingly disillusioned or hopeful in dreams. Some songs are embellished with ukulele banging (My Bag is Not The Floor Why Isn`t Yours?) and vanguard-ish organ droning gest (Sender), and musique concrète-drenched (Conair Ocean Waves - what a sort of expressive name for one of those upcoming bands in future). All in all, Lizard Kisses, one of the best nowadays musical groups has tremendously been underrated so far. For instance, listen to Sleep Talkin` which makes your soul and heart bleeding.

Glass Fingers - Stranger EP (2011)

Bandcamp

8.9

/Post-punk, Avant-pop, Electronic pop, Crossover, DIY, Experimental indie, Glo-fi, Lo-fi, Dark pop, Alternative, Remixes/

Comment: Portland-based Jesse Gertz`s Stranger EP consists of six tracks, more detailly, half of them are remixes of the songs by The Microphones, The Milkman`s Union, and Huak. In general, the issue drifts between a majestic yet psychotic concept (a la Jason Pierce-esque incantations) and posh glo-fi gleaming and bubblegum-ish post-punk thump and breakbeat-backed electronic music. All of that is subject to the algorithms of lo-fi/DIY culture. In a nutshell, all is nicely produced and designed indeed.

Tree No Leaves - Java Rave (2011)

Bandcamp

9.0

/Art pop, Experimental rock, Cabaret pop, Post-rock, Dance rock, Psychedelic rock/

Comment: Actually Sigmund Freud was not right principially when he suggested that the human being is permanently forced to abandon the enjoyment for the overall socializing sake. Furthermore, delegating some of his/her rights to the rest makes no sense if he/she gets compensated instead of it with potent aesthetical pleasures from the other side. Subsequently this is the essential point of human being`s interactions, yet, observed from the tilted point of view then. The US-based collective Tree No Leaves is a representative of highly crafty music power, where can be seen lots of tensions channelized and elaborated right and left. It is highly enjoyable in the form of hysterical vocal manners, velvety cabaret-like appearances, at times, ascending into the frenzied grooves of exuberant post-rock, off-the-kilter forms of dance grooves, and bedecked art pop. In fact, the album rings out more convincing than its possible inspiration sources (the likes of Arcade Fire, and PJ Harvey) nowadays, for instance. The songs were recorded live at Java Rave in Tiffin, Ohio.