Cock And Swan

Stash by Cock and Swan (Lost Tribe Sound) One encounter with the sweet reveries of Cock and Swan, and the listener is surely in for the most wondrously chill-out album of 2012 and beyond. Consisting of Johnny Goss and Ola Hungerford, Cock and Swan presents breathtaking compositions filled with intrigue... more

Moonbell

Moonbell by Moonbell (Loglady Records / Deep Space Recordings) Moonbell is a San Francisco trio that excels at a hazy, trippy style of droning and fuzzed out bass guitar, glacially slow vocals and guitars that shimmer and echo around mid-tempo percussion.  A couple of musical touchstones are Ride’s... more

Vieo Abiungo

Thunder May Have Ruined The Moment by Vieo Abiungo (Lost Tribe Sound) Vieo Abiungo’s previous masterwork entitled And The World Is Still Yawning was filled with enchanted reveries taking the listener to the most magical and wondrous of places.  On Thunder May Have Ruined The Moment, Vieo Abiungo’s... more

Orbital

Wonky by Orbital (ACP Recordings) Eight years on from their last studio album the brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll have returned with their strongest album since In Sides from 1996.  They’re playing analog synths from way back in the beginning of their career, Flood had his hands in the production... more

Royal Baths

Better Luck Next Life by Royal Baths (Kanine Records) Royal Baths are Jigmae Baer on vocals and Jeremy Cox on guitars and vocals.  Their sound is of two men in love with urban blues and psychedelia, playing until they slump into a pool of sweat in the corner of a dive bar, drink spilling over their... more

Age Sex Occupation

This Side of the Fence by Age Sex Occupation (Self-Released) Age Sex Occupation comes from the mind of Daniel Weiskopf, who before settling in Portland scored films and studies musical composition but wanted to ultimately make music that blurred styles and genres.  The music on This Side of the Fence certainly... more

Steve Hogarth and Richard Barbieri

Not The Weapon But the Hand by Steve Hogarth and Richard Barbieri (KScope Records) Marillion singer Steve Hogarth and Porcupine Tree and former Japan keyboardist Richard Barbieri make music that might appeal to fans of their present and former bands but sounds more like Dead Can Dance with guitars, fronted... more

Warm Ghost

Narrows by Warm Ghost (Partisan Records) From the opening seconds of Narrows‘ first track GTWS you’ll know you’re in for something weird and wonderful.  History flows through Warm Ghosts’ compositions via British New Wave, synthesizers and experimentation, today’s glitch... more

The Bird Day

Fed Odd by The Bird Day (Self-released) As I sit here drinking coffee and watching the cars go by at my favorite writing spot I can’t help to wonder at the audacity of this Buffalo group.  The Bird Day combine experimental electronic sounds with falsetto vocals and guitar, drums and bass to create... more

Vieo Abiungo

And The World Is Still Yawning by Vieo Abiungo (Lost Tribe Sound) Any composer who releases his precious artistry and entitles it And The World Is Still Yawning certainly understands the intricacies of irony in a world gone wild. In the musical landscape known as Vieo Abiungo, mastermind William Ryan... more

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