Browse archive 2010-05

Junip
2010 - Robe and Summit

# sweden, indie pop, krautrock

Genre: Krautrock, Indie Pop Label: Mute (release it physically) Swedens Junip offer you their new EP for free, just for giving away your soul. Ok, it's just your e-mail adress. But how do they sound like? I would say perfect, laid back and spacey in …

Slow Animal
2010 - s/t

# lo-fi, garage rock, surf

Genre: Garage Rock, Something with Surf and Beach and Fuzz Between Crystal Stilts and Wavves... Does it mean something if Pitchfork mentioned them? I don't know. It's not bad, but I fear I will forget these tracks after the first and second listen. …

Raindear?
2008 - Sketches EP

# folktronica

Genre: Folktronica, Ambient, Electroacoustic Label: Parallax Sounds A special 9 track ep of lovely chilled out electroacoustic folktronica music. Raindear? are 2 music artists "Sergei Dmitriev" and "Danila Holodkov" and they both live in Saint Pet …

Kurt Vile
2010 - Square Shells EP

# lo-fi, indie, psychedelic, singer-songwriter

Genre: Indie, Psychedelic, Lo-Fi Label: Matador yay, one of my favourite lo-fi singer/songwriters, Kurt Vile, has released a new ep today via matador! the best thing is, the digital version is available for free on the matablog for the next 24 hours …

Long Voyage
2010 - Spring Fair EP

# folk, indie pop

Genre: Indie Pop/Folk Label: Thank you for the Postcard If you like Bright Eyes and similar... Well crafted music with violine male/female vocals, acoustic guitar and all the nice stuff to make it pop in like sunbeams through the fresh leaves on spr …

Easyboy
2009 - Friends

# lo-fi, bedroom pop

Genre: Lo-Fi, Trash Pop Label: Spooky Town, Makers of Things Easyboy is an sideproject by Truman Peyote member Eric Farber. Friends was released as a tape and now it's free available from the label site. A handful of weird but worth to listen experi …

Ian D Hawgood
2010 - Tents & Hills

# ambient

Genre: Ambient Label: Koen Music (not a label at all i think, but the collection of his work) I discovered this yesterday and immediately fell in love with the cover artwork with this cute cartoon forest/camping landscape. As lovely as the cover is …

Alasdair Roberts
2010 - The Ayrtime.org Digital E.P

# folk

Genre: folk, folk, folk Label: Ayrtime If you like Will Oldham, Songs: Ohia and similar... (yo, they were the Amalgamated Sons of Rest) This EP popped up in several blogs last days. It's a shame that I missed it. But better now than never. This is f …

[Label Special] Very Nice Dementia Records

# folk, lo-fi, indie pop

Very Nice Dementia Records is a small label from Marshalltown, Iowa. They released two absolutly stunning CDs by two bands from the same town. Perhaps they are all friends, I am sure they are :). Land of Blood and Sunshine and Sudden and Subtle playi …