Browse archive 2012

Daniel Bachman
01/04/12 BNTYK Session

2012 # american primitive, psych folk, americana, acoustic, live

Maybe you stumbled over the two great videos by the Be Nice To Your Kids collective, who recorded Daniel at his home in Philadelphia. Now they've setup a bandcamp und you can get the two recordings there. Basically both tracks are from the Oh Be …

Donovan Quinn & Michael James Tapscott
Goodbye, Marlene

2012 # singer-songwriter, psych folk

Donovann Quinn of the Skygreen Leopards and Michael J. Tapscott of Odawas released each a solo record this year, which quickly goes into my Top 2012 list. And since Tapscott was part of the recording ensemble of Quinn's Honky Tonk Medusa album, a …

Breakfast in Fur
Die Pfalz

2012 # psych pop, indie folk

After their debut in 2009 it was getting a bit too quiet around Breakfast in Fur. Their free EP was released on vinyl. They are now back, with 3 new tracks, contributed to a compilation called "Die Pfalz", which is a hommage to the village …

Roselit Bone
My Coward Heart

2012 # punk, gothic country, country, alt country, lofi

Minimalistic and raw country music from Portland. Stripped down to the bones, just drums and guitar. Reminds me sometimes on the dark country of Those Poor Bastards, but I enjoy Roselit Bone much more. But at least I have no clue, I am just an E …

Andrew Gillis
Interview

# lofi, psych folk, garage pop, interview, feature

I first heard about Rebecca's Room via the great Weird Canada blog, which features - you guess it, all styles of indie music from Canada. Then I found out, that there is not so much to find out about Rebecca's Room (beside the fact, that …

Seabuckthorn
The Silence Woke Me

2012 # psych folk, acoustic, psychedelic, ambient

Seabuckthorn is Andy Cartwright from Oxfordshire, Britain and plays wonderful atmospheric instrumental, psych folk. The cover gives you a good impression of how it feels to fall into this music. Late night listening, drifing into the darkness, into t …

Foxygen
Take the Kids Off Broadway

2012 # psych pop, psychedelic pop, prog rock, glam pop

So these two 22 years old guys seem to re-record a recordcollection with The Kinks records in it, David Bowie, Scott Walker, Queen, The Rolling Stones (very much!) and what else was hot in the mid-seventies. Their approach is similar to MGMT' …

The Paellas
Lights / Long Night Comes

2012 # surf, lofi, shoegaze, psych pop

The Paellas are from Osaka, Japan and play the well know retro-surf-sound of the last 3 years (think of Beach Fossils, That Ghost etc) - So nothing new here you may think, but they managed to not drown their sound in too much reverb or fuzzed it out …

Appalache
Labyrinths Across The Sun E.P.

2012 # psych folk, blues, experimental, ambient

Bookmaker Records, who brought us the great Michael J. Tapscott LP "Good Morning, Africa" and Seabuckthorn, co-release a free EP by Appalache. (together with BLWBCK RECORDS) * Two long tracks of experimental post-blues. Lots o …