The Candy Strypers - "Hymn The Girl" from EardrumsPop, the label on Vimeo.
11/23/2012
Scant Intone - Elevator (2009)
9.6
/Sound-art, Epic, Soundscapes, Drone, Conceptual, Minimalism, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Ambient drone/
Comment: this long-running track is a fine example of ghostly drone ambient which involves an array of barely audible vibes, phase changes, and exhausting flickers. Yet, despite its minimalist framework it does have huge impact on the listener. Conceptually Constantine Katsiris` work is dedicated to the abandoned buildings and grain elevators in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This 14-minute composition can be compared with other Canadian musicians like Tim Hecker, and Loscil. The track is apart of Katsiris` album Swift Current. Very impressive.
Rotten Sperm - In Semen We Trust (2012)
8.0
/Goregrind, Metal, Grindcore, Covers/
Comment: there are up 20 goregrind songs by Estonian duo Rotten Sperm. Of course, sometimes you may feel these compositions are intentionally blended with questionable jokes and provocative irony (for instance, there are represented a slushy cover of Elton John`s Can You Feel the Love Tonight, though, a cover version of Beyonce`s Irreplaceable sounds much more better). I can admit that goregrind can be humorous if the things are forced forth reduntantly. Generally it is a practical listening (for instance, you could use the release as the first step to make acquaintance with goregrind and grindcore styles if it is needed.
11/22/2012
The Candy Strypers - epop021 (2012)
9.2
/Indie pop, Singer-songwriter, Covers, Alternative pop, Jangle pop/
Comment: behind The Candy Strypers is the mancunian Paul Hughes whose 3-piece set is an amalgamation of fine guitar strumming and chiming harmony glides. It is pleasing,organic, and sometimes epic (e specially at Don`t Forget Your Dreams which is accentuated with sublime orchestrations). There is up a cover version of Born On A Train, a song by Stephin Merritt aka The Magnetic Fields. A tiny bit retro but any moment it provides it is on the ball.
Paper Plane Pilot - We’ll Disappear (2012)
8.5
/New Wave, Alternative pop/rock, Post-punk, Indie rock/
Comment: behind this project are Dustin Frelich, and Paul Welch who are inspired by 80s new wave moods and state of minds. We`ll Disappear is a song in a huge array of singles issued by them, however, delineated by lush post-punk/gothic bass lines and clear-cut, somehow emotions oppressing singing. Indeed, it is a solid, Billboard-shaped single.
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