Browse archive 2011

Yussuf Jerusalem
Blast from the Past

2011 # black metal, psych folk, garage pop

Black Metal, Spaghetti Western Twang Folk, Garage Pop Floridas Dying This french dudes project is the polarity in person. This starts with the bandname and does not end with his music. Ok, it was not really surprising when his second album Blast fr …

Zola Jesus
Daytrotter Session

2011 # lofi, psychedelic, noise, experimental

Genre: female vocalist with epic voice ;-) Label: Daytrotter Here´s another Daytrotter session with one of my favorite female vocalists Zola Jesus. Although Nika Roza Danilova´s voice takes getting used to due to the epic "opera"-style, I reall …

Hurricanes of Love
Heavenly Wheel

2010 # blues, americana, freak folk

Genre: Freak Folk, Blues Label: Whitehaus Family Records Lo-fi americana freak folk collective around Frank „Hurricane“ Copenhaver. His voice/singing-style reminds me on Charlie Mansons. Mostly plain bluesy acoustic guitar stuff. Track 4 is s …

First Nations
Black Beach

2011 # bedroom folk, indie folk

Genre: Indie Folk Label: Crystal Country Records Wonderful indie folk on Crystal Mountain Records which brought us Machinery some days ago. The first tunes reminds me on The Dodos with their tribalesque drumming and beautiful guitar melodies. But …

Land of Blood and Sunshine
Daytrotter Session

2011 # lo-fi, daytrotter, garage pop, psych pop

Genre: Psycho Garage Indie Pop Label: Daytrotter Session Waiting for this since months and finally Daytrotter released the LOBAS session and I am sure this will boost the popularity of these guys. Quite rightly! It's likely that the devil dance …

Mixtape #38
I left for you

# folk, mixtape, psychedelic pop, psych folk, indie folk

Genre: folk, indie, psych - what else The shit we listen to on heavy rotation. Most of the stuff you will find here on blog, so come back and grab the files if you like a track. Hope you'll enjoy. Macaw - Five Minutes At the Rainforest Cafe - - 2 …

Machinery
Nine Hunters

2010 # post-punk, indie folk

Genre: Folky Indy Posty Punky Label: Crystal Country Like the inside of a howling phantom, Machinery’s sound is passionate, foot stomping alt-folk indie that will haunt your basements and front porches for days. “We make the music we want to h …

Sovroncourt
Trunk Ship Perth

2011 # croak folk, bedroom folk, freak folk

Genre: Croak Folk, Singer Songwrite Label: Wild Kindness Records Great shakey folk music from Ohio. I love his croaky voice and the jingling and jangling in the background. Toy piano, harmonica, some rumbling drums and of course the six string wo …

Sage and Stone
Most of What We Say Is Meaningless

2011 # pop, folk punk

Genre: Folk Pop Punk Label: self Pretty good folky punk pop with a wide difference of sounds and moods and some (home)studio trickery. All instruments played by Danny Olson, just trumpet and violin played by another person. Sage and Stone is …