The Parasails
No name band?
Maybe so, but some seriously really good stuff,
highly recommended to anyone who likes lo-fi electronic stuff. Limited run of this was a 100 cassete.
No MySpace and no Buy links *shrug*
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The Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound
In all honesty, I have no idea if my tags are relevant, but I do know that this record involves some great jamz, a few badass guitar solos and plenty of dense walls of sound.
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Smelly Magic
“Smelly Magic is a trio. Matt Wenzel (dj wisconsin, the good old fashioned sinners), Jared Meyer (painted snake, rad vibes, m. pyres), and Matthew Sage (m. pyres, tables & chairs) take an expansive journey behind a 1/4″ 8track tape machine. Focused around two large movements, this record was recorded, dubbed, overdubbed and finished in the month of September. With a sound and fidelity stretching far beyond their first recording — “the Prim Encounter” — Smelly Magic reaches into the pockets of noise, jazz, krautrock, postrock, ambient and tribal music to find a good hairy nugget of soul for you to suck on.”
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Thee Oh Sees
This is a band I have not been able to stop listening to lately. I’m pretty sure it started as a solo-side project of John Dwyer (Pink and Brown, Burmese, Coachwhips) and is now a 4-piece. They’ve also had a few name changes along the way. The sound is kinda low fi rockabilly but also lots of high energy fun stuff. Really fun to see live, definitely check em out if you get the chance. If you’ve never heard these guys before I’d say your best bet is to start with the album “Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion”. It’s an album of all live field recordings in lots of cool outdoor locations and it’s compiled of songs that could be called their greatest hits of that era. Next, move on to one of their newer albums released in early 2009, titled “Help”. Both of these albums are flawless, every track is a winner. And lastly, I’m giving you guys a link to check out their newest full releases and it’s called Dog Poison.
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Download: Help
Download: Dog Posion
Bibio
The Apple And The Tooth, is actually a double EP. Or a four-song EP with seven bonus remixes? Whatever. And hey, guess what? The remixes are actually worth listening to. I’m only saying that because (and I’m sure most of you will agree) it is rare that one encounters a decent, entirely listenable remix album. With this EP, I barely feel an itch to skip any of these tracks. They mostly stay true to the AmbAve-era “Bibio spirit”, if you want to call it that. One of the remixes is a killer reworking of “The Palm Of The Wave”, done by Bibio himself. Another could be called a “fully realized” version of “All The Flowers”, extending it three minutes past the original track’s teasingly short running time of 63 seconds
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