Fabio Keiner - Seagram Studies (2011)

Treetrunk

8.8

/Guitar ambient, Post-rock, Minimalism, Dystopbient, Soundscapes, Drone, Conceptual/

Comment: Fabio Keiner`s Seagram Studies is a kind of conceptual album because it tries to make audible the visual art of Mark Rothko. However, these minimally evolving guitar-based ambient and drone do have impact on the listener. It is rather rigid than warm, rather boisterous than soothing. Indeed, these 8 soundscapes are infiltrated with dystopic tacks and plaques, it is rather cosmic dust than earthborn sand. Now and then it used to exploit tight undulation and repeating on one loop, which in turn used to dilatate and then acquire layers and getting more burdened on its concept.

Beth Kleist - Drei (2011)

Distance

9.6

/New Weird Europe, Psych-folk, Folktronica, Post-rock, Experimental electronica, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Sound art, Art pop, Organic electronica, Ambient, Noise, Shoegaze/

Comment: behind Beth Kleist is the collaborative aspiration by two man, Nils Quak, and Philipp Bückle. Their 16 tracks tend to drift between lush dreams and otherworldly reveries. It shifts between solemn and mundane. Between artificial and organic spheres. Between minimal sort of soundscapes and more accentuated, guitar-based effects and bends and repetitive patterns (for instance, the album starts off with a shoegaze-ish instance). Mostly it is filled in with every kind of sonic effects and phase changes (experiments with radio waves and barely audible frequencies and microtonal noise) which, in turn, would be suitable rather for chosen art venues and sound art festivals. In disregard of it the release preserves its warm feeling for the listener. All in all, the result is totally captivating which would be exploited as an instrument for curing the patients with mental disorder.

Genka - Kukeseen

Emilie Lund - Emilie Lund EP (2009)

Aaahh
Lastfm

9.3

/Psych-folk, Dream folk, New Weird Europe, Indie folk, Folk indie, Alt-folk, Singer-songwriter/

Comment: a handful of intimate folk songs by Emilie Lund, a Stockholm, Swedish-based singer-songwriter. It is hinted at lastfm that she is the daughter of former hippies who grew up on a farm on the countryside and creates music looking for love and long lost childhood friend in the capital of Sweden. He used to exploit mainly guitar, sometimes piano and glockenspiel either. And of course, her voice does fulfill the goal, being truly suggestive and compelling. Sometimes she used to layer her songs vocally (polyphonically) being haunting and dream-soaked alternately. Especially at Something Is Eating Me. However, all the pieces are craftily accentuated and used to be penchant for profound folk divas like Julia Kotowski aka Entertainment For The Braindead, the sisters Cassidy aka CocoRosie, and Joanna Newsom. In a word, the EP is an instance of nowadays girl power (unlikely many of those gals who strip down herself and being the object for manipulations).

Gore Obsessed - Whore Hacking Fun (2010)

Dis-Organ-Ized

9.2

Grindcore, Porngrind, Crust punk, Brutal metal, Hardcore, Goregrind/

Comment: while there are represented 3 very short-running tracks, first and foremost the EP oozes out an enormous volume of destructive power and energy. It scoots over grindcore, crust punk, and the (sexual) violence of goregrind (especially those voluptuous snippets at the beginning of the notches). It hacks like marquis de Sade`s perverted dream within the music.

Derek Clegg - Quirky Little Love Song

Beat Surrender - Beat Surrender (2011)

Bandcamp
Lastfm

8.7

/Pop punk, Ska, Alt-country, Psychedelic, Alternative pop/rock/

Comment: joyous, mostly (pop) punk or rock-inflected with some ska, country, and psychedelic dodges and undertakings. Just a handful of pieces are up here to make out an enjoyable result ultimately. The opening track (Where Do You Buy) Clothes (That Fit?) functions as a platform to cross country, ska, and strong psychedelic angle. Mirage is a dashing retrospection reflecting upon the beatific pop charts of the 60`s and 70`s. Or Three Little Feelings which is made up of charming country strums, electric guitar-based trills, and mild song manner. The quartet comes out of Boston, Massachussets, USA.