Eclectic Vibes
by Andrew Frey
Valina - A tempo! A tempo!
ValinaA tempo! A tempo!
Label: Joyful Noise Recordings
The technical artsty rock that this Austrian trio purveys sways from booming and brain scratching mega riffs to experimental rock plateaus with indeterminate attitudes. Math rock produced by Chicago’s Steve Albini.
• Valina Website • Valina Wiki3 Inches Of Blood - Here Waits Thy Doom
3 Inches Of BloodHere Waits Thy Doom
Label: Century Media
Daredevil vocals riding on the unrelenting waves of an unabashed speed metal barrage. Vocalist Jamie Hooper notes of the album. “We are forging the steel that we’ll use to annihilate the heavy metal posers, and in every town we play, the streets will run red with their blood.” Nuff Said. Produced by Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison.
• 3 Inches Of Blood Website • 3 Inches Of Blood WikiAndreas Kisser - Hubris I & II
Andreas KisserHubris I & II
Label: Mascot Records
Sepultura’s lead guitarist and musical visionary brings us an opus broken into two discs, the first electric and second acoustic, exemplifying the songwriting skills and depth of this masterful artist who enmeshes his Brazilian rhythmic heritage into these diverse and gratifying contemporary compositions.
• Andreas Kisser Website • Andreas Kisser WikiBlue Olives - Marmalade
Blue OlivesMarmalade
Label: Self Released
Upbeat, slick and well juiced blues and blues rock backed with swingin’ sassy horns and a gutsy robust vocal blast. This Janesville powerhouse boasts a 15 year history, playing the area often and gigging weekly at Fin’s in Newville.
• The Blue Olives WebsiteDujalu - Dujalu
DujaluDujalu
Label: Self Released
Part English, part Australian and part Ecuadorian, this Wisconsin trio has corralled their various backgrounds to birth a raw and emotive musical force empowered by spirited female vocals in the context of a supercharged acoustic underbelly sprouted with unexpected rhythms and textures.
Jahdan Blakkamoore - Buzzrock Warrior
Jahdan BlakkamooreBuzzrock Warrior
Label: Gold Dust
A raw, innovative and intense blending of dancehall, roots, R&B, cumbia, hip hop and dub from this Guyana born but Brooklyn raised musical warrior. Teamed with fellow Dutty Artz members Matt Shadetek and DJ /rupture this release strikes hardest when Blakkamoore’s intense and diverse lyrics are melded to mighty dub and dancehall DJ beats.
• Jahdan Blakkamoore WebsiteHorse Meat Disco - Horse Meat Disco
Horse Meat DiscoHorse Meat Disco
Label: Strut Records
Get ready to move some bootay! This body bumpin’ double disc collection features London club founders James Hillard and Jim Stanton mixing up select disco era gems followed by a second disc of untouched disco ditties. Get to the dance floor already!
Kyle Hollingsworth - Then There’s Now
Kyle HollingsworthThen There’s Now
Label: Sci Fidelity Records
This String Cheese Incident alumni has developed a finely designed array of catchy heartfelt melodies and immediately palatable rhythms. Compelling choruses and interspersed electronica electrify these creations with a broad and jam friendly resonance.
• Kyle Hollingsworth WebsiteNuke The Soup - Make Waves Not War
Nuke The SoupMake Waves Not War
Label: Morada Music
Mellow, polished and safe adult rock with a splash of jam topped with feel good, well worn backbeats and lead by Mark Davison (Cubic Feet). Parts of this album work for me and the other half falls off somewhere into some land of energetic negligence.
• Nuke The Soup WebsitePortugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
Portugal. The ManThe Satanic Satanist
Label: Equal Vision Records
Ultra smooth and satisfying vocal croonings melt over the infectious and versatile throwback soul grooves stuffed with piquant electronica that ineffably flow to fulfillment. As a bonus, the CD case is a multi-layered die cut blotter art casualty of rare vintage
• Portugal. The Man Website • Portugal. The Man WikiBaroness - Blue Record
BaronessBlue Record
Label: Relapse Records
Epic heavy riffs pushed by purposeful plodding beats and innocent yet voluminous teasings of the determinate droning disillusionment. Storming forth from their Savannah home, this engaging engine of dark and entrancing operations is hurtling to a vast new plane of resilience and recognition.
• Baroness Website • Baroness WikiDunkelbunt - Raindrops & Elephants
DunkelbuntRaindrops & Elephants
Label: Piranha Records
Constructing a fervent yet asymmetric upswing of global rhythms into a calliope of contemporary stylings, this intoxicating brew of Klezmer, reggae, jazz, funk, dub, and electronica has been finessed into an audio jungle of delight and satisfaction.
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