TV Girl - Our First 2 EPs (2011)

TV Girl

9.3

/Indie pop, Experimental indie, Glo-fi, Electronic pop, Alternative, Surf pop, Leftfield/

Comment: this batch of 8 tracks reveals an interesting and intriguing approach to indie pop mixing up The Avalanches-alike electronically driven propulsions with exotica pop-esque milieus and pieces which in turn are bruished against the surf and sunshine aesthetics of The Beach Boys.

Mixtape #1 (28-04-2012)

Mixtape

Tracklist:

Badass Yuki - Cherry Tree Bonanza
http://badassyuki.bandcamp.com/album/cherry-tree-bonanza

Maston - Strange Rituals
http://maston.bandcamp.com/album/voyages

Duncan Malashock - Lookin`Around (Positivity Mojo)
http://www.last.fm/music/Duncan+Malashock/Secret+Animals

Julies Moron - Trillion Sundays
http://brightside.ee/private/jm/mp3/

Ratkiller - Normal For Romans
http://edasi.bandcamp.com/album/estrange-tactics

2muchachos - Spring Breath
http://2muchachos.bandcamp.com/album/vesnywki-ep

Binärpilot - Bend
http://binaerpilot.no/

Children of Cain - Goodbye
http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a88609/children-of-cain-night-loving-creatures-prepare-thyselves-for

Comment: all these tracks represented there are made for free download (or for donations or pay-what-you-want) and uploaded by the abovementioned artists themselves. The one and only purpose of mine regarding the mixtape is to promote and spread a word about their excellent music and exemplify it with some astonishing tracks waiting to be discovered in future.

[Teaser of the day] Paavoharju - Nuo Maisemat

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prOphecy sun - Hopscotch

Tumblewoof - M ▲ J O R (2012)

Bandcamp

9.0

/Hip-hop, Indie-hop, Sampledelic, Mash-up, Sound collage, Cut and paste/

Comment: this is a mash-up album which does mean it is made up of the samples of other musicians and musical groups, though, having different intention and purpose. More concretely, it is wrapped up in hip-hop aesthetics, though having indie pop attitude now and then. It is intriguing because of having such elements as autotuned snippets, cinematic gliding, and crispy rhythms.

SALA - Jurmala Revisited-Breath (2012)

Audio Gourmet

8.8

/Ambient, Musique concrète, Modern classical, Field recording, Minimal, Crossover/ 

Comment: just a pair of long-running tracks which start off with lush sounds coming out directly from within the natural environment, however, soon getting slowly mixing up other sounds into it. Such sound can be considered as natural kind of ambient music where changes used to be minimal and laconic yet captivating ones thus reminding of the likes of Juanjo Palacious, and Oskar Hallbert. The project originates from Lithiania and is headed by Audrius Simkunas.

mnttaB - shiny stones and miracles (2010)

Bandcamp

Lastfm

9.3

/Art-punk, Post-punk, No Wave, Avant-rock, Noise rock, Experimental rock/

Comment: mnttaB is a frantic art-punk/post-punk group from Australia warming up old No Wave traditions a la The Screamers, and 80`s Sonic Youth with more angry and propulsive hints at British post-punk examples a la The Fall, where abrasive, angular guitar-induced noise wall is mixed up with the chords of violins, and manifesting vocal manner. In a nutshell, it is highly convincing due to its nihilistic approach.