The Taxpayers - The Exhilarating News (2007)

CLLCT

Bandcamp

9.2

/Indie punk, Art punk, Post-punk, Alternative rock, DIY/

Comment: The Exhilarating News was the debut album by the Taxpayers, an Portland-based punk rock combo. They are self-confident, arrogant and impressive from the start to the end. These 13 pieces used to extend from desperate (post-)punk energy and galloping alternative rock to delta blues, country, folk and even ballad-esque soft moments.Indeed, if you are intended to find out a good punk band then The Taxpayers is thought for your pleasure.

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Jeff Sampson - Swarm (2012)

Vuzh music

9.3

/Minimalism, Dark ambient, Avant-garde, Soundscapes, Drone, Ambient drone, Experimental electronica, Abstract, Ambient noise/

Comment: indeed, the title and coverprint may hand on the essence of this one-track composition. Sampson`s oevre sounds like glowering movement of a swarm of deadly African bees somewhere in the middle of a road over to another continent. Or on the other side, you can imagine it chimes like the tape head at distorted, blurred tapes. Indeed, it is genuinely minimal, however, providing some variegation in intensity as if running on gravity and without the feeling of gravity. In a word, it is a highly abstract and contemplative composition throughout its 42 minutes and 3 seconds.

Jiony - Waiting For The Sun EP (2012)

Bad Panda

Soundcloud
Lastfm

9.1

/Chilltronica, Lo-fi, Ethnotronica, Organic electronica, Crossover, Exotica pop, DIY, Poptronica, Downbeat, Electronic pop/

Comment: Jiony is a musician/producer/disc jockey from Mexico City, Mexico providing a set of 3 pieces which is an organic, sample-based amalgamation of lo-fi/DIY-tinged electronic explorations, ethnic acoustic-based appearances, lush harmonies and suggestive, a tiny bit downbeaten rhythmic propulsions below it. Additionally I recommend to listen to Jiony`s edit remix of Portishead`s Roads either. In a word, it is chill.

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