Scrawl - Velvet Hammer (1993) Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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Slowride - C/S (2006) Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
Slowride's C/S is similar to True Widow, in that they both employ a copious amount of downtempo tunes to good effect. However, in addition to being slowcore, Slowride also employs elements from emo and indie music. (Old school emo, not whiny kids who like 'The Nightmare Before Christmas') It's loud but not forward, a dull and melancholy rock album that bleeds instead of pounds. This is a must-have for any slowcore fan, and a damn fine album in general.
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Yellow Ostrich - The Mistress (2010) Friday, January 28, 2011 |
Imagine if Neutral Milk Hotel had a younger brother who was really into pop. This is that younger brother. Lo-fi, yet unabashedly pleased to be there; this album shines in being not only fun, but being thoughtfully so. The Mistress opens with a really cool harmony over sparse, yet fitting, guitar, loping in and out of tonality as it seemingly wakes up, still ready to go back to sleep. But it doesn't. WHALE, the standout track on this album, starts with some drum pounding and harmonics, the singing of lyrics playing second fiddle. In the background: a whale? muffled screaming? But suddenly we're on the ocean. Some really rad percussion ensues, and the album keeps building until the throbbing riffs in track four begin, and carry through most of the album. Strangest use of vocals? Track five. It's just weird to hear, but pleasant at the same time; imagine being haunted by an acapella quartet of ghosts. The album ends on a shoegaze-y note, dreamy vocals to coast on out. All in all, a good album worth hearing.
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Labels: indie, lo-fi, Pop, shoegaze
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The Society Islands - Last Hero of the Western World (2010) Sunday, November 14, 2010 |
There are lots of things I could say about this album, but just listening to it would make more sense than how I would explain this, by far.... it's a good album, know that.
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Labels: folk, indie, Psychedelic, rock
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The M's - Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (2008) |
A good single from The M's on 7" vinyl. When I was listening to this, I thought two things to myself: "Damn, this is a really cool single", and "Damn, these guys sure love their distortion.
Double bonus: Polyvinyl has a ridiculous sale going on (albums for 4-7$, posters for 0.25-.50$), and I got this nice single for a charming 0.30$. You guys should check the sale out as well, it's aces.
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Labels: distortion whores, hipster garbage, indie
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Codeine - The White Birch (1994) Sunday, October 31, 2010 |
This was one of, if not the album, that created the slowcore genre, not to mention being some of the first proto-post rock. If you're now curious as to how this sounds, simply examine the album cover. It feels like taking a walk through a park in winter, where the air is dead, and the longer you walk the less sure you are that the park is completely real. The whole experience becomes a surreal episode, something for your memory to analyze, twist, and distort, attempting to rationalize it. It begins to snow, and you're walking through this park, into the white.
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Labels: alternative, experimental, indie, post rock, slowcore
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Nearvana - San Francisco (2002) Monday, October 18, 2010 |
Hands down this is the best cover album of Nirvana songs ever made. Yes, I know that sounds way too confident, but upon hearing the album, you'll be more than inclined to agree. Disclaimer: This review is not a guarantee that you will love this album, it's just a guarantee it is the best Nirvana cover out there right now.
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Labels: Bluegrass, covers, grunge, indie, quartet
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The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt (2010) Thursday, September 16, 2010 |
Secret Cities - Pink Graffiti (2010) |
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Labels: acoustic, alternative, dream pop, electronic, experimental, folk, indie, Pop, Psychedelic
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Joie De Vivre - The North End (2010) Wednesday, May 26, 2010 |
Cruel Black Dove - The Myth and the Sum (2010) Sunday, April 18, 2010 |
The newest EP from Cruel Black Dove.
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The Burning Hotels - Novels (2010) |
The newest release from this indie band, it's good.
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Mother Falcon - Still Life (2010) |
Baroque indie pop, what more do you want me to say?
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Flash Hawk Parlor Ensemble - Plastic Bag In The Tree Tuesday, January 19, 2010 |
Tracklist:1. Chained to the Pole
2. Texola Waltz
3. Teardrop
4. Can't See the Moon? Cut Down the Tree
5. Amnesiac/Morning Bell
6. Give the Recycle Bin Back Now
7. That's All For Everyone
8. Sleep at Last!
9. Run Rabbit
10. Not Always Your Best Friend
11. I Go to Sleep
12. In Christ There is No East or West
13. Chris Walla: Duet For Moog And Hurdy Gurdy in G Major-ish
14. The System Of Your Choice
15. The Turtle's Voice Rests In Peace Just Outside Of Salem
Someone requested this be here. It's folky and interesting. Sound like twister, fast as hell, I rock this beat you know damn well. The guy from The Decemberists is responsible for this album.
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Karate - Unsolved (2000) Tuesday, December 22, 2009 |
1. Small Fires2. The Lived-But-Yet-Named
3. Sever
4. The Roots and the Ruins
5. Number Six
6. One Less Blues
7. The Halo of the Strange
8. The Angels Just Have to Show
9. This Day Next Year
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GODAMN THIS ALBUM IS AMAZING.
So, there was this great share thread at /mu/ (I think it was archived, if I get the link I'll post here) and one of the posts was a link to this album and a >jazz post-rock. I was like "wut, do want."
It was not really what I was expecting. Shit's pretty cool and calm, most songs are just guitar, bass, drums and vocals. Sounds a lot like dad rock (even though the guitars are most of time without distortion) and, I dunno, stuff like Fallen Angel from King Crimson, with less prog.
My fav songs are Sever, One Less Blues and This Day Next Year. Sever is dad rock at its best, imho, shit's so cash. One Less Blues has an epic distorted solo at its end. And This Day Next Year is pure post-rock, the melody repeats and repeats and repeats and it's beautiful.
in b4 dad rock is not a genre
It was not really what I was expecting. Shit's pretty cool and calm, most songs are just guitar, bass, drums and vocals. Sounds a lot like dad rock (even though the guitars are most of time without distortion) and, I dunno, stuff like Fallen Angel from King Crimson, with less prog.
My fav songs are Sever, One Less Blues and This Day Next Year. Sever is dad rock at its best, imho, shit's so cash. One Less Blues has an epic distorted solo at its end. And This Day Next Year is pure post-rock, the melody repeats and repeats and repeats and it's beautiful.
in b4 dad rock is not a genre
Labels: indie, jazz, post rock
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Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind EP (2009) Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
Tracklist:1. Graze
2. What Would I Want Sky
3. Bleeding
4. On a Highway
5. I Think I Can
New Animal Collective, what else is there to say but enjoy?
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Labels: alternative, electronic, experimental, hipster garbage, indie, Psychedelic
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