MeDo`s Little Trap - Medicine Sound (2012)

La bèl
Lastfm 

9.2

/Baroque folk, Singer-songwriter, Indie folk, Folktronica, Dream folk, Folk indie, Art pop/

Comment: there are up 4 tracks which are filled in with warm guitar twangs and harmonious vocal and some vowel effects, being genuinely intimate and contemplative (the most eminent track it the title track). At times it chirps like an instance of doo wop vibes and providing more electronic and programmed seeds. The whole is issued on La bèl, the Italian qualitative music label. 

ionoLa - Lo viejo (bizkaybay)

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árbore - Apenino & Raro (2006)

Bandcamp

9.0

/Free folk, New Weird Europe, Weird folk, Indie folk, Experimental folk, Drone folk, Avant-folk, Freak folk, Sound art/ 

Comment: àrbore, the Spanish-based musical project provide 9 notches, all of them are instrumental and genuinely experimental progressions. In addition to treated guitar-based outlet a wide array of instruments are proudly represented there. For instance, arpeggio-laden guitar chords are accompanied by melodica-based drones and glockenspiel-based subtlety can be found from there. Furthermore, the whole starts off with sophisticated sound art-esque developments which can be categorized "abstract" if to regard folk-tinged things in narrow sense of this word. On the other side, àrbore`s sound does not follow the common understanding of folk music at all thereby rather being a solid representative of the New Weird Europe scene.   

Wreck And Reference - No Youth (2012)

Bandcamp

Lastfm

9.2

/Post-metal, Avant-metal, Screamo, Hardcore, Experimental metal/ 

Comment: I can assume that Wreck And Reference`s previous (debut) album Black Cassette was one of the most fabulous albums in 2011. Without any doubts for sure. However, on their sophomore album they used to abandon their suggestive DIY/lo-fi/and noise-deflected post-metal approach, however, replacing it with more "serious", straightforward elements of metal or the genre-close details (screamo, hardcore, ambient, and elusive orchestrated fillips). Indeed, the listener is challenged of how to fit her/himself into new and a little startling shapes and patterns of the Californian ensemble. The more you listen to it the more natural and organic this 10-track album used to change for. Although the debut release was a more exclusive one the brand new one is very good as well.   

Hurtato Bros. Royal Marimba Band of Guatemala - Aida Selection (1916)

78 RPMs and Cylinder Recordings

10.0

/Exotica pop, Conceptual, Classical music, Covers/

Comment: in the first place, indeed, it is a classic one because Giuseppe Verdi`s Aida gets covered with the assistance of marimbas by a Guatemalan ensemble over there. However, one of the most well-known motives of all eras gets accomplished in a fine way by any means - it has managed to restrain a possible canto, it is full of variegating colours and moods, it is soothing and exciting at the same time. Of course, this thick hiss surrounding the chords used to add lots of charming, mysterious feeling to the whole. In a word, let`s call it an instance of conceptual exotica pop. Thirdly, it is an example of pure heritage - it was recorded in 1916, the year when my maternal grandfather was born. Holy shit.  

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