Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Souvenir’s Young America - An Ocean Without Water (2007)
Post-Rock / Slowcore / Instrumental
Before Pandora introduced me to Souvenir’s Young America, I went through quite a few post-rock ensembles that didn’t quite fit the bill in my search for the kind of music a space station might play as soundtrack to their decaying orbit.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Bolt - Movement and Detail (2005)
Instrumental / Progressive Math Rock / Indie
Bolt’s mathy prog-rock isn’t quite “take no prisoners” rock by numbers, but it does put rocking first and foremost, and will accept homework questions from envious tone geeks after class.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club - Cipher (2008)
Gothic Americana / Psychobilly / Folk
At the forefront of the new “Denver sound,” this near-unclassifiable outfit’s rotgut brand of music will make your insides squirm while your feet do-si-do.
Friday, October 10, 2008
What Bird - Good Night, Good Riddance (2008)
Folk Rock / Electronic / Indie
Graveyard shift commuter-poets with a soft spot for acoustic/electronic pop will find their car stereos have found a new best friend in Good Night, Good Riddance.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Genghis Tron - Board Up The House (2008)
Grindcore / Metal / Electronica
Those who do not abide the eardrum-rupturing squall of grindcore under normal conditions shall fall on worshipping knees before the aptly-named Genghis Tron as they molest guitar and sampler alike.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
The Arusha Accord - Nightmares of the Ocean EP (2008)
Technical Metal / Prog
Not for the faint of heart, the music of The Arusha Accord is heavy like a calculus exam, and does justice to all those folks who like to compare heavy metal to classical music.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The Sound of Animals Fighting - The Ocean and the Sun (2008)
Experimental / Prog-Rock
Experimental supergroup including Anthony Green and members of Rx Bandits seizes eardrums with bombastic jams, scattered musical non sequiturs, tempered by jazz-like restraint. If you haven’t yet been introduced, say hello to the new Radiohead.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Jaguar Love - Jaguar Love (2008)
Punk / Indie / Noise
With his flair for surrealist lyricism and “Cedric Bixler getting a root canal sans novocaine” shrieks fully intact, whatever’s hurtling out of former Blood Brother Johnny Whitney’s mouth at any given moment becomes Jaguar Love’s main attraction.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
The Undiscovered Country #1
There’s a ton of great music out there, eager and waiting to be listened to, just like the artists that create it. Sometimes it’s hard to get to everyone… especially if they haven’t done so much as release a proper album yet.
Here are some up-and-comers and shiny jewels waiting out there to be discovered.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Darker My Love - 2 (2008)
Psychedelic / Shoegaze / Retro Pop
Darker My Love seem to be set on recording a ’60s psych-rock primer for today’s indie kids and shoegaze holdouts: 2’s cloudy-behind-the-eyes lyrics, organ, and scuzzed out anthems galore will please fans of The Beatles, Pink Floyd and My Bloody Valentine simultaneously.
