Dad Lipsticks - Awakening 2007-2010 (2011)

Umor Rex

8.7

/Primitive pop, Primitronica, 8-bit, Folktronica, Chiptune, Crososver, DIY, Hip-hop, Experimental electronica, Sampledelic, Musique concrète, Lo-fi, Electronic pop/

Comment: on the Myspace site of Dad Lipsticks the soundscape of him is described as idiots kissing. If these are about kissing then they are essentially very short kisses (37 notches in all). The tracks do chime almost as angular and low bit-ish as chiptune music used to do. In fact, electro pop is mixed up with chiptune numbers at times. I would entitle it as a sort of clockwork electronica where cannot be overrated the factor of original sounds. Onward, weird bonds with hip-hop, power-drenched electronica, folk and more dream-filled layers, however, it displays its indecisiveness because of having had no certain direction to be chosen. Yet, the ultimate result of it seems to be intricate and pleasant simultaneously.

Johan Reinhold - Shoot Me Down (2011)

Soundcloud

7.7

/Pop rock, Electro-rock, Pomp rock/

Comment: it is a single by Johan Reinhold, a Swedish Grammy nominated indie electro pop artist who is influenced by Gayngs, Nikki and the Dove, Miike Snow and Portishead. The notch is produced and arranged by Astma & Rocwell, and onward Lasse Mortén took care of post-production and engineering. Shoot Me Down is a bombastic effort with hard rock guitar riffs, mellow backdrops and cloying footstalls, and some shamanic vowel effects in the ending part. Unfortunately, it is way too predictable and without any vulnerable (read: intricate) corners within it.

Tobias Borelius - Du känner mig för väl, farväl (2011)

23 Seconds
Bandcamp
Jamendo
Lastfm

8.7

/Indie pop, Indietronica, Poptronica, Electronic pop, Singer-songwriter, Acid pop, Lo-fi/

Comment: this is a relatively short-running, in Swedish sung album. At these 8 tracks may be detected for two tendencies. Sprawling acoustic pop is imbued with a slight touch of electronica, and on the other side it is created with the intention for more electronic-driven ditties. At times it used to be more restraint, sometimes more sunshiny and charming, however, exploiting symphonic keyboards, New Wave-ish synth thudding and effects. At Smaragdgröna Parker is exploited 8-bit/tracker music-alike cadences as if falling to a numerous of dull-coloured smithereens. The favorite of mine is Arkitekten (featuring Lotta Wenglèn), a gloomy gem.

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Apache O'Raspi - Not Phony (2011)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Alt-folk, Folk indie, Dream folk, Singer-songwriter, Free folk, New Weird Mexico, Lo-fi, Experimental folk, DIY, Baroque pop, Electronic, Indie folk, Psych-folk/

Comment: Apache O`Raspi comes out from Mexico providing a fascinating set of idiosyncratic pop songs. There can be detected for a pair dominating lines of influences - first of all, it is instrospective, dream-filled, psychedelic folk and local Latin appearances with die-hard lo-fi/DIY touch and on the other side the album cannot be without making the hints at tropicalia pop/rock a la Os Mutantes and so-called saccharine underground/baroque pop a la Lee Hazlewood. There is one exception either - Frantic Dance takes on more tight flirtation with lustful electronic trickery. The album is sung in English, and Spain respectively. By the way, these 9 tracks are mixed by Benjamin Z, aka Volumina, another awesome folktronic musician from Mexico. In conclusion, you can grab lots of truly elusive harmonies and melodies from out of here (Cereal Mermelada; Junto a ti; Come Up Again; Little Lady). Great!

Impaled Peach - Impaled Beach (2011)

Quixodelic
Bandcamp
Lastfm

9.2

/Folk indie, Alt-folk, Singer-songwriter, Indie folk, Experimental folk/

Comment: reportedly Impaled Peach was inspired by visiting the dentist. Is it true or not, however, the fact is that Edward Alan Bartholomew has issued approximately a dozen of albums on CLLCT and Daydream Generation/Quixodelic records to date. Furthermore, he is an unsung musician who deserves much more acclaim for sure. For example, let`s listen to this, 17-piece album. This can be considered a sort of folk release, yet, being quite far from functioning and running alongside the usual frontiers of folk music. More profoundly, by its approach it is minimal guitar-driven folk (or folk indie), yet, below the stringed layers can be heard shitloads of electronically treated and buzzing noise effects. As the whole , however, it used to amplify the listener`s emotions up to. If you are intended for searching of Bartholomew`s kindred souls, you could recognize Wilco`s impact on it. At any rate, Impaled Peach is an outstanding album.

Iqtu - Embarrasing Triangle (2008)

iimusic
Bandcamp
Lastfm

8.7

/Electronic pop, Experimental electronica, IDM, Glo-fi, Mood music/

Comment: these 13 tracks take on warm, IDM-tinged electronica and electronic pop respectively. It is instrumental and mostly mid-tempo. Such sort of simple and unpretentious explorations used to have impact on you while running on it the background and step by step raising your spirit. Now and then it disjoints from its usual core, offering up more blissed-out progressions. For instance, the self-titled track. That`s very great. Iqtu is James Zdrowski, a producer from Boulder, Colorado, who had been active in the second half of 00`s. He is also known as Ontagon.