Alan Madej - 2005 - 11 Love Songs

Genre: folk, indie pop
Label: Terrapin Records

Mh, the voice reminds me a bit on Smashing Pumpkins, high pitched boys voice - acoustic guitar and 11 love songs.

Nothing more to say - it's pretty nice and enjoyable.

Check it.

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Fionn Regan - 2002 Little Miss Drunk / Blackwater Child; 2005 Campaign Button EP

Genre: Singer Songwriter

"End of History" is the latest Album of irish Singer-Songwriter Fionn Regan. I discovered it late, but better than never. Beautiful guitar songs. Really great. So here ar two older short releases.
Each one has a real gem on it. Sometimes pure acoustic ballads or sometimes with drums and stuff.

I love Black Water Child and The Ballad of the Toad Eaters, so check it out. I hope a new album will come. Here is a single or something like that on last.fm

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Mountainhood - 2009 - White Banquet- Live at the Story Chapter 1

Genre: Freak Folk Lo-finess

How many Mountainhood releases scatched the surface this year?

3? 4? 5? Don't know - just to make this listing complete here's an live recording.

fragil Lo-Fi goodness and his frail voice as on the other recordings...

number of glitches can be heard throughout the songs. These glitches are not technology-related but they were produced organically in real-time at the live performance when the songs got intense and [the songwriter] passed into a mild trance, to fade out for a minute, then falling forward heavily, caught [his] guitar strings upon the mic." (insert)

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Die Welttraumforscher - 1995 - Sideria

Genre: lovely minimal acoustic/synth pop
Label: Ebus Music (GER)

Die Welttraumforscher (english universe scientists or literally "world dream sciencists") is a project from switzerland. They exist since the early eighties and they are dedicated to the tape/homerecording scene. So they can look back to an extensive backcatalogue of tape/cd/vinyl recordings and they are still active! I've got this CD from 95 and know some stuff from early tapes, but they disappeared in my collection.
So to the music - it sounds very lovely, playful and I think kids would love it. Their lyrics are very poetic tiny little storys. they use cheapo electronics, drumboxes, guitar some noises and create such a mysteriously little world that left you back wondering in your nursery.
All their lyrics are in german - so if you feel exotic grab and enjoy it.


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PS: If you like that, visit Der Likedeeler for another Welttraumforscher Trip

Ganglians - 2007 - Blood On The Sand

Genre: Psych Pop
Label: Captured Tracks

Just a quick post. Ganglians is one of the band from the woodsis/captured tracks swamp - and they release a lot of records this year - and they going to be better with each new.

I am wondering that this 7" didn't go through each blog. I've found it accidently - so I will just link to the source blog.

Enjoy - very good record/7" and buy it with some other nice vinyl on captured tracks.

That Ghost - 2008 - Young Fridays

Genre: Bedroom Fuzz Pop
Label: Two Syllable

What happend to that long awaiting Beach Fossil release? As far as I know 3 mp3 tracks circulated in the mid of this year... anyway That Ghost reminds me on them. A bit less "beach" and instead more garage. So check it out and go to the labelsite, to order his newest stuff, which is very good!

Check out these two songs too!

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Almaden - 2007 - The Dream Continues in 1,000,000 Roads as the Journeyman Slumbers to be Awoken by the Berries of Air and Forest, a Dawn Pre-Imagined

Genre: Psych Folk
Label: 267 lattajjaa (FI)

Ok, the full album title is: The Dream Continues in 1,000,000 Roads as the Journeyman Slumbers to be Awoken by the Berries of Air and Forest, a Dawn Pre-Imagined and so Owned in Footstep and Deed as Our Lovely Sojourner of Unabysmal Light Sojourns 4th into Willowy and Totally Purple Dawning, Day is Upon r Hero and the Golden Rd. of Infinitudinous Blessedhood get it :)? Who is Almaden? Yes you may know it - so if you like his current project you will like this too. This is Lo-Fi as it Low Fidelity can be. Tape hiss, Psych Folk and drone.

Find the lyrics and much more on the labelwebsite

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Kulturni Program - 1997 - POZOR

Genre: Hip Hop-Lounge-Sampling Madness
Label: Funny Entertainment (GER)

If you liked Beastie Boys and 2 Live Crew or Beck as kiddie in the nineties :P

Another CD from the wayback maschine - Kulturni Program - a group with czech bandname from germany who simiulate beeing from the states. Nice.

Saw them live, back in 1999 and it was very funny. Well this CD is a real gem - I am not sure if it sounds totally retro to you kids, please tell me.

This record contains so much styles - means sampling, from sixties easy listening tunes, over the crappy porn hip-hop band 2 live crew, over john zorn to some death metal.

Hold together by head nicking beats and weird breaks.

They were very inspired by the Beastie Boys - Check Your Head album, I suppose. This influence is very strong, but beside that you will have a lot of fun with theirs mixing skills.

Tracklisting

1. Start
2. Kicke Me
3. GewGaw
4. We Want Some Party
5. POZOR
6. Say Yeah!
7. Down In The Underground
8. Habambuleijah
9. Kultura
10. Jazzbo
11. Russ Meyer
12. Orientalni
13. Chicago Killer
14. Poetry In The Jungle

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Flugschädel - 1995 - Othniel Trug Flugschädel

Genre: Drum n Bass, Downtempo, Cut-Up, Collage
Label: Plattenmeister (Ger)

Flugschädel were kind of dadaistic Electro/Industrial from germany. If I write Industrial I mean that Electro Rock'n'Roll Bastard that Ministry forced, years ago.

On one of their record, Flugschädel used weird and dadaistic spreech samples. I never liked that Ministry sound, but that EP was different. It's more electronic with downtempo beats and some weird drum n bass + all layered with oriental tunes.

Tracklisting

1. Zija Waswarme San
2. Dubei
3. Malm 71
4. Moond 13

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Jeremy Bradley Earl - 2007 - Skulls

Genre: Artbook
Label: NotNotFun

You like the scrawly strange illustrations and artwork on woodsist releases, the collages with eyes or stuff like that? It's Jeremy Earls work, and it's as Lo-Fi as the first woods/woodsist releases.

You should order the book before it's sold out and these are just low-res scans so try and buy!

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of Montreal - Microuniversity 7", Sony Connect Set EP, The Interface Session

Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Polyvinyl Records US

My favorite Band! Yes - I fell in love in 2007 with the Hissing Fauna Album and it was easy to fell in love with their previous releases, too.

I'm not sure about their new output ( listen here or here) it's pretty sick, but I'm sure Kevin Barnes have a vision of his music and he's brilliant.

Here I will post a nice 7" and two great acoustic sets. Especially the epic "The Past Is A Grotesque Animal" as acoustic version is pretty nice and still work as fragile Singer-Songwriter thing. The Sony Connect Set EP contains a wonderful Love Is All Coverversion (the orginaltrack is also very good) and Harvest Moon by good ol' Neil Young.

Tracklisting - 2006 - Microuniversity

1. Microuniversity
2. I Am A Christian’s Son

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Tracklisting - 2007 - Sony Connect Set

1. Harvest Moon (Neil Young Cover)
2. We Were Born The Mutants Again With Leafing
3. Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse
4. Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up (Love Is All Cover)

Try it!

Tracklisting - The Interface

1. Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse
2. Lysergic Bliss
3. The Past Is A Grotesque Animal

Try it! - See the Video of that Performance

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Edit: Linkf of that Interfacesession is fixed now.

Little Gold - 2009 - On The Knife

Genre: Alt Country, Folk
Label: ADAGIO830 (GER)

Sounds not like Woods/Meneguar/Sheperds even if Christian DeRoeck was a member of them

Stumbled about this and some questions was answered. When I saw the latest videos or pictures of Woods, I always missed one guy I know from the backcover of the "At Rear House" CD. Well Christian DeRoeck disappeared some time ago and now he is back with his own project Little Gold.

As I said before it has not very much to do with the music of his former bands. You will get solid Alt. Country with slide guitar and violin. But if you listening closer you will find connections to his old bands. Julia and On The Knife are two brilliant tracks that are comparable to Woods. Very nice floating athmosphering tracks. Julia could be an adaption of Julias Dream by Pink Floyd?! Who knows...

I would sum up this release with a quote by Ballboy "I lost you, but I found Country Music"

You can order the deluxe vinyl edition in europe via the label or at Little Gold Website directly. So check it out! Really!

Tracklisting

1. Secret Handshake
2. My Side Of The Bed
3. Sympathy Chain
4. Julia
5. On The Knife
6. Silver Clouds
7. Roses
8. Lock Me Up

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Action Beat - 2009 - The Noise Band From Bletchley

Genre: Noise Rock
Label: Truth Cult / Southern / Cargo
Sounds like early Sonic Youth, Trans Am and other guitar noise groups x 2

Noise Rock Collective with lot of people on stage. Often joined by guests.

It reminds me on EA80 sometimes, and yeah Junge of EA80 played with them too.

Mostly instrumental and in your face. Visit their myspace and pick up a date from their massive noise rock tour.

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Alex Fergusson - 2006 - The Castle

Genre: Folk, Pop, Psych, Post Punk
Label: Eis & Licht (DE)

Here's the follower of the previous post. Alex Fergusson with his latest record. Very different styles are here. Opens with a sinister classic piece followed by the great post punk track "Dark Angel" (this seems to be the connection to his former group Alternative TV). Then "Ways of Pleasure" and "Hope" sounds like a pure Velvet Underground Jam, "Odyssey" is an instrumental with backward sounds in vein of his Psychic TV times. And beween these remarkable songs pretty nice folk songs - sometimes with female vocals.

It's a bit strange that he release on these gothic/industrial labels, but that's maybe the connection - the music has nothing to do with that neo european attitudes and shit.

Tracklisting

1. The Castle - Entrance
2. Dark Angel
3. Bar Noir
4. Ways Of Pleasure
5. Solitude
6. Hope
7. Odyssey
8. Twilight
9. Daybreak
10. Mirror
11. Let The Sorrow Go
12. The Castle - Exit

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Alex Fergusson - 2001 - The Essence

Genre: Folk, Pop, Psych
Label: Trisol

Sounds like a man with an acoustic guitar

Oh, I like this record. Maybe it's because Alex Fergussons musical past. He was founder of Alternative TV, an early british Punk Band, worked with Throbbing Gristle and formed Psychic TV with Genesis P-Orridge. I think he was the main musical head of PTV (Listen to Pagan Day from 84 - it's great). In early nineties he started with solo recordings. And here is his second record (I think) - It's a mixture of fine pop songs, british (?) folk influenced music and a bit Beatles, some strange classical parts and more.

I wouldn't compare his records to that so called Apocalyptic Folk of his buddys (like Current 93 and Co). It has more life and charme and less apocalyptic visions, in fact it has nothing to do with that. It's just good music for adults and for autumn time with a cup of tea, hahaha.

Oh I write shit - sorry. Test it for yourself. More will come.

Just a track by Alternative TV below - no myspace

Tracklisting

1. Intro
2. Tomorrow
3. I'm Obsessed
4. Sometimes
5. Whistler
6. Sunday Came Too Soon
7. Wine Dark Sea
8. The Essence Of You
9. Wild Orchid
10. Everyday
11. Hannah
12. Sundown
13. Epilogue
14. There's A Smile
15. Outro

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Mount Eerie - 2005 - I Whale - 7"

Genre: lo-fi
Label: blues anct

I am so much into Mt. Eerie the last days and I came across this phantastic 7" which makes me happy.

I wish I get the real 7", but I think it's impossible. If someone would sell it for a fair price, please post a comment ;-)

This record is aesthetically, sonically, and conceptually amazing. BOOM!

The record is a baby blue 45RPM with a bigger hole in the middle for an adapter. It is only a one-song single, and the other side is a neat picture/blue print of a scene reminiscent of “Moby Dick.” Visually, this record is incredible. Phil’s handwriting adorns the side with the song and the sleeve-insert features big-bold letters and several titles for the song. Honestly, I was pretty worried about what this record would sound like. Anyone who got the “hardcore four-way split” on Stop Drop records or whatever was DEFINITELY disappointed with the Mount Eerie track. Who the hell thought Phil would recycle the music from a different song and put some humdrum lyrics on top of it? Not me! I wouldn’t have bought it! BUT, “I Whale” kicks ass.

The first thing I notice is the shuffle-ing guitar part. Fucking foot tapping, head-nodding awesomeness. The verses feature generic, yet warming, chords switches and a story about whales and being out on the sea. Out of nowhere Phil’s Wife (Woelv) sings a quick sentence and is out of the picture. A second, guitar track comes in as Phil starts to hit perfect high notes. A DISTORTED guitar! That classic Microphones distortion. Then a second voice track comes in the doubles/harmonizes with the original higher track. The story ends and so does the song and so does this little review!

-Scott Moore (via Only Angels Have Wings)

Tracklisting

1. "I Whale" OR "I Am About To See My Heart" OR "My Heart Is Difficult To See, Like A Whale On The Bottom Of The Ocean, But It's Coming"
   'Which is a sequel to "I'm A Pearl Diver" which was sung by The Microphones, and which was a tragic story of sour romance and which is remedied here by the inevitability of the singer's meeting with "The Whale".'

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Future Islands - 2009 - Feathers and Hallways 7"

Genre: New New Wave
Label: Upset the Rhythm

Great new 7" by the Baltimore based Future Island. Happiness of being twice is catchy as hell and I am exited for the new record comming this year. Let the bass roll - and go see them live in September (UK) and October (US). The singer is amazing live! Makes you sweat ;-)

Tracklisting

1. The Happiness Of Being Twice
2. Pinnochio

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Church - 2009 - Song Force Crystal

Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Sohitek (Vinyl) + Tender Loving Empire (CD)

Similar Artists: Grizzzzzzly Beer...

Ay, always that Grizzly Bear reference here, seems I don't know any other band with beautiful arrangements and lot of reverb ;-).

But it comes close.

I featured Church in a previous post - look here, with their wonderful Demo releases and now they put out a CD/Vinyl release. The CD is in a beautiful 3 coloured hand-screenprinted paperfolder and contains 8 tracks with, lets say melancholic slowed down surf music. Reverbed guitar, multiple voices, earthy synth basslines.

It lacks of a remindable hit like Happiness on the first demo, but it's a very constistent record with unique sound. So check it and visit their shows in the next two month (see myspace below).

Church utilizes this unique analog instrumentation to unite factions of noise rock with psychedelic folk and experimental pop. Song Force Crystal, the debut long play from Church, is a honing of musical themes heralded in two prior EP's. Picking up where previous titles Gold and With All Our Love for Francisco the Man left off, Song Force Crystal was recorded in a living room to an 8-track tape machine. The album reverberates with a warmth and rawness more familiar to 70's era basement productions than to modern day digitalia. The songs revel in dense slabs of tabe saturation, perfect for showcasing cavernous four-part harmonies, or trebly tube amplifiers. Song Force Crystal is a contradiction fo sounds, at once expansive, and cohesive, experimental yet familiar, brooding one moment and soothing the next. (Labelinfo)

PS: this is a medium quality rip, to give you a chance to say hi to the label, when ordering the CD/Vinyl ;-)

Tracklisting

1. Graveyard
2. Opposite People
3. Hidden Tone
4. Quilty's Guilty
5. Aquamarine
6. Paloma
7. Crab Magic
8. Golden Girls

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Dragibus - 2004 - Tutti Frutti

Genre: Music for Children, Indie Pop, Twee
Sounds like japanese pop music with french singer or Stereo Total or nothing like that.

Driving aroundin my car, listening to music and thought I should post this, so I do.

It's a french project with roots in HC/Punk movement and now they play shows for kids, in costumes, the internet said.

Ahora Que Vamos Despacio is a real hymn. Check it...

Tracklisting

1. Orazio Il Cane Dello Spazio
2. Pinguim!
3. Kaptain Kangoroo!
4. Palladium (The Hip)
5. Allo?
6. Human Fly
7. Pigmy Pig
8. Kirin
9. Azor
10. Jackanory Stories
11. Ahora Que Vamos Despacio
12. Naïf Song
13. Namida Kara Ashita E
14. Mashed Potatoes
15. Riquet
16. L'Omino Della Luna
17. L'mino Sonico Remixo!
18. Stop!!!!!

Dragibus music is based on the twisted children pop songs with electronics. Their songs drive us in an electro-pop trip that mixes 60's pop culture, 80'synth.. melodies, cartoons taste and traditionnal songs from all over the world (Italy, Hungary, England, Japan...) with a little bit of joyfull experimentations. The band plays an electronic pop music for kids and kidults, where the retro-futurist child songs are played with drums, old-fashioned keyboards, cheap effects, electronic guitare and toys, unusual sampling and Lore childish voice.

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Fergus & Geronimo - 2009 - Harder Than It's Ever Been

Genre: Garage Rock
Label: Woodsist

New 7" on Woodsist. Shame on me - I don't know if these is complete, but who cares.

This is nice - not more or less. The LoFi Garage Stuff you expect from the label.

One track reminds me on ? and the mysterians. You know?

Tracklisting

1. Harder Than It's Ever Been
2. Last Letter
3. tell it in my ear

I think the last track it's not on that 7" ?! mmh don't know. I am lame.

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Animal Collective - 2003 - Campfire Songs

Genre: Freak Folk

Saw them live last week and it was a great gig. I've enjoyed it a lot. I don't care about you kids who tell everyone that they are hipster shit. (It's the same like Wavves) I don't care that Alec Empire think that everyone who still listen to Animal Collective is an awful follower.

They do a unique and creative work with simple tools. Sure they are successful now and maybe better accessible with the last records, but they are the artists and you are the consumer, so shut up and do your own music :p.

Anyway - Campfire Songs shows a side of them, for which I like them so much (beside their weird looping/drumming/shouting stuff).

Stripped down quiet songs with guitar, voice and environmental recordings. Plain beauty.

(oh on amazon I saw prices aound $99 for this record ;-))

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King of Prussia - 2008 - Save the Scene

Genre: Indie Pop
Label: Kindercore
If you like the Shins and similar

Here is some light weight Indie Pop by the King of Prussia.

Even if the summer is shite till now, the sun shines behind the clouds.

Tracklisting

1. Spain In the Summertime
2. Misadventures of the Campaign Kids
3. Shades of Hippiedom
4. Cheerleaders
5. The Doctor & the Mathmatician
6. Terrarium
7. Physics Never Stood a Chance
8. Spain In The Summertime (Live)
9. Oh Me (Live)
10. The Ascend (Live)

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Leopard Meat - 2006 - Dah Dah; 2006- Karma Burns EP

Genre: Freak Folk, Indie, Wave
Label: Borrowdeer (US)

If you like Khemo Rabbit

Leopards Meat is similar to Khemo Rabbit, no surprise - it's the same person. Maybe it's more freaky folk, but you will find strange No-Wave influences as well.

Clifton Von Smeltzer was born an early 80’s child, who now lives in Texarkana, Arkansas. Texarkana effectively functions as one half of a city which crosses a state line — the other half, the city of Texarkana, Texas, lies on the other side of State Line Avenue. One can only assume this as somewhat of a symbolic significance which correlates with Khemo Rabbit’s brain and his possible double-personality complex. Could one half of his brain be a fan of Nick Cave and the other side a fan of Anthony and The Johnsons? Who knows? Whether that is the case or not, Khemo’s music is way beyond original. Sprinkles of influences you will hear, though, Khemo walks his own road.

Try Karma Burns EP

Try Dah Dah

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Cone - 2008 - Massimo

Genre: Psych Folk, Instrumental, Field Recording
Label: fieldmuzick (DE)

If you like Six Organs of Admittance...

Second EP by the dutch artist Cone / Hermann Blaupunkt. A guy who is running Casa Cassetta an analogue recording studio as well.

This EP mixes field recordings (on portable tape recorders) from Sicily with psychy folk guitar meanders. Very nice soundtrack like a surreal trip on the beach in the evening.

Check it out!

Repetitive sounds played on the six strings, while adding nice field recordings from a theatre, a train and the beach. The field recordings play a small role here, but they certainly add a nice element to the bittersweet guitar melodies. (Vital Weekly)

Tracklisting

1. Bus Stop Wake Up
2. Fire On The Mountain
3. Massimo's Secret Room
4. On the Beach
5. Summer Storm (Bonus)

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Killer / Killerlady - 1997 - Kulturschutzschuhe, 1998 - Hardcorekiller, 1998 - Ladyshave

Genre: Lo-Fi, Noise, Freak Folk, Singer-Songwriter
Label: Musikzimmer (DE)

If you like Woods... ;-)

Here is a bunch of 7"+10" by the german Killer / Killerlady.

Behind the name is the singer of the german punkband EA80 - one of the most independent, true punk band, since over 25 years. You may call them the german Joy Divison, but it's more like that. Anyway - Killer is another direction and just share the stronge and unique voice of Junge with his band. The records are mostly 4-track recordings with tiny songs with lot of feedback, distortion and home recording experiments, but stop - it's not noise at all. I would say it's kind of Singer-Songwriter/Industrial Noise :).

Some american influences, some electronic and lots of tape hiss and noizzzzzzzeee...

The most outstanding track is New Life Form, which differ from the rest. A spacey trip with mickey mouse on LSD. ;-)

So if you like Woods - check this, it's quiet comparable to them in aestethics and sound!

This is rad and more than 10 years old!

Tracklisting - Hardcorekiller

1. Silence Making Noise
   
2. Crisis What Crisis
   
3. With Patti Smith
   
4. Riot
   
5. Gods Monkey
   
6. Smell & Western
   
7. Pissed Off
   
8. Universe
   
9. In The Mood
   
10. Penis Microphone
    
11. Headpump
    
12. New Life Form
    

Tracklisting - Kulturschutzschuhe

1. Kulturschutzschuhe
   
2. God - Jesus - Crack
   
3. Research S.P.K.
   
4. Noize Jeans
   
5. Fuck III
   
6. Fire the warm gun
   

Tracklisting - Ladyshave

1. Hardline Numbskulls
   
2. Vibes of Screaming fear
   
3. Bullshit Propaganda
   
4. Waste of Breath
   
5. Why do we suffer

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Woodcraft Folk - 2005 - Trough of Bowland

Genre: Folktronica, Electronic
Label: earworm records
If you like electronica and folk...

This is "Folktronica" in the best sense. Mostly electronic tracks with a trippy, folky vibe, sometimes with additional guitar and sometimes plain frickel-electronic. The opening track reminds me a bit on Balustrade Ensemble

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I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - 2003 - I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness EP

Genre: Post-Rock, Indie
Label: Secretly Canadian

Similar Artists: Bloc Party, Interpol

This is maybe the best bandname ever. It's their first ep and if you like Interpol or Bloc Party or Joy Division you may like them too. Maybe it's not 100% compareable with them, but just to give you a direction. Enjoy!

Tracklisting

1. We're Still The Weaker Sex
   
2. The Less You See
   
3. I Want To Die In The Hot Summer
   
4. When You Go Out
   
5. Your Worst Is The Best
   

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Church - 2008 - Gold EP; 2008 - With All Our Love For Francisco The Man

Genre: Indie Pop, Avant-Pop
Label: Sohitek (US)

Similar Artists: Grizzly Bear, Le Loup

„Playing records backwards in the basements of our friends

we only wanna just to learn to play guitar“ (walrus)

I would compare them to Grizzly Bear, even if it fits not 100%, but it cames in my mind on first listen. Here are wonderful, athmospheric pop songs, with the warmth of analogue tape recording, multiple voices, electronic gadgets and all the goods that makes a song fine (for me and maybe you).

What keeps in my mind is their love and use of rich and phat sounding saw-tooth synth drones (King Crow, Asleep in the weeds).

The song Happieness is really happieness inducing.

They are on tour right now, so go and see them! Check their myspace! Now!

“The best, most unfuckwithable, avant-pop I’ve heard…my default jam of the month.”

“One of Portland’s finest indie outfits.”

-Portland Mercury

“A perfection of textures that leaves little room for improvement.”

-Vanguard

“Lush melodic songs built upon echoing acoustics…”

-Willamette Week

“There’s no end to [their] spinning wheel of blossom/decay/sunshine/gloom.”

-Eashfa

“Soft beautiful music that pulsates, drones and spikes…you should be there for this.”

-Fuck Bad Music

Tracklisting - Gold EP

1. Right As Rain
   
2. Cloud
   
3. King Crow
   
4. Happiness

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Tracklisting - With All Our Love For Francisco The Man

1. Islands
   
2. Walrus
   
3. Song Force Crystal
   
4. Hugz
   
5. Bee Cave
   
6. Asleep In The Weeds
   
7. The Sea
   

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Khemo Rabbit - 2007 - Swallow

Genre: Freak Folk, Indie, Wave
Label: Borrowdeer (US)

There is not so much information about Khemo Rabbit (also known as Leopards Meat) but it was released by the superb Borrowdeer Label, which hold some nice acts like Deek Hoi or Chauchat.

His music is a mixture of weird Indie Folk songs and on the other hand electronica, new wave stuff. It's schizophrenic and strange and fun. His voice varied as the styles.

"You try to kiss me on the penis before I buried in your bush" - did I get this line from "Holy Bones and Bread" right? So you got a direction :)

Oh and while "Examine Your Skull" is kind of stoned teenage freak out, "Scavenger" is a serious, Nick Cave like song to tap with just your feet to the rythm or nick your head - maxium.... uhm whatever. Check that and get the CD because this is a lousy rip ;-)

Tracklisting

1. Examine Your Skull
   
2. The Pouring Rain
   
3. Rapture
   
4. Devil Spread
   
5. Honey Brown
   
6. Lemonade River
   
7. Hung Out To Dry
   
8. Lip Service
   
9. Holy Bones And Bread
   
10. Karma Burns
    
11. Black Heart Child
    
12. Scavenger
    
13. Bathtub Organ
    

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Ejwuusl Wessahqqan - 1975 - s/t

Style: Krautrock, Improv
Label:Private Press/Garden of Delight ReRelease
Similar Artists:early Tangerine Dream, Amon Düül etc.

One of my favorite Krautrock records. While nearly every german jazzy/blues rock/heavy rock fart, pressed on vinyl from 1970-1978 is labeled as Krautrock, this is the "real" stuff.

Yes, these are completely stoned, improvised sessions recorded in a cellar onto reel to reel tape and pressed in a private edition of 300 records. Shitty rehearsal tracks just on drums, heavy organs and bass/filouphon. Very raw, I love it. Forget the Amon Düül crap ;-).

The rerelease comes with some additional tracks - recorded as Koala Bär (yes, it's maybe one of the first Bear bands ;-)), with some more organ improv, an folky psych song and electronic sequezer lines

Tracklisting

1. Die Geborstenen Kuppeln Von Yethlyreom
   
2. Die Orangefarbene Wüste Südwestlich Von Ignarh
   
3. Thuloneas Körper
   
4. Hobbl-Di-Wobbl
   
5. Passaceety
   
6. AFN
   
7. The Crystal
   
8. La Mer
   

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bearhug - 2009 - Birds EP

Genre: LoFi

Taking lo-fi much lower. Between all the tape hiss and rumblings and cracklings you will hear some pretty nice songs played on harmonia, some guitar, glockenspiel, drums and voice.

Tracklisting

1. Birds
   
2. The singing
   
3. Out of the cave
   
4. Ghosts in the dawn
   
5. Birds (feathers)
   

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Physics - 1998 - Physics 1, 1999 - Physics 2

Genre: Post Rock, Space Rock, Electronic, Math Rock
Label: Flapping Jet Records/Gravity records

Similar Artists: AshRaTemple, Tortoise, Trans Am

I think Epitonic.com introduced me to this band nearly 10 years ago.

Well, this Band doesn't exist anymore, but reincarnated into Aspects of Physics, a more electronic, but still outer space project.

Physics 1 is a compilation of live tracks and singles. They play a very spacey Post-Rock in vein of Krautrock groups like AshRaTemple or Can. Lot of synthie-swirrls, that special groovey drums, echoed guitars and endless space rock jams.

Oh and if you wanna see a website from 10 years ago and need more infos about the project, visit the old Bandwebsite

Tracklisting - Physics 1

1. Second 7 - Side 1
   
2. Second 7 - Side 2
   
3. Delayed Drone 
   
4. First 7 - Side 1
   
5. First 7 - Side 2
   
6. Song From Video
   
7. Live At The Casbah
   

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Tracklisting - Physics 2

1. Positive Heterodyne
   
2. Delayed Drone
   
3. Wave File 3 
   
4. Level 2 Part A
   
5. Level 2 Part B
   
6. +⇄−
   
7. Proper
   
8. Neutralogue
   
9. Negative Heterodyne
   

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Greg Davis and Sébastien Roux - 2008 - Merveilles

Genre: Laptop Folk, Electronic, Psychedelic
Label: Ahornfelder (DE)

Greg Davis and Sébastien Roux are back with their second collaborative album following the acclaimed release “Paquet surprise”. “Merveilles”, translated from the French word as wonderland, describes the album very fitting as the songs have a very illustrative quality. Where the previous album relied a bit more on sweet melodies and quick changes “Merveilles” explores different sound worlds in depth and illuminates a terrain of diverse emotional scenarios. Silent passages of field recordings are combined with subtle harmonic layers, interrupted by sudden noise eruptions and contrasted by folk like guitar melodies and very concrete sounds, often leaving the listener wondering what the origin of this tone might be.

Tracklisting

1. Geneva
   
2. London
   
3. San Francisco
   
4. Eugene
   
5. Aalst

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Monster Zoku Onsomb! - 2009 - Earth Eaters

Genre: Breakcore, Monster Electro Shit, B-Movie/Horror Lounge
Label: DEATH$UCKER REC. (UK)

I am not that fan of posting the newest records, but this project need some more attention!

See their Website for Tourdates and the Remix Project. Go to their shows, it's fun!!!

The Monsters third full length release is certainly not for genre purists. To create EARTH EATERS, MZO have moved beyond just splicing and dicing samples and mashups, with Miss P. Leisure securing the mic and creating a new sound using the very strangest of vocal effects. They still retain their samplistic roots with plenty of bashment & retrodelic rollers, but add super futuristic basslines, beats which are unrelenting and lyrics about body implants, circuit bending and dancing in the nude to create the sound that is uniquely their own.

Put simply, MZO bring the party to any planet of sound that you happen to inhabit.

See post below for more Monster Shit!

Tracklisting

1. Earth Eaters
   
2. Matterhorn Stab
   
3. La Vida...
   
4. Children Of The Atom
   
5. Exterminape
   
6. Scathing Beauty
   
7. Frankin'stein
   
8. Suicide Sinewave
   
9. Drag Strippers
   
10. Raggiddim
    
11. Team Siouxsie
    
12. Xylophobia
    

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Anubian Lights - 1998 - Let Not The Flame Die Out, 2001 Naz Bar

Genre: Space Rock, 60ies Agent&Spy Lounge Soundtrack, Ambient Electronica, Dance
Label:Hypnotic/Cleopatra (US), Crippled Dick Hot Wax (GER)

For the 100th post I've got something ehm special... not really, but it's my alltime fave. 10 years ago this retro-space-age revival was in full bloom. These „lounge sounds“, sampled sixties tunes mixed with some light beats, where played everywhere. Anubian Lights started as these traditional Space Rock projects in Hawkwind tradition, but turned to the light weight chilling tunes. Both records are the best. A cool mixture of space rock, pure sequencer electronics, some techno/electronic/breakbeats, sampled sixties tunes, spacey synths and grooves. Check it, it's fun!

Hey order Naz Bar for just 5 EUR the CD at the Labelwebsite!

Tracklisting 1998 - Let Not The Flame Die Out

1. The Fire Breathes
   
2. South Of Dashur
   
3. The Locusts Call
   
4. One Eye To The Sky
   
5. Ali Mamoun's Broken Entranceway
   
6. Frequency Of Sand
   
7. Mutashaker (Thank You)
   
8. Our Man In Baghdad
   
9. Atoms Of The Gods
   
10. As Seen In 822 A.D.
    
11. Sanctuaries Of Jupiter
    
12. Nara - Yana
    
13. Vision Of A New Homeland
    
14. Let Not The Flame Die Out
    

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Tracklisting - 2001 - Naz Bar

1. Introduction
   
2. What A Bagdad Had
   
3. Smoke And Mirrors
   
4. In Flight
   
5. Out Flight
   
6. Epsilon
   
7. Dreamstate In The Mainframe
   
8. Micronite
   
9. Hot Sand
   
10. Starvox
    
11. Lazytown
    
12. The 3-Step Formula
    
13. Smoothing Out Of The Curve
    
14. Outer Space Music

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Monster Zoku Onsomb! - 2007 - Attack!, 2004 s/t

Genre: Psychobilly Breakcore,Dance
Label: Rats Milk (AUS)

After the bunch of psych posts, some Psychobilly Breakbeat Fun Stuff. A collective from Australia with an amazing stageshow full of that B-Movie Horror shit and Rock'n'Roll tunes smashed and mashed, cutted and pasted with dancable Breakbeats.

Sampling anything from 50’s rockabilly, lounge to ragga and noise, MZO combine eclectic sampling with fat synths to create a hybrid sound all their own. From punk gigs to drum n bass. Lounge shows to breakcore. House to experimental, and from electro clash to rockabilly …MZO destroys them all… … Someone said MZO sounded like: “Techno Jungle Sixties Hardcore Punk from Outa Space! ” … Someone else said : “Mental ragga rave n bass with zigzag bass lines and the kind of free spirited abandon guaranteed to ram a dance floor in 10 seconds flat! ”

Check their website for the latest record "Earth Eaters"

Tracklisting

1. Eat Brains
   
2. Day They Came Back
   
3. E.PhUMPerDinK
   
4. Dead Eyes Glow
   
5. Poisen Soil
   
6. Ka Ka Monsta
   
7. Thai Angle
   
8. The Coroner Comes
   
9. Wet Seance
   
10. (s)Tinker
    
11. Nuclear Assault (Flipper Edit)
    

+ first self titled album from 2004 here

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Teeth Mountain - 2008 - s/t

Genre: LoFi, Drumming, Psych
Label: SHDWPLY Records (US)

7 piece band from Baltimore (yes Dan Deacon, Video Hippos, Future Islands ...) with a great blend of fuzzy drones on cello and electronix and polyphonic tribal drumming. Psych-Drone-Ritual of Joy!

"I don't know what god or gods you all are praying to but you're praying too fucking loud" Boston Police Department

Tracklisting

1. Introduct
   
2. Black Jerusalem
   
3. Keinsein 
   
4. Spirals
   
5. Ghost Science
   
6. Soft Beast
   
7. 13
   
8. Harsh Tanz 
   
9. Malamut
   

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Wizardzz - 2006 - Hidden City Of Taurmond

Genre: Space Rock
Label: Load Records (US)

Synth + Drum Duo, related to Lightning Bolt and Bug Sized Mind. Sailship got a great synthie lead. check this!

...a smooth, dreamy, synth driven album that keeps the listener interested in exploring further...

Tracklisting

1. Disembark 
   
2. Sailship 
   
3. Whispers From Wallface 
   
4. Glimpse Of The Hidden City 
   
5. Jelipper-Lilly Field 
   
6. Do Come In (Tea And Chullwigs) 
   
7. Sea Battle At Orkusk 
   
8. Diamond Mirror 
   
9. Chasing Our Shadows 
   
10. Ambused By Time Quagga 
    
11. The Bubiliad Woods Of Taurmond 
    
12. Ladydragons 
    
13. Rest At The Gate 
    
14. Mimi Vivian Sunrise - (Live) 
    

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Woods - 2009 - sunlite 7" - complete disco [update]

This is just a collection of links, because I've got no time to write more right now ;-)

Here is the complete Woods discography, hope you enjoy and buy their records!

• New 7" Sunlite on Captured Tracks
• Songs of Shame
• Ram 7"
• How To Survive In/In The Woods
• Some Shame (Tour Tape 2008 - much rawer (better) version of Songs of Shame (2009)
• At Rear House
• Woods Family Creeps
• From the Horn cs [Fuck It Tapes, 2008]
• VA - 2006 - Mythos Folkways Vol. No. 2: Pre-American Lands (Raccoo-oo-oon & Woods Split) LP 
• Great Liveset here

all from http://aerophonesonaeroplanes.blogspot.com

http://somepeopleridethewave.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/woods/

http://community.livejournal.com/psych_folk/505755.html#cutid1

Titan - 2007 - A Raining Sun Of Light & Love For You & You & You

Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock
Label: TeePee Records

Similar Artists: Hawkwind, Black Sabbath, Ashra Temple

Nice classic Psych/Prog-Rock, with that typical heavy guitars and organlines. The last track is more far away from that Prog Rock Sound because it sounds like the german NEU! and that is really refreshing beside that oldschool sound.

Tracklisting

1. Annals Of The Former Work
   
2. Hashishin Ohel Acide Cerveau Fracas Du RAyonnement Uchuu Iv
   
3. Obelisk Orbit Overdrive
   
4. Aufruf Der Pilze 
   

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