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03.09.13 2013, Overlooked & Unknown (Volume I) 01.14.13 MisterTornado in 2012
10.31.12 2012, Overlooked & Unknown (Volume III) 08.24.12 2012, Overlooked & Unknown (Volume II)
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11.19.11 2011, Overlooked & Unknown (Volume III) 09.30.11 2011, Overlooked & Unknown (Volume II)
08.31.11 2011, Overlooked & Unknown (Volume I)

2012, Overlooked & Unknown (Volume III)

FINAL OVERLOOKED TEARS FOR 2012
1Cemeteries
The Wilderness


(Dream Pop) Twin Peaks jangles | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTiCz0cHKFg
2Each Other
Heavily Spaced


(Indie Rock / Art Pop) Fantastic little EP, a full length should bring something big |
http://eachotherssongs.bandcamp.com/album/heavily-spaced
3DJ/PURPLE/IMAGE
We All In The Matrix


(Chopped and Screwed / Minimal Wave) Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland meet DJ Screw |
http://chanceimages.bandcamp.com/releases
4Keith Rowe
September


(EAI) A deep, mysterious tribute to 9/11 | http://www.erstwhilerecords.com/catalog/EL011.html
5Diskette Romances
Keys To The Suite


(Vaporwave) Hotel lobbys, late night pools, endless suede hallways |
http://soundcloud.com/diskette-romances/sets/keys-to-the-suite/
6Marielle V. Jakobsons
Glass Canyon


(Electronic / Drone) Cutting electronic wires | http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=MQgr_OLTySE
7Eli Keszler
Catching Net


(EAI / Free Improv) The best EAI / Free Improvisition of the year. Absolutely thrilling. |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OtlwCWlu6s
8Bardo Pond
Yntra


(Stoner Rock) Wonderful smokey hallunicated stoner rock (think Colour Haze / Causa
Sui) | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzKAxi1N5ns
9Lapalux
Some Other Time


(Future Garage) Chic electronics for modern gurls | http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=-Fh06Hw5mow
10 I:Cube
"M" Megamix


(French House) Too many BANGERS to count! | http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=kccRJkfKWa4
11Mark McGuire
Nightshade


(Progressive Electronic) Cassette deck science fiction slideshow |
http://soundcloud.com/mark-mcguire/crux-the-southern-cross
12 ???
Reflections


(Vaporwave) Into the heart of the plaza dubai | http://soundcpu.bandcamp.com/album/reflections
13 Jim O'Rourke
Old News No. 8


(Ambient / Drone) O'Rourke's Morals & Dogma | http://hardwax.com/39622/jim-
orourke/old-news-no-8/
14Blue Gene Tyranny
Detours


(Modern Classical / Minimalism) For long walks through crowded city parks |
http://uw07.bandcamp.com/album/detours
15NAH
Tapefuck


(Noise Rock / Math Rock) Homemade Instrumental Death Grips + a hint of Battles |
http://nahstuff.bandcamp.com/album/tapefuck
16Anna von Hausswolff
Ceremony


(Art Pop / Ambient Pop) Pipe Organ Goes Pop | http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=iFJ-rurPbRc
17Seahawks
Aquadisco


(Neo Psych / Chillwave) In the 808 State / Locked Aqua Grooves |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_REWIujYpLI
18Tamaryn
Tender New Signs


(Shoegaze / Dream Pop) You like the shoegaze? You like this |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHXesWdSG6U
19Datavis
Ehthics


(Ambient / Electronic) Sunken glitches hidden in waves of drone reverb |
http://datavis.bandcamp.com/album/ethics
20Local News
Channel 8


(Vaporwave / Plunderphonics) @2AM TV turns into psychedelia |
http://localnews1.bandcamp.com/album/channel-8
21Yowie
Damning With Faint Praise


(Math Rock / Avant-Prog) Thick throbbing slushing bouncy mud-prog |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyHrjoip39M
22 Farms In Trouble
Warp & Woof


(Indie Rock / Psych Rock) Ariel Pink in a garage | http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=6sQ13-24Zqo
23Monster Rally and RUMTUM
MR&RT


(Instrumental Hip Hop / Exotica) Old Honolulu 1960 under thick BUMPIN beats. What'a
combo. | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEFAk3wSLX4
24Locrian and Christoph Heemann
Locrian and Christoph Heemann


(Post-Rock / Dark Ambient / Noise) http://soundcloud.com/experimedia/locrian-
christoph-heemann-self
25Halasan Bazar
How to Be Ever Happy


(Psych Folk) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RfGmkcZ52I
26Ultraista
Ultraista


(Synth Pop / Art Pop) Drown in the whirling synth | http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=v45ZHPeANoE
27Madalyn Merkey
Scent


(Progressive Electronic / Electronic) 'Siren' is one of the finest recordings of the year |
http://soundcloud.com/new-images/madalyn-merkey-siren
28Goat
World Music


(Psych Rock) Psych Rock with a global twist | http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=keAwK766Ek0
29Muknal
CN-22


(Black Metal) Cassette KLVT | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7O3WSDJrNM
30Fire! With Oren Ambarchi
In the Mouth a Hand


(Free Jazz / Psych Rock) Obligatory "!" in band name, chaos ensues |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKFVdy7Mgpk
31Arlt
Feu la figure


(Chanson) The French do sweet best | http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=A4EcazSZUIA
32The Soft Pack
Strapped


(Indie Rock) Underrated as fuck. | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN_AboCLZds
33The UFO Club
The UFO Club


(Psych Rock) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvi6U8DxpPc
34Naomi Punk
The Feeling


(Post-Punk) Tear it up, start it over | http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ckQzyCl_Pqo
35Ex Confusion
Embrace


(Ambient) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG2ybMC9ptA
36Drape
An Idea and Its Map


(Modern Classical / Ambient) This year's A Winged Victory For The Sullen |
http://infraction.bandcamp.com/album/an-idea-and-its-map
37 Melody's Echo Chamber
Melody's Echo Chamber


(Neo Psych / Dream Pop) I want a echo chamber... |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29I0srhPwg
38Chris Cohen
Overgrown Path


(Indie Rock) Tugs at the honesty strings| http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=CMd9dG4Omqg
39Internet Club
Final Tears


(Vaporwave) RIP INTERNET CLUB. NEVER FORGET THE HEART OF THE ONLINE
CONFERENCE | http://ailanthusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/final-tears
40Sorrow (UK)
Art Is Dead


(Wonky) Is it? | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgKIcsrX_5A
41Ringo Deathstarr
Mauve


(Shoegaze) Garage'y gaze, put on that hair gel nice 'n thick |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ187y5sH3E
42MJ Linckoln
Linckoln Premiere


(Instrumental Hip-Hop / Electro) Absolutely fantastic syrupy electro-funk for a lifetime
| http://sunuprecordings.bandcamp.com/album/linckoln-premiere
43Allah Las
Allah Las


(Garage Rock / Jangle Pop) Dreamy jangles under grey skies |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiJYecS0vU0
44Colour Haze
She Said


(Stoner Rock) Anybody even remotely interested in Stoner Rock would be a fool not
to get on this | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFZh5w3DgHg
45Sun Araw
The Inner Treaty


(Neo-Psych) Bubbling dolphin splashes echo | http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=mh5uS8bLVTM
46Teen Daze
The Inner Mansions


(Ambient Pop) Big step up for Teen Daze, intergalatic forest dreams |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5PTaVF28N8
47Nick Edwards
Plekzationz


(Electronic / Noise / Industrial) Walk to your local power plant with this record on,
catch the Zapdos. | http://soundcloud.com/experimedia/nick-edwards-plekzationz-
album
48John Zorn
Rimbaud


(Avant-Garde Jazz) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25PBABkqzwI
49Mirror to Mirror
Body Moving Slowly


(Progessive Electronic / Ambient) The Sims shopping catalogues, GameCube selection
menus | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAbYySLPwOA
50Ahnnu
Pro Habitat


(Instrumental Hip Hop) One of the most interesting beat tapes of the year |
http://ahnnu.bandcamp.com/album/pro-habitat
51Clearing
Stride


(Ambient) Woozy ambient for deep rest, lovely |
http://clearing.bandcamp.com/album/stride
52Orange Blossom Flyover
Museum Magazine


(Shoegaze / Dream Pop) http://orangeblossomflyover.bandcamp.com/album/museum-
magazine
53Coyote Clean Up
Double Doom


(IDM / Deep House) http://www.ihadanaccidentrecords.com/releases/ih091.html
54Diamond Terrifier
Kill the Self That Wants to Kill Yourself


(Experimental / Avant-Garde Jazz) Thyself, killed. |
http://soundcloud.com/northernspyrecs/7-diamond-terrifier-adamantine
55Y Niwl
Y Niwl 4


(Surf Rock) The best instrumental surf rock band |
http://yniwl.bandcamp.com/releases
56Oneohtrix Point Never / Rene Hell
Split LP


(Glitch / Progressive Electronic) Surprisingly, Rene Hell steals the show with gorgeous
glitch-phonic bliss | http://soundcloud.com/experimedia/oneohtrix-point-never-rene
57Sam Flax
Age Waves


(Psych Pop) Just listen to 'Fire Doesn't Burn Itself'. It might like, be the song of the
year. | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7NhHbREvoI
58Eric Bibb
Deeper in the Well


(Blues) Background swamp blues played at local shanty seafood resurants, nothin'
wrong here! | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWyvRHCphlg
59Sic Alps
Sic Alps


(Psych Rock / Folk Rock) Choked up psych's | http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=N3P_7LsDHag
60Witxes
Sorcery/Geography


(Ambient / Drone) http://witxes.bandcamp.com/album/sorcery-geography
61Loscil
Sketches From New Brighton


(Ambient / Ambient Techno) Polishing stones| http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=PDdkxoR38sA
62Jakob Ullmann
Fremde Zeit Addendum


(Modern Classical / Lowercase) A massive 3LP set of recordings from 1989-2010.
Haunting as hell | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_spsk1ySSE
63William Cody Watson
Bill Murray


(Ambient / Drone) Bill Murray. Nuff said. | http://soundcloud.com/experimedia/william-
cody-watson-bill
64Jason Lescalleet
Songs About Nothing


(Musique concr?te / Lowercase) I remember there was a point in the original doom
where you could sometimes get a glimpse of the the grey mountains and sky outside.
This is what that sounds like | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYEc9L5kGKQ
65Michael Pisaro
Fields Have Ears (6)


(Field Recordings / Free Improv) Sine waves in a parking garage |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TXuyohLw6Q
66DeepChord
Sommer


(Dub Techno / Ambient Dub) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvcO53FS5q8
67Echospace
Silent World


(Ambient Techno) Lambs lying in fields of green. Or just stare at the KLF's Chill Out
cover while listening | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYn1smKilKE
68Mooncreatures
Mooncreatures EP


(Dream Pop / Shoegaze) http://mooncreatures.bandcamp.com/album/mooncreatures-ep
69Deerpeople
Explorgasm


(Indie Rock) http://deerpeople.bandcamp.com/album/explorgasm
70Pye Corner Audio Transcription Services
Black Mill Tapes Volume 3


(Library Music / Progressive Electronic)
http://pyecorneraudio.bandcamp.com/album/black-mill-tapes-vol-3
71Suzanne Ciani
Lixiviation


(Library Music / Electronic) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikX43VXHQRI
72Venn Rain
Cymatic Cymbols


(Ambient / Drone) Leavenn Rain | http://sicsic.bandcamp.com/album/cymatic-cymbols-
sicsic027
73Coyote Clean Up / SELA.
Split


(Ambient Techno / Instrumental Hip Hop) Two of the finest beat makers tag team |
http://selaone.bandcamp.com/album/coyote-clean-up-sela-split
74SELA.
Ghost Reporter


(Instrumental Hip Hop / Downtempo) Inarugably the smoothest beats of the year. I
believe only Morgan Freeman could spit to this |
http://selaone.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-reporter
75Blawan
His He She And She


(Tech House) Can't begin to describe how hard 'Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My
Garage' bangs | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mR6zmSTDNE
76At Devil Dirt
Chapter II


(Stoner Rock) http://atdevildirt.bandcamp.com/album/chapter-ii-vulgo-gratissimus-
auctor
77Tops
Tender Opposites


(Soft Rock) http://tops.bandcamp.com/album/tender-opposites
78Contact Lens
OneOnOne


(Instrumental Hip Hop / Synth Funk) Dam-Funk's white brothua |
http://contactlens.bandcamp.com/album/oneonone
79Digital Natives
Two See Everything


(Plunderphonics) http://excelsiordaymaze.com/album/two-see-everythin
80Sacred Tapestry
Shader


(Progressive Electronic / Ambient / Glitch) The indoor shopping mall accessory kit to
Oneohtrix Point Never's Replica. Fountain, artificial plant, and video arcade sold
separately | http://soundcloud.com/vektroid/sets/sacred-tapestry
81Regis
1999-2001


(Techno) Arms failing hard banging complation. Possibly good for hiding bodies |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4CJ1KVINuM
82Oren Ambarchi
Sagittarian Domain


(Drone / Experimental Rock) Great mix of drone and left-field leaning krautrock |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_hVhqw9c48
83Mark Knopfler
Privateering


(Folk Rock / Blues Rock) I get nostalgic for memories with my dad |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM2IELQilSQ
84BNNT
_ _


(Noise Rock / Post Hardcore) http://bnnt.bandcamp.com/
85Josephine Foster
Blood Rushing


(Contemporary Folk) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu2_0UrpQ8Y
86Jason Lescalleet and Aaron Dilloway
Grapes and Snakes


(Noise / Drone) Four walls of noise = no escape | http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=pDpHHGGKwg0
87Ombre
Believe You Me


(Art Pop / Ambient) Collabration between Julianna Barwick and Helado Negro |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZalM_lEz_8
88Ufomammut
Opus Alter


(Sludge Metal / Doom Metal) Still can't quite top Eve (a tall task), but Ufomammut
continue on with a second great album in 2012 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ogB3LL-xo0Q
89Giant Claw
Mutant Glamour


(Progressive Electronic) http://giantclaw.bandcamp.com/album/mutant-glamour
90Arca
Stretch 2


(Trip Hop / Wonky) itgoesitgoesitgoesitgoesWONKAY |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e38S2Amvc0
91LA Vampires and Maria Minerva
Integration


(Synth Pop / Dream Pop) Synth Pop leaning towards 80's House with dreamy vocals |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdhdGJ9A0xg
92Nautic Depths
Submental Vol 1


(Ambient) That sunken, slowly esclading modern Steve Roach drone. Works everytime |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhQjyr44fFs
93Strange Fires
Strange Fires


(Psychedelic Pop) http://strangefires.bandcamp.com/album/strange-fires-ep
94King Tears Bat Trip
King Tears Bat Trip


(Avant-Garde Jazz / Experimental) Mark my words; finest Jazz album of 2012. |
http://kingtearsbattrip.bandcamp.com/album/king-tears-bat-trip
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