Tree, Bosier - Hometown EP (2011)

Subwise

8.9

/Nu jazz, Chilltronica, Trip-hop, Downtempo, Psychedelic, Mood music, Post-rock, Downbeat, Cinematic, Crossover, Dub/

Comment: this is a picturesque output consisting mainly of sunshine-filled chill out-ish electronica, trip-hop drops, dub vibrations, and cinematic (nu-) jazz and at times deep, longing motifs. By the way, before it this Russian-based artist had released an album, called as Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010, Mimonot). However, the second track Seconds Before Awakening (feat. Futuredub) displays even the grits of post-rock-visaged guitar waves and oriental flute whiffs.

Ulf Staflund - Sanctuary

Little Jungles - Wuts Goin Thru Yer Head (2011)

Bandcamp

9.3

/Bedroom pop, Chillwave, Glo-fi, Shoegazetronica, Poptronica, Psychedelic pop, Tropical pop, Experimental indie, Lo-fi/

Comment: before you are going to chart the best albums of 2011 I recommend to listen to this 9-track one. Little Jungles comes from Canada offering up a lofty merge of glo-fi/chillwave pop and more traditional indie pop/shoegazing/psychedelia/indie dance. More concretely, all the excellence is made up with the help of chiming vocals, fuzzy guitars, sun-drenched keys, and dance-appealed rhythms. Here you can meet a bunch of eargasmic numbers. For instance, let`s take 1000 Cigarettes, which is a heartbreaking vision of bedroom pop ballad, or Winter Was Warmer, a folkgaze-ish ditty, where MBV meets Belle & Sebastian in its own way. Beside the abovementioned names you can see the traces by Silver Apples, Animal Collective, The Papertiger Sound, and Eureka Brown either.

Sarwari - Transit (2011)

Bakery Allstars inc

9.2

/Alt-folk, Electro pop, Experimental indie, Singer-songwriter, Crossover/

Comment: crunchy electro meets calm folk meets lush, saccharine underground-influenced singer-songwriter-ism a la Lee Hazlewood. Enthralling harmonica solos and half-orchestrated bits are set above a galvanized hotchpot. These 3 tracks used to ooze elegance and have touch with a big initial letter. A truly idiosyncratic one indeed.

SLZR - Demon Lain (2011)

Estàndar
Indian Gold
Free Music Archive
Mediafire

9.3

/Avant-rock, Experimental rock, Psych-rock, Psychedelia, Dance rock, Electro rock, Krautrock/

Comment: heck, noisy yet propulsive psychedelia runs through the hirsute tunnels and around the hispid corners of electro rock. The trialogue between tempered guitars, motorik drums and acidic synths do make impact on the listener. Moreover, it is loaded with a shitloads of shooting sonic effects and obsessive repetition in the meantime. By the way, no surprising, this set of 3 tracks is an instance of instrumental rock. However, there can be detected for the influences of Silver Apples, Acid Mother Temple, and Clinic. And of course, such freneticsoundscape can only be inherited from Mexico (or otherwise from Japan).

The Otot Zafrol Duo! - Little Blue Car

Ears - Sea Legs (2011)

*export
lastfm

8.8

/Sound collage, Lounge pop, Easy listening, Chill out, Sampledelic, Mood music, Cut and paste/

Comment: behind Ears hides himself the Aussie Daniel O`Toole who conveys an array of 14 tracks wherein gurgitating synth bits and slow tempo-induced beats function to create an effortless whole. Of course, you can not forgot about cinematic jazz and lounge-charged whiffs running above and around it. This is music/muzak for everyone to pump up your mind with serotonine.