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Best of 2012
Psych Edition

# psych folk, singer-songwriter, bestof2012, bestof

Here is part two of my top records 2012. One more is to come. Mixing ambient and singer-songwriter stuff seemed somehow naturally so here you go: 10. Victor Florence - Red Wasp …

Best of 2012
Folk Edition

# bestof2012, bestof, american primitive

Here we are, survivors of 2012 apocalypse. I guess a lot of people facing a personal change this year. I hope it was for the good. And with music most things are easier to handle. That's why this and the following lists are more a selection …

Jordaan Mason and the Horse Museum
Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head

2009 # folk, freak folk, chamber folk

This is kind of old and showed up on my Best of 2009 list, I just saw it's laying around on the bandcamp, naked and for free, willing to get download. If you missed the hype three years ago (because there wasn't any - it was just the high …

Buzz Kull
Fallen Flower EP

2012 # darkwave, post-punk

I have no idea why this whole eighties, minimal synth, dark wave stuff is so big at the moment, but why not if there are bands like Black Marble or Buzz Kull. Buzz Kull are from Sydney and they released two short singles and some cover versions. …

Moonwood
Trans Lunar/Martian Express

2012 # krautrock, space-rock

Moonwood from Canada are one of the most prolific psych projects these days. In the past months they released a bunch of great other worldly psych folk records and in between they switched from weird string instruments to synths and e-guitars and ph …

Black Twig Pickers & Steve Gunn
Natch 1

2012 # folk, old time folk, american primitive, hill music, banjo

I already posted the NATCH recording of Zachary Cale and here is the first in this serie, by The Black Twig Pickers & Steve Gunn. It starts with a droning Hill Music/String Band thing on fiddle, banjo and guitar and with the second track Salt …

Zachary Cale
Love Everlasting 7"

2012 # singer-songwriter, americana

Mr. Cale is just back from his Europe Tour and I am happy that he stopped in the good old Ore Mountains and played a two hours long set at our small gallery. Beside a live-set on Chicago 's WNRU radio station and this Natch improv-collaborati …

un automne à Lob
Nor - (41°N; 90°E) + s/t

1999/2001 # post rock, electronica, ambient

Is a post-rock band from France, that existed more than ten years ago, still relevant? Probably not at the first sight, but if you are into ambient music and post-rock, then take the chance to discover them. Think about early Mogwai and current Taylo …

Jason the Swamp
Remember, Resemble EP

2012 # bedroom pop, bedroom folk, indie pop, lofi

Jason the Swamp has been around for quite a long time and he was introduced to me with his great album As Is the Sun. A n album about living alone in the wilderness and a reminiscence to the layered drums of The Microphones. Then he was involved …