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The Smoking Trees - Acetates

The Smoking Trees
Acetates

These guys from LA did their homework pretty good and replicate a flawless sixties psychedelic record. Sitar - check, Harpsichord - check, wobbeling chorus on voice - check, spring-reverb and tape-delays - double check, backward-voices check-check-ch …
Ozarks - As I Lay Sleeping / 'Til I Die EP

Ozarks
As I Lay Sleeping / 'Til I Die EP

2012 # baroque pop
Ozarks are from Portland, OR and they play some really enjoyable baroque sounding pop music. But with the visuals like videos and album art, it gets mind boggling. They are playing with some sort of romantic vampire themes (in the As I Lay Sleep …
Vince Stephen - Where No Birds Sing

Vince Stephen
Where No Birds Sing

So this Englishman, now living in northern Norway, was sending me his album with mentioning the genre "Dark Folk" and I was expecting some semi-mystical goth stuff, but luckily it wasn't like that. In fact, it's a really enjoyable, …
Matt LeGroulx - Solo Guitar

Matt LeGroulx
Solo Guitar

The following review says it all and I'll just keep it lazy and post it here. What would it sound like if John Fahey played songs by Pavement, Deerhoof, Gordon Lightfoot and Ariel Pink? Well, something like this. Matt LeGroulx is mos …
Mixtape #50 - The Road I Used To Sleep

Mixtape #50
The Road I Used To Sleep

The title doesn't make any sense and it's out of order. Maybe I am still half asleep. So listen to this when you are going to bed or when you get up or when you fall asleep in your car (but not while driving) or over the wintertime hibernatio …
Mixtape #51 - Jet Lag Sleepover

Mixtape #51
Jet Lag Sleepover

Here you go with some November darkness. Post Neo Goth Punk Surf Wave. Good Night! Jesse Ru ins ~ Dream Analysis – (from Dream Analysis, 2012) info Black Ma rble ~ Pretender – (from A Diffe rent Arrangement, …
Mothership K'Shasha - Everything Went White

Mothership K'Shasha
Everything Went White

2012 # psych folk, lofi
Mothership K'shasha is Nikolas Beard from Iowa's Psych Pop Outfit Land of Blood and Sunshine and Sudden and Subtle. I am a sucker for both bands and so I was surprised when this tape popped up. From the first tone, it was clear, this is L …
Knots - White River of White Lies

Knots
White River of White Lies

Knots is Neal Moignard from Calgary, CAN and his album The Blistering Sun, the Pale Moon, Hahahaha is still one of my favorite records. So quiet but at the same time stirring emotional. I didn't expect any new recording from him, I thought he …
2muchachos - forest is not what it seems

2muchachos
forest is not what it seems

2muchachos from Russia is a very prolific trio, producing wonderful organic ambient music. They developed some kind of trademark sound of light, clicking glitches that falls on you like rain, harmonium soundscapes like a warm summer wind and a reverb …

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