The music is anthemic, cacophonius, and cathartic, in an almost feel-good sort of way. It's kind of like stepping into a particle accelerator to go for a ride, and Proton Proton is playing on the particle accelerator hi-fi during that ride.
The music is decidedly slow and focused, making you stop and actively listen to what's going on. You're rewarded with repeated listens as songs grow in front of your ears.
The Earlies have the funkiness mixed with a good capability for melody and song structure. They've also wandered into that otherworldly quality of dark and light that can be explosive when done right. Courtesy of Jagjaguwar Records
The instrumentation on the track is certainly engaging, but the heavy vocal processing makes it seem as though Stephen Hawking is guest vocalist on the track. Courtesy of Force Field
Headphone drum programming for your soul. Or better yet, put it through big, big speakers and watch the bass waves move in 3D. Courtesy of Mush Records
The predominant sound here is of shoegazing guitars, with their band name being a not so subtle reference to ‘Loveless’, the seminal album by My Bloody Valentine. Includes audio stream and MP3 download.
Courtesy of Technical Echo
Menomena works to lay instrumentation and vocals over the top of sound loops, combining one part found sound structure and one part songwriting to come up with an experimental way of creating music.
Courtesy of Barsuk Records
Spastic clarity and rythmic jabs. It's got electronic and traditional instruments alongside found sounds... This is a genre unto itself.
Courtesy of Temporary Residence, Ltd.
The new Skyband additions of bass, drums, pianos and the occasional banjo plant the Skygreen Leopards somewhere more between the countrified jangle of Americana and the feel-good notions of blue skies pop than ever before.
