Eclectic Vibes
by Andrew Frey
- Drown Out The Daylights
Drown Out The Daylights
Label: Crustacean Records
Highlighting the cream of their musical crop, Crustacean Records (Wisconsin’s most prolific and longest lasting punk/indie label) provides us with a double DVD visual vanguard for 10 of their most amazing performers. Over 2 ½ hours long with tons of extras.
• WebsiteEmory Joseph - Fennario - Songs By Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter
Emory JosephFennario - Songs By Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter
Label: Iris Records
Dead fan or not (and I’m not) these 12 cherry-picked tunes culled from Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter’s considerable repertoire form a charming selection of what these legendary song writers and performers are all about. Well produced, good sounding and chock full of guest musicians.
• Emory Joseph WebsiteFree Falls Burning - Frenzy Of The Absolute
Free Falls BurningFrenzy Of The Absolute
Label: Conspiracy Records
This incessantly slow grind and churn outfit pulls out achingly somber yet meditative sonic soliloquies that would leave few standing. Time warping trance etheric tonalities.
• Free Falls Burning WebsiteHR (of Bad Brains) - Hey Wella
HR (of Bad Brains)Hey Wella
Label: DC Underground
This legendary and highly influential Bad Brains vocalist and front man extends his lengthy career (starting in 1978!) with another solo offering, utilizing their time tested signature juxtaposition of hardcore punk and reggae, with hip hop inflections. A slick and well produced release, yet I am under-whelmed.
• HR (of Bad Brains) Website • HR (of Bad Brains) WikiLegendary Pink Dots - Plutonium Blonde
Legendary Pink DotsPlutonium Blonde
Label: ROIR
Disquieting platitudes from the sardonic seedy underbelly of pop music adoration. Edward Ka-Spel and crew spin tales of gothic disturbances that uproot and empower unknown musical pathways to your brain.
• Legendary Pink Dots Website • Legendary Pink Dots WikiInfernofonic - Spark It Up
InfernofonicSpark It Up
Label: Godlyke Distribution
Empowered female vocals from Elaine Tuttle lead the charge for this hard rockin, metal outfit. The big rock riffs and punchy drums blast out some decent grooves, but they shine when flirting their edgier, experimental facets.
Putumayo Presents - Acoustic Arabia
Putumayo PresentsAcoustic Arabia
Label: Putumayo World Music
Sandstorm powered acoustic grooves delight the senses and take us on subtle, laid back journeys through distant lands with a variety of Middle Eastern and North African artists including Les Orientales, Jamal Porto, and Zein Al-Jundi.
• Putumayo Presents WebsiteTeddy Presberg - Blueprint of Soul
Teddy PresbergBlueprint of Soul
Label: Ropeadope Records
A flowing improvisational funk-jam experience created as a musical impression of Portland; all done in one take. Quite an impressive excursion into the instrumental psychedelic jam rock realm
• Teddy Presberg Website • Teddy Presberg WikiWillem Maker - Stars Fell On
Willem MakerStars Fell On
Label: Fat Possum Records
Bluesy rock torn from Turkey Heaven Mountain. Written, recorded and mixed entirely by the artist, this balls-out musical journey refuses to be neat and tidy, but shows off powerful reflexive expanses with the structure available.
• Willem Maker WebsiteZach Hill - Astrological Straits
Zach HillAstrological Straits
Label: Ipecac Recordings
This tumultuous solo project by “Hella” drummer provides a blizzard of percussion and inventive sideline groove activities that are turbo-charged up by an eclectic selection of guest musicians, including Les Claypool, Jonathon Hicshke and Steve Borth. Zowie!
• Zach Hill WikiAbney Park - Lost Horizons
Abney ParkLost Horizons
Label: Self Released
Forerunners of the oncoming “Steampunk Artistic Movement,” this Seattle outfit takes flight with a story of roving time travelers and airship pirates while gallivanting through and amalgamating the most admirable traits of a variety of genres including gothic, gypsy rock, punk, industrial, and electronica. Eclectic, elegant and unique.
• Abney Park Website • Abney Park WikiCyberchump - Our Wizards Of Earth
CyberchumpOur Wizards Of Earth
Label: Internal Combustion
Two extremely equipped psychedelic musicians from Milwaukee utilize their gaggle of instruments to produce a fascinating albeit quirky electronic soundscape repertoire with rooms and areas to float, groove, slide. A vibrant undercurrent of leading and teasing sound strings tie the listener to the musical affirmations driving the concepts.
• Cyberchump Website • Cyberchump WikiView More
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